Alice Barnes

Alice Barnes
Barnes at the 2018 European Road Cycling Championships.
Personal information
Full nameAlice Barnes
Born (1995-07-17) 17 July 1995 (age 29)
Team information
Current teamHuman Powered Health
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Mountain biking
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder
Amateur teams
2012Twenty3c–Orbea[1]
2013Scott Contessa Epic
Professional teams
2016–2017Drops
2018–2022Canyon–SRAM[2][3]
2023–Human Powered Health

Alice Barnes (born 17 July 1995) is an English racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Human Powered Health.[4]

Career

Barnes enjoyed success at the UK School Games in Sheffield in 2011, where she not only won the individual mountain bike event, but also rode solo in the relay, beating the fastest of the four-rider teams by several seconds.[5] She joined the British Cycling Olympic Academy Programme in 2013.[6] Barnes was selected for the England team for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, where she finished fifth in the mountain bike race.[7] She also rode at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships.

She finished second to Lizzie Armitstead in the elite women's race at the 2015 British National Road Race Championships in Lincoln, becoming national under-23 champion in the process.[8] Later that year she was part of the Great Britain team that helped to deliver Armitstead to the World Championship elite road race title in Richmond, Virginia.[9] On the road Barnes won the opening event of the Tour Series in Redditch.[10] Racing in the 2017 National Women's Road Series, she won the Lincoln Grand Prix.[11]

In September 2017, Barnes signed a contract with the Canyon–SRAM team.[12] She remained with the team until the end of the 2022 season, before joining Human Powered Health on a two-year contract.[4]

Personal life

She is the sister of fellow racing cyclist Hannah Barnes.[5]

Major results

Source:[13]

2010
1st Cross-country, National Youth Mountain Bike Championships
2011
1st Cross-country, National Youth Mountain Bike Championships
2nd Criterium, National Youth Road Championships
National Youth Track Championships
2nd Madison (with Melissa Lowther)
2nd Points race
2013
1st Junior race, National Cyclo-cross Championships
2014
5th Cross-country, Commonwealth Games
7th Under-23 cross-country, UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships
2015
National Road Championships
1st Under-23 road race
2nd Road race
2nd Cross-country, National Mountain Bike Championships
5th Women's Tour de Yorkshire
2016
National Road Championships
1st Under-23 road race
2nd Road race
2nd Criterium
1st London Nocturne
2nd Madison, National Track Championships (with Ellie Dickinson)
4th Women's Tour de Yorkshire
5th Overall Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska
10th RideLondon Grand Prix
2017
2nd Overall BeNe Ladies Tour
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 1
3rd Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
3rd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
6th Overall The Women's Tour
7th Gent–Wevelgem
8th Ronde van Drenthe
9th Overall Women's Tour Down Under
2018
1st Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
1st Stage 6 Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
9th RideLondon Classique
2019
National Road Championships
1st Road race
1st Time trial
2nd Vuelta a la Comunitat Valenciana Feminas
2nd Postnord UCI WWT Vårgårda West Sweden TTT
European Games
4th Road race
4th Time trial
UEC European Road Championships
5th Road race
9th Time trial
5th Overall Healthy Ageing Tour
2020
6th Three Days of Bruges–De Panne
9th Overall Challenge by La Vuelta
10th Grand Prix International d'Isbergues
2021
1st Stage 3 Setmana Ciclista Valenciana
7th Overall Healthy Ageing Tour
7th Overall The Women's Tour
8th Classic Brugge–De Panne
2022
5th Overall Bloeizone Fryslân Tour
1st Points classification
6th Ronde van Drenthe
8th Classic Brugge–De Panne
8th Le Samyn des Dames
10th Road race, Commonwealth Games

References

  1. ^ "Twenty3c-Orbea sign mountain bike Olympic Development Programme rider Alice Barnes". British Cycling. 24 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Our full roster for 2019!". Canyon–SRAM. Lauke Pro Radsport GmbH. 10 January 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  3. ^ Frattini, Kirsten (6 December 2019). "Canyon-SRAM confirm 15 returning riders in 2020". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  4. ^ a b O'Shea, Sadhbh (6 September 2022). "Human Powered Health strengthens classics squad with Alice Barnes signing". VeloNews. Outside Media. Archived from the original on 20 November 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  5. ^ a b Davies, Gareth A (4 September 2011). "London 2012 Olympics: mountain biker Alice Barnes part of the Games legacy generation". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  6. ^ Webber, Luke (27 May 2014). "Alice Barnes aims for Commonwealth Games and World Championship selection in 2014". British Cycling. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  7. ^ "Northamptonshire's Alice Barnes finishes fifth in mountain bike event at Commonwealth Games as Canada's Pendrel takes gold". Northampton Herald & Post. 29 July 2014. Archived from the original on 16 October 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  8. ^ "National Road Championships: Elite Womens Road Race – 67 miles – 107 km: Lincoln – 28th June 2015" (PDF). British Cycling. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  9. ^ Abraham, Richard (26 September 2015). "Lizzie Armitstead "willing to lose in order to win" World Championships". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  10. ^ "JLT Condor and Drops Cycling Team take opening Tour Series rounds in Redditch". Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  11. ^ "Thrilling finale gives Barnes Lincoln Grand Prix win in enthralling HSBC UK – National Women's Road Series race". Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  12. ^ "NEW RIDERS ANNOUNCED FOR 2018". WMN Cycling. 12 September 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  13. ^ "Alice Barnes". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 5 January 2023.