Sid Barras
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| Full name | Sidney Barras | ||
| Born | 3 April 1948  England United Kingdom |
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| Discipline | Road | ||
| Role | Rider | ||
| Rider type | Sprinter | ||
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| 1970 1971–1973 1974 1975–1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982–1984 1985–1986 1987 |
Bantel - Raleigh Bantel TI - Raleigh Bantel Viking - Campagnolo Carlton - Weinmann Weinmann - Chicken Coventry Eagle - Campagnolo Falcon - Campagnolo Moducel Watertech - Dawes |
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Sid Barras (born 3 April 1948)[1][2] is an English former professional road racing cyclist from Middlesbrough, Cleveland.[3] He was a professional for 18 years. One of Britain's foremost racing cyclists in the 1970s and 1980s[4] with 380 wins,[5] in 18 years as a professional. He was national champion three times and won a stage of the Tour of Majorca[6] and the 1973 Tour of Switzerland.[7]
In 1999, Barras was directeur sportif of the British UCI division 3 team, Men's Health.[8] He was manager of Recycling.co.uk in 2007.[9]
He won the national over-50 championship in 2008.[10] In 2009, he was inducted into the British Cycling Hall of Fame.[11]
Barras is father of professional cyclist, Tom Barras.[4]
[edit] Palmarès
- 1970
- 4th British National Road Race Championships (Professional)
- 1st London – Holyhead
- 1971
- 2nd British National Road Race Championships (Professional)
- 2nd Tom Simpson Memorial (Harworth)
- 2nd British National Stayers Championships
- 1973
- 1st Stage 10, Tour de Suisse
- 1st Tom Simpson Memorial (Harworth)
- 1974
- 1st Tom Simpson Memorial (Harworth)
- 1976
- 2nd British National Road Race Championships (Professional)
- 1977
- 5th British National Road Race Championships (Professional)
- 1979
- 1st
British National Road Race Championships (Professional) - 1st British National Circuit Race Championships (Professional)
- 1980
- 1st Tom Simpson Memorial (Harworth)
- 2nd British National Road Race Championships (Professional)
- 1981
- 4th British National Road Race Championships (Professional)
[edit] References
- ^ "Profile". cyclingwebsite.net. http://www.cyclingwebsite.net/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=948&id=889.
- ^ "Profile". cyclebase.nl. http://www.cyclebase.nl/?lang=en&news=en&pc=normal&page=renner&db=m&id=889.
- ^ "Register of Births, Deaths & Marriages". Tees Valley Indexes. http://www.middlesbrough-indexes.co.uk/.
- ^ a b "Diary Of A Pro Cyclist". xpedia.co.uk. http://xpedia.frogtrade.net/index.phtml?d=3337.
- ^ "Newport Nocturn". cyclingnews.com. 1 September 2007. http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road.php?id=road/2007/sep07/newport07.
- ^ "Diary Of A Pro Cyclist". Xpedia. 2003. http://xpedia.frogtrade.net/index.phtml?d=3337.
- ^ "Riders:B". Professional Cycling Palmarès Site. http://homepage.ntlworld.com/veloarchive/riders/b.htm.
- ^ The Independent, UK, 29 April 1999
- ^ "Recycling.co.uk / MG-xPower / Litespeed". world-of-cycling.com. 2005. http://www.world-of-cycling.com/sites/2005/teams05/recyclingcouk.htm.
- ^ "Barras proved he's still a class act". The Telegraph and Argus. 2008-09-09. http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportother/sport_other_outdoor/cycling/3659310.Barras_proves_he_s_still_a_class_act/.
- ^ "50 Cycling Heroes Named in British Cycling's Hall of Fame". British Cycling. 2009-12-17. http://new.britishcycling.org.uk/sport/article/bc20091216-Hall-of-fame-fifty.
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