Sid Barras

**Sid Barras**
Personal information
Full name	Sidney Barras
Date of birth	April 3, 1948 (1948-04-03) (age 60)
Country	England United Kingdom
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Professional team(s)
1970 1971–1973 1974 1975–1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982–1984 1985–1986 1987	Bantel - Raleigh Bantel TI - Raleigh Bantel Viking - Campagnolo Carlton - Weinmann Weinmann - Chicken Coventry Eagle - Campagnolo Falcon - Campagnolo Moducel Watertech - Dawes
Major wins
British Champion x3
Infobox last updated on:
20 December 2007

Sid Barras (born 3 April 1948,^[1]^[2] Darlington area, County Durham) is an English former professional road racing cyclist from Keighley, West Yorkshire. He was a professional for 18 years. One of Britain's foremost racing cyclists in the 1970s and 1980s^[3] with over 380 wins,^[4] Barras is also the father of current professional racing cyclist, Tom Barras.^[3] In 1999, Barras was Directeur Sportif for British UCI Division 3 Men's Health cycling team. He is also team manager of Recycling.co.uk in 2007.^[5]

[edit] Palmarès

1970: 4th British National Road Race Championship (Professional); 1st London – Holyhead

1971: 2nd British National Road Race Championships (Professional); 2nd Tom Simpson Memorial (Harworth); 2nd British National Stayers Championships

1979: 1st British National Road Race Championship (Professional); 1st British National Circuit Race Championship (Professional)

1980: 1st Tom Simpson Memorial (Harworth); 2nd British National Road Race Championship (Professional)
1981: 4th British National Road Race Championship (Professional)