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Race days 2023
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Will Barta

A huge asset in all terrains

FINDING THE RIGHT WAY. He started racing on a bike at 11 years of age, with the Boise Young Rider Development Squad (BYRDS) from his home Idaho. He soon started shining in the youth ranks, as a strong rouleur -and vice national time trial champion- who would later turn into a solid allrounder as an amateur. Axel Merckx’s call to join one of the best development teams in the world, Axeon Hagens Berman, was key in his under-23 progression (2015-18), finding the right pace in training and racing to succeed and complement his presence outside racing, always calm and focused. His good performances in races as diverse as Liège Espoirs  -4th in 2017-, Belgium -3rd at Monts-et-Châteaux-, Bretagne, California (already within the pros) or the Baby Giro -where he sustained a serious femur fracture in 2018- opened the doors of the WorldTour to him.

COVER LETTER. After a 2019 season where the main goal was getting himself used to pro racing, the CCC squad already giving him chances at Paris-Nice, Romandie or his first La Vuelta, a big leap forward in consistency, performance and individual results came in 2020. He completed great work for his leaders and did well at time trials: 7th in Poitou-Charentes, 12th -against all big guns- in Tirreno and, most importantly, 2nd atop the Mirador de Ézaro, the demanding finish of the La Vuelta ITT, where Primoz Roglic bested him by just 1”. That was the crown of a really solid race -he ended up in 22nd overall-, which he hopes to show again in other big goals, whether it’s for the team leaders or himself. In 2022, already with the Movistar Team’s colours, he completed the Giro d’Italia and contested a victory in one of the stages of the Tour of the Alps (5th in Villabassa).

SHINING AGAIN. Will’s best sporting version was back on the spotlight in 2023, and seeking for those good individual and team performance should be his short-term goal. He was one of the best uphill in the Saudi Tour, won by team-mate Ruben Guerreiro; took 3rd at the ITT -and 5th overall in O Gran Camiño, other than 5th in Romandie; rode another Giro d’Italia and completed some decent TTs; and worked for the team over the second half of the season, becoming vice national time trial champion. Married in late 2023 to his wife, Ida, he will enjoy an additional two years -2024 and 2025- of confidence from the Movistar Team.

From:
Boise, ID
Birth:
04/01/1996
Country:
USA
Height:
180 Cm
Weight:
61 Kg
Pro debut:
2016
Years in team:
2
Career path:

2022-23: Movistar Team
2021: EF Education – NIPPO
2019-20: CCC
2016-18: Axeon Hagens Berman

Results
2nd
US ITT Championships
3rd
4thstage
O Gran Camiño
5th
4thstage
Tour de Romandie
5th
4thstage
Saudi Tour
5th
O Gran Camiño
7th
3rdstage
O Gran Camiño
8th
Saudi Tour
13th
Tour de Romandie
13th
9thstage
Giro d'Italia
15th
1ststage
Giro d'Italia
16th
2ndstage
O Gran Camiño
17th
3rdstage
Saudi Tour
18th
5thstage
Tour de Romandie
20th
3rdstage
Tour de Romandie
21th
4thstage
Tour de Luxembourg
27th
5thstage
Saudi Tour
28th
14thstage
Giro d'Italia
29th
Clàssica Comunitat Valenciana 1969
30th
Coppa Agostoni
31th
13thstage
Giro d'Italia
34th
20thstage
Giro d'Italia
34th
4thstage
Giro d'Italia
34th
8thstage
Giro d'Italia
35th
7thstage
Giro d'Italia
38th
1ststage
Saudi Tour
39th
6thstage
Tour de Romandie
39th
2ndstage
Tour de Luxembourg
40th
7thstage
Volta a Catalunya
41th
Volta a Catalunya
43th
2ndstage
Saudi Tour
44th
1ststage
Volta a Catalunya
45th
3rdstage
Tour de Luxembourg
45th
1ststage
Tour de Luxembourg
47th
2ndstage
Volta a Catalunya
48th
3rdstage
Giro d'Italia
48th
2ndstage
Challenge Mallorca
48th
Tour de Luxembourg
51th
3rdstage
Vuelta a Burgos
51th
4thstage
Volta a Catalunya
51th
CIC Mont Ventoux
52th
Giro d'Italia
57th
2ndstage
Tour de Romandie
58th
16thstage
Giro d'Italia
58th
5thstage
Vuelta a Burgos
59th
3rdstage
Volta a Catalunya
61th
12thstage
Giro d'Italia
61th
1ststage
Challenge Mallorca
62th
Vuelta a Burgos
67th
Coppa Bernocchi
68th
5thstage
Volta a Catalunya
71th
5thstage
Giro d'Italia
73th
6thstage
Volta a Catalunya
75th
Giro dell'Emilia
77th
1ststage
Tour de Romandie
77th
21thstage
Giro d'Italia
78th
5thstage
Tour de Luxembourg
79th
2ndstage
Giro d'Italia
79th
Bretagne Classic - Plouay
79th
18thstage
Giro d'Italia
80th
19thstage
Giro d'Italia
84th
6thstage
Giro d'Italia
89th
4thstage
Vuelta a Burgos
89th
1ststage
Vuelta a Burgos
91th
GP Québec
97th
Il Lombardia
105th
11thstage
Giro d'Italia
112th
15thstage
Giro d'Italia
127th
17thstage
Giro d'Italia
133th
10thstage
Giro d'Italia