Video: New Lemond Fitness trainers arrive for Le Tour
Will Frischkorn and mechanic Geoff Brown put together one of the new Lemond Fitness Revolution trainers ahead of the Tour de France. And Will (briefly) contemplates a comeback. More photos of mechanics and soigneurs:
Video: Pre-TdF packing
The Team Garmin-Transitions mechanics and soigneurs have been hard at work preparing all of the equipment needed for the three week race, and then packing it all for the long transfer to the start in Rotterdam. More photos of mechanics and soigneurs:
Video: Tyler Farrar sprint training
Tyler Farrar works on his top-end speed with Dr. Carlos Gonzales Haro on the moto. More photos of Tyler Farrar:
Video: Crazy DS Cam – Matt White follows Dan Martin in Giro ITT
While it has been a long time coming, the resulting footage of director sportif Matt White from the back of the follow motorcycle on the final Giro d’Italia time trial to Plan de Corones in the Dolomites is well worth the wait. The final kilometer is so steep that there are follow motorcycles instead of [...]
Tour prep: Inside the service course
Will Frischkorn checks in from the Garmin-Transitions service course as the team prepares for the upcoming Tour de France. It’s been a crazy week here at the Girona service course. With the Tour one week away, and everybody heading north to Rotterdam in the next couple of days, this past week has been crunch time. [...]
Tech & Training Video: Physio testing Millar's uphill effort
Team physiologist Dr. Carlos Gonzales Haro, Ph.D. spent the day with David Millar as he trained for an uphill effort. Watch the video to see the analysis and view the entire data file on Garmin Connect.
Team Garmin-Transitions Names 2010 Tour de France Roster
Girona, Spain – June 26, 2010 – Team Garmin-Transitions today announced its much-anticipated 2010 Tour de France roster. The squad features three Americans including Christian Vande Velde, eighth overall in last year’s Tour de France and Tyler Farrar, who has claimed stages at two Grand Tours and with the help of Julian Dean, Robbie Hunter [...]
Spot the POM contest winner shows his spoils!
Gregg Deal, writer of the blog District Cycling, was the big winner of POM Wonderful’s Tour of California ‘Spot the POM’ contest. As such he received a wealth of team gear and POM products. However, his main spoil finally arrived at his Washington, D.C. area home — a Felt F1 SL equipped with Di2 and [...]
Tech & Training: Matt Wilson's Ax-Les Therme training data
Matt Wilson takes us on a training ride that travels through some incredibly scenic parts of the Pyrenees including a climb to Ax-Les Therme, but not so easy to enjoy the vista when climbing for 90 minutes at more than 300 W! This was a really beautiful training ride for sure, despite the locals who [...]
Tech & Training: Ryder Hesjedal's Tour de Suisse prologue data
Dr. Marc Quod’s take: On a tough and technical course, that included a climb from the edge of the lake up to 350 meters of altitude, as well as a somewhat tricky descent and final 2 km in the wet and slick conditions, Ryder still produced a very respectable prologue averaging over 180 bpm heart [...]
Farrar wins Delta Tour of Zeeland
Team Garmin-Transitions returned to the Delta Tour of Zeeland for its third overall win in a row, thanks to strong sprinting by Tyler Farrar and support from the entire team. Director Sportif Matt White sent this recap: For the third year in-a-row we have wrapped up the general classification with Tyler taking the honors at [...]
Critérium du Dauphiné, stage 7
Team Garmin-Transitions finished the Critérium du Dauphiné once again putting riders into the breaks. Johnny Weltz reports: The stage started again very fast in the first hour, with an average of 51 km/hour! A break of eight rode off and we had Christian in it. They gained up to three minutes then a hard chase [...]
Race report: Critérium du Dauphiné, stage 6
Team Garmin-Transitions was active in the breakaways again with Johan Van Summeren and Danny Pate both riding in the main break. Johnny Weltz sent this report: The hardest stage of the race with a mountaintop finish on Alpe d’Huez. It started very fast and a lot of beaks went clear. In the first group of [...]
Critérium du Dauphiné, stage 5
Team Garmin-Transitions continued to be in the breaks at the Critérium du Dauphiné, this time with a newer team member, Fredrik Kessiakoff. Johnny Weltz has the report. We started at 1400 meters of altitude and climbed right away! It was a short stage so people also attacked right away, and we where part of several [...]
Pate on the attack – Critérium du Dauphiné, stage 4
Team Garmin-Transitions made the racing action with Danny Pate going on a long, two-rider breakaway. Johnny Weltz sent this report:
Millar second in Critérium du Dauphiné ITT
Team Garmin-Transitions captain David Millar rode himself into top contention for the overall at the Critérium du Dauphiné ITT with a strong second place. He sent this report: I’m pleased with the result; was aiming for the win, but am not disappointed with second. The main reason being I felt good out there on the [...]
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Critérium du Dauphiné, stage 1
The first road stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné had all the elements of a road stage — breaks, crashes, catches and a field sprint. Team Garmin-Transitions was a major player on the day, bringing down the gap and contending in the finish. Directo Johnny Weltz has the report: We had a goal to go [...]
