VeloNews: A conversation with Tom Danielson
VeloNews talked to Tom Danielson during the team’s recent training camp in Boulder, Colorado about starting his second full season with Team Garmin-Slipstream.
From the article: “The plan is Tour of California, Tour of Murcia, Castilla y Leon, Pays Basque, Giro d’Italia and Tour de France. It’s really important for me to have a [...]
Staying on track in Zuidlaren
A special report from the Zuidlaren Six Day in Holland:
Daniel “Hollywood” Holloway (left) and I have embarked on our latest adventure, the Zuidlaren 6 Day in (…you guessed it…) Zuidlaren, Holland. So far, we are in 8th overall and are doing our best to survive the race intact.
The 178-ish meter velodrome has been quite [...]
PezCycling News: The Argyle Armada is Back
PezCycling News was on the spot for the gala team presentation in Boulder, Colorado on Saturday, November 22. The event set a new tone for the team as proclaimed by Jonathan Vaughters: “We are not on a crusade any more; we have an obligation to win.”
From the article: “The evening crescendoed with an open mic [...]
CyclingNews: Aussies take silver for Garmin
CyclingNews features Chris Sutton and Cameron Meyer and their silver medal ride in the madison at the UCI Track World Cup racing last weekend in Melbourne’s Hisense Arena.
From the article: “There’s a reason Meyer had team directors contacting him directly – he’s one of Australia’s best future road prospects. The rise has been meteoric [...]
CyclingNews: Getting fit with Christian
CyclingNews follows Christian Vande Velde through the fitting process as he sets up his time trial bike with new 3T bars and stems.
From the article: It turns out that the aero bar swap will be anything but a mere plug-and-play operation. Vande Velde’s new 3T Brezza setup uses a level base bar while his old [...]
CycleTo: JV “Let’s just win this thing”
CycleTo talk to Team Garmin-Slipstream boss Jonathan Vaughters about his goals for the 2009 season in this video clip from the team training camp in Boulder, Colorado.
VeloNews: Team sponsors showcase new items
VeloNews takes a look at the new products Team Garmin-Slipstream riders will be using in 2009. Several suppliers were featured during the Boulder training camp including: Camelbak, Zipp, 2XU and Felt.
From the article: “Looking in from the outside, though, it’s easy to be awestruck by the amount of product these guys are inundated by from [...]
Welcome to The Argyle Club!
Your chance to join the team – in look, through insider info, even on exclusive rides and VIP events – is here! Welcome to The Argyle Club!
Over the past year, Garmin – Slipstream has set out to change the world of cycling. Along the way you the fans have asked what you could do [...]
Meet the 2009 Garmin- Slipstream Pro Cycling Team!
Garmin-Slipstream Pro Cycling Team officially announced the 2009 roster today during the team presentation in Boulder, Colorado. For the first time, the team will hit the ProTour circuit with an impressive 29-man squad that includes Olympic, world and national champions.
Most of the 2008 team remains, including stars Christian Vande Velde, David Millar and US national [...]
PezCycling News: Recovering from Crashes
PezCycling News features Steven Cozza in an article that explores how to recover mentally from crashes.
From the article: Suddenly, the news crackled through: Garmin-Chipotle rider Steven Cozza had crashed. Dr. Prentice Steffen sped to the scene, and found Steven face down, unconscious. Calling on his expertise in emergency medicine, Dr. Steffen stayed with Steven as [...]
VeloNews: Riders suggest GPS improvements
VeloNews reports on a Team Garmin-Slipstream meeting where riders and Garmin staff came together to suggest ways to improve the Garmin Edge GPS bike computers.
From the article: When Team Garmin-Chipotle staff and riders sat down in a hotel conference room with a rep from their team’s title sponsor on Thursday, the Virtual Partner feature [...]
PezCycling News: Backstedt Back to Action
PezCycling News talks to Magnus Backstedt about his 2008 season and first year with Team Garmin-Slipstream.
From the interview: “In the stage at the Tour when I missed the time cut, I was feeling absolutely brilliant for the first fifty kilometres; basically, three kilometres after that I was legless – I could hardly turn the [...]
WAIS: Meyer rides to dramatic win in Oceania points race championship
WAIS reports on Cameron Meyer’s epic win in the points race at the Oceania Track Cycling Championships. Despite crashing halfway into the 120 lap race, 20-year-old Meyer won the event at the Adelaide Super Drome.
From the article: “I was going all right in the first half of the race after myself, Sean Finning, James Langedyk [...]
Pedal: Meier named New Brunswick Athlete of the Year
Canada’s Pedal Magazine reports on the 15th Annual Pitney Bowes Sports Awards that go to the best New Brunswick athletes. Sussex cyclist Christian Meier was the featured athlete after winning the Canadian national road title in 2008.
Taylor Shelden joins 2009 VMG/Felt U23 squad
The Vail Daily reports on Breckenridge cyclist Taylor Shelden joining the 2009 VMG/Felt U23 squad.
From the article: “Casual or not, this was a one-on-one tryout with Jonathan Vaughters, Lance Armstrong’s former teammate and now the architect and founder of the Garmin-Chipotle cycling franchise, one of the hottest in professional bike racing. As Shelden put it [...]
New York Times talks to Vaughters about ACE alternatives
In the article, Team’s Antidoping Company Shuts Down, the New York Times talks to Jonathan Vaughters about the closing of ACE – the Agency for Cycling Ethics – and the team’s plans for a replacement program.
From the article: “He said the agency’s shutdown was ‘just a hiccup’ in Garmin-Chipotle’s effort to field a clean team, [...]
Dan Martin gets PEZ’d
PezCycling News talks to Irish national road champion Dan Martin about his amazing break-out year as a neo pro.
From the article:
PEZ: What were your expectations for year one of your career?
Dan: I had no goals, just to enjoy my cycling – if you enjoy it then results will come. I have no goals or [...]
Tune in Saturday for NBC’s Argyle-studded Tour of Missouri coverage
NBC’s Jeep World of Adventure Sports will feature Team Garmin-Chipotle H3O in all our winning glory this Saturday, November 15 in footage from the recent Tour of Missouri. As part of a multi-sport show that runs from 2:30-4:00 pm EST, the segment follows Christian Vande Velde (right) and the Argyle Armada as they bring home [...]
Slipstream Sports LLC announces 2009 Team Garmin-Chipotle launch event
Proceeds will benefit The Children’s Hospital
Boulder, CO – November 12, 2008 – Slipstream Sports LLC and its chief venture, the Garmin-Chipotle Professional Cycling Team, are providing fans with the rare opportunity to spend an evening with riders and staff at the Boulder Theatre in Boulder, Colo., on Saturday, Nov. 22. The event will feature the [...]
Christian first Cayman Pirate winner!
Christian Vande Velde won the first ever Pirates Week Invitational in the Cayman Islands this weekend after winning the circuit race on Sunday. The first two stages of the inaugural event had to be cancelled due to Hurricane Paloma. See the full report and photo on Caymannetnews.com.
Millar joins the UK Revolution
Highlighting the UK Revolution events this weekend, David Millar will join his mates for Bradley McGee’s “going away party” this Saturday, November 15 at the Manchester Velodrome. David, along with several other cycling stars, will give McGee a fond farewell as they race against the retiring Aussie for one last time.
CyclingWeekly: Garmin boss confirms new testing system
CyclingWeekly talks to Team Garmin-Chipotle H3O director Jonathan Vaughters about the new system of testing that will be created to replace the work done by the defunct Agency for Cycling Ethics (ACE).
From the article: “ACE did a great job, but we’re optimistic that this new system will be even better,” said Vaughters, whose [...]
Meet Ricardo van der Velde
Ricardo van der Velde is a 21-year-young Dutch rider who comes to Team Garmin-Chipotle H3O from the Rabobank development team. Initially Ricardo was going to join the VMG/Felt U23 Team, but it was decided that he should go directly to the professional team. Johan van der Velde, Ricardo’s father, was a very talented bike rider [...]
Ride & Rally for Ed Farrar
Tyler Farrar reports on the bike ride and rally that was held for his father Ed Farrar on Sunday, November 9 in Wenatchee Washington. Pictured right, Tyler led the ride that culminated with a rally at Central Washington Hospital.
“We were overwhelmed by the turnout. Seeing so many people come out to honor my father Ed [...]
