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English cyclist
Sid Barras
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Full name
| Sidney Barras
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Nickname
| Super Sid
[1]
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Born
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1948-04-03
)
3 April 1948
(age 76)
England
Great Britain
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Discipline
| Road
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Role
| Rider
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Rider type
| Sprinter
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1970
| Bantel - Raleigh
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1971–1973
| Bantel
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1974
| TI - Raleigh
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1975–1977
| Bantel
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1978
| Viking - Campagnolo
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1979
| Carlton - Weinmann
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1980
| Weinmann - Chicken
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1981
| Coventry Eagle - Campagnolo
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1982–1984
| Falcon - Campagnolo
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1985–1986
| Moducel
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1987
| Watertech - Dawes
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British National Road Race Champion (1979)
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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
[
citation needed
]
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
[
citation needed
]
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
.
[1]
Palmares
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References
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NCU
(1938?1958)
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BLRC
(1943?1958)
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BLRC Independent
(1946?1958)
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Amateur
(1959?1995)
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Professional
(1959?1995)
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1996?
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