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Michael Barry

Personal information
Full name	Michael Barry
Date of birth	December 18, 1975 (1975-12-18) (age 34)
Country	Canada
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	69 kg (150 lb)
Team information
Current team	Team Sky
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional team(s)1
1999–2001 2002–2006 2007–2009 2010–	Saturn US Postal T-Mobile Team Team Sky
Major wins
Giro d'Italia, 1 Stage TTT Vuelta a España, 1 Stage TTT Points Classification Tour of Austria (2005)
Infobox last updated on:
December 24, 2007 1 Team names given are those prevailing at time of rider beginning association with that team.

Michael Barry (born December 18, 1975) is a Canadian professional road racing cyclist for UCI ProTour team Team Sky. Previous to this, he spent several years with the Discovery Channel. He also raced of the Saturn Cycling Team for a number of years before going to US Postal Service/Discovery. 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[1] 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. Barry has raced in 5 Vuelta a Espanas and 3 Giro d'Italias but in 2007 had to abandon the Giro due to health issues, which put him out most of the season.

In 2005 he wrote the book: Inside the Postal Bus, about his experiences at US Postal and the 2004 season whilst riding in support of Lance Armstrong. He and his wife also wrote a training book. He also writes diary entries during his cycling season. In 2010, he is publishing a third book.

He is generally considered a support rider, or domestique, helping the team leaders win races.

For 2010, he is leaving Team HTC-Columbia, and signed with Team Sky for 2 years. His main goal for 2010 is to ride in Tour de France. It would be his first time riding in the French Grand Tour.

Highlights

Highlights include:

• stage win at the 2008 Tour of Missouri
• placed 9th in the men's road race at the 2008 Beijing Olympics
• helping Tom Danielson to his 2005 Tour de Georgia victory
• 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 Vuelta a Espana
• placing 7th in the 2003 World Championships Road Race
• Riding Roberto Heras to victory in the 2003 Vuelta a Espana and Volta a Catalunya

At the 2006 Ronde van Vlaanderen, Barry went down extremely hard in a crash, suffering severe facial cuts and lacerations and also fracturing some vertebrae.

Palmares

External links

• Profile on VELOBIOS
• Michael Barry Official Website
• Achievements at Trap-Friis.dk