Will Barta

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Will Barta
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Barta in 2015.
Personal information
Full nameWilliam Barta
Born (1996-01-04) January 4, 1996 (age 28)
Boise, Idaho, United States
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight61 kg (134 lb)
Team information
Current team Movistar Team
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
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]

Contents

Career

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]

Major results

2013
5th Overall Tour de l'Abitibi
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 3 (ITT)
2014
2nd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
3rd Overall Course de la Paix Juniors
3rd Overall Tour du Pays de Vaud
1st Stage 1
4th Overall Tour de l'Abitibi
6th Overall Trofeo Karlsberg
1st Points classification
1st Stage 2a
2015
8th Overall Tour de Bretagne
2016
7th Trofeo Banca Popolare di Vicenza
2017
2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
4th Time trial, National Road Championships
4th Liège–Bastogne–Liège U23
9th Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
9th Overall Flèche du Sud
10th Overall Tour de Bretagne
2018
3rd Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
5th Overall Redlands Bicycle Classic
2021
5th Time trial, National Road Championships
2023
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
5th Overall O Gran Camiño
8th Overall Saudi Tour
2024 (1 pro win)
1st Stage 5 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 201920202021202220232024
Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia 59 52 50
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France
Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España 131 22
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

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