Barloworld (cycling team)

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Barloworld

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

Barloworld (UCI team code: BAR) was 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, but it was first registered 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. Its prominent riders included South African Robert Hunter and Colombian Mauricio Soler. Chris Froome rode for Barloworld for 2008 and 2009.

The sponsor was Barloworld, an industrial brand management company. The team rode Bianchi frames with Shimano components.

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.

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 Moisés Dueñas had a positive test for EPO following stage four and was withdrawn before stage 11.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,^[1] but on 28 October decided to sponsor for another year.

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

2003

South African Road Race Championships, David George

2004

South African Time Trial Championships, David George

South African Road Race Championships, Ryan Cox

2005

South African Time Trial Championships, Tiaan Kannemeyer

South African Road Race Championships, Ryan Cox

2008

Austrian Road Race Championships, Christian Pfannberger

On 7 February 2009.

Rider Date of birth  John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) (1986-08-10)10 August 1986 (aged 22)  Francesco Bellotti (ITA) (1979-08-06)6 August 1979 (aged 29)  Diego Caccia (ITA) (1981-07-31)31 July 1981 (aged 27)  Patrick Calcagni (SUI) (1977-07-05)5 July 1977 (aged 31)  Félix Cárdenas (COL) (1972-11-24)24 November 1972 (aged 36)  Giampaolo Cheula (ITA) (1979-05-23)23 May 1979 (aged 29)  Marco Corti (ITA) (1985-06-15)15 June 1985 (aged 23)  Steve Cummings (GBR) (1981-03-19)19 March 1981 (aged 27)

Rider Date of birth  Chris Froome (GBR) (1985-05-20)20 May 1985 (aged 23)  Robert Hunter (RSA) (1977-04-22)22 April 1977 (aged 31)  Daryl Impey (RSA) (1984-12-06)6 December 1984 (aged 24)  Paolo Longo Borghini (ITA) (1980-12-10)10 December 1980 (aged 28)  Michele Merlo (ITA) (1984-08-07)7 August 1984 (aged 24)  Carlo Scognamiglio (ITA) (1983-05-31)31 May 1983 (aged 25)  Mauricio Soler (COL) (1983-01-14)14 January 1983 (aged 26)  Geraint Thomas (GBR) (1986-05-25)25 May 1986 (aged 22)

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