Location:Isere & Loire, France

Overview:Team Garmin-Chipotle riders are recording the stages of the 2008 Tour de France with their Garmin Edge 705s for all you data hungry fans out there. Each day we will feature one rider and his data.
A medium mountain day, the 196.5 km stage 18 includes a few smaller climbs. There’s […]

Even with three climbs- albeit smaller hills, today’s stage 18 was a chance for most of the weary peloton to catch their breath a bit before Saturday’s show down. A couple of breakaways held for the top ten places while most of the riders rolled in with the peloton almost seven minutes back. There […]

Through the lush climbs of the Pyrénées and the barren peaks of the Alps, Christian Vande Velde has proved his talents as one of the world’s best by sticking with Tour favorites like Frank Schleck, Cadel Evans, Denis Menchov, and Bernhard Kohl. On the final mountain stage 17, Christian remained with the race leaders over […]

I experienced a moment of pure happiness today. I got back to our hotel and went straight to Christian’s room. I knew he had ridden a fantastic stage and wanted to congratulate him. He was in great spirits. I then went to my room and opened up my computer and put on some music. […]

Probably the most challenging of all the mountain days, stage 17 enters the Alpes and includes no less than three hors category climbs for a leg-breaking 210.5 km.
The first climb, the Col du Galibier comes just 79 km into the race. The first of the HC climbs, the Galibier is 20.9 km long with an […]

Location:Hautes-Alpes, Savoie & Isere, France

Overview:Team Garmin-Chipotle riders are recording the stages of the 2008 Tour de France with their Garmin Edge 705s for all you data hungry fans out there. Each day we will feature one rider and his data.
Probably the most challenging of all the mountain days, stage 17 enters the Alpes […]

Keeping Team Garmin-Chipotle H3O’s podium dreams intact, Christian Vande Velde once again put in a brilliant performance on today’s epic three-climb stage. He remained with the race leaders over the Galibier, the Col de la Croix de Fer and up Alpe d’Huez. On the final climb up Alpe d’Huez, Christian kept his cool despite the […]

CyclingNews.com talks to John Vande Velde about his son Christian’s transition from super-domestique to Tour leader. As a former US Olympic and national champion cyclist, successful six-day track racer, former vice president of USA Cycling, builder of the infamous Vandedrome portable velodrome, he clearly understands and respects the level at which is son is performing
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