Michael Barry (cyclist)

Michael Barry

Personal information
Full name	Michael Barry
Born	December 18, 1975 (1975-12-18) (age 35) Toronto, Canada
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	69 kg (150 lb)
Team information
Current team	Team Sky
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-Rounder/Domestique
Professional team(s)
1999–2001 2002–2006 2007–2009 2010–	Saturn US Postal T-Mobile Team Team Sky
Major wins
Giro d'Italia, 1 Stage TTT Vuelta a España, 1 Stage TTT Points Classification Tour of Austria (2005)
Infobox last updated on December 24, 2007

Michael Barry (born December 18, 1975) is a Canadian professional road racing cyclist for UCI ProTour team Team Sky.

Previous to riding for UCI ProTour team Team Sky he spent several years with the Discovery Channel. He also raced of the Saturn Cycling Team for a number of years before going to US Postal Service/Discovery. He was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario. His father, Michael (Mike) Barry Sr., was a racer himself in England in the 1950s, who until 2006 ran a specialty bike store and manufactured a line of hand-made bicycle frames under his own Mariposa^[1] brand. As a result, the younger Barry grew up in a cycling-intense environment, and started racing at a very young age. He has been a professional since 1998. He has spent many years on the Canadian National Team during the early years of his career. His wife is 2004 Olympic Silver Medalist Dede Demet Barry. They have 2 children. Barry has raced in 5 Vuelta a Españas and 5 Giro d'Italias but in 2007 had to abandon the Giro due to health issues, which put him out most of the season.

In 2005 he wrote the book: Inside the Postal Bus, about his experiences at US Postal and the 2004 season whilst riding in support of Lance Armstrong. He and his wife also wrote a training book. He also writes diary entries during his cycling season. His third book, Le Metier, detailing the life of a cycling domestique, was published in 2010 by Rouleur.

He is generally considered a support rider, or domestique, helping the team leaders win races, but he will often get the opportunity to go for personal results. He is usually the team leader for Canada for the World Championships. His strengths lie in the time-trial, and hilly road races. He can be counted on for grand tours, and other stage races as well.

For 2010, he left HTC-Highroad, and signed with Team Sky for 2 years. On June 24, 2010, Team Sky announced that Barry would be part of its 2010 Tour de France team. This would be Barry's first Tour de France appearance after thirteen seasons as a professional.

Highlights

Highlights include:

• Stage win at the 2008 Tour of Missouri
• Placed 9th in the men's road race at the 2008 Beijing Olympics
• Helping Tom Danielson to his 2005 Tour de Georgia victory
• Being a part of the winning team at the 2005 Giro d'Italia (won by Paolo Savoldelli).
• Taking a stage at the 2005 Tour of Austria
• Riding Tom Danielson to a top 10 finish at 2005 Vuelta a España
• Placing 7th in the 2003 World Championships Road Race
• Riding Roberto Heras to victory in the 2003 Vuelta a España and Volta a Catalunya
• Placing 4th overall and the 2003 Tour de Georgia
• Riding George Hincapie to 2nd place in the 2005 Paris-Roubaix

At the 2006 Ronde van Vlaanderen, Barry went down extremely hard in a crash, suffering severe facial cuts and lacerations and also fracturing some vertebrae.

Palmares

1997

1st Under 23 Road Race Champion

2001

2nd National Road Race Championship

2002

1st Stage 1 TTT Volta a Catalunya

9th Road Race 2002 Commonwealth Games

1st Team Classification Vuelta Burgos

1st Team Classification Vuelta Rioja

2003

4th Overall Tour of Georgia

7th World Championships Road Race

2004

1st Stage 1 TTT Vuelta a España

2005

1st Stage 1 Österreich-Rundfahrt

6th, Overall

1st Points Classification

5th, Stage 2

6th, Stage 6

8th, Stage 21 Vuelta a España

2006

1st Team Classification, Vuelta a España

2nd Eindhoven Team Time Trial

2007

3rd Overall Sachsen Tour

2008

1st Stage 4, Tour of Missouri

Most Aggressive Rider Award for Stage 4

1st Team Classification Tour of Missouri

1st Team Classification Tour of Ireland

5th Overall Tour of Ireland

2009

1st Stage 1 TTT Giro d'Italia,

1st Stage 3 TTT Tour de Romandie

Most Aggressive Rider Award Tour of Missouri

2010

26th 2010 Paris-Roubaix

44th Overall 2010 Giro d'Italia

References

1. ^ Mariposa

External links

• Profile on VELOBIOS
• Michael Barry Official Website
• Michael Barry profile at Cycling Archives
• Michael Barry (cyclist) at Trap-Friis.dk

Persondata
Name	Barry, Michael
Alternative names
Short description	Road bicycle racer
Date of birth	1975-12-18
Place of birth	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Date of death
Place of death