Tony Bell (journalist)

Tony Bell (born 20 June 1958)^[1] is a freelance writer and journalist, known for his What's he on column in Cycling Weekly,^[2] where he was a columnist between 1994 and 2006.^[3] His popularity gained as a CW columnist^[4][5] led to engagements as an after-dinner speaker at cycling events.^[6][7]

Tony Bell

Personal information
Full name	Antony Bell
Born	(1958-06-20) 20 June 1958 (age 66)  England  United Kingdom
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Amateur teams
-	Birkenhead Victoria CC
-	Birkenhead North End CC
-	Prescot Eagle
-	Ribble Valley
-	Port Sunlight Wheelers Club
-	Kirkby CC
-	Team Haverill
-	New Brighton CC
Professional teams
1980	Midlet - Moser
1981	Ian May

Bell is also a serious reporter with a degree in politics who has reported on race riots, gangland contracts, drugs wars and environmental and social issues in his native Merseyside for The Independent and The Observer.^[2] Following a road accident in which several members of Rhyl cycling club were killed, Bell criticized the attitudes of those such as Jeremy Clarkson, whose column in The Sun he considered anti-cyclist, and what he saw as the cynical attitude of motorists. He called for a single organisation to represent cyclists in the UK to avoid such tragedies recurring.^[8]

Bell was also professional cyclist.^[4] He once held the mountains and points jerseys in the prestigious Mi-Août Bretonne.^[2] He is the brother of former National Amateur and Professional Road Race Champion Mark Bell, who died in 2009.

Bell lives in Chester^[2] and supplements his income as a bus driver. He is writing an autobiography, provisionally called "Pinball", excerpts of which are on his web site.^[9]