Sid Barras
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Sidney Barras |
| Born |
3 April 1948 England United Kingdom |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Sprinter |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 1970 1971–1973 1974 1975–1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982–1984 1985–1986 1987 |
Bantel - Raleigh Bantel TI - Raleigh Bantel Viking - Campagnolo Carlton - Weinmann Weinmann - Chicken Coventry Eagle - Campagnolo Falcon - Campagnolo Moducel Watertech - Dawes |
| Major wins | |
| British National Road Race Champion (1979) | |
|
Infobox last updated on 20 December 2007 | |
Sid Barras (born 3 April 1948)[1][2] is an English former professional road racing cyclist from Middlesbrough, Cleveland.[3] He was a professional for 18 years. One of Britain's foremost racing cyclists in the 1970s and 1980s[citation needed] with 380 wins,[4] in 18 years as a professional. He was national champion three times and won a stage of the Tour of Majorca[citation needed] and in the 1973 Tour of Switzerland.[5]
In 1999, Barras was directeur sportif of the British UCI division 3 team, Men's Health.[6] He was manager of Recycling.co.uk in 2007.[7]
He won the national over-50 championship in 2008.[8] In 2009, he was inducted into the British Cycling Hall of Fame.[9]
Barras is father of professional cyclist, Tom Barras.[citation needed]
Palmarès
- 1970
- 4th British National Road Race Championships (Professional)
- 1st London – Holyhead
- 1971
- 2nd British National Road Race Championships (Professional)
- 2nd Tom Simpson Memorial (Harworth)
- 2nd British National Stayers Championships
- 1973
- 1st Stage 10, Tour de Suisse
- 1st Tom Simpson Memorial (Harworth)
- 1974
- 1st Tom Simpson Memorial (Harworth)
- 1976
- 2nd British National Road Race Championships (Professional)
- 1977
- 5th British National Road Race Championships (Professional)
- 1979
- 1st British National Road Race Championships (Professional)
- 1st British National Circuit Race Championships (Professional)
- 1980
- 1st Tom Simpson Memorial (Harworth)
- 2nd British National Road Race Championships (Professional)
- 1981
- 4th British National Road Race Championships (Professional)
References
- ↑ "Profile". cyclingwebsite.net.
- ↑ "Profile". cyclebase.nl.
- ↑ "Register of Births, Deaths & Marriages". Tees Valley Indexes.
- ↑ "Newport Nocturn". cyclingnews.com. 1 September 2007.
- ↑ "Riders:B". Professional Cycling Palmarès Site.
- ↑ The Independent, UK, 29 April 1999
- ↑ "Recycling.co.uk / MG-xPower / Litespeed". world-of-cycling.com. 2005.
- ↑ "Barras proved he's still a class act". The Telegraph and Argus. 2008-09-09.
- ↑ "50 Cycling Heroes Named in British Cycling's Hall of Fame". British Cycling. 2009-12-17.
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