CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Joe Barr has been racing bikes his whole life. He has won over 500 races and amassed hundreds of medals and trophies in an impressive array of cycling disciplines.
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He is a Commonwealth Games bronze medalist from 1986 and has proudly represented his country at numerous World Championship events throughout the years.
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Joe currently holds endurance records in Ireland and is a highly respected and recognised competitor at home and abroad.
ENDURANCE WORLD CUP HIGHLIGHTS
2009 – CURRENT
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1st place, 2022
Race Across the West, new age category record,
4th overall
1st place, 2022
Sebring 24HRS, overall
2019 WUCA World Cup Winner
(60-69 age category)
1st place, 2019
Mid Atlantic 12/24, 12 hour, overall
1st place, 2019
Race Across America, (4860 KM), age 60-69
1st place, 2019
Sebring 24HRS, age 60-64
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1st place, 2018
Race Around Ireland (2200 KM), overall
1st place, 2017
Silverstate 508, Nevada, USA (800 KM), over-50 category
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1st place, 2017
Race Across Italy, (800 KM), over-50 category
2017, World Ultra-Cycling Association (WUCA) World Champion
500 mile category, overall
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1st place, 2015
Le Mans 24 hour, over-50 category
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1st place, 2015
No Country for Old Men, Texas, US (1609 KM), overall
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2nd Place, 2014
Race Across America, (4860 KM), age 50-59
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4th place, 2014
Race Across Italy, overall (800 KM), overall
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1st place, 2009
Race Around Ireland (2200 KM), overall
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"I've lost way more than I've won. You have to learn to lose to improve, so get busy losing. In fact lose spectacularly!"
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Joe Barr
ENDURANCE RECORDS
1993 – CURRENT
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Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way, from north to south (2304 KM) set in 2021
Malin to Mizen Head and back (1242 KM) set in 2020
West Coast - East Coast - West Coast Ireland (776 KM), World Record set in 2020
East to West Irish World Record (380 KM) set in 2019
Race Around Ireland (2200 KM), Irish record set 2018
Mizen to Fair Head (621 KM) held from 1993 to 2008
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TIME TRIAL HIGHLIGHTS
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3rd place, 1986
Commonwealth Games, Edinburgh
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6th place, 1990
Commonwealth Games, Auckland, New Zealand
7 National 100 mile Championships spanning mid-1980’s to mid-1990’s
National 50 mile Champion (1987, 1989)
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CYCLO-CROSS
HIGHLIGHTS
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Selected to represent Ireland 8 times in Cycle-Cross World Championships
1st place (1985, 1986, 1987, 1991) National Championship
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ROAD RACE HIGHLIGHTS
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1st place, 1986
Amateur Northern Ireland Road Race
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3rd place, 1993
Professional UK and Ireland National Road Race
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3rd place, 1985
Amateur Ireland National Road Race
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3rd place, 1987
9 day National Tour (RAS)
Countless wins in Irish Classic events such as Des Hanlon Memorial, Tour of the Slade, Tour of Ards, Tour of the Mournes, Inishowen 100.​​
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