Tom Barras

Tom Barras
Personal information
Full name Thomas John Barras
Born (1978-06-21) 21 June 1978
Laycock, Keighley, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom[1]
Team information
Current team NFTO Pro Cycling
Discipline Road
Role Directeur sportif
Rider (retired)
Amateur team(s)
2000 Linda McCartney Racing Team (stagiaire)
2003 Palmans-Collstrop (stagiaire)
Professional team(s)
2001–2003 Team Down Under
2004–2005 Team Cyclingnews.com-Down Under
2006 DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed
2007 Merlin Racing Team
2008–2009 Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles
2010 Team Raleigh
2011-2012 CyclePremier.com-Metaltek
2013-2014 Wheelbase-Altura-MGD
2015 NFTO Pro Cycling
Infobox last updated on
27 January 2012

Tom Barras (born 21 June 1978 in Keighley, West Yorkshire[2][3]) is an English former professional road racing cyclist. He has taken more than 100 race wins during his career.[1] Barras is also the son of former professional racing cyclist, Sid Barras. After graduating from Loughborough University in 2000, Tom 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]

Palmarès

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 and 2
2009
1st Overall Bermuda Grand Prix[8]
1st Stage 1
1st 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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Brown, Jonathan (21 April 2015). "Riding high... with world’s elite riders". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Profile". cyclingwebsite.net.
  3. ↑ "Profile". cyclebase.nl.
  4. ↑ "Rankings 2007 – Road & Track – National Male, Elite Category Riders". British Cycling.
  5. ↑ Bull, Nick (11 December 2014). "Garmin-Sharp’s Steele Von Hoff joins NFTO for 2015". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  6. ↑ "Retiring Barras relishing new director role at NFTO". Keighley News. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  7. ↑ "Plowman Craven Winning in Bermuda". Cycling Weekly. 26 September 2008. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  8. ↑ "Tom Barras Wins the Butterfield Bermuda Grand Prix". British Cycling. 29 September 2009. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  9. ↑ "Regional Road Race Championships: Round-up". Cycling Weekly. 10 June 2009. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  10. ↑ Whitehouse, Andy (15 May 2011). "Report: 2011 Hillingdon GP". British Cycling. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  11. ↑ "Metaltek-Scott dominate Holme Valley Wheelers 2-day". British Cycling. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  12. ↑ "Shirlaw wins Sheffrec CC spring road race". Cycling Weekly. 16 April 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  13. ↑ Rodman, Julie (26 May 2013). "Road: Dibben wins York Cycleworks Elite Road Race". British Cycling. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  14. ↑ "Yorkshire riders on top at home and abroad". Yorkshire Post. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  15. ↑ "Chevin Cycles Evening Road Race Series - Race 5". British Cycling. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  16. ↑ "Barras inches ahead of his rival Cronshaw". Yorkshire Post. 23 March 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2015.


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