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. Barras is also the son of former professional racing cyclist, Sid Barras.
Career Barras was born in Keighley, West Yorkshire. 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. 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 squad for 2015. Barras retired from racing at the end of the 2015 season, but remained with NFTO as a directeur sportif.
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 1st Stages 1 & 2 2009 1st Overall Bermuda Grand Prix 1st Stage 1 1st Road race, Yorkshire Regional Road Championships 2011 1st Hillingdon GP 2012 1st Stage 3 Holme Valley Wheelers 2-day 3rd Sheffrec CC Spring Road Race 2013 2nd York Cycleworks Elite Road Race 2014 1st Round 2, North East Spring Cup - Middlesbrough 2nd Round 5, Chevin Cycles Evening Road Race Series - Boroughbridge 2015 1st Ducan Sparrow Road Race
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