Despite the “bumpy” profile of today’s opening stage of the 2008 Tour of Ireland, the finish came down to a bunch sprint where Kiwi Guy finished second to Mark Cavendish. Team Garmin-Chipotle worked to keep Julian up front and clear over the small climbs coming into the final half of the stage. Julian demonstrated […]

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 […]

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 up […]

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 […]

Versus produced this special 2008 Tour de France highlight video of Team Garmin-Chipotle to celebrate the team’s unforgettable debut. A must see!

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. […]

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 grand […]

Today’s final stage of the Volta a Portugal proved to be bittersweet for Team Garmin-Chipotle H3O. Steven Cozza (right) put in a strong time trial performance, holding the best time for most of the event, finally finishing 7th.
Dan Martin also put all he had in today’s final stage, but after nearly 40 hours […]