Michael Barry (born 18 December 1975) is a Canadian author and former professional road racing cyclist.

His father, Michael (Mike) Barry Sr., was a racer himself in England in the 1950s, who until 2006 ran a specialty bike store and manufactured a line of hand-made bicycle frames under his own Mariposa[2] brand.

When the doping topic arises in the book, Barry vehemently denies having ever witnessed any drug intake in the team.

He is generally considered a support rider, or domestique, helping the team leaders win races, but he will often get the opportunity to go for personal results.

On 5 September 2012, Barry announced he would retire at the end of the season, after his last race, October's Tour of Beijing.

[1] On 10 October 2012 it was announced by USADA that he would be suspended for six months for admissions of doping during his time with the US Postal Cycling Team.

[4] Later that day a statement was released confirming his acceptance of a six-month ban from 1 September 2012 ending on 1 March 2013 along with a stripping of all race results between 13 May 2003 and 31 July 2006.