 Barta in 2015. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | William Barta |
| Born | January 4, 1996 Boise, Idaho, United States |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Movistar Team |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional teams | |
| 2015–2018 | Axeon Cycling Team [1] |
| 2019–2020 | CCC Team [2] |
| 2021 | EF Education–Nippo [3] [4] |
| 2022– | Movistar Team |
William Barta (born January 4, 1996) is an American professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Movistar Team. [5]
Barta was the second youngest rider in the 2016 Tour of California. In August 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Vuelta a España, [6] his first Grand Tour. He also rode the race in 2020, finishing 22nd overall. He recorded a second-place finish on stage 13, an individual time trial; he had held the best time until Primož Roglič, the penultimate rider to start, bettered his time by one second. [7] [8] Barta's first professional win came in the fifth and final stage of the 2024 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, when Barta was part of a breakaway group and then made a solo attack on the steepest slopes of La Frontera climb, riding solo for over 50km to take the stage victory. [9]
| Grand Tour | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | 59 | 52 |
 Tour de France | — | — | — | — | |
 Vuelta a España | 131 | 22 | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
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