First off, a big congratulations to my teammates in Italy. I knew they could win the TTT, and they did with class. It’s also cool to see Christian wear the leader’s jersey of the Giro! Awesome!
Over here in France, the 4 (really 6) Days of Dunkirk turned out to be just 4 and a […]

My English teacher forbade us from using the word ‘nice.’ He said it was a poor adjective. But tonight everything is nice.
We as a team have worked incredibly hard to achieve what we did today, and what’s important to me is that we had fun doing it, fun chasing excellence. For me, this […]

The 91st running of the Giro d’Italia will be particularly challenging with more time trials (three individual and one team) and more climbing than ever. The 21 stage race opens with a team time trial, includes two individual time trials (one mountain finish), and closes with a 23.5 km individual time trial. The race covers […]

Stage 5 is a 179.4 km long circuit race of eight laps that includes the Cap Blanc Nez climb (White Nose climb?). It should be a great day - and the last day - to rack up some serious mountain points.
Today’s stage is scheduled to start at 12:15 and finish at 17:13.

After weeks of mental and physical preparation, Slipstream/Chipotle H3O realized its greatest triumph Saturday, May 10, by handily winning the opening team time trial at the 2008 Giro d’Italia. Christian Vande Velde was the first of five finishing riders to cross the line and started stage 2 of the Giro as the race leader. Also […]

The Sunshine Canyon Hill Climb last Saturday was won by team rider Michael Dessau (in a time of 31:46) and Team 5280 swept the Junior Men 13-14 category. Dean Haas took second 13 seconds back, and Zane Godby took third in only his second race of the season less than 3 minutes behind. Joe Haulmann […]

Here in Dunkerque we were all so happy to hear the news of the team’s victory in Italy. Simply amazing! Just after the we finished the race, we heard the news that they were leading with only a couple teams remaining. It was an anxious ride back to the hotel awaiting the final results.
OK, […]

13:35 Heading out to pre-ride the 23.6 km course. Still 25 min ahead of schedule. Traffic and crowds are insane. It’ll take us a little more time to get to start just trying to move through all the crowds.
14:00 The calm before the storm. A small moment of peace for the staff as […]