Thomas John Barras (born 21 June 1978) is an English former professional road racing cyclist, who took more than 100 race wins during his career.[1] Barras is also the son of former professional racing cyclist, Sid Barras.
 Barras at the 2016 Tour of Britain | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas John Barras |
| Nickname | Tom |
| Born | 21 June 1978 Laycock, Keighley, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom[1] |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider Directeur sportif |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2000 | Linda McCartney Racing Team (stagiaire) |
| 2003 | Palmans-Collstrop (stagiaire) |
| Professional teams | |
| 2001–2003 | Team Down Under |
| 2004–2005 | Team Cyclingnews.com-Down Under |
| 2006 | DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed |
| 2007 | Merlin Racing Team |
| 2008–2009 | Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles |
| 2010 | Team Raleigh |
| 2011–2012 | CyclePremier.com-Metaltek |
| 2013–2014 | Wheelbase-Altura-MGD |
| 2015 | NFTO |
| Managerial team | |
| 2016 | NFTO |
Career
editBarras was born in Keighley, West Yorkshire.[2][3] After graduating from Loughborough University in 2000, Barras started his professional career in Belgium, before returning to the UK in 2006. He combined his racing with work as a web designer from 2007.[1] Barras was ranked 13th in the UK national road rankings at the end of the 2007 racing season. In December 2014 he was announced as a member of the NFTO squad for 2015.[4][5] Barras retired from racing at the end of the 2015 season, but remained with NFTO as a directeur sportif.[6]
He now runs his own coaching company Training Pro.
Major results
edit- 2007
- 1st Roger Martin Memorial Race
- 1st Brighouse Town Centre Elite Criterium
- 3rd Round 1, National Criterium Series, Crawley
- 3rd Darley Moor Circuit Race
- 2008
- 1st Overall Bermuda Grand Prix[7]
- 1st Stages 1 & 2
- 2009
- 1st Overall Bermuda Grand Prix[8]
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st Road race, Yorkshire Regional Road Championships[9]
- 2011
- 1st Hillingdon GP[10]
- 2012
- 1st Stage 3 Holme Valley Wheelers 2-day[11]
- 3rd Sheffrec CC Spring Road Race[12]
- 2013
- 2nd York Cycleworks Elite Road Race[13]
- 2014
- 1st Round 2, North East Spring Cup - Middlesbrough[14]
- 2nd Round 5, Chevin Cycles Evening Road Race Series - Boroughbridge[15]
- 2015
- 1st Ducan Sparrow Road Race[16]
References
edit- ^ a b c Brown, Jonathan (21 April 2015). "Riding high... with world's elite riders". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
- ^ "Profile". cyclingwebsite.net. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011.
- ^ "Profile". cyclebase.nl.
- ^ "Rankings 2007 – Road & Track – National Male, Elite Category Riders". British Cycling. Archived from the original on 16 February 2008.
- ^ Bull, Nick (11 December 2014). "Garmin-Sharp's Steele Von Hoff joins NFTO for 2015". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- ^ "Retiring Barras relishing new director role at NFTO". Keighley News. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
- ^ "Plowman Craven Winning in Bermuda". Cycling Weekly. 26 September 2008. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
- ^ "Tom Barras Wins the Butterfield Bermuda Grand Prix". British Cycling. 29 September 2009. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
- ^ "Regional Road Race Championships: Round-up". Cycling Weekly. 10 June 2009. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
- ^ Whitehouse, Andy (15 May 2011). "Report: 2011 Hillingdon GP". British Cycling. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
- ^ "Metaltek-Scott dominate Holme Valley Wheelers 2-day". British Cycling. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
- ^ "Shirlaw wins Sheffrec CC spring road race". Cycling Weekly. 16 April 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
- ^ Rodman, Julie (26 May 2013). "Road: Dibben wins York Cycleworks Elite Road Race". British Cycling. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
- ^ "Yorkshire riders on top at home and abroad". Yorkshire Post. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
- ^ "Chevin Cycles Evening Road Race Series - Race 5". British Cycling. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
- ^ "Barras inches ahead of his rival Cronshaw". Yorkshire Post. 23 March 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
External links
edit- Tom Barras at ProCyclingStats
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