Win Number 6 For Barloworld

Team Barloworld’s riders applied all their skills this weekend after competing in the 5-day Volta ao Alentejo in Portugal, the one-day GP Llodio in Spain and the one-day Mittal Steel Cycling Challenge in South Africa.

South African Tiaan Kannemeyer won the Mittal Steel Cycling Challenge on Sunday 28 May in Vereeniging. Kannemeyer was part of a breakaway including 5 riders, and after 30 kilometers began applying pressure. With 15 kilometers to the finish, Kannemeyer kicked clear of the breakaway to win by a clear 2 minutes.

Said Kannemeyer: “I was the only Team Barloworld rider in this race and had to keep my guard up on the attacks. I feel positive after this win as I prepare for the SA National Champs in early June.”

At the Volta ao Alentejo, which started on Wednesday 24 May, Giosué Bonomi clinched 2^nd place (Stage 1), followed by Enrico Degano winning Stage 2. By the end of Stage 3, it seemed that every Team Barloworld rider would taste victory after Russian Alexander Efimkin took 3^rd place on the podium.

Stage 4 proved to be a strenuous leg as the riders battled out the 194.7 kilometer race, with Efimkin crossing the finish line with the main bunch and placed 7^th.

Efimkin started Stage 5 on Sunday 28 May with a good lead on most of the riders, and finished the 163.1 kilometer stage in 4^th place.

Efimkin won 3^rd place in the final general classification, with only 0.05 behind overall winner Sergio Ribeiro (Barbot-Halcon).

On Sunday 28 May at the GP Llodio in Spain, Team Barloworld’s Gianpaolo Cheula proved yet again why he is a star in the making. Cheula remained in the main bunch up to the finish where he sprinted into 4^th place overall.