Sid Barras Explained

Sid Barras
Fullname:Sidney Barras
Nickname:Super Sid[1]
Birth Date:April 3, 1948
Birth Place:
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Ridertype:Sprinter
Proyears1:1970
Proteam1:Bantel - Raleigh
Proyears2:1971 - 1973
Proteam2:Bantel
Proyears3:1974
Proteam3:TI - Raleigh
Proyears4:1975 - 1977
Proteam4:Bantel
Proyears5:1978
Proteam5:Viking - Campagnolo
Proyears6:1979
Proteam6:Carlton - Weinmann
Proyears7:1980
Proteam7:Weinmann - Chicken
Proyears8:1981
Proteam8:Coventry Eagle - Campagnolo
Proyears9:1982 - 1984
Proteam9:Falcon - Campagnolo
Proyears10:1985 - 1986
Proteam10:Moducel
Proyears11:1987
Proteam11:Watertech - Dawes
Majorwins:British National Road Race Champion (1979)

Sid Barras (born 3 April 1948)[2] [3] is an English former professional road racing cyclist from Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire.[4] He was a professional for 18 years. One of Britain's foremost racing cyclists in the 1970s and 1980s 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 and in the 1973 Tour of Switzerland.[6]

In 1999, Barras was directeur sportif of the British UCI division 3 team, Men's Health.[7] He was manager of Recycling.co.uk in 2007.[8]

He won the national over-50 championship in 2008.[9] In 2009, he was inducted into the British Cycling Hall of Fame.[10]

Barras is father of former professional cyclist, Tom Barras.

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
  • 1st London  - Holyhead
  • 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)

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Sid Barras: Famous Last Words . . 5 December 2011 . Cycling Weekly. 19 June 2014.
    2. Web site: Profile. cyclingwebsite.net. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110727112900/http://www.cyclingwebsite.net/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=948&id=889. 27 July 2011. dmy-all.
    3. Web site: Profile. cyclebase.nl.
    4. Web site: Register of Births, Deaths & Marriages. Tees Valley Indexes.
    5. News: Newport Nocturn. cyclingnews.com. 1 September 2007.
    6. Web site: Riders:B. Professional Cycling Palmarès Site. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080906174623/http://homepage.ntlworld.com/veloarchive/riders/b.htm. 6 September 2008. dmy-all.
    7. The Independent, UK, 29 April 1999
    8. Web site: Recycling.co.uk / MG-xPower / Litespeed. world-of-cycling.com. 2005. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20071121002610/http://www.world-of-cycling.com/sites/2005/teams05/recyclingcouk.htm. 21 November 2007. dmy-all.
    9. Web site: Barras proved he's still a class act. The Telegraph and Argus. 2008-09-09.
    10. Web site: 50 Cycling Heroes Named in British Cycling's Hall of Fame. British Cycling. 2009-12-17. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20091220041110/http://new.britishcycling.org.uk/sport/article/bc20091216-Hall-of-fame-fifty. 20 December 2009. dmy-all.

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