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Barloworld
UCI code BAR Registered United Kingdom Founded 2003 (2003 ) Disbanded 2009 Discipline(s) Road Status Professional Continental 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.
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.
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EPO following stage four and was withdrawn before stage 11.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,
[1] but on 28 October decided to sponsor for another year.
The team was not invited to the
2009 Tour de France .
Major wins
2003
Overall
Tour d'Egypte ,
Tiaan Kannemeyer
Stages 1 & 2,
Hilton Clarke
Stage 3,
Tiaan Kannemeyer
Overall
Giro del Capo ,
David George
Stage 5,
David George
Stage 3
Circuit des Mines ,
Ryan Cox
South Africa Road Race Championships,
David George
Stage 2
Herald Sun Tour ,
Hilton Clarke
Stage 2
Tour of Queensland ,
Sean Sullivan
Stage 3
Tour of Queensland ,
Tiaan Kannemeyer
2004
Stage 4
Tour de Langkawi ,
Sean Sullivan
South Africa Time Trial Championships,
David George
South Africa Road Race Championships,
Ryan Cox
Overall
Giro del Capo ,
David George
Stage 1,
Tiaan Kannemeyer
Stage 4,
Ryan Cox
Criterium d'Abruzzo ,
Enrico Degano
Overall
Tour of Qinghai Lake ,
Ryan Cox
Stage 3
Brixia Tour ,
Enrico Degano
Stage 5
Tour of Britain ,
Enrico Degano
2005
Overall
Tour de Langkawi ,
Ryan Cox
Stage 8,
Ryan Cox
South Africa Time Trial Championships,
Tiaan Kannemeyer
South Africa Road Race Championships,
Ryan Cox
Stage 4
Vuelta a Murcia ,
Pedro Arreitunandia
Overall
Giro del Capo ,
Tiaan Kannemeyer
Stages 2 & 5,
Tiaan Kannemeyer
Stage 2
Vuelta a Aragón ,
Vladimir Efimkin
Stage 4
Four Days of Dunkirk ,
Vladimir Efimkin
Overall
Tour of Japan ,
Félix Cárdenas
Stages 3 & 5,
Félix Cárdenas
Stage 3
Euskal Bizikleta ,
Pedro Arreitunandia
Stages 1 & 5
Ster Elektrotoer ,
Enrico Degano
Stage 6
Tour of Qinghai Lake ,
Ryan Cox
Stage 9
Tour of Qinghai Lake ,
Sean Sullivan
Overall
Tour de Wallonie ,
Luca Celli
Stage 1,
Luca Celli
Overall
Volta a Portugal ,
Vladimir Efimkin
Stage 3,
Vladimir Efimkin
Stage 2
Vuelta a Burgos ,
Igor Astarloa
2006
Sategs 2 & 4
GP Costa Azul ,
Enrico Degano
Milano–Torino ,
Igor Astarloa
Overall
Course de la Paix ,
Giampaolo Cheula
Stage 2
Volta ao Alentejo ,
Enrico Degano
Stage 1
G.P. CTT Correios ,
Enrico Degano
Stage 2
Brixia Tour ,
Félix Cárdenas
Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia ,
Félix Cárdenas
Gran Premio Industria e Commercio Artigianato Carnaghese ,
Félix Cárdenas
2007
Overall
Giro del Capo ,
Alexander Efimkin
Stage 1,
Félix Cárdenas
Stage 3,
Alexander Efimkin
Stage 5,
Robert Hunter
Overall
Volta ao Distrito de Santarém ,
Robert Hunter
Stage 2,
Robert Hunter
Overall
Settimana Lombarda ,
Alexander Efimkin
Stage 3,
Alexander Efimkin
Stage 2
Clasica Alcobendas ,
Robert Hunter
Overall
Tour de Picardie ,
Robert Hunter
Stage 1,
Robert Hunter
Stage 1
G.P. CTT Correios ,
Enrico Degano
Mountains classification in the Tour de France ,
Mauricio Soler
Stage 9
Tour de France ,
Mauricio Soler
Stage 11
Tour de France ,
Robert Hunter
Overall
Vuelta a Burgos ,
Mauricio Soler
Stage 2,
Mauricio Soler
2008
World's View Challenge 3,
Robert Hunter
World's View Challenge 4,
Robert Hunter
Stage 2
Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria ,
Steve Cummings
Overall
Giro del Capo ,
Christian Pfannberger
Stage 1,
Christian Pfannberger
Stage 1
Driedaagse van De Panne ,
Enrico Gasparotto
Grand Prix Pino Cerami ,
Patrick Calcagni
Stage 2
Clasica Alcobendas ,
Baden Cooke
Stage 4
G.P. CTT Correios ,
Robert Hunter
Overall
Ster Elektrotoer ,
Enrico Gasparotto
Stage 3,
Enrico Gasparotto
Austria Road Race Championships,
Christian Pfannberger
Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie ,
Giampaolo Cheula
Coppa Bernocchi ,
Steve Cummings
Giro della Romagna ,
Enrico Gasparotto
Stage 3
Herald Sun Tour ,
Baden Cooke
Stage 6
Herald Sun Tour ,
Daryl Impey
2009
Stage 4
Tour Méditerranéen ,
Robert Hunter
Giro del Capo I,
Robert Hunter
Giro del Capo II,
Chris Froome
Giro del Capo III,
Steve Cummings
Overall
Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey ,
Daryl Impey
Stage 4,
Daryl Impey
Stage 3
Giro del Trentino ,
Robert Hunter
Stage 8
Tour of Britain ,
Michele Merlo
National champions
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
Team roster
On 7 February 2009.
See also
References
External links
Media related to
Barloworld cycling team at Wikimedia Commons