Riding slowly for fifty meters up and down the farm road, I tried to push away the nerve fuelled butterflies which fluttered around my body. One or two other riders,…
Winter Beginnings
In a tight formation, we rolled over the Majorcan countryside. A dozen riders paired up in matching outfits, inches between our wheels while our elbows touched, our legs ticking over…
Q & A with Michael Barry
By Allied Cycleworks CEO, Brendan Quirk Where does our love for the sport of cycling take us? For Michael Barry, it led to a decade at the very top of professional…
July 22, 2017: Rapha Boulder Ride with Michael Barry
Join us for a ride with former Team Sky professional cyclist and Mariposa builder, Michael Barry on Saturday, July 22 from Rapha Boulder – meeting for coffee to watch the…
Plan de Corones
By Michael Barry Photography by Michael Blann Some moments we remember vividly, as if they are a motion picture unfolding in our memory, others become snap shots, while others become…
Mamnick Journal : Local Riders Q&A with Michael Barry
Michael Barry is a former world-tour professional cyclist who rode for a number of world-class teams including T-Mobile, High Road/HTC-Columbia, U.S. Postal Service, Discovery Channel and Team Sky. He raced…
Training for the Giro d'Italia Team Time Trial
Three days prior to the start of the Giro d’Italia the team got together in Turin for a few days of training. The opening stage of the Giro was a…
The Season Begins
From the drop of the flag I felt right. After five days of racing at the Tour Med in southern France, my body was adapting to the effort after months…
As a Team
At the end of December the team was back together again. In Mallorca, Spain, away from the snow that paralysed the UK and slowed Northern Europe, we were able to…
Flying or Ragged
Throughout the Tour de France photographer Scott Mitchell followed Team Sky as he is working on a book with my teammate Brad Wiggins. Based on the work I have seen the…
Team Sky Living The Dream
The team of eight riders singled into a line in front of me as we entered the cobbles. As the surface changed from smooth tarmac to uneven stone with patches…
Alps/Pyrenees Pre-Tour Training
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