Bob Roll

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Bob Roll

Bob Roll at the 2003 Tour of Hope in Washington, D.C.
Personal information
Born	(1960-07-07) 7 July 1960 (age 63) Oakland, California, United States of America
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1985–1990	7-Eleven–Hoonved
1991	Motorola
1992	Z

Bob "Bobke" Roll (born July 7, 1960) is an American former professional cyclist, author, and television sports commentator. He was a member of the 7-Eleven until 1990 and competed for the Motorola in 1991. In 1992 Roll moved to Greg LeMond's Z team and added mountain biking to his racing accomplishments. Roll continued racing mountain bikes professionally through 1998. Roll is known in the cycling world, and to his global cable television fans, as "Bobke".

He has written Bobke: A Ride on the Wild Side of Cycling, Bobke II, and two Tour de France Companion volumes. ("Bobke" is Southern Dutch for "Bobby".) He has also had many columns published in VeloNews. He is credited with suggesting that Joe Parkin, professional cyclist and author, move to Europe and wrote the foreword for Joe's first book.^[1]