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Full name | Harry Tanfield | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Great Ayton, England [1] | 17 November 1994|||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.9 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 79.5 kg (175 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Saint Piran | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Amateur teams | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013 | Velo 29–Blackhawk | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2014 | CT 2020 Brugge | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2014 | KTM–Road and Trail.com | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Professional teams | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015 | JLT–Condor | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2016 | Pedal Heaven | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Bike Channel–Canyon | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | Team Katusha–Alpecin [2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | AG2R La Mondiale [3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | Team Qhubeka Assos | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | Ribble Weldtite | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | TDT–Unibet Cycling Team [4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2024– | Saint Piran | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Harry Tanfield (born 17 November 1994) is a British cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Saint Piran.
Tanfield grew up in Great Ayton in Yorkshire, England. [5] He attended Stokesley School. [6]
Tanfield rode for JLT–Condor in 2015 and Pedal Heaven in 2016, before joining Bike Channel–Canyon for the 2017 season.
At the British National Track Championships, Tanfield finished third as part of the men's team pursuit and second in the men's omnium. [7]
He won a Silver medal in the Commonwealth Games in the Men's Individual Time Trial. [8] [9]
On 3 May 2018 he won the opening stage of the Tour de Yorkshire road race, from Beverley to Doncaster. [10] Later in May, Tanfield won consecutive rounds of the Tour Series criterium competition in Aberystwyth and Stevenage, and was part of the Canyon Eisberg team that won the series overall.
In August 2018 it was announced that Tanfield would step up to the UCI World Tour for 2019, signing a two-year contract with Team Katusha–Alpecin. [11] He left the team after one season, and joined AG2R La Mondiale for the 2020 season. [3] In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Vuelta a España. [12] After his contract was not extended into 2021, Tanfield initially announced his intention to join Ribble Weldtite in November 2020, [13] but the following month, he signed a contract to remain at World Tour level, with Team Qhubeka Assos. [14] In 2022 Tanfield signed with the british team Ribble Weldtite.
His brother Charlie Tanfield is also a medal winning cyclist. [15] They are both born on the same day two years apart.
Grand Tour | 2020 |
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Giro d'Italia | — |
Tour de France | — |
Vuelta a España | DNF |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
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