Team Garmin-Slipstream’s Christian Vande Velde is a regular blogger for USA Today. You can read his latest entry in which he details his road to recovery after crashing out of the Giro d’Italia on stage three.
Allen Lim is the cycling version of the wolf and right now, my savior. He can turn almost anything into a positive and is always ready to take on a new challenge. Whether it be finding a way to motivate or keep things in perspective for myself or tackling 100 diverse tasks that nobody else knows or cares how to do. He is our glue on this team and he is helping me out big time right now.