Archive for July, 2010

Video: On the road with Clif (part 3)

Video: On the road with Clif (part 3)

Our good friends at Clif made some awesome videos with the guys this spring. Check it out and the other great videos from them! Clif’s YouTube page. More photos from 2010 racing:


Video: On the road with Clif (part 2)

Video: On the road with Clif (part 2)

Our good friends at Clif made some awesome videos with the guys this spring. Check it out and the other great videos from them! Clif’s YouTube page. More photos from 2010 racing:


Video: On the road with Clif (part 1)

Video: On the road with Clif (part 1)

Our good friends at Clif made some awesome videos with the guys this spring. Check it out and the other great videos from them! Clif’s YouTube page. More photos from 2010 racing:


A physio's tale: Redundancy and happy surprises: Stage 19 (time trial)

A physio's tale: Redundancy and happy surprises: Stage 19 (time trial)

Team Garmin-Transitions’ physiotherapist Toby Watson will be checking in from the roads in France during Le Tour (literally from the roads as the transfers from start to finish in the car are the medical staff’s only down time!) Time trials are always difficult days at races. Firstly, the riders line up knowing their final position [...]


Hesjedal into 7th overall, DZ takes 5th on day – Tour de France, stage 19

Hesjedal into 7th overall, DZ takes 5th on day – Tour de France, stage 19

Team Garmin-Transitions GC sensation Ryder Hesjedal capped off an amazing Tour de France with an amazing individual time trial, vaulting him higher on the overall to seventh. Meanwhile teammate and American time trial champion David Zabriskie put in a top-five performance. “Anything in the top ten here is a dream come true, especially after what [...]


Video: Keeping our cool

Video: Keeping our cool

Team Garmin-Transitions’ physiotherapist Toby Watson shows us a trade secret on how to keep riders cool during the hot French summer. More photos from the Tour de France:


A physio's tale: The final efforts

A physio's tale: The final efforts

Team Garmin-Transitions’ physiotherapist Toby Watson will be checking in from the roads in France during Le Tour (literally from the roads as the transfers from start to finish in the car are the medical staff’s only down time!) We’re on the downhill slope for this race now, and the fatigue is starting to show. It’s [...]


Race report: Tour de France, stage 18

Race report: Tour de France, stage 18

Though Team Garmin-Transitions is down two of its sprinters, Julian Dean did not let that hinder him on stage 18. ‘Kiwi Guy’ was put into position by strong riding from Martijn Maaskant and David Millar, allowing him to contest the sprint. “I’m happy with it,” Dean said about his second place. “When we opened up [...]


A physio's tale: Mountaintop on stage 17

A physio's tale: Mountaintop on stage 17

Team Garmin-Transitions’ physiotherapist Toby Watson will be checking in from the roads in France during Le Tour (literally from the roads as the transfers from start to finish in the car are the medical staff’s only down time!) Today was the showdown. As all who watch cycling know, any stage with a mountaintop finish is [...]


Video: Inside an argyle musette

Video: Inside an argyle musette

We held a Facebook contest to guess the calories inside a typical musette, and here is the video for it, for your viewing pleasure. If you are not our fan on Facebook, become one today!


Hesjedal climbs to 8th on GC – Tour de France, stage 17

Hesjedal climbs to 8th on GC – Tour de France, stage 17

Ryder Hesjedal defied many expectations on the climb to the Tourmalet for the finish of stage 17, attacking out of his group to take fourth on the stage and move up to eighth on the general classification.


Tech & Training: Ryder Hesjedal's Edge 500 data – Tour de France, stage 15

Tech & Training: Ryder Hesjedal's Edge 500 data – Tour de France, stage 15

Ryder Hesjedal continues to battle for a top-ten position in the overall. Here is his Garmin Edge 500 data from stage 15:


A physio's tale: How far we go

A physio's tale: How far we go

Team Garmin-Transitions’ physiotherapist Toby Watson will be checking in from the roads in France during Le Tour (literally from the roads as the transfers from start to finish in the car are the medical staff’s only down time!) Stage 16 was the biggest climbing stage of the Tour, but the last climb was some 60km [...]


Tech & Training: Ryder Hesjedal's Edge 500 data – Tour de France, stage 14

Tech & Training: Ryder Hesjedal's Edge 500 data – Tour de France, stage 14

Ryder Hesjedal continues to battle for a top-ten position in the overall. Here is his power data from stage 14: More photos from the Tour de France:


A physio's tale: Hump day & humdrum

A physio's tale: Hump day & humdrum

Team Garmin-Transitions’ physiotherapist Toby Watson will be checking in from the roads in France during Le Tour (literally from the roads as the transfers from start to finish in the car are the medical staff’s only down time!) As the physio on team Garmin-Transitions, all I can say is this is a dangerous sport! All [...]


Video: On the menu for the Argyle Express

Video: On the menu for the Argyle Express

Team Garmin-Transitions travels with its very own chef, Sean Fowler, for the Tour de France. This year Chef Sean has his very own mobile kitchen which we showed in a video at the start of the Tour. Many have asked what he has been cooking, so here he his preparing dinner from the other afternoon. [...]


A physio's tale: R&R for some

A physio's tale: R&R for some

Team Garmin-Transitions’ physiotherapist Toby Watson will be checking in from the roads in France during Le Tour (literally from the roads as the transfers from start to finish in the car are the medical staff’s only down time!) After a single day of respite from the searing heat of the majority of this race, we [...]


Race report: Hesjedal back in top-ten, Van Summeren makes the break – Tour de France, stage 15

Race report: Hesjedal back in top-ten, Van Summeren makes the break – Tour de France, stage 15

Team Garmin-Transitions may be down in numbers, but it isn’t showing it. Once again the argyle flag was flown in the long breakaway, this time by the young Johan Van Summeren. As well, strong and smart riding by Ryder Hesjedal put the Canadian back into the top ten overall. “Another very solid performance by Ryder [...]


Race report: Tour de France, stage 14

Race report: Tour de France, stage 14

Team Garmin-Transitions continued to race strong in the Tour de France, with Dave Zabriskie making the main break and Ryder Hesjedal maintaining a high position in the overall. “I am really pleased with today,” said Hesjedal. “After stage 12 I knew I had left a lot of energy on the road and yesterday wasn’t that [...]


Tech & Training: Johan Van Summeren's Edge 500 data – Tour de France, stage 13

Tech & Training: Johan Van Summeren's Edge 500 data – Tour de France, stage 13

Tech & Training: Martijn Maaskant's Edge 500 data – Tour de France, stage 12

Tech & Training: Martijn Maaskant's Edge 500 data – Tour de France, stage 12

Race report: Hesjedal takes it to the race

Race report: Hesjedal takes it to the race

Ryder Hesjedal continued his strong run at the Tour de France, this time making the main break and pushing the pace all the way until the final climb. Though he slipped a couple of places int he overall, it is clear he is fighting all the way to Paris! “Today was definitely bitter sweet on [...]


Race report: Farrar forced to abandon – Tour de France, stage 12

Race report: Farrar forced to abandon – Tour de France, stage 12

Tyler Farrar, who suffered a broken left wrist and sprained left elbow after a crash on stage 2, was forced to abandon the race on stage 12. “I am devastated to leave the Tour and my teammates,” said Farrar. “You never want to leave any race but especially the Tour. It’s the event we work [...]


Race report: Tour de France, stage 11

Race report: Tour de France, stage 11

It was another hotly-contested sprint in the Tour de France today, with Tyler Farrar putting in another strong showing with third on the day. It only seems a matter of time (and healing) before he takes out a win. More photos from the Tour de France: