Michael Barry (cyclist)
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Michael Barry is a professional cyclist who recently signed with the T-Mobile Team. Previous to this, he spent several years with the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team. He was born and raised in Toronto, Canada. His father ran a bike store and so the young Michael grew up in a cycling intense environment and naturally grew to love cycling. He has been a pro since 1998.
He is generally considered a support rider, or domestique, helping the team leaders win races. Highlights include:
- placed 27th overall in the 2006 Vuelta a Espana (DSC)
- helping Tom Danielson to his 2005 Tour de Georgia victory (DSC)
- 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 the Vuelta a Espana
At the 2006 Tour of Flanders race, Barry went down extremely hard in a crash suffering severe facial cuts and lacerations and also fracturing some vertebrae.
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| Riders on T-Mobile Team |
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Michael Barry | Eric Baumann | Lorenzo Bernucci | Marcus Burghardt | Mark Cavendish | Gerald Ciolek | Scott Davis | Bernhard Eisel | Linus Gerdemann | Bert Grabsch | André Greipel | Giuseppe Guerini | Roger Hammond | Adam Hansen | Greg Henderson | Serhiy Honchar | Kim Kirchen | Andreas Klier | Servais Knaven | André Korff | Axel Merckx | Aaron Olsen | Jakob Piil | Marco Pinotti | František Raboň | Michael Rogers | Stephan Schreck | Patrik Sinkewitz | Thomas Ziegler |
| Manager |
| Bob Stapleton |
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