| The change in management at Team Barloworld in 2006 not only brought about a new team manager in Claudio Corti, but also a change in bike from De Rosa to Cannondale. For those of you who don't know, Corti used to be the team manager of Lampre-Cafitta and before that Saeco, which first saw the American mark on a first division team in Europe, and it's quite obvious his continued good relations with Cannondale has seen their bikes back in the fold with Barloworld. We took a close look at Ryan Cox's De Rosa King X-Light around this time last year, which he used to great effect at the Tour de Langkawi, claiming the overall classification ahead of Venezuelan revelation Jose Rujano and team-mate Tiaan Kannemeyer, with his squad also taking out the teams classification. So it was only apt that Cyclingnews sneaked a peek at the defending champ's machine when we came back for the '06 race. Although Barloworld didn't send a team to Malaysia, the South Africans have long been supporters of the Tour de Langkawi, keen to use their form honed over the European winter in a racing environment. Consequently, a national team of sorts was composed by national selector Tony Harding and spearheaded by Cox and David George, who would go on to win the race. www.cyclingnews.com/tech/2006/probikes/?id=barloworld_cannondale_cox
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