Alice Barnes

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Alice Wood

| image = Alice Barnes - 2018 UEC European Road Cycling Championships (Women's road race).jpg

| caption = Barnes at the 2018 European Road Cycling Championships.

| fullname = Alice Wood

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|7|17|df=yes}}

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| disciplines = {{ubl|Road|Mountain biking}}

| role = Rider

| ridertype = All-rounder

| amateuryears1 = 2012

| amateurteam1 = Twenty3c–Orbea{{cite web |url=http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/article/mtb20120125-mountain-bike-Twenty3c-Orbea-sign-mountain-bike-Olympic-Development-Programme-rider-Alice-Barnes-0 |title=Twenty3c-Orbea sign mountain bike Olympic Development Programme rider Alice Barnes|date=24 January 2012 |website=British Cycling |access-date=10 January 2015}}

| amateuryears2 = 2013

| amateurteam2 = Scott Contessa Epic

| proyears1 = 2016–2017

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|DRP|2016}}

| proyears2 = 2018–2022

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|LPR2|2018}}{{cite news|url=http://www.wmncycling.com/our-full-roster-for-2019/|title=Our full roster for 2019!|work={{UCI team code|CSR|2019}}|publisher=Lauke Pro Radsport GmbH|date=10 January 2019|access-date=8 February 2019}}{{cite news|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/canyon-sram-confirm-15-returning-riders-in-2020/|title=Canyon-SRAM confirm 15 returning riders in 2020|first=Kirsten|last=Frattini|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future plc|date=6 December 2019|access-date=13 January 2020}}

| proyears3 = 2023–2024

| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|HPW|2023}}

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Alice Wood (née Barnes) (born 17 July 1995) is an English former racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI Women's WorldTeam {{UCI team code|HPW|2024}}.{{cite news|first=Sadhbh|last=O'Shea|url=https://www.velonews.com/news/road/human-powered-health-strengthens-classics-squad-with-alice-barnes-signing/|title=Human Powered Health strengthens classics squad with Alice Barnes signing|work=VeloNews|publisher=Outside Media|date=6 September 2022|accessdate=5 January 2023|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221120131457/https://www.velonews.com/news/road/human-powered-health-strengthens-classics-squad-with-alice-barnes-signing/|archivedate=20 November 2022}}

Career

Barnes enjoyed success at the UK School Games in Sheffield in 2011, where she not only won the individual mountain bike event, but also rode solo in the relay, beating the fastest of the four-rider teams by several seconds.{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/8740365/London-2012-Olympics-mountain-biker-Alice-Barnes-part-of-the-Games-legacy-generation.html |title=London 2012 Olympics: mountain biker Alice Barnes part of the Games legacy generation |last1=Davies |first1=Gareth A |date=4 September 2011 |website=telegraph.co.uk |access-date=11 October 2014}} She joined the British Cycling Olympic Academy Programme in 2013.{{cite web |url=http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/gbcyclingteam/article/gbr20140527--Alice-Barnes-aims-for-Commonweath-Games-and-World-Championship-selection-in-2014-0 |title=Alice Barnes aims for Commonwealth Games and World Championship selection in 2014 |last1=Webber |first1=Luke |date=27 May 2014 |website=British Cycling|access-date=11 October 2014}} Barnes was selected for the England team for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, where she finished fifth in the mountain bike race.{{cite web|url=http://www.northampton-news-hp.co.uk/Northamptonshires-Alice-Barnes-finishes-fifth-mountain-bike-event-Commonwealth-Games-Canadas-Pendrel-takes-gold/story-22029894-detail/story.html|title=Northamptonshire’s Alice Barnes finishes fifth in mountain bike event at Commonwealth Games as Canada’s Pendrel takes gold|date=29 July 2014|website=Northampton Herald & Post|access-date=11 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016191140/http://www.northampton-news-hp.co.uk/Northamptonshires-Alice-Barnes-finishes-fifth-mountain-bike-event-Commonwealth-Games-Canadas-Pendrel-takes-gold/story-22029894-detail/story.html|archive-date=16 October 2014|url-status=dead}} She also rode at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships.

She finished second to Lizzie Armitstead in the elite women's race at the 2015 British National Road Race Championships in Lincoln, becoming national under-23 champion in the process.{{cite web |url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/zuvvi/media/bc_files/road/NRC_-_WOMENS_RR_RESULT.pdf |title=National Road Championships: Elite Womens Road Race – 67 miles – 107 km: Lincoln – 28th June 2015|website=British Cycling |access-date=27 September 2015}} Later that year she was part of the Great Britain team that helped to deliver Armitstead to the World Championship elite road race title in Richmond, Virginia.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/lizzie-armitstead-willing-to-lose-in-order-to-win-world-championships-193225 |title=Lizzie Armitstead "willing to lose in order to win" World Championships |last1=Abraham |first1=Richard |date=26 September 2015 |website=Cycling Weekly |access-date=27 September 2015}} On the road Barnes won the opening event of the Tour Series in Redditch.{{cite web|url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/road/article/20170510-road-JLT-Condor-and-Drops-Cycling-Team-take-opening-Tour-Series-rounds-in-Redditch-0|title=JLT Condor and Drops Cycling Team take opening Tour Series rounds in Redditch|access-date=14 May 2017}} Racing in the 2017 National Women's Road Series, she won the Lincoln Grand Prix.{{cite web|url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/article/20170514-Womens-Road-Series-Thrilling-finale-gives-Barnes-Lincoln-Grand-Prix-win-in-thrilling-HSBC-UK---National-Women-s-Road-Series-race-0|title=Thrilling finale gives Barnes Lincoln Grand Prix win in enthralling HSBC UK – National Women's Road Series race|access-date=14 May 2017}}

In September 2017, Barnes signed a contract with the {{UCI team code|CSR|2018}} team.{{cite news|title=NEW RIDERS ANNOUNCED FOR 2018|url=http://www.wmncycling.com/new-riders-announced-for-2018/|access-date=12 September 2017|work=WMN Cycling|date=12 September 2017}} She remained with the team until the end of the 2022 season, before joining {{UCI team code|HPW|2023}} on a two-year contract.

Personal life

She is the sister of fellow racing cyclist Hannah Barnes.

Major results

Source:{{cite web|url=https://firstcycling.com/rider.php?r=89637|title=Alice Barnes|work=FirstCycling.com|publisher=FirstCycling AS|accessdate=5 January 2023}}

;2010

: 1st 20px Cross-country, National Youth Mountain Bike Championships

;2011

: 1st 20px Cross-country, National Youth Mountain Bike Championships

: 2nd Criterium, National Youth Road Championships

: National Youth Track Championships

::2nd Madison (with Melissa Lowther)

::2nd Points race

;2013

: 1st 20px Junior race, National Cyclo-cross Championships

;2014

: 5th Cross-country, Commonwealth Games