Two-time Yukon Olympian Zach Bell isn’t sure where his bicycle wheels will take him next season.

The 32-year-old professional road cyclist saw his team disband this week following the Tour of Alberta.

Bell has served as captain for upstart Team SmartStop during the last two seasons.

The UCI Continental team based out of North Carolina lost its title sponsor for the 2016 season.

“It’s the end of a really good program,” Bell told the Star from Calgary yesterday. “It’s sad to see it go, for sure.

“There’s a special quality to certain programs ... and that’s the case here. To see it go away is going to be detrimental to the North American scene and the developmental scene.”

On Monday, team director Michael Creed told Cyclingnews.com that the squad has been unable to nail down a title sponsor for next season and would not return.

“There is an outside chance, and I’m still working on things,” Creed told the website. “But I think that it’s only fair for the riders and the staff to let them know that there is nothing.

“If the team continues, it won’t be in its current form,” he added.

“While I am hopeful, it’s better to say that this team as we know it is over.”

The team first announced its troubles in July, when the sale of SmartStop Self Storage to Extra Space Storage Inc. resulted in a non-renewal of the team’s cycling contract.

Ultimately, the team was unable to find a new title sponsor.

Last year, Bell excelled in the program though this season was a struggle as he found himself continually sapped for energy, even sitting out the month of May.

In four years, Team SmartStop won four national championship titles, among other highlights.

Last season, Bell capped the team’s year with a win at the Thompson Bucks County Classic in Pennsylvania – a victory he dedicated to his late son.

Bell lauded Creed for his dedication and vision for Team SmartStop.

“He told us: We were all a group of guys that no one else was willing to bet on. Everyone had given up on us at athletes. And we came together and not only had an impact – we actually forced them all to up their game,” Bell said of Creed’s closing message for the team at the Tour of Alberta, where Team SmartStop finished 11th overall in classification rankings.

“That attitude permeated down through the whole culture of the team,” Bell said. “And we had athletes that were open and willing to buy into that.”

The team’s upheaval leaves Bell without a club next year. He admitted his cycling future is up in the air.

“I’ve been working on a lot of different projects that I’ve been directing more and more attention to,” he said, including Northern Lytes, a project supporting youth in the territory.

“Right now, I’m in a position where I want to be a part of a program like (SmartStop). One that has some meaning, one that has some structure and some guys with some really good potential that I can help to excel in the sport,” Bell said.

“I’m not just going to throw my line in and fish for a paycheque.”

The two-time national champion said he has drawn interest from teams, but “it remains to be dealt with.”