As the second day in the opening weekend of Belgian classics, Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne will puts everyone’s already weary legs to the test with its eight “hellingen” (climbs in Flemish). The 193 km course does not have cobbles like the other classics and is typically a race for the sprinters.
The race starts at noon in Kuurne and […]

This European semi-classic is the opening event on the Belgian cycling calendar and is known for its cold weather and cobbled climbs. Het Volk is held in the province of Flanders and is 199 km long. The route for 2008 has been changed to finish in Ghent and includes 11 climbs with 16 km of […]

The final stage of the Volta a Valencia is a flat and furiously fast 149.4K loop.
Slipstream/Chipotle competitors:
Julian Dean
Timmy Duggan
Lucas Euser
Ryder Hesjedal
Trent Lowe
Dan Martin
Pat McCarty
Chris Sutton

Today Mike “Meatball” Friedman got to show the burly Belgians how a Pittsburgh boy takes the cobbles. In his Flandrien debut, Meatball pounded the pavé of the Belgian season opener Het Volk for 190 km, hanging with the break and finishing 12th in the final hill sprint.
Said Director Sportif Johnny Weltz: “Meatball took over […]

The relatively uneventful and sunny stage 5 of the 2008 Volta a Valencia resulted in no significant changes to the overall results. Slipstream/Chipotle worked as a team to protect Trent Lowe’s position overall and succeeded. Timmy Duggan maintained his second place in the overall mountains classification.
Slipstream stage 5 results
1. Alessandro Petacchi 3:12:54 +
14. […]

“As this tour went on, I definitely started to show my age. That year on year strength makes a huge difference. That’s the first time I have ridden these sort of distances over five days without taking into consideration the speeds. But I can only get stronger. ”
“As a team, we are quite […]

Racing to the Sun
March 1, 2008:
I’ve once again chosen a random place to write stuff down. I’m now sitting on the Catalunya Express on my way to Barcelona for a bit of quality time with my girlfriend Nicole. I’ve been fairly Slipstream orientated for months now, so getting out of Girona for a night seemed […]

Kris Withington, one of the mechanics for Het Volk, with an update on final Het Volk prep and a dry forecast for the day!
“After listening to a hurricane overnight and fearing the worst weather for the boys, we woke up this morning to a perfectly fine day. Well, except for the howling, freezing wind blowing […]