N'ọnwa Mee afọ 1948, Barlow gara bekee ma mechaa gaa Fransị ebe ọ gara asọmpi Grand Prix des Nations, asọmpi ịnyịnya ígwè na-agba n'otu n'otu, asọmpi Esperazza Grand Prix na asọmpi Nantes Grand Prix. N'okwu Barlow, "A gbapụrụ m uwe ogologo ọkpa m na Grand Prix Des Nations, mana ọ ka mma karịa n'ọsọ abụọ ndị ọzọ". Barlow gara Valkenburg, Netherlands maka UCI Road World Championships
Otú ọ dị, onye na-agba ịnyịnya ọzọ kụrụ ya mgbe ọ na-azụ ọzụzụ n'okporo ụzọ ahụ ma a manyere ya ịlaghachi azụ. A kọrọ na Barlow sonyere na 1949 Paris<unk>Roubaix, agbanyeghị na o doro anya ma ọ malitere agbụrụ ahụ. Ka o sina dị, ọ rụchaghị ọrụ ahụ.