Video: Summerhill gets ready for ‘cross worlds
Team Holowesko Partners U23 rider Danny Summerhill is interviewed just before the world championships in Tabor, Czech Republic.
Gone camping: TTT training and wheel testing
Team Garmin-Transitions took advantage of sunny weather in Calpe to do some team time trial practice, as well as some new wheel testing with the crew from Mavic. Riders like David Millar, Ryder Hesjedal and Tom Danielson were swapping various types of wheels and giving valuable feedback to Mavic.
Gone Camping: The rain in Spain…
Hey, at least it’s not winter in Chicago…
While the riders suffer through rain-soaked training rides, the mechanics stay dry; but are still hard at work getting the last of the bikes built for the season.
Wrench Tom Hopper attends to David Millar’s bike.
One of our perceptive Argyle fans posed a question regarding our new wheel sponsor [...]
Gone Camping: Physio testing and a lot of number crunching
Report from Team Physiologist Adrie van Diemen:
This training camp in Calpé, Spain we started off with the physiology testing of all the riders attending. The riders racing Tour down Under will attend later and do also the physiology testing. Building a training plan involves always defining the training load for each rider. The training load [...]
Holowesko Partners U23: Fairly, Sheldon go one-two in Bahamas
Director’s Report from Chann McRae:
Team Holowesko Partners U23 development squad put in an impressive effort at the Tour of Bahamas this weekend. Taylor Sheldon won the first stage with a solo attack with only 10km remaining. On Stage 2 TT, Taylor placed second, and Caleb Fairly third, behind Floyd.
Most Aggressive Team – Tour Down Under, stage 6
Director’s report from Matt White:
We were positioned in eleventh place before the start of today’s final city circuit in downtown Adelaide. But we were really looking at getting Robbie Hunter into the top ten to obtain valuable Pro Tour points.
Eleventh place would not give us anything.
The plan was to gain bonus seconds in the two [...]
Tour Down Under, stage 5
Director’s report from Matt White:
Once again the team went on the attack placing Cameron Meyer and Matt Wilson into an eight-man break after another hectic start.
The break unfortunately had a couple of riders still within striking distance on GC so the gap was held at the two minute mark by the leader’s team.
The [...]
Gone camping: Chattin’ with David Millar
Team Garmin-Transitions’ intrepid camp counselor Will Frischkorn is busy arranging various camp activities for his charges — not exactly arts and crafts but definitely fun activities to go in between the physiological testing and training rides. But even with all this he was able to sit down with one of the Argyle Armada’s team captains, [...]
Tour Down Under, stage 4
Director’s Report from Matt White:
It was another short aggressive day. After the all-day break was reeled in the race became very tense as the gail-force winds increased and the course ventured into very exposed landscapes.
In a crazy sprint our renowned lead-out man Julian Dean lost our sprinter Robbie Hunter in the confusion but still managed [...]
Garmin-Transitions Pro Cycling Team and Mavic join forces
Team Garmin-Transitions to ride Mavic wheels through 2011
Mavic announced today that Team Garmin- Transitions, the top American cycling team dedicated to ethical sporting and developing the next generation of cycling champions, will use the new 2010 Mavic wheel range to take on this season’s pro tour race calendar. Team Garmin-Transitions is coming off a successful [...]
Gone Camping: Dispatches from training camp in Calpe, Spain
Camp update from Will Frischkorn:
It’s been a busy camp from the first minute but the entire crew here in Calpe has settled in well, enjoying the amazing setup we have to kick-off 2010. A hotel that has truly catered to our needs and set us up with a huge inside space for much [...]
Bobridge: Heat plays into our hands
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Welcome to the Jacky Show!
Stage two of the Santos Tour Down Under is important to Team Garmin-Transitions, as it starts in the hometown of Jack Bobridge (Gawler) and finishes in a town where director sportif Matt White once won a stage (Hahndorf.) Hopefully that will inspire the Argyle Armada to a victory, but as the stage gets ready to [...]
VeloNews: In-depth with Christian Meier
Team Garmin-Transitions’ Christian Meier sat down with Aussie journalists Anthony Tan for an in-depth interview on Velonews.
Do not assume for one moment that Christian Meier’s innocent baby face translates to an aversion for hard work or that the 24-year-old Canadian hasn’t already experienced his share of life’s hardship. In Garmin-Transitions’ second-year recruit, VeloNews discovers an [...]
Video: Aussie wildlife
Team Garmin-Transitions’ soingeur Toby Watson gives Canadian Christian Meier an introduction to wildlife down under.
Video: Tour Down Under team presentation
Watch as Team Garmin-Transitions gets ready to start the Tour Down Under.
Team Garmin-Transitions’ team kit unveiled down under
The new team kit design for Team Garmin-Transitions in 2010 was on display in the opening criterium of the Tour Down Under in Adelaide, Australia. Fans of the Argyle Armada can purchase kits and other select team gear from our store starting now!
More team items will be added soon, so keep checking back with: shopslipstreamsports.com
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VeloNews: Inside Garmin-Transitions Girona Service Course
Check out the in-depth behind-the-scenes article on VeloNews profiling what it takes to get Team Garmin-Transitions going at the beginning of the season, and keep them going through September! Also see former Argyle Armada member Will Frischkorn in his new role.
For back office staff, the weeks leading up to a Pro Tour team’s traditional January [...]
Team Garmin-Transitions Announces Roster for Tour Down Under
Team line-up features four Australian riders including Cameron Meyer, newly crowned national time trial champion; Jack Bobridge to ride his first pro race
Team Garmin-Transitions, the leading professional cycling team dedicated to ethical sporting and developing the next generation of cycling champions, today unveiled its much-anticipated roster for the Tour Down Under. The roster features [...]
Younger Meyer recounts the second Aussie championship
Race report from Travis Meyer:
I awoke upon the morning of the Australian Open Road Race Championships with mixed emotions — I was nervous as I wanted to make sure I did my job well for the team, excited as it was my first ever race in the Elite Men’s Open Road Championship and honored [...]
