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

Career

From

Great Ayton Great Ayton is a village and civil parish in the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England. The River Leven (a tributary of the River Tees) flows through the village, which lies just north of the North York Moors. Etymology Great Ayton's ...

Yorkshire Yorkshire ( ; abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a historic county in northern England and by far the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its large area in comparison with other English counties, functions have ...

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

British National Track Championships The British National Track Championships are held annually and organised by British Cycling (formerly the British Cycling Federation). The main events are various track cycling disciplines for elite athletes to determine the British national cha ...

, 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

Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...

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

Tour de Yorkshire The Tour de Yorkshire is a road cycling race in the historic county of Yorkshire, England which first took place in May 2015. It is promoted by the Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) and is rated as a 2.HC event as part of the UCI Europe Tour. ...

road race, from

Beverley Beverley is a market and minster town and a civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, of which it is the county town. The town centre is located south-east of York's centre and north-west of City of Hull. The town is known fo ...

Doncaster Doncaster (, ) is a city in South Yorkshire, England. Named after the River Don, it is the administrative centre of the larger City of Doncaster. It is the second largest settlement in South Yorkshire after Sheffield. Doncaster is situated in ...

. Later in May, Tanfield won consecutive rounds of the

Tour Series The Tour Series is an annual series of cycling criterium races held in the United Kingdom since 2009. It is televised by ITV4 in the UK. The competition emphasises team effort with individual wins deemed less important. The races are held over 1 ...

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

UCI World Tour The UCI WorldTour (2009–2010: ''UCI World Ranking'') is the premier men's elite road cycling tour, sitting above the UCI ProSeries and various regional UCI Continental Circuits. It refers to both the tour of 38 events and, until 2019, an ann ...

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

2020 Vuelta a España The 2020 Vuelta a España was the 75th edition of the Vuelta a España, one of cycling's three grand tours. It was won for the second consecutive year by Primož Roglič of . The race was originally scheduled to be held from 14 August to 6 Sept ...

. 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 Charles Tanfield (born 17 November 1996) is a British Track & Road racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Continental team Saint Piran (cycling team). He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in the Mens Team Pursuit. He rode in the men's ...

is also a medal winning cyclist. They are both born on the same day two years apart.

Major results

Road

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

Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...

, National Under-23 Championships ;2015 : 3rd

Rutland–Melton CiCLE Classic The Rutland–Melton International CiCLE Classic is a road bicycle race that starts in Oakham and finishes in Melton Mowbray. The 2008 version was 158 km long. The race is characterised by its off-road sections and short, sharp climbs on n ...

;2016 : 1st Stage 7

Tour of Poyang Lake The Tour of Poyang Lake is a multi-day road cycling race held annually in China. It is contested in September near Lake Poyang, in the Jiangxi Jiangxi (; ; formerly romanized as Kiangsi or Chianghsi) is a landlocked province in the east o ...

;2017 : 1st Stage 1

Tour of Quanzhou Bay Tour of Quanzhou Bay is a men's multi-day cycling race which takes place in China. It is rated as a 2.2 event on UCI Asia Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Uni ...

: 2nd National Criterium Championships : 2nd

Antwerpse Havenpijl The Antwerpse Havenpijl is a European bicycle race held in Merksem, Belgium. Since 2006, the race has been organised as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were ...

: 5th

, National Championships : 5th

Duo Normand The Duo Normand is a two-man team time trial (against the clock) for elite racing cyclists. Held annually at Marigny-le-Lozon in Normandy Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of '' ...

(with

) : 6th Hong Kong Challenge : 9th Memorial Van Coningsloo : 10th

Ronde van Overijssel Ronde van Overijssel ( en, Tour of Overijssel) is an elite men's road bicycle racing event held annually in Overijssel, Netherlands and sanctioned by the Royal Dutch Cycling Union. The event is UCI 1.2 rated, and is part of the UCI Europe Tou ...

;2018 : 1st Stage 1

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

: 2nd

, National Championships : 2nd

: 2nd

Midden–Brabant Poort Omloop The Midden-Brabant Poort Omloop is a one-day professional cycling race held annually in the Netherlands since 2017. It is part of UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing Road bicycle racing is the cycle s ...

;2019 : 3rd Bronze medal uci

Team relay,

UCI World Championships The UCI world championships are annual competitions promoted by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to determine world champion cyclists. They are held in several different styles of racing, in a different country each year. Championship winne ...

;2021 : National Championships ::2nd

Criterium A criterium, or crit, is a bike race consisting of several laps around a closed circuit, the length of each lap or circuit ranging from about 400 m to 10,000 m. Overview Race length can be determined by a number of laps or total time, ...

::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

Team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...

, Minsk ::2nd

, Milton :

National Championships A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the best team, indi ...

::1st

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

References

External links

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