Team Garmin-Slipstream announces Tour de France roster
Team Garmin-Slipstream today announced its much-anticipated Tour de France roster. The riders that will represent the American team in tackling the world’s toughest sporting event are:
Julian Dean
Tyler Farrar
Ryder Hesjedal
Dan Martin
David Millar
Danny Pate
Christian Vande Velde
Bradley Wiggins
David Zabriskie
“We are bringing a diverse and versatile squad to the 2009 Tour de France,” said Jonathan Vaughters, CEO of Slipstream Sports, LLC and Director Sportif, Team Garmin-Slipstream. “We had an incredible first Tour as a team last year and this year we hope for GC contention, possible stage wins and even the yellow jersey at some point.”
The squad features four Americans, including Christian Vande Velde who was fourth in last year’s Tour and is returning from a crash in May that left him with five broken vertebrae and other fractures. Also on the list are current Irish national champion Dan Martin, Ryder Hesjedal of Canada, Julian Dean of New Zealand, and the UK’s David Millar and Bradley Wiggins. Dutchman Martijn Maaskant is the first reserve.
“As the title sponsor, we couldn’t be more excited about the roster of champions that we’re sending to the Tour to represent Garmin,” said Jon Cassat, Garmin’s vice president of communications. “With our Edge 705 on their handlebars guiding their way, we all look forward to cheering Garmin-Slipstream as they push the pace of the peloton.”
About Slipstream Sports
Founded in 2005, Slipstream Sports LLC is a highly progressive sports management company dedicated solely to promoting the ethical growth of American cycling.
About Team Garmin-Slipstream
Owned and managed by Slipstream Sports, Team Garmin-Slipstream is dedicated to promoting ethical sporting and developing the next generation of cycling champions. In 2007, Slipstream created the most progressive anti-doping system in the professional sports world and now works with Anti-Doping Research, Inc. (ADR) and ADSI (the Anti-Doping Sciences Institute) to continue its anti-doping mission. Team Garmin-Slipstream competes in a full schedule of professional cycling races in the U.S. and Europe. Additional information is available at www.slipstreamsports.com.
About Garmin International Inc.
Garmin International Inc. is a subsidiary of Garmin Ltd. (Nasdaq: GRMN), the global leader in satellite navigation. Since 1989, this group of companies has designed, manufactured, marketed and sold navigation, communication and information devices and applications – most of which are enabled by GPS technology. Garmin’s products serve automotive, mobile, wireless, outdoor recreation, marine, aviation, and OEM applications. Garmin Ltd. is incorporated in the Cayman Islands, and its principal subsidiaries are located in the United States, Taiwan and the United Kingdom. For more information, visit Garmin’s virtual pressroom at www.garmin.com/pressroom or contact the Media Relations department at 913-397-8200. Garmin and Edge are registered trademarks of Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries.
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Way to go Ryder! All of the Canadian contingent back home will be cheering for you.
go get ‘em.
B
Excited to see both Dean and Farrar in the Garmin train! Watch out Cavendish!
looking fwd to seeing argyle getting in the mix on all aspects/stages of the TDF. Allez!
Go Ryder Go!
Looks like a great squad to me! I’m excited. Anybody else excited? July 4th can’t come soon enough.
Allez Garmin! Bonne chance!
Very Good roster, lets get the maillot jaune this year!!
Yeah! I’m so excited. I booked my trip to the tour this year specifically to see Pate race. How about another mountain break away? Anything after the final rest day is good for me.
Can’t wait for the start. Go Team..Go Danny!!!
Great to see Irishman Dan Martin on your squad after a great season so far! Look forward to seeing him up front going over the Alps on Eurosport
Brilliant to see your name on the official list Julian. All the best to everyone.
From Downunder
it’ll be nice to see Tyler throwing down with the big boys and JD leading him out. Here’s to taking the piss out of Cav and couple of times.
No Tommy D? Damn.
What a terrific year for Dan Martin.
Hope he has an excellent tour and does all us Irish proud.
Vive Le Argyle…..
Nice team. Well balanced towards strength in the mountains, TTTs & Sprints. After Wiggo’s & Millar’s recent mutations into what can only be described as 90% grimpeurs, i tell you, I can’t wait for the 4th. I hope VVD can be firing well by the 4th though as it was so thrilling last year to see him up there with the fastest. With some high altitude support from Martin too, it’s gonna get nice and spicy I think! Good luck to all and see you in ‘all’ in Paris.
WHAT A SUPERB TEAM !
Pretty much called it here in Lincolnshire England . Particularly excited to see how Dan Martin and Tyler show ?
Counting the Hours until Monaco`s start ramp is in full swing .. GO GARMIN SLIPSTREAM ! rideCLEAN !
Great roster. I’m expecting great things from slipstream this year. I hoping for at least a podium finish if not the championship. GOOOOOO Christian!!!!!
Great line up.
Can’t wait for the Tour! GREAT looking squad guys! Bringing back a lot of experience from last year and they should be solid on the TT!
We’ll all be cheering for Garmin and Ryder over here!
Beautiful! Can’t wait to see The Daves clean up on the time trials…and can’t wait to cheer CVV on. Gonna be a great TOUR!
We’ll be watching and cheering. CJ: Anyone watching the US win over Spain yesterday in the Confederations Cup (soccer) knows that comebacks happen!
All the best to Dan Martin for the TFD. Any word if he’ll be riding the Irish champs on Sunday?
This is a great Tour line up. It would have been nice to see Dan ride the tour in the green Irish National Champ jersey. It sucks that he won’t be able to defend his title.
good team , let dan martin ride when he can , two brits great news , still not shore about young farrer , lot still to learn before he can beat cavs .
This is an awesome team. Can’t wait to see you guys win some stages. I’ll be cheering.
Great roster. I accurately predicted 8 of the 9 riders. I would have picked Danielson over Pate but that is why I am sitting here and they are riding over there. Great to see CVV riding in the Tour.
Great to see Ryder back in the Tour good luck to everyone! I think you guys are the team to beat in the TTT. Ryder bring home a stage win for all of us in Canada!
Last year was a big learning curve for the team – This is a very good balanced and experienced team, Will be watching and cheering at the TV through the early hours of our cold NZ winter. Go Team Garmin, Go Julian the Kiwi guy!
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Go Christian! Looking forward to a podium finish for you.
Nice team choice. Can’t wait to see Tyler kick some butt in the sprints.
Go Ryder! Remember the Fenwick Flash (Steve Bauer) Le Tour success. Hope to see you contend for a stage win! Good Luck! All the best!
Kick some butt Danny!!! JamieK says – Have a nice ride!
Good luck guys. Hope our home town hills here in New Mexico helped you guys. We’ll be glued to the TV cheering you on!
Great group of riders. I can’t wait to see how they perform in the tour. I have to admit that I’m a bit sad to see that Tom Danielson was not chosen. Oh well… The team is still pretty strong and I’ll be cheering for you guys. Go Argyle Armada!!! Yeah!!!
Great line up. All are strong riders. It’s great to see DZ in the lineup this year. It was great to see argyle fly last year and can’t wait to see your domination in the TTT! Grab the maillot jaune Christian!
Good luck to the team and especially our ‘local hero’ Danny Martin, great to see you’ve been selected, we shall be cheering for you all the way…. Go Dan Go!!
Good Luck Ryder. We’re pulling for you and the rest of the Garmin Team. Steve M. (Victoria, BC).
What a nice team you have this year!
You have great riders for TT’s but you still need some “good luck” to beat Cancellara
Make use of his slipstream *lol*
(Go, Team Saxobank!).