Tripti Joshi (Editor)

Michael Barry (cyclist)

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Full name
  
Michael Barry

1999–2001
  
Weight
  
72 kg

Height
  
1.89 m


Discipline
  
Road

Name
  
Michael Barry

Current team
  
Retired

2002–2006
  
US Postal

Spouse
  
Dede Barry (m. 1998)

Michael Barry (cyclist) Canadian cyclist Michael Barry 39I doped39 CBC Sports

Born
  
18 December 1975 (age 48) Toronto, Canada (
1975-12-18
)

Role
  
Professional Road Racing Cyclist

Olympic medals
  
Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's individual road race

Similar People
  
Dede Barry, George Hincapie, Kurt Asle Arvesen, Roger Hammond, Julian Dean

Rider type
  
All-Rounder/Domestique

Lance armstrong racing again crazy crash tour of oman michael barry on tramadol at team sky


Michael Barry (born 18 December 1975) is a Canadian author and former professional road racing cyclist. Barry raced for numerous world-class teams with the role of 'domestique'. His greatest personal successes were placing eighth in the 2008 Beijing Olympics' road race, finishing second in the Canadian National Road Race Championships in 2001 and 2012, and winning a stage of the Tour of Missouri in 2008. He announced his retirement in September 2012, stating that the 2012 Tour of Beijing would be his last race. He is also an author who produced three books.

Contents

Michael Barry (cyclist) Team Sky deny Michael Barry39s claim they ride on

Michael barry interview


Career

Michael Barry (cyclist) Michael Barry

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 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.

Michael Barry (cyclist) cdnmediacyclingnewscom201004092barry600jpg

Previous to riding for UCI ProTour team Team Sky Barry spent several years with the Discovery Channel team. He also raced with the Saturn Cycling Team for a number of years before going to US Postal Service/Discovery.

Michael Barry (cyclist) Exclusive ExTeam Sky cyclist Michael Barry expands on teams

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. He also had to pull out of the 2002 Vuelta a España after colliding with a motorcycle on the eight stage.

Michael Barry (cyclist) Pro cyclist interview Michael Barry on Team Sky La

In 2005 he wrote the book: Inside the Postal Bus, about his experiences at U.S. Postal Service and the 2004 season whilst riding in support of Lance Armstrong. The work contains texts authored by some of his team mates, including George Hincapie. When the doping topic arises in the book, Barry vehemently denies having ever witnessed any drug intake in the team. 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.

Michael Barry (cyclist) Canadian Cyclist reviewshadowsontheroadbymichaelbarry

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.

Michael Barry (cyclist) Shadows on the Road by Michael Barry Podium Cafe

For 2010, he left HTC–Highroad, and signed with Team Sky for 2 years. On 24 June 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.

On 5 September 2012, Barry announced he would retire at the end of the season, after his last race, October's Tour of Beijing.

Doping

On 10 October 2012 it was announced by USADA that he would be suspended for six months for admissions of doping during his time with the US Postal Cycling Team. Later that day a statement was released confirming his acceptance of a six-month ban from 1 September 2012 ending on 1 March 2013 along with a stripping of all race results between 13 May 2003 and 31 July 2006. He confessed that the US Postal team and he were using an extensive amount of performance-enhancing drugs.

Highlights

Highlights include:

  • Stage win at the 2008 Tour of Missouri
  • Placed 9th in the men's road race at the 2008 Beijing Olympics
  • Placing 4th overall in the 2003 Tour de Georgia
  • At the 2006 Tour of Flanders, Barry went down extremely hard in a crash, suffering severe facial cuts and lacerations and also fracturing some vertebrae.
  • References

    Michael Barry (cyclist) Wikipedia


    Similar Topics