Sid Barras

Sid Barras (born 3 April 1948) is an English former professional road racing cyclist from Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire. He was a professional for 18 years. One of Britain's foremost racing cyclists in the 1970s and 1980s with 380 wins, in 18 years as a professional. He was national champion three times and won a stage of the Tour of Majorca and in the 1973 Tour of Switzerland.

In 1999, Barras was directeur sportif of the British UCI division 3 team, Men's Health. He was manager of Recycling.co.uk in 2007.

He won the national over-50 championship in 2008. In 2009, he was inducted into the British Cycling Hall of Fame.

Barras is father of former professional cyclist, Tom Barras.

Palmarès

 * 1970
 * 4th British National Road Race Championships (Professional)
 * 1st London – Holyhead


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


 * 1973
 * 1st Stage 10, Tour de Suisse
 * 1st Tom Simpson Memorial (Harworth)


 * 1974
 * 1st Tom Simpson Memorial (Harworth)


 * 1976
 * 2nd British National Road Race Championships (Professional)


 * 1977
 * 1st London – Holyhead
 * 5th British National Road Race Championships (Professional)


 * 1979
 * 1st 🇬🇧 British National Road Race Championships (Professional)
 * 1st 🇬🇧 British National Circuit Race Championships (Professional)


 * 1980
 * 1st Tom Simpson Memorial (Harworth)
 * 2nd British National Road Race Championships (Professional)


 * 1981
 * 4th British National Road Race Championships (Professional)