Will Barta

William Barta (born January 4, 1996) is an American professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Movistar Team.^[5]

Will Barta

Barta in 2015.
Personal information
Full name	William Barta
Born	(1996-01-04) January 4, 1996 (age 29) Boise, Idaho, United States
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	61 kg (134 lb)
Team information
Current team	Movistar Team
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
2015–2018	Axeon Cycling Team[1]
2019–2020	CCC Team[2]
2021	EF Education–Nippo [3][4]
2022–	Movistar Team

Career

Barta was the second youngest rider in the 2016 Tour of California. In August 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Vuelta a España,^[6] his first Grand Tour. He also rode the race in 2020, finishing 22nd overall. He recorded a second-place finish on stage 13, an individual time trial; he had held the best time until Primož Roglič, the penultimate rider to start, bettered his time by one second.^[7][8] Barta's first professional win came in the fifth and final stage of the 2024 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, when Barta was part of a breakaway group and then made a solo attack on the steepest slopes of La Frontera climb, riding solo for over 50 km to take the stage victory.^[9]

Major results

2013

5th Overall Tour de l'Abitibi

1st Young rider classification

1st Stage 3 (ITT)

2014

2nd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships

3rd Overall Course de la Paix Juniors

3rd Overall Tour du Pays de Vaud

1st Stage 1

4th Overall Tour de l'Abitibi

6th Overall Trofeo Karlsberg

1st Points classification

1st Stage 2a

2015

8th Overall Tour de Bretagne

2016

7th Trofeo Banca Popolare di Vicenza

2017

2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships

4th Time trial, National Road Championships

4th Liège–Bastogne–Liège U23

9th Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux

9th Overall Flèche du Sud

10th Overall Tour de Bretagne

2018

3rd Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux

5th Overall Redlands Bicycle Classic

2021

5th Time trial, National Road Championships

2023

2nd Time trial, National Road Championships

5th Overall O Gran Camiño

8th Overall Saudi Tour

2024 (1 pro win)

1st Stage 5 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Giro d'Italia	—	—	—	59	52	50
Tour de France	—	—	—	—	—
Vuelta a España	131	22	—	—	—

Legend

—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

References

1. "UCI approves Axeon Pro Continental status". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. December 4, 2017. Retrieved January 24, 2018. The team has announced eight riders so far for the 2018 roster, including João Almeida from Portugal, William Barta from the US, U23 time trial world champion Mikkel Bjerg from Denmark, Cole Davis from the US, Zeke Mostov from the US, Jasper Philipsen from Belgium, Thomas Revard from the US and Maikel Zijlaard from the Netherlands.
2. "Valter completes CCC Team's 2020 roster". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. November 25, 2019. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
3. "EF Education - Nippo". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on January 1, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
4. "EF Pro Cycling sign Will Barta". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. November 24, 2020. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
5. "Movistar Team". UCI. Archived from the original on January 1, 2022. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
6. "2019: 74th La Vuelta ciclista a España". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
7. Ballinger, Alex (November 3, 2020). "Primož Roglič seals time trial victory and takes back race lead on stage 13 of the Vuelta a España 2020". Cycling Weekly. TI Media. Archived from the original on November 24, 2020. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
8. "Clasificación de la Etapa 13" [Stage 13 Classification] (PDF). Tissot Timing (in Spanish). Swiss Timing Ltd. November 3, 2020. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
9. Frattini, Kirsten. "Brandon McNulty draws on early-season form to win Volta Valenciana". Cycling News. Future PLC. Retrieved February 4, 2024.

External links

• Will Barta at UCI
• Will Barta at Cycling Archives (archived)
• Will Barta at ProCyclingStats
• Will Barta at Cycling Quotient
• Will Barta at CycleBase