Harry Tanfield (born 17 November 1994) is a British cyclist, who currently rides for

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Early life

Tanfield grew up in

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, England. He attended

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Career

Tanfield rode for in 2015 and in 2016, before joining for the 2017 season. At the

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, Tanfield finished third as part of the men's team pursuit and second in the men's omnium. He won a Silver medal in the

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in the Men's Individual Time Trial. On 3 May 2018 he won the opening stage of the

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road race, from

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. Later in May, Tanfield won consecutive rounds of the

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criterium competition in Aberystwyth and Stevenage, and was part of the team that won the series overall. In August 2018 it was announced that Tanfield would step up to the

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for 2019, signing a two-year contract with . He left the team after one season, and joined for the 2020 season. In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the

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. After his contract was not extended into 2021, Tanfield initially announced his intention to join in November 2020, but the following month, he signed a contract to remain at World Tour level, with . In 2022 Tanfield signed with the british team Ribble Weldtite.

Personal life

His brother Charlie Tanfield, who is two years younger than him, is also a medal winning cyclist.

Major results

Road

;2012 : 2nd Overall National Junior Series ;2014 : 5th

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, National Under-23 Championships ;2015 : 3rd Rutland–Melton CiCLE Classic ;2016 : 1st Stage 7 Tour of Poyang Lake ;2017 : 1st Stage 1 Tour of Quanzhou Bay : 2nd National Criterium Championships : 2nd Antwerpse Havenpijl : 5th

, National Championships : 5th Duo Normand (with Charlie Tanfield) : 6th Hong Kong Challenge : 9th Memorial Van Coningsloo : 10th

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;2018 : 1st Stage 1

::1st Aberystwyth ::1st Stevenage : 2nd Silver medal blank

: 2nd

, National Championships : 2nd

: 2nd Midden–Brabant Poort Omloop ;2019 : 3rd Bronze medal uci

Team relay,

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;2021 : National Championships ::2nd

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::4th Road race ;2022 : 2nd Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde : 9th Ronde van de Achterhoek ;2023 :1st Heusden Koers

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Track

;2018 : UCI World Cup ::1st

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, Minsk ::2nd

, Milton :

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::1st

Individual pursuit ::2nd Omnium ::3rd Team pursuit

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tanfield, Harry 1994 births Living people English male cyclists British male cyclists Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Cyclists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Sportspeople from North Yorkshire Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Cyclists from Yorkshire 21st-century English sportsmen Commonwealth Games silver medallists in cycling