Will Barta

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Will Barta
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Barta in 2015.
Personal information
Full nameWilliam Barta
Born (1996-01-04) January 4, 1996 (age 26)
Boise, Idaho, United States
Team information
Current teamEF Education–EasyPost
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
2015–2018Axeon Cycling Team[1]
2019–2020CCC Team[2]
2021EF Education–Nippo
2022-Movistar Team

William Barta (born January 4, 1996) is an American professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Movistar Team.[3][4]

Career[]

He 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,[5] 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.[6][7]

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

Grand Tour general classification results timeline[]

Grand Tour 2019 2020
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — —
A yellow jersey Tour de France — —
A red jersey Vuelta a España 131 22
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References[]

  1. ^ "UCI approves Axeon Pro Continental status". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. December 4, 2017. Retrieved 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.
  2. ^ "Valter completes CCC Team's 2020 roster". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. November 25, 2019. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
  3. ^ "EF Education - Nippo". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on January 1, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  4. ^ "EF Pro Cycling sign Will Barta". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. November 24, 2020. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
  5. ^ "2019: 74th La Vuelta ciclista a España". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  6. ^ Ballinger, Alex (November 3, 2020). "Primož Roglič seals time trial victory and takes back race lead on stage 13 of the Vuelta a España 2020". Cycling Weekly. TI Media. Archived from the original on November 24, 2020. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
  7. ^ "Clasificación de la Etapa 13" [Stage 13 Classification] (PDF). Tissot Timing (in Spanish). Swiss Timing Ltd. November 3, 2020. Retrieved November 24, 2020.

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