Michael Barry (cyclist)

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Michael Barry

Barry at the 2011 Tour de Romandie.
Personal information
Full name	Michael Barry
Born	(1975-12-18) 18 December 1975 (age 48) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	69 kg (152 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-Rounder/Domestique
Professional teams
1999–2001	Saturn
2002–2006	U.S. Postal Service
2007–2009	T-Mobile Team
2010–2012	Team Sky
Major wins
Giro d'Italia, 1 Stage TTT

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.^[1] He is also an author who has written three books.