Alice Wood (

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Barnes) (born 17 July 1995) is an English former

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, who last rode for UCI Women's WorldTeam .

Career

Barnes enjoyed success at the

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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. She joined the

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Olympic Academy Programme in 2013. Barnes was selected for the England team for the

2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games (), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014 (; ), were an international multi-sport event celebrated in the tradition of the Commonwealth Games as governed by the Commonwea ...

in Glasgow, where she finished fifth in the mountain bike race. She also rode at the

2014 UCI Road World Championships The 2014 UCI Road World Championships took place in Ponferrada, Spain, from 21 to 28 September 2014. The cycling championships consisted of 12 events for elite, under-23 and junior cyclists. It was the 81st UCI Road World Championships and the s ...

. She finished second to

Lizzie Armitstead Elizabeth Mary Deignan (née Armitstead; born 18 December 1988) is an English professional world champion track cycling, track and Road bicycle racing, road racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's WorldTeam . She was the 2 ...

in the elite women's race at the 2015

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, becoming national under-23 champion in the process. 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

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. On the road Barnes won the opening event of the

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in Redditch. Racing in the 2017 National Women's Road Series, she won the Lincoln Grand Prix. In September 2017, Barnes signed a contract with the team. She remained with the team until the end of the 2022 season, before joining on a two-year contract.

Personal life

She is the sister of fellow racing cyclist

Hannah Barnes Hannah Mary Barnes (born 4 May 1993) is a British racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . She is the sister of fellow racing cyclist Alice Barnes, who rides for . Career Born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, Barnes grew up in Bladon, ...

Major results

Source: ;2010 : 1st MaillotReinoUnido

Cross-country, National Youth Mountain Bike Championships ;2011 : 1st MaillotReinoUnido

Cross-country, National Youth Mountain Bike Championships : 2nd

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, National Youth Road Championships : National Youth Track Championships ::2nd Madison (with Melissa Lowther) ::2nd

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;2013 : 1st MaillotReinoUnido

Junior race,

National Cyclo-cross Championships National governing bodies hold National Cyclo-cross Championships on an annual basis. The winner is crowned national cyclo-cross champion and wears the national cycling jersey for his/her nation in races in the same category as it was won in. This ...

;2014 : 5th Cross-country,

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: 7th Under-23 cross-country,

UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships The UCI Mountain Bike World Championships are the world championship events for mountain bike racing in the disciplines of cross country, downhill, and four-cross. They are organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the governing ...

;2015 : National Road Championships ::1st MaillotReinoUnido

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 MaillotReinoUnido

Under-23 road race ::2nd Road race ::2nd

: 1st London Nocturne : 2nd Madison, National Track Championships (with Ellie Dickinson) : 4th Women's Tour de Yorkshire : 5th Overall

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: 10th RideLondon Grand Prix ;2017 : 2nd Overall BeNe Ladies Tour ::1st Jersey white

Young rider classification ::1st Stage 1 : 3rd Bronze medal europe

Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships : 3rd

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, National Under-23 Road Championships : 6th Overall

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: 7th

Gent–Wevelgem Gent–Wevelgem, officially Gent–Wevelgem – In Flanders Fields, is a road bicycle racing, road cycling race in Belgium, held annually since 1934. It is one of the classic cycle races, classic races part of the Flemish Cycling Week, run in late ...

: 8th

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: 9th Overall

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;2018 : 1st Gold medal blank

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: 1st Stage 6

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: 2nd

, National Road Championships : 9th

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;2019 : National Road Championships ::1st MaillotReinoUnido

Road race ::1st MaillotReinoUnido

: 2nd

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: 2nd Postnord UCI WWT Vårgårda West Sweden TTT :

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::4th Road race ::4th

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::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 Grand Prix International d'Isbergues (also known as Grand Prix International d'Isbergues - Pas de Calais Féminin) is an elite women's professional one-day road bicycle race held in France France, officially the French Republic, is a countr ...

;2021 : 1st Stage 3

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: 7th Overall Healthy Ageing Tour : 7th Overall

: 8th Classic Brugge–De Panne ;2022 : 5th Overall Bloeizone Fryslân Tour ::1st Jersey green

Points classification : 6th

: 8th Classic Brugge–De Panne : 8th

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: 10th Road race,

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Barnes, Alice 1995 births Living people English female cyclists British female cyclists Place of birth missing (living people) British cycling road race champions European Games competitors for Great Britain Cyclists at the 2019 European Games Cyclists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games cyclists for England 21st-century English sportswomen