Magnus Bäckstedt is flying back to London early tomorrow morning to have surgery later in the day (Friday, February 1). If all goes well, he should be back in the saddle very soon.
We all wish him a quick and complete recovery!

Tour of Qatar

Winding up for the final sprint of stage five, Swedish cyclist Magnus Bäckstedt went down in a large pile-up that included Chris Sutton and Julian Dean. Bäckstedt is out of the race with a broken right clavicle while Dean and Sutton finished with road rash and bumps.
Italian Danilo Napolitano (Lampre) celebrated his 27th birthday in […]

Tour of Qatar

Four stages into the Tour of Qatar, Team Slipstream/Chipotle H3O continues to grow stronger in the face of the high speeds and brutal crosswinds of the early season race.
“Team wise, today was the best day we’ve had so far,” said Director Sportif Johnny Weltz. “With 50 kilometers to go, we attacked into a crosswind and […]

Tour of Qatar

OLATHE, Kan./January 28, 2008/PR Newswire — Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (Nasdaq: GRMN), today announced its sponsorship of Slipstream Sports LLC, an elite cycling team that prides itself on using talent, training and technology in taking on the world’s best competition. Slipstream cyclists will train with the Edge 705, the newest GPS-enabled […]

Tour of Qatar