With the Tour de France but a distant memory, Team Garmin-Chipotle H3O has squads racing throughout Europe this month before several of the American riders head home for the national championships.

The ten-day Volta a Portugal is already well under way with young Irish national champion 11th in the overall and currently leading the Best Young Rider classification. Tyler Farrar too is on top of his game, with several top ten finishes.

With the youngsters kicking it up in Portugal, several of the Tour riders are getting back in gear with the Tour du Limousin in France. Magnus Backstedt, Trent Lowe, Martijn Maaskant and David Millar are together to take on this four-day through the Creuse, Haute-Vienne and Correze regions of France.

After the Tour of Limousin, most of the same crew will head north to Ireland where they will join Julian Dean, Chris Sutton and Dan Martin for the Tour of Ireland. This five-day stage race will take in all the famous hills and dales of this lovely country, from Dublin to Limerick to Cork.