Michael Neel (born July 18, 1951) is an American former

cyclist Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from two ...

. He competed in the individual road race event at the

1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phi ...

. Then, as a new professional, at the 1976 Professional World Road Race, he finished in 10th place He was the

directeur sportif A ''directeur sportif'' ( French for sporting director, although the original French term is often used in English-language media; plural ''directeurs sportifs'') is a person directing a cycling team during a road bicycle racing event. It is se ...

of the

7-Eleven Cycling Team The 7-Eleven Cycling Team, later the Motorola Cycling Team, was a professional cycling team founded in the U.S. in 1981 by Jim Ochowicz, a former U.S. Olympic cyclist. The team lasted 16 years, under the sponsorship of 7-Eleven through 1990 and t ...

from 1985 to 1989.https://www.moto-gaansari.com/s/Procyc170_MikeNeel_feat.pdf

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The Bike Whisperer
*http://www.pezcyclingnews.com/interviews/mike-neel-beating-on-the-door/ 1951 births Living people American male cyclists Olympic cyclists for the United States Cyclists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Berkeley, California {{US-cycling-bio-stub