Fairly makes big waves in pro debut
Team Holowesko Partners U23 rider Caleb Fairly has already had a strong season, long before he made the jump to the big time as a stagiere for the Garmin-Transitions ProTour squad. But last weekend he confirmed why he will be racing as a full member of the team next season, with a 12th place in [...]
A physio's diary: Consistent Aggression (Tour of Britain)
Team physiotherapist Toby Watson sent this dispatch from the recent Tour of Britain, despite few hours of sleep! I’m in Ipswich, southeast England, and have finally found time to get finger to keyboard (what is the modern equivalent of “pen to paper”?) to scribble (again – what’s the digital version of scribbling? – such important [...]
Garmin Data: Peter Stetina – GP Montreal, Quebec
See Peter Stetina’s Garmin Edge 500 data downloads from his tireless work for Ryder Hesjedal at the GP Montreal and GP Quebec.
Race report: Vuelta a España, stage 21
Team Garmin-Transitions capped off a successful Vuelta with Tyler Farrar besting all of the top sprinters by coming around the outside alone to win the final stage. Meanwhile, Tom Danielson took home ninth place overall. “It’s amazing!” said Farrar. “I’ve been feeling good this whole Veulta. But to win two stages is even more than [...]
Race report: Vuelta a España, stage 20
Tom Danielson fought hard on one of the toughest mountain-top finishes in cycling, securing his top-ten in the overall of the Vuelta, with big help from his teammates including Christian Vande Velde until the end. Director sportif Johnny Weltz sent this report: The grand finale of the Vuelta this year happened on an exceptionally hard [...]
Race report: Vuelta a España, stage 19
Tyler Farar climbed up the green jersey competition with a strong second place on a tough uphill sprint finish. He now sits only 12 points out of first place. Director sportif Johnny Weltz sent this report: Today was the longest stage in the race, though it was relatively easy as there was not much wind [...]
Race report: Vuelta a España, stage 18
The Argyle Express once again put in a hard chase of the breakaway to pull the race together in time for a field sprint, allowing Tyler Farrar to post another top-five result. Director sportif Johnny Weltz sent this report: As it was a totally flat day and on top of that a very short day, [...]
Race report: Vuelta a España, stage 17
Despite grueling wind conditions early on David Zabriskie notched a top-ten place in the Vuelta time trial while Tom Danielson protected his top-ten GC placement. Director sportif Johnny Weltz sent this report:
Race report: Vuelta a España, stage 16
Tom Danielson put it all on the line today, bridging up to a late-race attack on the final slopes of the Vuelta’s queen stage. This allowed him to move up another spot on the overall to seventh. Earlier in the race Tom Peterson rode in the day’s main breakaway while Christian Vande Velde spent another [...]
Race report: GP Cycliste Montréal
After a strong race in Québec City on Friday Ryder Hesjedal was a marked rider for Sunday’s Gran Prix Cycliste Montréal. As such all his moves were watched closely by the rest of the field, and he was left to chase the breakaways alone on the final lap. Still the Canadian claimed a podium spot [...]
Race report: Vuelta a España, stage 15
Another mountaintop finish saw Tom Danielson climbing with the leaders to keep his position in the top ten of the overall, while teammate Christian Vande Velde went out on the attack early and often. “The team was awesome helping me all day.” said Danielson. “Matt Wilson and Christian Vande Velde put me into awesome position [...]
Race report: Vuelta a España, stage 14
Amazing riding from the two Daves today, Millar and Zabriskie , saw them bridge up to a solo rider and building up a huge lead. Though the trio did not stay away another day of strong riding from Tom Danielson saw him move into the top ten on the GC. Director sportif Johnny Weltz sent [...]
Race report: Hesjedal attacks Québec
Ryder Hesjedal rode like he had the ‘Weight of a Nation’ on him in the Grand Prix Cycliste Québec, racing in his country’s first ever ProTour race. Ryder initiated the big move with two laps to go and pulled for most of them, only to be countered inside the final kilometer, settling for fourth. Svein [...]
Race report: Vuelta a España, stage 13
The Argyle Express was full steam ahead, chasing down the day’s main break and setting up the field sprint. Unfortunately Tyler Farrar was not lucky in the final meters and was forced to take a long line around slowing riders — but still took sixth on the day. Director sportif Johnny Weltz sent this report: [...]
Race report: Vuelta a España, stage 12
Another whole-team effort resulted in the set-up of Tyler Farrar for another field sprint finish. And while a crash in the final meters disrupted his sprint, he still managed to take a strong second. Director sportif Johnny Weltz sent this report: Leaving Andorra and heading down hill was the start of today’s stage. As such [...]
Race report: Vuelta a España, stage 11
Tom Danielson rode another strong stage, with the help of teammate Christian Vande Velde, to keep his GC chances well within reach. His 12th place on the first mountain-top finish moved him back up to 12th overall. Director sportif Johnny Weltz sent this report: The first moutain-top finish in this years Vuelta was a roller [...]
Race report: Vuelta a España, stage 10
Tom Danielson maintained his high position on the overall classification of the Vuelta while Tyler Farrar just missed out on gaining valuable sprint points. Director sportif Johnny Weltz has the report: Right from the gun attacks flew off the front of the peloton, but no break went for the first 40 km. This meant it [...]
Race report: Vuelta a España, stage 9
The Argyle Express heads into the first rest day of the Vuelta with Tom Danielson still well in contention for the overall. Director sportif Johnny Weltz sent this report: The start today was along the ocean which resulted in a strong tailwind. It was extremly fast and no one could control the race. It went [...]
Race report: Vuelta a España, stage 8
The first big mountain stage of the Vuelta shook up the GC a bit. Tom Danielson put in a strong performance on the day and moves up the overall to 12th. Director sportif Johnny Weltz has the report: The stage was only 17km in when a huge crash brought down the race leader, Tyler and [...]
Race report: Vuelta a España, stage 7
Tyler Farrar was once again the focus for the team, as another sprint finish awaited in Orihuela. The team did a strong effort to aid in the chase of the breakaway, with David Zabriskie and Christian Vande Velde both lending power to the effort. Johnny Weltz sent this report: Today the stage was all over [...]
Race report: Vuelta a España, stage 6
After a huge win on stage 5, the luck turned for Tyler Farrar as a late-race puncture on the final climb just 17km from the finish, combined with big gaps in the race caravan, made it impossible for the sprinter to regain the fast-moving peloton. Director sportif Johnny Weltz sent this recap: Today was a [...]
Race report: Tyler Wins! – Vuelta a España, stage 5
Despite the lead-out trains of other teams, argyle speedster Tyler Farrar continued racking up top sprint wins today in the Vuelta, patiently waiting to unleash his sprint at the perfect time to out-power the other sprinters for the victory.
Press release: Slipstream Sports Announces Additions to 2011 Roster
Six more riders named to the new Garmin-Cervélo squad BOULDER, COLORADO (September 1, 2010) — Slipstream Sports today announced six additions to the 2011 roster, marking the remaining Cervélo TestTeam riders to join the newly formed Team Garmin-Cervélo. Roger Hammond (UK), Heinrich Haussler (Aus), Andreas Klier (Ger), Brett Lancaster (Aus), Daniel Lloyd (UK) and Gabriel [...]
