Redlands is one of the very few races we do that has a host housing program. The race organization sets teams up with families in the area. Every year I’ve done Redlands, we’ve stayed with great people who made us feel right at home. This year is no different. We’re staying in a massive home […]

The big news of De Panne today was that Magnus Backstedt is back on form and riding strong. He - wisely - spent most of the day riding at the front of a nervous peloton and finished a solid tenth place in the massive field sprint. Martijn Maaskant was in good position for the final, […]

Overview:This classic, relatively flat loop makes an excellent lunch hour ride.

Difficulty: Easy

Distance: 22 miles.

Description:
Like the “Fruit Loops” ride posted previously, this one starts at the north end of Broadway Road where it meets Highway 36. Go left (north) on 36 and ride approximately 6 miles to Nelson Road. Take a right (east) on […]

In today’s stage 2 at De Panne, my spring campaign came to an end in the blink of an eye.
After about 180 km of easy racing, I went to move up the right side when I got totally tackled by a German rider. Later on, I heard he had his head down and just […]

The longest stage of Three Days of De Panne, stage 2 is 227 km long and includes three climbs: Kanarieberg, Eikenberg and Tiegemberg.
The stage starts at 11:05 and is scheduled to finish between 16:19-17:05.
Slipstream Squad
Magnus Backstedt
Steven Cozza
Huub Duyn
Tyler Farrar
Mike Friedman
Will Frischkorn
Chris Sutton
Martijn Maaskant

Damn, I hate calls like this. Johnny Weltz called to let me know that Steven went down in stage 3 of De Panne and landed badly on his shoulder breaking his clavicle (”collar bone”). The x-ray showed a crack near the end of the clavicle where it joins the scapula (”shoulder blade”). For a refresher […]

Today’s stage 1 at De Panne was both good and bad for our classics crew. For the first three quarters of the stage, it was fairly mellow. One single rider went off the front and gained up to ten minutes at one point. Then we approached the first of two 38 km finishing circuits with […]

A three-day, four-stage race, Three Days of De Panne is held in West Flanders, Belgium and is the traditional mid-week build up to the Ronde Van Vlaanderen on Sunday, April 6th.
Stage one is 192 km long and includes 12 smaller climbs or “hellingen” in Flemish: Edelare, Leberg, Berendries, Stuivenberg, Leberg, Berendries, Eikenmolenberg, Stuivenberg, Leberg, Berendries, […]