Yesterday’s stage 6 here in Portugal was a typical transition stage from the first mountains of the race to the next. The team took a step back today from trying to represent ourselves in the breakaways to focus on the finish line. With 18 roundabouts in the last 10 km, we knew it would […]

The last relatively flat day before the Volta a Portugal goes back into the hills, today’s stage ended in a field sprint with Tyler Farrar finishing 7th. Also finishing in the front group was Dan Martin, who turned 22 today.
Dan’s smart finishes in the front these last few flat stages has not only allowed […]

Despite a long breakaway, stage 2 of the Tour of Limousin all came down to a huge field sprint. Lucky Martijn Maaskant finished 13th on the stage and is now 15th in the overall classification.
Tomorrow’s penultimate stage from Brive to Cublac will be hardest of the four-day stage race and includes two category 2 […]

The “calm before the storm,” today’s 170.6 km stage is rolling to flat and gives the riders one more day to work out their legs before the mountains hit.
Today’s stage is scheduled to start at 13:15 and finish at 17:20.

Other than the côte de Peyrat de Bellac, today’s 183 km stage doesn’t include much in the way off challenges. Mostly flat to rolling, this is a good day for the sprinters to shine.
Today’s stage starts at 12:15 and finishes between 16:24-16:49.

Taylor Phinney’s 14-year-old sister Kelsey is provided regular updates on events surrounding her big brother’s Olympic debut in Beijing. This is her last report before she flies back home. She is pictured above, the first person from the left in a red Taylor t-shirt, yelling her heart out!
Yesterday was our last day here and […]

Competing in his first stage race since surviving the Tour de France, Martijn Maaskant is back on form and finished 10th in the opening stage of the 41st Tour du Limousin in France. He finished just 3″ behind stage winner Nicolas Roche in the front chase group.
Team Garmin-Chipotle H3O Stage Results
1. Nicolas Roche […]

Though the players were the same, the outcome of today’s final sprint for stage 5 of the Volta a Portugal was slightly different. With some team sacrifice and a strong lead-out from the Argyle Armada, Tyler Farrar (above) was in perfect position position for the sprint where he took second to Francisco Pacheco (winner of […]