Tom Barras
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas John Barras |
| Born |
21 June 1978 Laycock, Keighley, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom[1] |
| Team information | |
| Current team | NFTO Pro Cycling |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur team(s) | |
| 2000 | Linda McCartney Racing Team (stagiaire) |
| 2003 | Palmans-Collstrop (stagiaire) |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 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 Pro Cycling |
|
Infobox last updated on 27 January 2012 | |
Tom Barras (born 21 June 1978 in Keighley, West Yorkshire[2][3]) is an English professional road racing cyclist. He has taken more than 100 race wins during his career.[1] Barras is also the son of former professional racing cyclist, Sid Barras. After graduating from Loughborough University in 2000, Tom 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]
Palmarès
- 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[6]
- 1st Stages 1 and 2
- 2009
- 1st Overall Bermuda Grand Prix[7]
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st Yorkshire Regional Road Championships[8]
- 2011
- 1st Hillingdon GP[9]
- 2013
- 2nd York Cycleworks Elite Road Race[12]
- 2014
- 1st Round 2, North East Spring Cup - Middlesbrough[13]
- 2nd Round 5, Chevin Cycles Evening Road Race Series - Boroughbridge[14]
- 2015
- 1st Ducan Sparrow Road Race[15]
References
- 1 2 3 Brown, Jonathan (21 April 2015). "Riding high... with world’s elite riders". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
- ↑ "Profile". cyclingwebsite.net.
- ↑ "Profile". cyclebase.nl.
- ↑ "Rankings 2007 – Road & Track – National Male, Elite Category Riders". British Cycling.
- ↑ Bull, Nick (11 December 2014). "Garmin-Sharp’s Steele Von Hoff joins NFTO for 2015". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- ↑ "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.
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