With Paris-Nice and Tirreno behind them, the Slipstream/Chipotle riders are rested and ready to continue their European invasion. Follow your Argyle Heroes as they hit it hard in Italy, Spain and France.
It will be an Argyle Easter weekend with Milano-Sanremo this Saturday, March 22. Nearly 300 km long, “la classica di primavera” is the longest […]

Today’s penultimate stage here in Italy started out flat schstick (translation: “full gas”), straight into a headwind, with constant shuffles for 30 km before a break finally rolled. After missing the move two days prior, we were all pretty motivated to be in the action today. And I was the lucky one to be in […]

Stage 6 is 196 km long and includes four 14.7 km finishing circuits of Castelfidardo (201m).
The stage is scheduled to start at 10:50 am and finish between 3:45-4:15 pm.
Slipstream Squad
Magnus Backstedt
Julian Dean
Timmy Duggan
Will Frischkorn
Ryder Hesjedal
Martijn Maaskant
Chris Sutton
David Zabriskie

As one of the early starters for today’s time trial, David Zabriskie held the stage lead for nearly two hours - until time trial world champion Fabian Cancellara hit the final finish line taking 22 seconds out of Z’s time.
Ryder Hesjedal also put in a strong performance today and was the second […]

So, obviously, Paris-Nice did not go so great for us. But I gotta say, what a great race! It had everything I love about cycling. Changing leaders, unpredictability, suffering. It was completely non-mechanical and could have been won or lost all the way to the last 20 meters of the race.
In the end, a top […]

In the game to the very end, the Argyle Armada lit up the hills around nice for today’s final stage of Paris-Nice. Trent Lowe (right), Danny Pate (below) and Tom Peterson were involved in escapes and breaks today, flying the blue and orange at the front for all it was worth.
Said DS Johnny […]

Surviving & Leaving Paris-Nice
March 16, 2008:
Paris-Nice has proven to be the polar opposite to our Tour of California experiences. We have been cursed with bad weather and countless crashes, and some of us have been hit with differing degrees of sickness. It’s quite amazing how quickly fortunes change in sport.
We had Tyler on his […]

The 26 km time trial course is mostly flat with a downhill start and uphill finish.
It is estimated that riders will take between 32-35 minutes to complete this fast time trial course.
Slipstream Squad
Magnus Backstedt
Julian Dean
Timmy Duggan
Will Frischkorn
Ryder Hesjedal
Martijn Maaskant
Chris Sutton
David Zabriskie