Velonews.com talks to Doug Ellis about the team’s performance during the Giro d’Italia.
Said Doug about the pink jersey: “It was huge for the team. It was also important to us and to our sponsors that any of the five who could go across the line would be a U.S. rider. Even though it’s an […]

Today will be a good day for the team to spin all the climbing out of the legs in time to recuperate for more climbing and one final time trial.

Though short, the 12.85 km individual time trial goes straight up for 1080 meters of climbing. This mean little climb has an average grade of 7.9%.
Though the first part of the climbs starts at a gentle 2.6% grade, the second half of the climb includes grades of 20% and more. And to make things […]

Today’s mountain time trial to Plan de Corones tested the weary legs of the Slipstream/Chipotle H30 crew. One rider - Canadian Ryder Hesjedal - felt at home on the challenging course.
“Today was spectacular! Easily one of the coolest time trials I have ever done,” said Ryder, who covered the 12.9 km course in 44′42″. Ryder […]

Location:
Catalunya, Spain

Overview:Lucas Euser is riding the 2008 Volta a Catalunya this week with his Garmin Edge 705 and recording all the stages - except the opening time trial - for you data hungry fans out there.
Stage 6 of the 2008 Volta a Catalunya is relatively flat with several category three climbs, including a […]

Today’s individual time trial - though short at 12.85 km - goes straight up for 1080 meters of climbing with an average grade of 7.9%. The last 5.25 km of the climb are on a gravel road that tops out at 24% grade!
If Ryder Hesjedal still has something left, this could be his day to […]

Good weather, good form and cool team mates all add up to an awesome week of racing at the Volta a Catalunya. It felt good to actually be ‘racing’ in the final of such a big race. It was a really cool feeling to have the team looking after me with Trent and Tommy […]

The final stage of the 2008 Volta a Catalunya is short and sweet at 124 km with a couple of category 3 hills. The finish in Barcelona will be exciting and beautiful as always.