Jonathan Bellis

Who is Jonathan Bellis?

Jonathan Bellis is a Manx racing cyclist from Douglas, riding for ILLI-Bikes Cycling Team. He has represented Great Britain on the track and the road.

Bellis emerged from the British Olympic Academy Programme. After success in European track championships, he became Britain's first medalist at the under-23 world road championship, in 2007, finishing third. He represented Britain at the 2008 Olympic Games in the road race. He then signed with Team CSC Saxo Bank as a trainee and rode the 2008 Tour of Britain.

On 19 September 2009, he crashed on a motor scooter near the Great Britain academy training base in Quarrata, Italy. At first he was in a critical condition, but was soon became stable. He began awaking from his induced coma four weeks later.

In 2012, he joined the An Post-Sean Kelly team. Subsequently he joined the ILLI-Bikes Cycling Team, a Belgian amateur squad, in 2013.