Barloworld

Barloworld (UCI Team Code: BAR) were 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 registration was first 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. Prominent riders were South African Robert Hunter and Colombian Mauricio Soler. The sponsor was Barloworld, an industrial brand-management company. The team rode Bianchi frames with Shimano components.