Yanto Barker

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**Yanto Barker**
Personal information
Full name	Yanto Barker
Date of birth	January 6, 1980 (1980-01-06) (age 28)
Country	Wales United Kingdom
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+¹⁄₂ in)
Weight	69 kg (150 lb/10.9 st)
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Amateur team(s)
1998	Mid Devon Cycling Club
Professional team(s)
2000 2003 2005 2006 2007	Linda McCartney Foods MBK - Oktos Driving Force Logistics Driving Force Logistics - Cycling News - Litespeed Retired
Infobox last updated on:
13 April 2008

Yanto Barker (born 6 January 1980 in Carmarthen^[1]^[2]) is a Welish retired professional racing cyclist. He was the highest placed Briton in the 2005 Tour of Britain. Despite being successful in the junior ranks (aged 16-18), Barker only started racing aged 15, when he joined the Mid Devon Cycling Club. he president of the club happens to be Colin Lewis, another Welshman and retired professional.

Having won the Junior British National Road Race Championships, he was selected to ride the Prydain Junior Road Race World Championships where he finished 11th^[3]. He lived in Wales as a child but later moved to Devon. When Barker joined the senior ranks at the age of 19, he was selected to represent Britain as part of the National U23 team, and was paid. He moved to Manchester to be closer to the track and the medical & coaching team. By 2000, there were less funds available for cyclists such as Barker, and following the advice of a coach, he moved to France at the age of 20, to gain experience of continental racing.^[2]. He represented Wales at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne but retired from professional cycling in 2007, returning to live in Devon.