No. 042 - Michael Barry
 | Team: T-Mobile Team Country: Canada DOB: 12/18/1975| Age: 31 Hometown: Toronto, Canada Residence: Boulder, Colorado Height: 6'2" | Weight: 155 Website: www.michaelbarry.ca Pro Since: 1998 NRC Rank: 143rd & Points: 75 Specialty: Domestique |
Career Summary
Michael Barry comes to T-Mobile as one of the best support riders in the pro peloton. A top domestique for the Discovery Channel and US Postal Service teams for the past five years, he supported Tom Danielson in his 2005 Tour de Georgia victory and Paolo Savoldelli in his Giro d’Italia win. He rode for the Canadian national team from 1992-2000, is a multi-time Canadian national champion and represented Canada in the 1996 and 2004 Olympics.One of the most prolific writers in pro cycling, Barry writes for several cycling publications and has published 'Inside the Postal Bus,' and 'Fitness Cycling,' which he co-authored with his wife and world-class cyclist Dede Dement Barry and Dr. Shannon Sovndal.
Events
07 Amgen Tour of California06 Tour de Georgia
Individual Results
- 2006 1st Team classification, Vuelta a Espana; 3rd Sachsen Tour
- 2005 6th overall, 1st stage 5, 6th stage 6, 4th stage 2, Tour of Austria; 9th overall Circuit de la Sarthe, 5th stage 4, Tour de Langkawi; 1st Classic San Sebastian; 8th stage 21, Tour of Spain
- 2004 7th World Cup Championships of Zurich; 6th overall, Tour of Denmark; 1st stage 1 team time trial, Vuelta a Espana; Canadian Olympic Team Member
- 2003 7th World Championships Road Race; 2nd team time trial Vuelta a Espana; 4th overall Dodge Tour de Georgia
- 2002 1st team time trial, Vuelta Catalunya; 2nd team time trial Vuelta a Espana; 9th Commonwealth Games
- 2001 2nd San Francisco Grand Prix; 7th USPRO Criterium Championships; 4th Saturn Cycling Classic; 2nd National Elite Road Race Championships; 4th overall, Rio Grande stage race; 5th overall, 3rd stage 4, 3rd BMC Arlington, Cascade Classic; 4th overall GP Beauce
- 1992-1999 Member of the Canadian National Team
