Ashlin Barry (born 25 September 2007) is a Canadian-American professional racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Continental team Visma–Lease a Bike Development. He is the 2026 UCI Under-23 Road Race World Champion.
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Early life
He was born in Girona, Spain, and shared his time between Girona and Boulder, Colorado when he was young. In 2013, his family moved to Toronto, Canada. He attended Upper Canada College in Toronto. He trained in track cycling at the Mattamy National Cycling Centre and despite being an under-17 rider received had special permission in 2023 to race with the under-19 category at the Canadian track nationals where he won gold in the elimination race, the madison, the team pursuit, as well as winning a silver medal in the individual pursuit, keirin, and points race. That year, he raced the Next Generation Track Meet in Apeldoorn, The Netherlands, where he was second in the individual pursuit and points race, and first in the scratch race, tempo race and elimination race.
Career
From 2024, he began racing with the U.S. National Cycling Team. He won a silver medal in the Omnium at the 2024 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships. He also became Junior U.S. road race, time trial, and Madison national champion, as well as Elite Madison National Champion (with partner Enzo Edmonds) and won a round of the UCI Gravel World Series. In 2024, he rode for EF Education-ONTO development team and raced for Team USA Juniors and won the general classification at the Tour du Bocage.
He had a top-ten finish at Paris-Roubaix Juniors in 2024. He finished 2nd in the general classification at the Saarland Trofeo Nations Cup in 2024. He was fifth in the junior men’s road race at the 2024 World Championships.
In December 2024, he signed for Visma-Lease a Bike to ride for their development team JEGG-SKIL-DJR Academy before transitioning to join UCI WorldTeam Visma–Lease a Bike for the 2026 season.
In March 2025 at the UCI Nations Cup, Barry, alongside Graeme Frislie, Anders Johnson and David Domonoske, set the American record in the team pursuit in a time of 3:47.503, beating the previous record by five seconds. The team finished second in the process. Barry also won a silver medal in the omnium. After racing in Turkey, he traveled to Northern Europe to race on the road with the Junior National Road team and won the general classification and two stages of the UCI Cottbus International Junior Race and finished second in the junior editions of Paris–Roubaix and the E3 Saxo Bank Classic.
He won the silver medal in the junior time trial at the 2025 World Championships in Kigali, Rwanda.
In 2026, he rode for UCI WorldTeam Visma–Lease a Bike at the Grand Prix de Denain, where he was involved in the breakaway. He also rode for the elite team as a domestique for Wout van Aert during the 2026 Tour of Denmark, where van Aert won three stages and the general classification. He won the U23 race at the 2026 United States National Road Race Championships in June. He placed fourth as an 18 year-old at the under-23 time trial on 21 September at the 2026 UCI Road World Championships in Montreal. Later that week, on his nineteenth birthday, Barry won the World Championship title in the under-23 road race following a lone breakaway from a small group of riders that had formed with 100 km to ride, riding solo for the final 30 km. In doing so, he became the first ever winner of the race to represent the United States.
Personal life
He is the son of former professional cyclists Michael Barry and Dede Demet. He has dual Canadian and American citizenship.
Major results
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Gravel
2024
UCI Gravel World Series
1st Ontario
Track
2024
1st Madison, National Championships
2nd Omnium, UCI World Junior Championships
2025
UCI Nations Cup, Konya
2nd Team pursuit
2nd Omnium