Barloworld (cycling team)
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{{Infobox cycling team
| name=Barloworld
| image= Barloworld team logo.jpg
| code=BAR
| registered= United Kingdom
| founded={{start date|2003}}
| disbanded=2009
| generalmanager=Claudio Corti
| discipline=Road
| status=Professional Continental
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Barloworld ({{UCI 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 Moisés Dueñas had a positive test for EPO following stage four and was withdrawn before stage 11.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,{{cite news | title=Sponsor quits Tour after doping | date=19 July 2008 | url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/7515524.stm | work =BBC News | access-date = 2008-07-19 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080720101757/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/7515524.stm| archive-date= 20 July 2008 | url-status= live}} but on 28 October decided to sponsor for another year.
The team was not invited to the 2009 Tour de France.
Major wins
{{palmares start}}
;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
:{{flagu|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
:{{flagu|South Africa}} Time Trial Championships, David George
:{{flagu|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
:{{flagu|South Africa}} Time Trial Championships, Tiaan Kannemeyer
:{{flagu|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
: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
:20px 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
:{{AUT}} 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
{{palmares end}}
National champions
;2003
: 20px South African Road Race Championships, David George
;2004
: 20px South African Time Trial Championships, David George
: 20px South African Road Race Championships, Ryan Cox
;2005
: 20px South African Time Trial Championships, Tiaan Kannemeyer
: 20px South African Road Race Championships, Ryan Cox
;2008
: 20px Austrian Road Race Championships, Christian Pfannberger
Team roster
On 7 February 2009.
{{Cycling squad start}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=John-Lee Augustyn|nat=RSA |birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2009|02|07|1986|8|10}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=Francesco Bellotti|nat=ITA |birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2009|02|07|1979|8|6}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=Diego Caccia|nat=ITA |birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2009|02|07|1981|7|31}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=Patrick Calcagni|nat=SUI |birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2009|02|07|1977|7|5}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=Félix Cárdenas|nat=COL |birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2009|02|07|1972|11|24}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=Giampaolo Cheula|nat=ITA |birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2009|02|07|1979|5|23}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=Marco Corti|nat=ITA |birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2009|02|07|1985|6|15}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=Steve Cummings|nat=GBR |birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2009|02|07|1981|3|19}}}}
{{Cycling squad mid}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=Chris Froome|nat=GBR|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2009|02|07|1985|5|20}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=Robert Hunter|nat=RSA |birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2009|02|07|1977|4|22}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=Daryl Impey|nat=RSA |birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2009|02|07|1984|12|6}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=Paolo Longo Borghini|nat=ITA |birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2009|02|07|1980|12|10}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=Michele Merlo|nat=ITA |birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2009|02|07|1984|8|7}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=Carlo Scognamiglio|nat=ITA |birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2009|02|07|1983|5|31}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=Mauricio Soler|nat=COL |birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2009|02|07|1983|1|14}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=Geraint Thomas|nat=GBR |birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2009|02|07|1986|5|25}}}}
{{Cycling squad end}}
See also
References
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External links
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