Zach Bell is three for three.

Gold, however, still eludes the Yukoner.

The Watson Lake cyclist won a silver medal in the omnium event at the 2011 UCI Track Cycling World Cup in Beijing, China, last weekend.

Bell finished the event with 30 points, two shy of the winner, Samuel Harrison of Great Britain.

If nothing else, consistency's golden.

"It was good to be consistent again, and even more so this time because the one race that was giving me the problem was the elimination,” Bell said. "So to be able

to at least get a grip on that one a little bit was a pretty big deal for me.”

Bell finished first in the full-lap qualifier, fourth in the points race and sixth in the elimination race.

His recent silver is the third time he won a medal in three UCI World Cup stops.

In December, he took bronze in the World Cup in Cali, Colombia, and silver in Melbourne, Australia.

Bell is now No. 1 in the UCI ranking and leading the season's overall World Cup standings.

"I've been second and third before in other events, but it's never been in an Olympic qualifying cycle and it's never been this late in the season, when guys have really accumulated a lot of points,” the 28 year old said.

His previous two finishes in the elimination race – which he said was the biggest challenge of the omnium event – was 15th place.

Jumping nine spots in that event is promising.

"Instead of trying to look and see what worked the time before, it was more sitting down with my coach and thinking what might work for me specifically. So we made another change and this time it worked out a lot better. I don't know if it's going to continue working that well, but that's the goal,” Bell said.

While pleased with his second silver medal of the season, Bell noted weaknesses in his performances, having lost out on gold to two riders from Great Britain, first Edward Clancy and most recently Harrison.

"I think I had a lot better form at some of the other ones, but I managed to carry some decent form into this one; but in Melbourne and the races I've done against

Ed (Clancy) I've been stronger,” Bell said.

Now he will refocus over the next couple of months before the World Championships at the end of March.

"And try and peak, more or less, for the next one, that's going to be more of the goal.”