Zabriskie, Friedman put it all on the line – US Pro road race
Team Garmin-Slipstream’s now four-time US Pro time trial champion, David Zabriskie, put his specialty to work in Sunday’s US Pro road race championship — breaking away on a solo effort and putting nearly a five minute gap on the field, holding it until 86km to go in the race. Teammate Mike Friedman also put in [...]
Team Garmin-Slipstream announces POM Wonderful sponsorship
Team Garmin-Slipstream athletes to be fueled by POM Wonderful 100% Pomegranate Juice in 2010 POM Wonderful, the largest U.S. grower of Wonderful variety pomegranates and maker of 100% pomegranate juice, today announced its sponsorship of Team Garmin-Slipstream, the American professional cycling team dedicated to ethical sporting and developing the next generation of cycling champions. The [...]
Team Garmin-Slipstream announces POM Wonderful sponsorship
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE POM Wonderful Interview Requests: Rob Six 310.966.3517 rsix@pomwonderful.com Garmin-Slipstream Interview Requests: Marya Pongrace 347.698.3412 marya.pongrace@slipstreamsports.com TEAM GARMIN-SLIPSTREAM ANNOUNCES POM WONDERFUL SPONSORSHIP Team Garmin-Slipstream athletes to be fueled by POM Wonderful 100% Pomegranate Juice in 2010 LOS ANGELES (August 31, 2009) — POM Wonderful, the largest U.S. grower of Wonderful variety pomegranates and [...]
The Millar Diaries – One for the ages
Follow David Millar’s diary entries here and on Cyclingnews.com throughout the Vuelta a España. Millar battles the elements in the Vuelta prologue Well that was a bit crap. The weather was always going to be a bit of a lottery today, since first thing this morning it has been intermittent torrential rain and blue skies, [...]
Four-in-a-row! Zabriskie wins another US time trial championship!
Race report from David Zabriskie: The US Pro championship is an important race for me. I love wearing the Stars and Stripes and am proud to wear it again nest year. Mike Friedman had a great ride, too. I didn’t use a radio today, just my Garmin and I knew Mike had set the fastest [...]
Farrar third in Vuelta opener!
Director’s report from Johnny Weltz: As we are up north in The Netherlands, close to the sea, there was no doubt the weather would have an impact on the race today — and so it did. For us a flying David Millar didn’t get what he deserved as the worst of the storms hit right [...]
Store-wide argyle sale!
It’s the final Grand Tour and the US Professional championships — so get your argyle-wear on the cheap!
Team Garmin-Slipstream names Vuelta squad
The nine riders taking the start for Team Garmin-Slipstream in the 64th edition of the Vuelta a España were announced today. Team CEO Jonathan Vaughters is excited by the line-up of riders following an impressive ride at the Tour de France and equally impressive performances by riders leading up to La Vuelta. “I think the [...]
The Millar Diaries – Grand Tour número tres
Follow David Millar’s diary entries here and on Cyclingnews.com throughout the Vuelta a España. On the bus in northern Holland, on the way to the start of my third Grand Tour of the year (I didn’t finish the Giro, a planned retirement on stage 15 saw to that, so it’s not as if I’m attempting [...]
Safety rules – Eneco Tour, stage 7
Director’s report from Matt White: The Eneco Tour was a huge success for the team. We played a big part in every stag — winning three stages and three other podium finishes. Today was the only day we did not feature. But with rain showers on a very tight technical city time trial course, and [...]
Duyn in the break, Farrar in the hunt – Eneco Tour, stage 6
Team Garmin-Slipstream continued to animate the Eneco Tour, with Huub Duyn riding in breakaway and Tyler Farrar coming close to a fourth stage win in third. Farrar sits in second overall at just 21 seconds back, with the tour-deciding time trial set for Tuesday.
McRae excited about Howes' win, potential
Director’s report from Chann McRae: The last few weeks have been what Alex Howes has been waiting for. His mental tenacity and physical prowess has resulted in three very important victories — first the U.S. U23 road race title and second the U.S. U23 crit championship. Today he was the best up to Snowbird Ski [...]
Farrar three-peats – Eneco Tour, stage 4
Director’s report from Matt White: It was the longest stage of the tour. The idea for this tour was two options — Wiggo for the overall and stage wins for Tyler. We’ve been playing our cards well so far. Today we wanted to control the race and play it smart. We had Cozza and Ricardo [...]
Farrar retains lead in Eneco Tour, stage 3
Director’s report from Matt White: After a lightning first hour we finally let the break free. It was only three riders so a very easy one to control. Ricardo van der Velde and Steven Cozza rode well all day on the front and we rested the others to freshen up so they can support Bradley [...]
Matt White: Farrar not the only thing hot in Eneco Tour
Director’s report from Matt White: The best way to describe today was Tour of Flanders in a oven! Today was the hottest day in Belgium in 24 years; 38 Celsius. It was a super aggressive day which was very hard to control for us, with 10 climbs from the Tour of Flanders. It was a [...]
Farrar goes back-to-back in Eneco
Team Garmin-Slipstream’s sprinter Tyler Farrar continues to dominate the Eneco Tour, winning his second field sprint in-a-row. The bonus time for the win moves him farther away from the rest of the field as he leads the general classification.
Young guns riding well in Utah
The Holowesko Partners/Felt U23 team is currently racing the Tour of Utah, and is in good position with three riders within one minute of the overall leader after the first stage — including the U23 national time trial champion Peter Stetina and the U23 national road champion Alex Howes. As well Team Garmin-Slipstream’s David Zabriskie [...]
Farrar feeling good with wins
Team Garmin-Slipstream’s Tyler Farrar is on top at the Eneco Tour in Belgium, after taking out the first stage field sprint in impressive fashion. “What can I say, it feels great to win some races after so many close calls!” said Farrar. “I came out of the Tour de France feeling strong and now I’m [...]
