Noah Hobbs (born Alfred Bruce Noah Hobbs, 23 July 2004) is an English road racing and track cyclist who currently rides for . His career highlights include leading the 2023 Arctic Race of Norway after Stage 2 and winning a gold medal in the under-23 Team Pursuit at the

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. Hobbs has described himself as a sprinter, but one who can "can get over some climbs that some of the other pure sprinters might struggle on." He also trains with the Great Britain track squad at the

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and was selected to ride for the Great Britain squad at the

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Career

Hobbs joined Groupama–FDJ Continental Team for the 2022 season and finished the year with a strong performance at the Keizer der Juniores, an age-category event in

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. He finished second on Stage 2 and won the third and final stage on his way to third-place finishes in both the overall and mountain classifications. He continued with the team for the 2023 season and made his breakthrough in a professional race at the 2023 Arctic Race of Norway. Hobbs started strongly, finishing second on Stage 1 after losing out to

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in the final sprint into

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. He finished 25th on Stage 2 but gained five bonus seconds courtesy of first and second place finishes on intermediate sprints, giving him a one-second general classification lead over Dainese and stage winner

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. As well as wearing the leader's "Midnight Sun" jersey, he also led the points and youth classifications at the halfway point of the race. Hobbs fell back on the hillier terrain of Stage 3 which was won by eventual overall winner Stephen Williams. He finished the race in 67th place overall and was third in the final points standings.

Major results

Road

;2021 : 3rd Road race, National Junior Championships ;2022 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

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::1st Stages 2 & 3 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Isle of Man Junior Tour ::1st Prologue & Stage 1 : 3rd Overall Keizer der Juniores ::1st Stage 2b ;2023 : 4th Gent–Wevelgem U23

Track

;2022 : UEC European Junior Championships ::2nd Silver medal europe

Omnium ::3rd Bronze medal europe

Team pursuit ;2023 : 1st European champion jersey 2016

Team pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Championships

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hobbs, Noah 2004 births Living people Sportspeople from Barnstaple English male cyclists