Harry Tanfield
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Full name | Harry Tanfield | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1994-11-17) 17 November 1994 (age 29) Great Ayton, England[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.9 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 79.5 kg (175 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Saint Piran | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Amateur teams | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013 | Velo 29–Blackhawk | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2014 | CT 2020 Brugge | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2014 | KTM–Road and Trail.com | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Professional teams | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015 | JLT–Condor | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2016 | Pedal Heaven | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Bike Channel–Canyon | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | Team Katusha–Alpecin[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | AG2R La Mondiale[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | Team Qhubeka Assos | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | Ribble Weldtite | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | TDT–Unibet Cycling Team[4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2024– | Saint Piran | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Harry Tanfield (born 17 November 1994) is a British cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Saint Piran.
Early life
Tanfield grew up in Great Ayton in Yorkshire, England.[5] He attended Stokesley School.[6]
Career
Tanfield rode for JLT–Condor in 2015 and Pedal Heaven in 2016, before joining Bike Channel–Canyon for the 2017 season.
At the British National Track Championships, Tanfield finished third as part of the men's team pursuit and second in the men's omnium. [7]
He won a Silver medal in the Commonwealth Games in the Men's Individual Time Trial.[8][9]
On 3 May 2018 he won the opening stage of the Tour de Yorkshire road race, from Beverley to Doncaster.[10] Later in May, Tanfield won consecutive rounds of the Tour Series criterium competition in Aberystwyth and Stevenage, and was part of the Canyon Eisberg team that won the series overall.
In August 2018 it was announced that Tanfield would step up to the UCI World Tour for 2019, signing a two-year contract with Team Katusha–Alpecin.[11] He left the team after one season, and joined AG2R La Mondiale for the 2020 season.[3] In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Vuelta a España.[12] After his contract was not extended into 2021, Tanfield initially announced his intention to join Ribble Weldtite in November 2020,[13] but the following month, he signed a contract to remain at World Tour level, with Team Qhubeka Assos.[14] In 2022 Tanfield signed with the british team Ribble Weldtite.
Personal life
His brother Charlie Tanfield is also a medal winning cyclist.[15] They are both born on the same day two years apart.
Major results
Road
- 2012
- 2nd Overall National Junior Series[16]
- 2014
- 5th Time trial, 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 Time trial, National Championships
- 5th Duo Normand (with Charlie Tanfield)
- 6th Hong Kong Challenge
- 9th Memorial Van Coningsloo
- 10th Ronde van Overijssel
- 2018
- 1st Stage 1 Tour de Yorkshire
- Tour Series
- 1st Aberystwyth
- 1st Stevenage
- 2nd
Time trial, Commonwealth Games
- 2nd Time trial, National Championships
- 2nd Ronde van Overijssel
- 2nd Midden–Brabant Poort Omloop
- 2019
- 3rd
Team relay, UCI World Championships
- 2021
- National Championships
- 2022
- 2nd Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde
- 9th Ronde van de Achterhoek
- 2023
- 1st Heusden Koers
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour | 2020 |
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![]() | DNF |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
Track
- 2018
- UCI World Cup
- 1st Team pursuit, Minsk
- 2nd Team pursuit, Milton
- National Championships
- 1st
Individual pursuit
- 2nd Omnium
- 3rd Team pursuit
- 1st
References
- ^ Dickinson, Matt (4 May 2018). "Tanfield Thrills Home Crowd". The Times. No. 72526. p. 62. ISSN 0140-0460.
- ^ "Katusha-Alpecin announce reduced 24-rider roster for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 20 November 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ^ a b "Official presentation of the AG2R LA MONDIALE professional cycling team 2020". AG2R La Mondiale. Groupe AG2R La Mondiale. 10 December 2019. Archived from the original on 10 December 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ "BEAT Cycling". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games get underway with North East athletes". itv.com. 4 April 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ "School which produced medal winning Tanfield brothers gets £500k". Teesside Live. 28 April 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ "Harry Tanfield | Team England | England Cycling Team".
- ^ "Day 6 recap: Kiwi cyclist Linda Villumsen wins silver in women's time trial as Hamish Bond grabs bronze in the men's event". Retrieved 10 April 2018 – via TVNZ.
- ^ "Versatile Meyer adapts for time trial gold". yahoo.com. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ Harry Tanfield Biography
- ^ Arthurs-Brennan, Michelle (23 August 2018). "'The hard work starts now' says Harry Tanfield as he signs with Katusha-Alpecin for 2019". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
- ^ "75th La Vuelta ciclista a España: Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
- ^ "Harry Tanfield drops to Continental level with Ribble Weldtite". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 15 November 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ "Team Qhubeka Assos adds Harry Tanfield, Connor Brown, and Emil Vinjebo". VeloNews. Pocket Outdoor Media Inc. 2 December 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
- ^ Jones, Phil (9 April 2018). "Harry Tanfield set for Gold Coast time trial test". gazettelive.co.uk. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ "British Junior Men's Road Series Winners – The Definitive List". Bikesy.co.uk. 28 June 2017.
External links
- Harry Tanfield at UCI
- Harry Tanfield at Cycling Archives
- Harry Tanfield at ProCyclingStats
- Harry Tanfield at Cycling Quotient
- Harry Tanfield at CycleBase