Tom Barras (cyclist)

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Tom Barras
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Barras at the 2016 Tour of Britain
Personal information
Full nameThomas John Barras
NicknameTom
Born (1978-06-21) 21 June 1978 (age 45)
Laycock, Keighley, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom [1]
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Directeur sportif
Amateur teams
2000 Linda McCartney Racing Team (stagiaire)
2003 Palmans-Collstrop (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2001–2003Team Down Under
2004–2005Team Cyclingnews.com-Down Under
2006 DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed
2007 Merlin Racing Team
2008–2009 Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles
2010 Team Raleigh
2011–2012CyclePremier.com-Metaltek
2013–2014Wheelbase-Altura-MGD
2015 NFTO
Managerial team
2016 NFTO

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.

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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