Barloworld
Team information
UCI code	BAR
Based	United Kingdom
Founded	2003
Disbanded	2009
Discipline(s)	Road
Status	Professional Continental
Key personnel
General manager	Claudio Corti
Jersey

Barloworld (UCI Team Code: BAR) were a UCI Professional Continental cycling team that competed between 2003 and 2009.
Its sponsor company was South African and the team maintained a South African identity,^[1] but registration was first in Italy and then, from 2007, in Great Britain.

Barloworld rode UCI Continental Circuits races and, when selected, UCI ProTour events. They were managed by Claudio Corti, with Valerio Tebaldi, Christian Andersen and Alberto Volpi as directeurs sportifs. Prominent riders were South African Robert Hunter and Colombian Mauricio Soler.

The sponsor was Barloworld, an industrial brand-management company. The team rode Bianchi frames with Shimano components.^[2]

Contents 1 Tour de France 2007 2 Tour de France 2008 3 Major results 4 Team roster 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Tour de France 2007

Barloworld competed in the 2007 Tour de France after a wild card entry. It was the first British-registered team in the Tour since ANC-Halfords in 1987. The team won two stages through Mauricio Soler and Robert Hunter, won the King of the Mountains competition (Soler), and had eight of its nine riders finish the race. Shortly after the Tour, team rider Ryan Cox, not a member of the Tour squad, died when an artery burst in his leg following surgery.

[edit] Tour de France 2008

The team again received a wildcard entry for the 2008 Tour de France, but Soler was injured on Stage 1 and dropped out in stage 5. Three others left with injuries, and only four completed the race, with no top three placings on any stage. Moisés Dueñas had a positive test for EPO following stage four and was withdrawn before stage 11. Barloworld announced their withdrawal from sponsorship after the tour,^[3] but on October 28 decided to sponsor for another year.^[4]

The team was not invited to the 2009 Tour de France.

[edit] Major results

[edit] Team roster

On February 7, 2009.^[5]

Rider Date of Birth  John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) August 10, 1986 (1986-08-10) (age 23)  Francesco Bellotti (ITA) August 6, 1979 (1979-08-06) (age 30)  Diego Caccia (ITA) July 31, 1981 (1981-07-31) (age 28)  Patrick Calcagni (SUI) July 5, 1977 (1977-07-05) (age 32)  Félix Cárdenas (COL) November 24, 1972 (1972-11-24) (age 37)  Giampaolo Cheula (ITA) May 23, 1979 (1979-05-23) (age 30)  Marco Corti (ITA) June 15, 1985 (1985-06-15) (age 24)  Steven Cummings (GBR) March 19, 1981 (1981-03-19) (age 28)  Chris Froome (GBR) May 20, 1985 (1985-05-20) (age 24)  Robert Hunter (RSA) April 22, 1977 (1977-04-22) (age 32)  Daryl Impey (RSA) December 6, 1984 (1984-12-06) (age 25)  Paolo Longo Borghini (ITA) December 10, 1980 (1980-12-10) (age 29)  Michele Merlo (ITA) August 7, 1984 (1984-08-07) (age 25)  Carlo Scognamiglio (ITA) May 31, 1983 (1983-05-31) (age 26)  Mauricio Soler (COL) January 14, 1983 (1983-01-14) (age 26)  Geraint Thomas (GBR) May 25, 1986 (1986-05-25) (age 23)

[edit] See also

• List of teams and cyclists in the 2008 Tour de France
• 2008 Tour de France
• Tour de France

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official Site

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