L’Equipe, the largest sports daily in France, and possibly Europe, included a full-page profile of David Millar as part of their Paris-Nice preview. The profile talks to David about his hopes for Paris-Nice, his role with Slipstream/Chipotle and his dreams for a clean sport.
David says: “We [the sport of cycling] are on the forefront of […]

Tom Peterson (left) goes for a morning spin pre-prologue in Amilly.
Here are the start times for your favorite Slipstream/Chipotle riders:
186. Danny Pate 12:11:00
185. Trent Lowe 12:31:00
182. Lucas Euser 12:51:00
183. Tyler Farrar 13:11:00
184. Christophe Laurent 13:31:00
187. Tom Peterson 13:51:00
188. Christian Vande Velde 14:11:00
181. David Millar 14:31:00

Getting to know the ‘géant de Provence’
March 8, 2008:
We’ve all made it to Paris-Nice healthy, fit and ready to race. Nigh a miracle considering the time of year and the rough weather and illness that was going around California. Not to mention the usual shenanigans between ASO and UCI. I don’t even see there […]

On the eve of the 66th running of Paris-Nice, Director Sportif Johnny Weltz said Slipstream/Chipotle is ready to race to the sun:
“All our riders are signed in, all of them healthy. As usual, we don’t really start in Paris, but about 100 km south of Paris in a small town called Amilly that used to […]

Canadian Ryder Hesjedal in main break all day and finishes 10th Martijn Maaskant finishes 4th

Riding in a race that gets its name from the Italian word for heroic, Ryder Hesjedal put in a brave effort today that saw him pushing the pace at the front for most of the 180 km event.
He […]

The gnarly, one-day Monte Paschi Eroica starts in Gaiole and includes seven sectors of “sterrati” - gravel roads - before it ends 180 km later in Siena. The event is organized by RCS Sport–the same folks who bring you the Giro and Milan-San Remo–and gets its name from the Italian word for heroic - eroica.
The […]

We are lucky for the second weekend in a row! The rain was positively bucketing yesterday during prep and now, here it is race day, and the skies are relatively clear. Bike setup is pretty much the same as it was for Het Volk and Kuurne. The awesome Vittoria pavé tires (Did I mention we […]

It’s 10:19 pm and I’m in the team camper after being picked up from the airport in Pisa, Italy. We are on our way to race Eroica, a relatively new one-day event in Italy. I just came from northern France where Maggy, Farrar, Maaskant, and I had a recon of the Paris-Roubaix (PR) course. […]