Noah Hobbs
 Noah Hobbs (2024) | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Alfred Bruce Noah Hobbs |
| Born | 23 July 2004 Barnstaple, England |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb; 10.6 st) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Groupama–FDJ Continental Team |
| Discipline | Road, track |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Sprinter (road), pursuitist (track) |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2021–2022 | Bäckstedt Bike Performance JRT |
| 2022 | Tekkerz CC |
| Professional team | |
| 2023– | Groupama–FDJ Continental Team |
Noah Hobbs (born Alfred Bruce Noah Hobbs, 23 July 2004) is an English road racing and track cyclist who currently rides for Groupama–FDJ Continental Team. His career highlights include leading the 2023 Arctic Race of Norway after Stage 2[1] and winning a gold medal in the under-23 Team Pursuit at the 2023 UEC European Track Championships.
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 National Cycling Centre in Manchester and was selected to ride for the Great Britain squad at the 2023 Tour of Britain.[2][3]
Career
[edit]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 Belgium. 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.[4]
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 Alberto Dainese in the final sprint into Alta.[5] 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 Michele Gazzoli. 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.[6] He finished the race in 67th place overall and was third in the final points standings.
He will represent Great Britain at elite level for the first time at the 2024 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Denmark.[7]
Major results
[edit]Road
[edit]- 2021
- 3rd Road race, National Junior Championships
- 2022
- 1st
Overall Junior Tour of Wales
- 1st Stages 2 & 3
- 1st Overall Isle of Man Junior Tour
- 1st Prologue & Stage 1
- 3rd Overall Keizer der Juniores
- 1st Stage 2b
- 2023
- 3rd Ronde van Achterhoek
- 4th Gent–Wevelgem Beloften
- 2024
- Alpes Isère Tour
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stages 1 & 3
- 1st
- Tour Alsace
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 5
- 1st
- 3rd Circuit race, National Championships
- 4th Paris–Troyes
- 6th Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers
- 9th Paris–Tours Espoirs
Track
[edit]- 2022
- UEC European Junior Championships
- 2nd
Omnium - 3rd
Team pursuit
- 2nd
- 2023
- 1st
Team pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Championships - 2024
- UEC European Under-23 Championships
- 1st Scratch
- 2nd Madison (with Ben Wiggins)
- 2nd Omnium
- 1st
- 3rd Points race, National Championships
References
[edit]- ^ "ProCyclingStats - Noah Hobbs". Retrieved 26 August 2023.
- ^ "Noah Hobbs interview: one year at a time". Retrieved 26 August 2023.
- ^ "2023 Tour of Britain Start List". Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- ^ "Keizer der Juniores 2023". Retrieved 26 August 2023.
- ^ "Arctic Race of Norway: Alberto Dainese sprints to stage 1 victory". Retrieved 26 August 2023.
- ^ "Arctic Race of Norway 2023". Retrieved 26 August 2023.
- ^ "11 Olympic medallists to represent Great Britain at Tissot UCI Track World Championships". British Cycling. 7 October 2024. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
External links
[edit]- Noah Hobbs at UCI
- Noah Hobbs at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Noah Hobbs at ProCyclingStats
- Noah Hobbs at CycleBase
