# Barloworld (cycling team)

Barloworld (UCI team 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 Moisés Dueñas had a positive test for EPO following stage four and was withdrawn before stage 11.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, but on 28 October decided to sponsor for another year.
The team was not invited to the 2009 Tour de France.

## Major wins
### 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
    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
    South Africa Time Trial Championships, David George
    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
    South Africa Time Trial Championships, Tiaan Kannemeyer
    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
    Milano–Torino, Igor Astarloa
    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
    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
    Austria 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

## National champions
### 2003

    South African Road Race Championships, David George

### 2004

    South African Time Trial Championships, David George
    South African Road Race Championships, Ryan Cox

### 2005

    South African Time Trial Championships, Tiaan Kannemeyer
    South African Road Race Championships, Ryan Cox

### 2008

    Austrian Road Race Championships, Christian Pfannberger

## Team roster

On 7 February 2009.
| | Rider | Date of birth |
| John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) | John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) | (1986-08-10)10 August 1986 (aged 22) |
| Francesco Bellotti (ITA) | Francesco Bellotti (ITA) | (1979-08-06)6 August 1979 (aged 29) |
| Diego Caccia (ITA) | Diego Caccia (ITA) | (1981-07-31)31 July 1981 (aged 27) |
| Patrick Calcagni (SUI) | Patrick Calcagni (SUI) | (1977-07-05)5 July 1977 (aged 31) |
| Félix Cárdenas (COL) | Félix Cárdenas (COL) | (1972-11-24)24 November 1972 (aged 36) |
| Giampaolo Cheula (ITA) | Giampaolo Cheula (ITA) | (1979-05-23)23 May 1979 (aged 29) |
| Marco Corti (ITA) | Marco Corti (ITA) | (1985-06-15)15 June 1985 (aged 23) |
| Steve Cummings (GBR) | Steve Cummings (GBR) | (1981-03-19)19 March 1981 (aged 27) |
| | Rider | Date of birth |
| Chris Froome (GBR) | Chris Froome (GBR) | (1985-05-20)20 May 1985 (aged 23) |
| Robert Hunter (RSA) | Robert Hunter (RSA) | (1977-04-22)22 April 1977 (aged 31) |
| Daryl Impey (RSA) | Daryl Impey (RSA) | (1984-12-06)6 December 1984 (aged 24) |
| Paolo Longo Borghini (ITA) | Paolo Longo Borghini (ITA) | (1980-12-10)10 December 1980 (aged 28) |
| Michele Merlo (ITA) | Michele Merlo (ITA) | (1984-08-07)7 August 1984 (aged 24) |
| Carlo Scognamiglio (ITA) | Carlo Scognamiglio (ITA) | (1983-05-31)31 May 1983 (aged 25) |
| Mauricio Soler (COL) | Mauricio Soler (COL) | (1983-01-14)14 January 1983 (aged 26) |
| Geraint Thomas (GBR) | Geraint Thomas (GBR) | (1986-05-25)25 May 1986 (aged 22) |