Harry Tanfield Explained

Harry Tanfield
Fullname:Harry Tanfield
Birth Date:17 November 1994
Birth Place:Great Ayton, England[1]
Height:1.9 m
Weight:79.5 kg
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Amateuryears1:2013
Amateurteam1:Velo 29–Blackhawk
Amateuryears2:2014
Amateurteam2:CT 2020 Brugge
Amateuryears3:2014
Amateurteam3:KTM–Road and Trail.com
Proyears1:2015
Proyears2:2016
Proyears3:2017–2018
Proyears4:2019
Proteam4:[2]
Proyears5:2020
Proteam5:[3]
Proyears6:2021
Proyears7:2022
Proyears8:2023
Proteam8:[4]
Proyears9:2024–
Show-Medals:no

Harry Tanfield (born 17 November 1994) is a British cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team .

Early life

Tanfield grew up in Great Ayton in Yorkshire, England.[5] He attended Stokesley School.[6]

Career

Tanfield rode for in 2015 and in 2016, before joining for the 2017 season.

At the British National Track Championships, Tanfield finished third as part of the men's team pursuit and second in the men's omnium. [7]

He won a Silver medal in the Commonwealth Games in the Men's Individual Time Trial.[8] [9]

On 3 May 2018 he won the opening stage of the Tour de Yorkshire road race, from Beverley to Doncaster.[10] Later in May, Tanfield won consecutive rounds of the Tour Series criterium competition in Aberystwyth and Stevenage, and was part of the team that won the series overall.

In August 2018 it was announced that Tanfield would step up to the UCI World Tour for 2019, signing a two-year contract with .[11] He left the team after one season, and joined for the 2020 season.[3] In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Vuelta a España.[12] After his contract was not extended into 2021, Tanfield initially announced his intention to join in November 2020,[13] but the following month, he signed a contract to remain at World Tour level, with .[14] In 2022 Tanfield signed with the british team Ribble Weldtite.

Personal life

His brother Charlie Tanfield is also a medal winning cyclist.[15] They are both born on the same day two years apart.

Major results

Road

2012
  • 2nd Overall National Junior Series[16]
    2014
  • 5th Time trial, National Under-23 Championships
    2015
  • 3rd Rutland–Melton CiCLE Classic
    2016
  • 1st Stage 7 Tour of Poyang Lake
    2017
  • 1st Stage 1 Tour of Quanzhou Bay
  • 2nd National Criterium Championships
  • 2nd Antwerpse Havenpijl
  • 5th Time trial, National Championships
  • 5th Duo Normand (with Charlie Tanfield)
  • 6th Hong Kong Challenge
  • 9th Memorial Van Coningsloo
  • 10th Ronde van Overijssel
    2018
  • 1st Stage 1 Tour de Yorkshire
  • Tour Series
  • 1st Aberystwyth
  • 1st Stevenage
  • 2nd Time trial, Commonwealth Games
  • 2nd Time trial, National Championships
  • 2nd Ronde van Overijssel
  • 2nd Midden–Brabant Poort Omloop
    2019
  • 3rd Team relay, UCI World Championships
    2021
  • National Championships
  • 2nd Criterium
  • 4th Road race
    2022
  • 2nd Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde
  • 9th Ronde van de Achterhoek
    2023
  • 1st Heusden Koers

    Grand Tour general classification results timeline

    Grand Tour2020
    Giro d'Italia—
    Tour de France—
    Vuelta a EspañaDNF
    Legend
    —Did not compete
    DNFDid not finish

    Track

    2018
  • UCI World Cup
  • 1st Team pursuit, Minsk
  • 2nd Team pursuit, Milton
  • National Championships
  • 1st Individual pursuit
  • 2nd Omnium
  • 3rd Team pursuit

    Notes and References

    1. News: Dickinson. Matt. Tanfield Thrills Home Crowd. The Times. 72526. 4 May 2018. 62. 0140-0460.
    2. News: Katusha-Alpecin announce reduced 24-rider roster for 2019. Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 20 November 2018. 4 January 2019.
    3. News: Official presentation of the AG2R LA MONDIALE professional cycling team 2020. . Groupe AG2R La Mondiale. 10 December 2019. 1 January 2020. 10 December 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191210193834/https://www.cyclisme.ag2rlamondiale.fr/en/official-presentation-of-the-ag2r-la-mondiale-professional-cycling-team-2020/. dead.
    4. Web site: BEAT Cycling. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 7 February 2023.
    5. Web site: 4 April 2018 . Commonwealth Games get underway with North East athletes . 10 April 2018 . itv.com.
    6. Web site: 2018-04-28 . School which produced medal winning Tanfield brothers gets £500k . 2024-07-27 . Teesside Live . en.
    7. Web site: Harry Tanfield Team England England Cycling Team.
    8. Web site: Day 6 recap: Kiwi cyclist Linda Villumsen wins silver in women's time trial as Hamish Bond grabs bronze in the men's event. 10 April 2018. TVNZ.
    9. Web site: Versatile Meyer adapts for time trial gold. yahoo.com. 10 April 2018.
    10. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/amp/cycling/43975769 Harry Tanfield Biography
    11. Web site: 'The hard work starts now' says Harry Tanfield as he signs with Katusha-Alpecin for 2019 . Arthurs-Brennan . Michelle . 23 August 2018 . Cycling Weekly. 24 August 2018.
    12. Web site: 75th La Vuelta ciclista a España: Startlist . ProCyclingStats . 19 October 2020.
    13. News: Harry Tanfield drops to Continental level with Ribble Weldtite. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 15 November 2020. 15 November 2020.
    14. News: 2 December 2020 . Team Qhubeka Assos adds Harry Tanfield, Connor Brown, and Emil Vinjebo . . Pocket Outdoor Media Inc. . 2 December 2020.
    15. Web site: Harry Tanfield set for Gold Coast time trial test. Phil. Jones. 9 April 2018. gazettelive.co.uk. 10 April 2018.
    16. Web site: British Junior Men's Road Series Winners – The Definitive List. . 28 June 2017 .

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