Michael Barry (cyclist)

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.

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Highlights

Highlights include:

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 MaillotCan.PNG 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 Jersey green.svg 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 Jersey red.svg 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
Jersey red.svg Most Aggressive Rider Award Tour of Missouri
2010
26th 2010 Paris-Roubaix
44th Overall 2010 Giro d'Italia

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