Race report from DS Johnny Weltz
Today’s double stage day got off to a roaring start this morning with the Argyle maing and taking all the breaks.
Right from 0 km, the guys were on fire! Will was in the first two-man break that got caught 200 meters from the first bonus sprint. Then Kilian took […]

*A French version of today’s happenings for the Picardie locals.*
Nous étions très motivé aujourd’hui pour qu’un coureur de l’équipe soit dans l’échapée. Mais le départ est très rapide et après 25 km de course, la succession des difficultés étirent le peloton.
C’est un groupe de 15 coureurs qui trouve l’ouverture et seulement Slipstream et Cofidis […]

The 181 km stage 2 is rolling from the start and kicks off with five short, steep hills in the first 90 km. There are also two intermediate sprints and a final climb right before the finish in Clermont de l’Oise.
Stage 2 is scheduled to start at 12:50 and finish between 16:51-17:15.
Slipstream Squad
*All rosters are […]

Mostly downhill, stage 8 starts at about 1300 meters, climbs the Forca d’Acero to 1530 meters, before descending all the way to the finish in Tivoli. It is 200 km long and should be one of the faster stages.
Stage 8 is scheduled to start at 11:55 and finish between 16:59-17:32.

Today was one sketchy day with the rain coming and going. The race was nuts the last 30 km coming into a crazy field sprint. Despite the team’s results, we are all kicking butt. With a bit of luck tomorrow, it can all work out.
I’m really happy with my legs now. I […]

While the Giro crew survived a fast, uneventful stage 8, the guys over in France lit things up a bit at Picardie. Early in the stage, Mike Friedman and Christophe Laurent (right from Criterium International) joined a break that eventually broke up, leaving Christophe to defend the Argyle.
Christophe’s long breakaway of six riders was […]

Today’s mostly downhill stage was fast and relatively uneventful. The average speed for the day was 44.6 kph. Though a solid break of five went early, they were caught before the final mass sprint.
Guarding his strong overall position in the GC, Christian Vande Velde finished with the front group of 38. As the highest […]

Our Sicilian adventure seems but a distant and insignificant memory now. Maybe I’ll write more about it on our rest day. But for the moment, I think I should tackle the broken chain debacle.
So to stage five.
The night before Magnus and I had been joking to everybody that we were going to attack the […]