Will Barta Explained
| Will Barta |
| Fullname: | William Barta |
| Birth Date: | 4 January 1996 |
| Birth Place: | Boise, Idaho, United States |
| Height: | 1.80 m |
| Weight: | 61 kg |
| Discipline: | Road |
| Role: | Rider |
| Proyears1: | 2015–2018 |
| Proteam1: | [1] |
| Proyears2: | 2019–2020 |
| Proteam2: | [2] |
| Proyears3: | 2021 |
| Proteam3: | [3] [4] |
| Proyears4: | 2022– |
William Barta (born January 4, 1996) is an American professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .[5]
Career
Barta was the second youngest rider in the 2016 Tour of California. In August 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Vuelta a España,[6] his first Grand Tour. He also rode the race in 2020, finishing 22nd overall. He recorded a second-place finish on stage 13, an individual time trial; he had held the best time until Primož Roglič, the penultimate rider to start, bettered his time by one second.[7] [8] Barta's first professional win came in the fifth and final stage of the 2024 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, when Barta was part of a breakaway group and then made a solo attack on the steepest slopes of La Frontera climb, riding solo for over 50km to take the stage victory.[9]
Major results
- 2013
5th Overall Tour de l'Abitibi
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 3 (ITT)
- 2014
2nd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
3rd Overall Course de la Paix Juniors
3rd Overall Tour du Pays de Vaud
1st Stage 1
4th Overall Tour de l'Abitibi
6th Overall Trofeo Karlsberg
1st Points classification
1st Stage 2a
- 2015
8th Overall Tour de Bretagne
- 2016
7th Trofeo Banca Popolare di Vicenza
- 2017
2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
4th Time trial, National Road Championships
4th Liège–Bastogne–Liège U23
9th Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
9th Overall Flèche du Sud
10th Overall Tour de Bretagne
- 2018
3rd Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
5th Overall Redlands Bicycle Classic
- 2021
5th Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2023
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
5th Overall O Gran Camiño
8th Overall Saudi Tour
- 2024 (1 pro win)
1st Stage 5 Volta a la Comunitat ValencianaGrand Tour general classification results timeline
Legend| — | Did not compete |
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Notes and References
- News: UCI approves Axeon Pro Continental status. Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. December 4, 2017. January 24, 2018. The team has announced eight riders so far for the 2018 roster, including João Almeida from Portugal, William Barta from the US, U23 time trial world champion Mikkel Bjerg from Denmark, Cole Davis from the US, Zeke Mostov from the US, Jasper Philipsen from Belgium, Thomas Revard from the US and Maikel Zijlaard from the Netherlands..
- News: Valter completes CCC Team's 2020 roster. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. November 25, 2019. January 1, 2020.
- Web site: EF Education - Nippo. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. January 1, 2021. https://archive.today/20210101135037/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15238/1000987/279. January 1, 2021.
- News: EF Pro Cycling sign Will Barta. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. November 24, 2020. November 24, 2020.
- Web site: Movistar Team. UCI. 20 January 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220101193507/https://www.uci.org/team-details/17183. 1 January 2022.
- Web site: 2019: 74th La Vuelta ciclista a España . August 23, 2019 . ProCyclingStats.
- News: Alex. Ballinger. Primož Roglič seals time trial victory and takes back race lead on stage 13 of the Vuelta a España 2020. Cycling Weekly. TI Media. November 3, 2020. November 24, 2020. live. https://archive.today/20201124220706/https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/vuelta-a-espana/primoz-roglic-seals-time-trial-victory-and-takes-back-race-lead-on-stage-13-of-the-vuelta-a-espana-2020-474662. November 24, 2020.
- Web site: Clasificación de la Etapa 13. PDF. Spanish. Stage 13 Classification. Tissot Timing. Swiss Timing Ltd.. November 3, 2020. November 24, 2020.
- Web site: Frattini . Kirsten . Brandon McNulty draws on early-season form to win Volta Valenciana . Cycling News . Future PLC . 4 February 2024.
