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Tom Barras (cyclist)
English racing cyclist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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Career
Barras 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.
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Major results
- 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]
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External links
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