Data: Danny Pate's Garmin Edge 705 data – Tour de France, stage 7
Here is the data download from Danny Pate’s Garmin Edge 705 during stage 7 of the Tour de France.
The Millar Diaries: Love of the panache!
I didn’t think I’d have time to write a diary entry, last night I got back to the hotel a little later than normal and then had the usual goings on. I also had a few messages to reply to which took up most of my remaining evening. Obviously from the outside looking in stage [...]
Vande Velde, Wiggins in the hunt for overall
Team Garmin-Slipstream’s GC contenders Christian Vande Velde and Bradley Wiggins showed everyone what they are capable of today on the longest stage of this year’s Tour de France — staying with and at times leading the elite group of overall contenders on the way to the mountain-top finish, including an attack by Wiggins at 1km [...]
David Millar's Garmin Edge 705 data download: Stage 6
Here is the data download from David Millar’s Garmin Edge 705 during his dramatic solo attack on stage 6 of the Tour de France.
Video: Tour de France, stage 6 highlights
Watch David Millar put in an incredible ride, attacking solo out of the main breakaway and nearly taking the stage win!
Soooooo close! David Millar attacks solo for most aggressive ride!
Team Garmin-Slipstream rode in honor of their European home of Girona, Spain today, the start of stage 6. David Millar rode into the day’s main breakaway, becoming the virtual yellow jersey… and then away from it to go solo until the final two kilometers, almost winning the stage! But Millar will wear the prestigious ‘red-on-white’ [...]
Tour video: Meeting on the move
Team Garmin-Slipstream gives a whole new meaning to the phrase “mobile office!”
Chasing the break: Tour de France, stage 5
Team Garmin-Slipstream spent the majority of Wednesday’s fifth stage on the front, putting in heaps of work setting the pace to chase down the six-man breakaway. But in the end the break survived just long enough to have a solo winner. Sprinter Tyler Farrar contested the field sprint for the remaining spots, coming in a [...]
Tour of Austria – Stages 3 & 4: Duggan riding strong
Director’s report from Johnny Weltz: Stage 3: The third stage was by far the hardest stage of the race. We passed Grossklockner at 2500 meters. From the start we wanted to push the race as the leader’s team was not too strong and to gain some of the ground lost on stage 2. After 30 [...]
Vande Velde's NY Times blog: Surviving a trial as a team
Read Christian Vande Velde’s blog on the New York Times web site. Tuesday’s team time trial was bittersweet given the circumstances: we lost four of nine riders with 28 kilometers, or about 17 miles, to go over an undulating, technical course with gale-force winds. This was a consequence of our team going fast from the [...]
The Millar Diaries: Dispatches from the edge of hell
I made it through the night… On going to bed last night I was sure I was going to be waking up in cold sweats from a nightmare that would find me once again in the last 25km of the team time trial of yesterday. If hell exists then I think Zab and I paid [...]
Data: Zabriskie's Edge 705 from stage 4 (TTT)
Here is the data download from David Zabriskie’s Garmin Edge 705 during the stage 4 team time trial of the Tour de France.
GC contenders in position after strong TTT
A challenging course with narrow roads, tight turns and strong winds for the fourth stage of the Tour de France made the rare appearance of a team time trial even more exciting than usual! The Garmin-Slipstream boys started fast, so fast that four of the nine Argyle Armada dropped off the pace with more than [...]
Tour video – previewing the TTT course
See the team as they scout the course one last time before riding to their strong second place finish, despite high winds and a challenging course.
Peterson, Frischkorn in the break; three in top 20 overall – Tour of Austria, stage 2
Director’s report from Johnny Weltz: With a very hard mountain top finish at the end of the day, it was not clear who would take charge to control the race all day. Ee wanted to have a break to go with us in it to be in front of the action. So when a group [...]
In the feed zone: Packing each day for Le Tour
It is no picnic racing in the world’s toughest race, and the food/drink that goes along with it is nothing you would find in your average picnic basket. Team Soigneur Sandra Ni Hodnae put together this massive list and a full report of just what it takes. Here’s what we pack per rider, per day. [...]
