Noah Hobbs

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Noah Hobbs
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Noah Hobbs (2024)
Personal information
Full nameAlfred Bruce Noah Hobbs
Born (2004-07-23) 23 July 2004 (age 21)
Barnstaple, England
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb; 10.6 st)
Team information
Current team EF Education–EasyPost
DisciplineRoad, track
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter (road), pursuitist (track)
Amateur teams
2021–2022Bäckstedt Bike Performance JRT
2022Tekkerz CC
Professional teams
2023–2024 Equipe continentale Groupama–FDJ
2025 EF Education–Aevolo
2026- EF Education–EasyPost
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
European Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2025 Heusden-Zolder Team pursuit
European Under-23 Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Anadia Team Pursuit
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2025 Anadia Madison

Noah Hobbs (born Alfred Bruce Noah Hobbs, 23 July 2004) is an English road racing and track cyclist who currently rides for UCI World Tour team EF Education-EasyPost. His career highlights include leading the 2023 Arctic Race of Norway after Stage 2 [1] and winning a gold medal in the under-23 Team Pursuit at the 2023 UEC European Track Championships.

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Hobbs has described himself as a sprinter, but one who can "get over some climbs that some of the other pure sprinters might struggle on." He also trains with the Great Britain track squad at the National Cycling Centre in Manchester and was selected to ride for the Great Britain squad at the 2023 Tour of Britain. [2] [3]

Career

Hobbs joined Groupama–FDJ Continental Team for the 2022 season and finished the year with a strong performance at the Keizer der Juniores, an age-category event in Belgium. He finished second on Stage 2 and won the third and final stage on his way to third-place finishes in both the overall and mountain classifications. [4]

He continued with the team for the 2023 season and made his breakthrough in a professional race at the 2023 Arctic Race of Norway. Hobbs started strongly, finishing second on Stage 1 after losing out to Alberto Dainese in the final sprint into Alta. [5] He finished 25th on Stage 2 but gained five bonus seconds courtesy of first and second place finishes on intermediate sprints, giving him a one-second general classification lead over Dainese and stage winner Michele Gazzoli. As well as wearing the leader's "Midnight Sun" jersey, he also led the points and youth classifications at the halfway point of the race. Hobbs fell back on the hillier terrain of Stage 3 which was won by eventual overall winner Stephen Williams. [6] He finished the race in 67th place overall and was third in the final points standings.

He represented Great Britain at elite level for the first time at the 2024 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Denmark. [7]

Major results

Road

2021
3rd Road race, National Junior Championships
2022
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Junior Tour of Wales
1st Stages 2 & 3
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Isle of Man Junior Tour
1st Prologue & Stage 1
3rd Overall Keizer der Juniores
1st Stage 2b
2023
3rd Ronde van de Achterhoek
4th Gent–Wevelgem Beloften
2024
Alpes Isère Tour
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
1st Stages 1 & 3
Tour Alsace
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
1st Stage 5
3rd Circuit race, National Championships
4th Paris–Troyes
6th Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers
9th Paris–Tours Espoirs
2025
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Volta ao Alentejo
1st Jersey dark blue.svg Points classification
1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
1st Stages 1 & 3
Tour de l'Avenir
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
1st Stage 1
1st Stage 4 Grand Prix Jeseníky
1st Jersey red.svg Sprints classification, International Tour of Rhodes
7th Overall Tour de Bretagne
1st Jersey dark blue.svg Points classification
1st Stages 2, 6 & 7

Track

2022
UEC European Junior Championships
2nd Silver medal europe.svg Omnium
3rd Bronze medal europe.svg Team pursuit
2023
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Team pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Championships
2024
UEC European Under-23 Championships
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Scratch
2nd Silver medal europe.svg Madison (with Ben Wiggins)
2nd Silver medal europe.svg Omnium
3rd Points race, National Championships
2025
UEC European Under-23 Championships
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Team pursuit
3rd Bronze medal europe.svg Madison (with Ben Wiggins)
1st Jersey of Great Britain.svg Scratch, National Championships

References

  1. ↑ "ProCyclingStats - Noah Hobbs" . Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  2. ↑ "Noah Hobbs interview: one year at a time" . Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  3. ↑ "2023 Tour of Britain Start List" . Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "Keizer der Juniores 2023" . Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  5. ↑ "Arctic Race of Norway: Alberto Dainese sprints to stage 1 victory" . Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  6. ↑ "Arctic Race of Norway 2023" . Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  7. ↑ "11 Olympic medallists to represent Great Britain at Tissot UCI Track World Championships". British Cycling. 7 October 2024. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
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