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

Harry Tanfield
Tanfield in 2017.
Personal information
Full nameHarry Tanfield
Born (1994-11-17) 17 November 1994 (age 30)
Great Ayton, England[1]
Height1.9 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight79.5 kg (175 lb)
Team information
Current teamSaint Piran
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2013Velo 29–Blackhawk
2014CT 2020 Brugge
2014KTM–Road and Trail.com
Professional teams
2015JLT–Condor
2016Pedal Heaven
2017–2018Bike Channel–Canyon
2019Team Katusha–Alpecin[2]
2020AG2R La Mondiale[3]
2021Team Qhubeka Assos
2022Ribble Weldtite
2023TDT–Unibet Cycling Team[4]
2024–Saint Piran
Medal record
Men's road bicycle racing
Representing  Great Britain
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Yorkshire Team time trial
mixed relay
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Gold Coast Time trial

Early life

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Tanfield grew up in Great Ayton in Yorkshire, England.[5] He attended Stokesley School.[6]

Career

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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

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His brother Charlie Tanfield is also a medal winning cyclist.[15] They are both born on the same day two years apart.

Major results

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Road

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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
2nd Criterium
4th Road race
2022
2nd Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde
9th Ronde van de Achterhoek
2023
1st Heusden Koers

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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Grand Tour 2020
  Giro d'Italia
  Tour de France
  Vuelta a España DNF
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

Track

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2018
UCI World Cup
1st Team pursuit, Minsk
2nd Team pursuit, Milton
National Championships
1st   Individual pursuit
2nd Omnium
3rd Team pursuit

References

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  1. ^ Dickinson, Matt (4 May 2018). "Tanfield Thrills Home Crowd". The Times. No. 72526. p. 62. ISSN 0140-0460.
  2. ^ "Katusha-Alpecin announce reduced 24-rider roster for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 20 November 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "BEAT Cycling". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Commonwealth Games get underway with North East athletes". itv.com. 4 April 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  6. ^ "School which produced medal winning Tanfield brothers gets £500k". Teesside Live. 28 April 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Harry Tanfield | Team England | England Cycling Team".
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "Versatile Meyer adapts for time trial gold". yahoo.com. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  10. ^ Harry Tanfield Biography
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ "75th La Vuelta ciclista a España: Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  13. ^ "Harry Tanfield drops to Continental level with Ribble Weldtite". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 15 November 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  14. ^ "Team Qhubeka Assos adds Harry Tanfield, Connor Brown, and Emil Vinjebo". VeloNews. Pocket Outdoor Media Inc. 2 December 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  15. ^ Jones, Phil (9 April 2018). "Harry Tanfield set for Gold Coast time trial test". gazettelive.co.uk. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  16. ^ "British Junior Men's Road Series Winners – The Definitive List". Bikesy.co.uk. 28 June 2017.
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