Bonjea - Team Barloworld rides Bianchi at the 2008 Tour de France


	Team Barloworld at the 2008 Tour de France Team Barloworld’s official bike on the entire cycling pro tour this season is Bianchi. The team will be using the HOC 928 SL, the 928 Carbon T-Cube, and the D2 Crono Carbon. To learn more about Team Barloworld, see the Bianchi and Barloworld Team website. See below for more news & information on Team Barloworld, Bianchi and the Tour de France

Misfortune cages Barloworld's dreams up to the Champs Elys 95th Tour de France's finish act on the Champs Elys Team Barloworld's Tour de France has been marked by bad luck until the very last metre. Belgian Gert Steegmans (Quick Step) won the final sprint on the Champs Elys - ahead of German Gerald Ciolek (Team Columbia) and Spanish green jersey winner Oscar Freire Gomez (Rabobank) - redeeming his team's weak results along the Grande Boucle. Also Robert Hunter had the same purpose and hoped to gift his team a prestigious results on the finish line in Paris. Unfortunately he suffered two punctures in the penultimate lap, but Chris Froome firstly and Gianpaolo Cheula later on managed to help him quickly. Rob succeeded in taking part to the bunch sprint anyway and he placed tenth. "Honestly I don't think it was possible to make better", a disappointed Hunter stated after the race. Hunter was one out of four Barloworld's riders to complete Tour de France (together with Cheula, Froome and Augustyn). Overall winner Carlos Sastre, 33, and his CSC steered clear of trouble on the 21st and final stage enjoying their triumph on the Parisian catwalk, where an impressive crowd welcomed the riders despite last days' bad events as well as a threesome podium (Sastre, Evans, Kohl) out of any forecasts. Sastre's overall victory continues Spain's recent dominance of the world's greatest cycling race. Final Results Tour de France - stage 21: results 1. Gert Steegmans (Bel, Quick Step) 3.51.38, 37.04 km/h 2. Gerald Ciolek (Ger, Team Columbia) 3. Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa, Rabobank) 4. Robbie McEwen (Aus, Silence-Lotto) 5. Thor Hushovd (Nor, Crèdit Agricole) 6. Julian Dean (Nzl, Team Garmin) 7. Stefan Schumacher (Ger, Gerolsteiner) 8. Robert Förster (Ger, Gerolsteiner) 9. Leonardo Duque (Col, Cofidis) 10. Robert Hunter (Rsa, Barloworld) 79. John-Lee Augustyn (Rsa, Barloworld) 138. Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita, Barloworld) 145. Christopher Froome (Ken, Barloworld) 1.37 Final General classification 1. Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa, Team CSC) 87.52.52 2. Cadel Evans (Aus, Silence-Lotto) 0.58 3. Bernhard Kohl (Aut, Gerolsteiner) 1.13 4. Denis Menchov (Rus, Rabobank) 2.10 5. Christian Vande Velde (USA, Team Garmin) 3.05 6. Frank Schleck (Lux, Team CSC) 4.28 7. Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa, Euskaltel) 6.25 8. Kim Kirchen (Lux, Team Columbia) 6.55 9. Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa, Caisse d'Epargne) 7.12 10. Tadej Valjavec (Slo, AG2R) 9.05 48. John-Lee Augustyn (Rsa, Barloworld) 1.36.21 84. Christopher Froome (Ken, Barloworld) 2.22.33 88. Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita, Barloworld) 2.30.12 107. Robert Hunter (Rsa, Barloworld) 3.04.02 A spectacular crash by Barloworld's John-Lee Augustyn after cresting first over Col de la Bonnette-Restefond (2800m, 26.7 km at 6.2%), the highest paved road in Europe today scaled first by the youngest rider in the Tour at just 21 years old. He would then lose five minutes waiting for the team car and a new bike after his bike slide hundreds of metres down to the valley. (His crash was reminiscent of the equally young Wim Van Est during the 1951 Tour.) Augustyn, Hunter, Cheula, and Froome at the end of Stage 21 Robbie Hunter on the T-Cube - Stage 21, July 27/08 Christopher Froome on the D2 Crono - Stage 20, July 26/08 John Lee Augustyn - Stage 17, July 23 Robbie Hunter - Stage 14 Barloworld's 928 SL's before Stage 11 John-Lee Augustyn - Stage 9 Paolo Longo Borghini before the start of Stage 9 inspecting his T-Cube. Moises Duenas at the finish - Stage 8 July 8th: Robbie Hunter at the start of Stage 4 on the Bianchi D2 Crono Congratulations to Baden Cooke and Robbie Hunter for 5th and 6th place in the bunch sprint. Team Barloworld/Bianchi had two riders in the top ten of this race! Congratulations Robbie Hunter on fourth place in Stage Two Team Barloworld at the 2008 Tour de France Presentation Ceremony Bianchi and the Tour de France Team Barloworld Rides Bianchi in 2008 Tour de France Team Barloworld’s official bike on the entire cycling pro tour this season is Bianchi. The team will be using the HOC 928 SL, the 928 Carbon T-Cube, and the D2 Crono Carbon. To learn more about Team Barloworld, see the Bianchi and Barloworld Team website. The T-Cube The T-Cube incorporates new tube-to-tube technology, eliminating the need for lugs to join frame parts. The new lugless design also accommodates bottom bracket redesign for improved bottom bracket stiffness as well as reduced torsional flexion. In addition, the use of tube-to-tube technology facilitates the ability to design a completely made-to-measure carbon frame, which can be done through Bianchi's custom program. Not only can the tubes be configured to fit a rider's body, but the stiffness of the frame can be varied to match a rider's riding style. Look for the Team Barloworld and the Bianchi T-Cube in this summer's Grand Tour, including the Tour de France.