USA Cycling Professional Championships: Road Race
Starting and finishing in Greenville, South Carolina, the USA Cycling professional road race championship course is more than 110 miles of 10 downtown laps. More than 100 cyclists are expected to compete. The race is scheduled to star at 13:00 and finish between 16:00-17:00. Team Garmin-Chipotle H3O roster Blake Caldwell Steven Cozza Tom Danielson Jason [...]
Tour of Ireland stage 5: Killarney>Cork
The final stage of the 2008 Tour of Ireland is a flat 155 km ride between Killarney in County Kerry and the City of Cork. The riders face the prospect of climbing the infamous St Patrick’s Hill on each of four laps of a very tough 17 km finishing circuit. The 25% climb of St [...]
USA Cycling Professional Championships: Individual Time Trial
Taking place in Greenville, South Carolina, the USA Cycling individual time trial championship course includes three laps of a 6.9 mile course for a total of 20.7 miles. More than 50 cyclists are expected to compete. The first rider will start at 10:00 and the last rider is expected to finish at 13:00. Team Garmin-Chipotle [...]
Setting the tone and taking names
As the today’s activities wrap up, Team Garmin-Chipotle has officially set the tone for the weekend by winning the US Pro national time trial championships with Dave Z and putting a total of 4 riders in the top 5. Here is a follow up the conversation Timmy (below right) and I had yesterday with a [...]
Tour of Ireland stage 4: Limerick to Dingle
Racing action for today’s 186 km stage will begin quickly with the first sprint after only 3.6 km in Patrickswell. The first 100 km is reasonably flat as the race travels through the Limerick towns of Adare and Newcastle West before reaching the bottom of the spectacular 8 km category 1 climb of the Connor [...]
Timmy and Lucas talk US Pro
As I sit in the heat and humidity of downtown Greenville, South Carolina, I can’t help but think about the role Team Garmin-Chipotle H3O will play in cycling history over the next two days. We have proven ourselves on European soil and have been a dominant team domestically. We already have two national champions on [...]
Tour of Ireland stage 3: Ballinrobe>Galway
Today’s 201 km stage includes three categorized climbs. The race ascends the 2nd category climb of Finny and then onto the pretty town of Westport via Killavally. Then the race winds its way out to Louisburgh and along the bottom of the historic mountain of Croagh Patrick. The field heads alongside Killary Harbour to Leenáun [...]
My Un-Conventional Ride
I’ll start by saying I am about as apolitical as they come. I am a somewhat disengaged Gen X voter who doesn’t really feel that I can make a difference. In 2004 I voted, but I have to say the 15 minutes I had to wait in line to vote felt like 15 minutes I [...]
Ireland stage 3: Dean 3rd in sprint with solid hold on second overall
Race report from DS Matt White “Well today was a long slog, over 200 km with very undulating terrain. Team Colombia was forced to control the race again all day with Cavendish in yellow. We put a lot of pressure on over the final climb of the day causing a huge split. But everything re-grouped [...]
Ireland stage 2: Dean moves to 2nd overall; Martin & Sutton too sick to continue
Race report from DS Matt White: “Well our two sick boys CJ and Dan had nothing left and had to stop. Julian picked up more time bonuses and moved up to second place on GC.” “Tomorrow is a very solid 200 km and the plan is to have one of the boys in the break. [...]
Tour of Ireland stage 2: Thurles>Loughrea
Today’s 158 km rolling stage is one for the sprinters. The route goes westward to Silvermines and Portroe before swinging northward running parallel with the edge of Lough Derg and into Portumna. The riders pass through the finish line and the town centre for the first time and head out to complete a 13km circuit [...]
Nice to be the hometown hero
For those who haven’t heard, my recovery period since Portugal has been spent either in bed or with my head in a toilet. Not ideal preparations for my home race, but I had someone to keep me company. CJ (Chris Sutton) was looking after me, then he got sick to an even greater extent than [...]
Tour of Ireland stage 1: Dublin to Waterford
The opening stage of the 2008 Tour of Ireland is 192 km long and best described as undulating. The race heads south to County Wicklow, well known as the ‘Garden of Ireland’, through Enniskerry and into Roundwood. Proceeding through Rathdrum, the race crosses into County Carlow and the town of Bunclody before reaching the major [...]
Ireland preview: Wet, windy and lumpy
Race preview from DS Matt White Well wet and windy is what we expected, and sure enough we have it. There’s a relatively small field here of 112. There are several elite teams, so we can expect aggressive racing – especially from the local lads! We had some bad luck with Chris and Dan picking [...]
Daniel Holloway wins Red Robin Madison Cup and ROY Scratch Race!
Team Garmin-Chipotle H3O stagiaire Daniel Holloway (above left) partnered with Colby Pearce (above right) to win the Red Robin Madison Cup at the Valley Preferred Cycling Center in Pennsylvania. The grueling 100-lap Madison final was part of the World Series of Bicycling events. Daniel also won the 20-lap “ROY” scratch race against a large international [...]
Relive the magic of the 2008 Tour de France!
Versus produced this special 2008 Tour de France highlight video of Team Garmin-Chipotle to celebrate the team’s unforgettable debut. Relive the highs, the lows, the rain, the mountains. A must see!
VeloNews: Martin tapped as favorite for Tour of Ireland
In a VeloNews preview of a hillier Tour of Ireland, Dan Martin is featured as a race favorite. From the article: Garmin is also bringing its own heavily stacked squad. Martin, the 21-year-old nephew of Irish great Stephen Roche, is a strong rider in his own right, having recently won France’s prestigious Route du Sud. [...]
Portugal pushed us all to the next level
From left to right: Steven Cozza, Tyler Farrar, Dan Martin and DS Johnny Weltz accepting the award for top team after the opening prologue. I tell you I could write a book with all the stories I am taking home from this race. From day one, I swear I felt I was in a moto [...]
Life as a Team Garmin-Chipotle Stagiaire
Above in the red Canadian national champion jersey is Christian Meier, just to the left of Steven Cozza. For those who don’t know me, my name is Christian Meier. I am 23 years old, from Canada and am a stagiaire with Team Garmin-Chipolte H3O. What is that you say? A stagi what? A stagiaire (French [...]
Volta a Portugal stage 10: Penafiel time trial
The 2008 Volta a Portugal wraps up with a 31.2 km time trial.
Portugal stage 10 start times
Here are the start times for today’s 31.2 km time trial. 14:47 Tyler Farrar 14:56 Chris Sutton 14:58 Steven Cozza 15:03 Christian Meier 15:50 Pat McCarty 16:02 Lucas Euser 16:19 Dan Martin
Second only to free Chipotle burrito cards – meet Dan Martin!
While there wasn’t much I had to say about the last stage, there is just about everything I could write about yesterday. Stage 9 consisted of five major climbs with the first starting as we crossed the KM 0 sign and the last finishing as we crossed the finish line. There were the countless attacks [...]
Portugal stage 9: Martin 8th on stage, 9th overall and still holding onto best young
Dan Martin continued to hold his own in what has become a race within a race for the Best Young jersey on today’s epic 5-climb stage in Portugal. Keeping the lead group in check, Dan didn’t let Tiago Machado, second in the Best Young race, get too far ahead of him. Machado finished 17″ ahead [...]
Volta a Portugal stage 9: Fafe>Mondim de Basto (Srª da Graça)
Tought the shortest road stage of the race, the penultimate day of the 2008 Volta a Portugal will certainly test the riders’ weary legs with five climbs and a finish on high. The climbs include in order of appearance: category 2 Lameira, category 1 Alto do Viso, category 1 Alto do Velao, category 2 Cavernelhe [...]
