Team Garmin edition of Edge 705 GPS-enabled cycling computer now available
Vande Velde, Frischkorn and Hesjedal to appear in Garmin booth at Interbike OLATHE, Kan./September 23, 2008/Businesswire — Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN), the global leader in satellite navigation, announced today that its innovative line of Edge cycling computers will now include a Team Garmin model, inspired by the iconic orange [...]
U23 Worlds ITT: Stetina 6th by hundredths of seconds
Today’s difficult 33.55 km U23 World Championship time trial in Varese, Italy was won by hometown hero Adriano Malori. American Peter Stetina (right) rode a solid race and finished 6th in a tight time sandwich with only hundredths of seconds separating him and 5th and 7th places. U23 World ITT Championships Results 1. Adriano Malori [...]
World Championships: U23 men individual time trial
Taking place in Varese, Italy, the U23 world individual time trial championships course is 33.55 km long. The first rider is scheduled to start at 14:00. Team Garmin-Chipotle H3O Roster Kirk Carlsen Christian Meier Peter Stetina
Capital Crit wraps up the domestic season
The Capital Criterium was one of those races we all home sticks around. To wrap up the domestic season with a downtown criterium in the nation’s capital, the building itself in the background of the home stretch, is a great way to call it a year. A first year race that was run so well [...]
GP d'Isbergues: Farrar 9th
Rolling out on under cool but sunny skies in northern France, the 62nd Grand Prix d’Isbergues was a fast dash from the start. A small breakaway got a 7-minute lead before getting caught 50 km from the finish. Then a star-filled group of 8 got away for the finishing circuits in Isbergues. Though Tyler Farrar [...]
Capital Criterium
The Capital Criterium is a clockwise bike course run on a 1 km, 6-corner circuit. The start/finish line is located on Pennsylvania Avenue between 12th and 13th streets. The course proceeds west on Pennsylvania Avenue to a right turn right up the 13th Street hill. The course then turns right on F Street, makes another [...]
Grand Prix d'Isbergues
In its 62nd year, this one day race in the Pas de Calais department of France is actually a series of four circuits. The 201.2 km long course includes 4 sprint lines and 8 mountain points opportunities. The race is scheduled to start at 12:00 and finish at 16:30. Team Garmin-Chipotle H3O Roster **All rosters [...]
Avid Argyle September: Lucky Bunkie and Argyle Bliss
From Andy Schwartz and Bunkie Miller of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. My wife and I spent a lovely two weeks chasing the TdF this year and my wife walked away with an unforgettable experience largely due to the kindness of one of your support guys. To start, my wife (right) is a big Garmin/Chipotle fan. She has [...]
Already on the trainer!
So it’s been a little more than a week since my crash and there hasn’t been a day yet without significant progress in my healing. Last Friday, I finally made it back home to Boulder, CO, with a lot of help from Bryan. He drove me from the hospital in Springfield back to Kansas City [...]
CycleTo: To 'Stache or Not To 'Stache
Though news of Steven Cozza’s clean shaven appearance at the Tour of Missouri was slightly overshadowed by Mr. Armstrong’s comeback announcement last week, you still have time to express your opinion on his new look in the CycleTo Forum.
CyclingNews: Vande Velde, Team Garmin-Chipotle Best in US!
CyclingNews reports on Christian Vande Velde’s rise to the top of the USA Cycling 2008 Pro Tour standings with his win of the overall title at the Tour of Missouri on Sunday. He finished the season with 272 points ahead of Levi Leipheimer, who has 244 points. Team Garmin-Chipotle H3O handily won the overall teams [...]
USA Cycling: World Championship announced
USA Cycling announced the cyclists who will represent the United States at the 2008 UCI Road World Championships, Sept. 23-28 in Varese, Italy. Six riders of the eleven riders making up the men’s elite and U23 squads are from Team Garmin-Chipotle H30 and VMG/Felt. David Zabriskie will join Levi Leipheimer in the individual time trial [...]
Brilliant 8 Days in Britain!
Final Tour of Britain report from DS Matt White Yesterday’s last day at the Tour of Britain was an exciting final to a long 8 days. A short flat stage with a city centre final saw an aggressive start. With it being Maggy’s last day of competition this season, he rode like a man possessed! [...]
Christian Vande Velde Victorious in Missouri!
Today’s final circuit race in downtown St. Louis – shortened from 70 to 50 miles – was more like a long, albeit careful, parade for Team Garmin-Chipotle. Riding conservatively, the team focused on Christian Vande Velde’s safe passage as race leader. Once that mission was accomplished, the Argyle Armada lined up to put Tyler Farrar [...]
L'Avenir Finale: Stetina 10th, Peterson 15th overall; US team second
Racing the Tour de l’Avenir down to the final meters today, the US team won stage 9 of the prestigious race with Tejay Van Garderen finishing with a 12″ gap on the hard chasing field. Peter Stetina finished 10th and Tom Peterson 15th in the overall classification and the American team was second only to [...]
How to Win a Time Trial
Watch how Christian Vande Velde won the stage 3 Branson individual time trial at the 2008 Tour of Missouri and moved in to the overall race lead.
Britain Finale: Dean 2nd in final sprint; Martin 4th overall
Team Garmin-Chipotle H3O took center stage today with a long breakaway by Magnus Backstedt and a dramatic sprint finish by Julian Dean. Riding out front for the first three laps, “Maggy” won the two of the three intermediate sprints of they day along with two KOMs. He was caught with two laps to go as [...]
Tour of Britain stage 8: Blackpool to Liverpool
The final stage of the 2008 Tour of Britain is 110 km long and takes the peloton through England’s North West from Blackpool to Liverpool. The route follows the coastline closely, before entering Liverpool for six exciting laps of a city centre circuit that takes in some of Liverpool’s most iconic landmarks. Today’s stage is [...]
Tour of Missouri stage 7: St. Louis circuit race
The 2008 Tour of Missourifinishes in style with an exciting circuit race in St. Louis, Missouri’s largest metropolis and one of America’s great sports cities. This year’s 120.7 km course includes five circuits that encompass a large part of Forest Park, routing on Lagoon and Government Drives within the Park, and past the Museum, before [...]
Christian Vande Velde One Stage Closer!
With Team Garmin-Chipotle H3O effectively controlling today’s stage 6 at the Tour of Missouri, Christian Vande Velde finished with the front group and held on to the yellow leader’s jersey. Tyler Farrar finished 6th in the final sprint into St. Charles. Tom Danielson also finished in the front group and held on to his 5th [...]
L'Avenir stage 8: High mountains take their toll
Today’s high mountain stage – with three category 1 climbs and one category 2 climb – and a very motivated young French rider named Arnold Jeannesson left the contenders chasing down large time gaps. Despite his efforts to reel in the breakaway, Peter Stetina finished 17th on the stage and more than 6 minutes down [...]
Britain stage 7: Kiwi Guy 5th after long breakaway; Martin still 3rd overall
Jumping in and hanging on to the decisive break of the day, Julian Dean finished 5th in today’s grey, wet stage 7 at the Tour of Britain. The escapees managed to work together and hold their gap to just over two minutes all the way to the finish at Drumlanrig Castle. With the help of [...]
Tour of Britain stage 7: Glascow to Dumfries & Galloway
Awaiting stage profile and description from Tour of Britain organizers.
Tour of Missouri stage 6: Hermann>St. Charles
Starting in the Bavarian town of Hermann, cyclists race along Highways 100 and 94, rolling through a series of three Mich ULTRA KOM points, in one of the most rugged stretches of the Tour of Missouri. The 177 km long stage includes two 1.2 km (or about 1,400 yards) steep climbs on Old Colony and [...]
