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Tag: team sky

December 16, 2020December 17, 2020

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…

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July 20, 2020

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…

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July 14, 2017July 14, 2017

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…

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December 22, 2016December 22, 2016

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…

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November 2, 2016January 22, 2017

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…

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May 9, 2011

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…

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February 22, 2011

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…

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December 27, 2010

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…

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October 11, 2010

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…

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July 3, 2010

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…

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June 26, 2010

Alps/Pyrenees Pre-Tour Training

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June 22, 2010

Up and Down in the Alps and Pyrenees

The month prior to the Tour de France, Team Sky organized a small training camp in the Alps and Pyrenees for us to ride in the high mountains while also…

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