Will Barta
 Barta in 2015. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | William Barta |
| Born | January 4, 1996 Boise, Idaho, United States |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Movistar Team |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional teams | |
| 2015–2018 | Axeon Cycling Team[1] |
| 2019–2020 | CCC Team[2] |
| 2021 | EF Education–Nippo [3][4] |
| 2022– | Movistar Team |
William Barta (born January 4, 1996) is an American professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Movistar Team.[5]
Career
[edit]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 50 km to take the stage victory.[9]
Major results
[edit]- 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 Valenciana
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
[edit]| Grand Tour | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
— | — | — | 59 | 52 | 50 |
 Tour de France
|
— | — | — | — | — | |
 Vuelta a España
|
131 | 22 | — | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ "Valter completes CCC Team's 2020 roster". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. November 25, 2019. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
- ^ "EF Education - Nippo". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on January 1, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
- ^ "EF Pro Cycling sign Will Barta". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. November 24, 2020. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
- ^ "Movistar Team". UCI. Archived from the original on January 1, 2022. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
- ^ "2019: 74th La Vuelta ciclista a España". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Clasificación de la Etapa 13" [Stage 13 Classification] (PDF). Tissot Timing (in Spanish). Swiss Timing Ltd. November 3, 2020. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
- ^ Frattini, Kirsten. "Brandon McNulty draws on early-season form to win Volta Valenciana". Cycling News. Future PLC. Retrieved February 4, 2024.
External links
[edit]- Will Barta at UCI
- Will Barta at Cycling Archives
- Will Barta at ProCyclingStats
- Will Barta at Cycling Quotient
- Will Barta at CycleBase
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