Barloworld extend sponsorship

2008-05-07 14:42

Johannesburg - Barloworld on Wednesday announced the continuation of their sponsorship of its Team Barloworld cycling team into 2009.

The sponsorship of Team Barloworld has become a global success story over the past six years for which Barloworld has received numerous accolades, both in South Africa and abroad.

According to Chris Fisher, head of corporate marketing at Barloworld, the current team is now stronger than ever before and they have high expectations for 2008.

"With invitations to both the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France, Team Barloworld has already achieved one of their objectives of being invited to two of the Grand Tours and with nine wins already under their belt, they are also well on their way to another successful season.

"The team's focus for 2009 will be to compete for two of the four jerseys in each Grand Tour that we are invited to participate in. With this in mind we have already secured team manager, Claudio Corti and director sportiffs, Alberto Volpi and Valerio Tebaldi.

"This sponsorship has become very public and accordingly we feel we owe it to our cyclists, employees and supporters around the world to communicate our continued commitment to the team," Fisher concluded.

- SAPA