Race report: Tour of Romandie, stage 3
Team Garmin-Transitions’ Christian Vande Velde continues to fine-tune his form for May, putting in a strong time trial result at the Tour of Romandie, says team director Johnny Weltz: Today was a 23km time trial with a long climb of some 7km. Christian had a good ride and was not far from his normal concurrents [...]
Race Report: Tour of Romandie, stage 2
Team Garmin-Transitions had another go at a field sprint and Robbie Hunter put in a strong performance, netting third on the day. Johnny Weltz has the report: Another hot day in Switzerland and everybody was tired after yesterday’s stage. But it still started out very fast. After 20km a group of four got a go [...]
Cyclingnews: Danielson on form for Tour of California
Team Garmin-Transitions’s Tom Danielson is currently in New Mexico racing the Tour of the Gila with teammates David Zabriskie and Tom Peterson on the DZ-Nuts team. His strong second place on the opening stage’s mountain-top finish is a good indicator of his preparation for next month’s Tour of California, according to Cyclingnews: Tom Danielson showed [...]
Tech and Training: Christian Meier's Fleche Wallonne Edge 500 data
See Team Garmin-Transitions’ Christian Meier’s data from his Garmin Edge 500 during the Fleche Wallone Classic in Belgium. More photos of Christian Meier:
Race report: Tour of Romandie, stage 1
Team Garmin-Transitions’ Robbie Hunter and Michel Kreder gave it a go on the first road stage of the Tour of Romandie. And if it were not for a narrow finish straight the field sprint might have gone better for the Argyle Armada. Director Johnny Weltz has the report: A nice sunny day in Switzerland; the [...]
Tyler's blog: Quitting not an option
Team Garmin-Transitions’ sprinter Tyler Farrar catches up with us after a successful Spring Classics campaign. I have to say it was nice to have a break and enjoy two weeks at home after what I like to call “The Flemish Stretch.” My girlfriend Stephanie came it over to visit and her trip was extended thanks [...]
Race report: Tour of Romandie, prologue
Team Garmin-Transitions returned to stage racing in the Tour of Romandie in Switzerland. The racing began with a short prologue time trial with the young Aussie sensation Jack Bobridge turning in the best time for the team. “It was a very short and technical 4.3km course for the prologue,” said director sportif Johnny Weltz. “And [...]
Cyclingnews: Hesjedal satisfied with Ardennes campaign
Cyclingnewsfeatures Team Garmin-Transitions’s Ryder Hesjedal after a successful overall run at the Spring Classics, including a second place at the Amstel Gold race. Stomach problems affected Ryder Hesjedal’s performance in Liège-Bastogne-Liège but as he prepares to head home to Canada for a break, the Garmin-Transitions rider knows he has stepped up a level as a [...]
Roster: Tour of Romandie
Team Garmin-Transitions moves back to stage racing with the Tour of Romandie in Switzerland. Christian Vande Velde will lead the team after returning to action in the final Spring Classic Liege-Bastogne-Liege. He is joined by a strong-but-young contingent of riders, including Aussie track sensation Jack Bobridge in his first European race! Jack Bobridge Kirk Carlsen [...]
Race report: Liege finishes the Spring Classics
Team Garmin-Transitions rounded out a good Spring Classics campaign with Ryder Hesjedal putting in strong performances. Director Lionel Marie sent this report from the final Spring Classic: After a nice Fleche Wallonne for Garmin-Transitions, with four guys in the finish (three of them youngs guys: Michel Kreder, Peter Stetina, Dan Martin) and a top ten [...]
Roster: Liege-Bastogne-Liege
Team Garmin-Transitions for the final Spring Classic, Liege-Bastogne-Liege: Ryder Hesjedal Christian Vande Velde Trent Lowe Christian Meier Dan Martin Cameron Meyer Peter Stetina Ricardo Van Der Velde Michel Kreder More photos from the Spring Classics:
Holowesko Partners U23 team atop USA Cycling Pro Tour
The Holowesko Partners U23 development is riding a wave after Caleb Fairly’s strong win at the Tour of the Battenkill in upstate New York. That win gave him and his team the lead in the first round of the USA Cycling’s Pro Tour series. Individual Standings 1. Caleb Fairly – 40 2. Floyd Landis – [...]
Pedal Mag: Interview with Ryder Hesjedal
Team Garmin-Transitions’s Ryder Hesjedal rode to a second-place finish at the Amstel Gold race. And with a result like that comes a lot of media attention. Here is an in-depth interview with the Canadian by the Canadian cycling magazine, Pedal. Pedal: So Garmin-Transitions makes you team leader for the spring classics and you pay it [...]
U23: Fairly tackles tough Battenkill
The Holowesko Partners U23 development team notched an impressive UCI win with Caleb Fairly soloing away from the entire field to win the Tour of the Battenkill — a race that travels over a variety of terrain, including wet dirt roads. Fairly’s teammate, Alex Howes, also had a good race finishing seventh. Fairly had partnered [...]
VeloNews: Hesjedal happy with 2nd at Amstel
Team Garmin-Transitions’s Ryder Hesjedal spoke with VeloNews’ Andrew Hood after his superb performance at the Amstel Gold race in Holland. Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Transitions) delivered a huge podium achievement with second place on Amstel Gold Race on Sunday. The Canadian hit the base of the Cauberg in perfect position and simply put his head down and [...]
Race report: Hesjedal second in Amstel Gold
Team Garmin-Transitions continued its good results of the spring, moving into the second half of the Classics with an oh-so-close second place for Ryder Hesjedal in the Amstel Gold race. Director sportif Johnny Weltz has the report: After all the flat classics, today we turned towards the hilly ones, which also meant bringing in another [...]
News: Cam Meyer interview
Team Garmin-Transitions’s recent three-time world champion on the track, Cameron Meyer, was featured in an interview with Edmond Hood. Not content with being 2009 world points championship, Cameron Meyer (Australia & Garmin) decided he wanted a rainbow jersey for every day of a long weekend. We had a word with him soon after the Worlds. [...]
Cyclingnews: Hesjedal aiming high at the Ardennes
After a strong spring campaign to date, Team Garmin-Transitions’ Ryder Hesjedal is looking forward to the upcoming second-half of the Spring Classics, often referred to as the Ardennes Classics. He spoke with Cyclingnews about leading the Argyle Aramda in the Amstel Gold Race, Flèche Wallonne and Liège-Bastogne-Liège. After strong performances in the Tours of Catalunya [...]
Video: Inside Paris-Roubaix
Will Frischkorn takes us into the craziness of Paris-Roubaix — before, during and after.
Rosters: Fleche Brabançonne, Amstel Gold
Team Garmin-Transitions starts its second-half of the Spring Classics: Fleche Brabançonne Kirk Carlsen Steven Cozza Timmy Duggan Cameron Meyer Michel Krder Travis Meyer Danny Pate Ricardo Van der Velde Amstel Gold Race Steven Cozza Timmy Duggan Michel Kreder Martijn Maaskant Christian Meier Danny Pate Ricardo Van der Velde Ryder Hesjedal More photos from the Spring [...]
VeloNation: Farrar Motivated by Scheldeprijs win
VeloNation spoke with Tyler Farrar before Paris-Roubaix about his successful early season and where he hopes to go from here. Just 25 years of age, Farrar has marked himself out as one of the big stars of the future. He hit a real purple patch last season, taking a string of big results including the [...]
Race report: Paris-Roubaix
The men in argyle had a plethora of bad luck befall them in the ‘Hell of the North,’ Paris-Roubaix. Crashes marred the day for team leaders Tyler Farrar and Martijn Maaskant, as well as many of their teammates. Still Maaskant managed 22nd place and Farrar is still upbeat about the spring campaign after his win [...]
Race Report – Pais Vasco overall
Team Garmin-Transitions had a successful overall Tour of the Basque Country, with Ryder Hesjedal and Dan Martin riding well for the overall. But it was Christian Meier, ever the team player, that ended up with a surprise win — the overall sprint winner. While the win was due to his time in the long stage [...]
