Sid Barras (born 3 April 1948) is an English former professional

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Middlesbrough Middlesbrough ( ), colloquially known as Boro, is a port town in the Borough of Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England. Lying to the south of the River Tees, Middlesbrough forms part of the Teesside Built up area, built-up area and the Tees Va ...

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. 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

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of the British UCI division 3 team,

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. 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.

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;1970 :4th British National Road Race Championships (Professional) :1st

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

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) :2nd British National Stayers Championships ;1973 :1st Stage 10, Tour de Suisse :1st Tom Simpson Memorial (

) ;1974 :1st Tom Simpson Memorial (

) ;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

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(Professional) ;1980 :1st Tom Simpson Memorial (

) :2nd British National Road Race Championships (Professional) ;1981 :4th British National Road Race Championships (Professional)

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1948 births Living people Cyclists from Yorkshire British cycling road race champions Sportspeople from Middlesbrough Tour de Suisse stage winners {{England-cycling-bio-stub