Despite the unrelenting heat and punishing grades of the Pyrénées range, Team Garmin-Chipotle H3O perfectly executed today’s plan to put Dan Martin (above center) in the 2008 Route du Sud leader’s jersey. With Trent Lowe (above left) to help deliver him on the final Super Bagneres climb, the young Irish neo-pro attacked in the final […]

The UK’s Cycling Weekly profiles Irish cyclist Dan Martin and his impressive results so far in the Route du Sud.
From the article: “Martin showed what he can do in the Pyrenees as an amateur in 2007 by winning the climber’s jersey in the Ronde de l’Isard stage race and so has a great chance […]

Dan Martin warming up for his mountain time trial ride with DS Jonathan Vaughters looking on.
Today really blew me away. Not the race. Not the result. But the total support of the whole team. It was awesome! Though some would translate such support as pressure, I try to put it to my advantage by […]

Dan Martin continued to leave his mark on the 2008 Route du Sud by finishing 6th in today’s mountain time trial. His strong ride moved him up to 2nd overall and just 17″ seconds off the leader. Australian Trent Lowe finished 7th in today’s race against the clock and just under two minutes off the […]

Today’s mountain time trial is a first for the Route du Sud. The course starts at 480 meters altitude and passes through Cauterets before finishing 17 km later at 1370 meters altitude.
Team Garmin-Chipotle pb H3O start times
11:06 Will Frischkorn
11:16 Tyler Farrar
11:30 Tom Peterson
11:46 Trent Lowe
12:52 Christophe Laurent
13:32 Kilian […]

Above center, Andrew Barker took the overall omnium at the recent Junior World Qualifer in Stanton, KY.
This past weekend I lined up with all the fastest Juniors in the country (minus Taylor Phinney of course because he is too busy setting world records) in the very tiny town of Stanton, Kentucky to try and earn […]

Team Garmin-Chipotle H3O cyclist Mike Friedman talks about coming back from his pulmonary embolism and his Beijing Olympic hopes in this Versus.com video profile.

CanadianCyclist.com reported on the Canadian Cycling Association’s announcement of the riders who will make up their Beijing Olympic road team in August. Team Garmin-Chipotle H3O cyclist Ryder Hesjedal will be representing Canada in the road race and time trial.
Ryder said: “I am very excited to be going to my second Olympics, this time in […]