Race report: Zabriskie flies to Romandie TT win!
Multiple U.S. time trial champion David Zabriskie once again bested the field in the race against the clock, winning the Tour of Romandie stage 4 time trial. And a strong overall performance with four in the top 20 and Andrew Talansky taking the best young rider jersey from teammate Peter Stetina. “Today the stage was [...]
Tech & Training: Jack Bobridge’s Garmin Edge 500 data – Tour of Romandie, stage 1
Jack Bobridge had a hard day in the saddle riding in the break — see just how hard:
Race report: Stetina stays in young rider jersey – Tour of Romandie, stage 3
Peter Stetina kept hold of his best young rider jersey on stage 3 of the Tour of Romandie in Switzerland. Johnny Weltz sent this report: The stage today was one of the easier ones, as the difficulty was all in the end. There was a break that dominated the stage from the beginning and another [...]
Race report: Peterson takes over lead at Tour of Turkey
Tom Peterson rode strong in the main breakaway and as a result, earned himself the race lead at the Tour of Turkey. “I feel good about being the leader now,” Peterson said. “I think [the] team is really strong and we will really defend. I think it is possible to finish the race in first.” [...]
Race report: Argyle attacks on Tour of Romandie, stage 2
The argyle armada was in full swing today, with attacks from Peter Stetina, Tom Danielson and David Millar in the final kilometers of the stage making for a fantastic finale. Johnny Weltz sent this report: The stage started flat out, with three laps of a very hard area. There wasn’t a kilometer that was flat! [...]
Race report: Tour of Romandie, stage 1
Jack Bobridge rode strong in the breakaway, finishing fourth on the stage and moving up the GC to fourth — as well as leading in the best young rider’s competition. Johnny Weltz has the report: With everything at status quo after the prologue and a leader who wouldn’t make it in the front on a [...]
Race report: Tour of Romandie, prologue
David Millar showed another aspect of his time trial abilities in the prologue of the Tour of Romandie, solid bike handling, as he maneuvered his Cervélo P4 to a top-five finish on the tricky circuit. Johny Weltz sent this report: Today the start of the race was a short prologue on a 3.5 km technical [...]
Tech & Training: Christophe Le-Mével’s Garmin Edge 800 data – Liège-Bastogne-Liège
See Christophe Le-Mével’s Garmin Edge 800 data from Liège-Bastogne-Liège.
Shop Ride: Buffalo Creek MTB in the Snow
You never know what you’re going to get in the Rocky’s during the spring. One day it might be 65 and sunny, and the next day it could snow an inch or two in an hour. Thankfully we had some warm riding apparel, and the snow made the trails super tacky! Buffalo Creek MTB riding [...]
Preview: Tour of Romandie
Tour of Romandie starts April 26th with a week of racing in the Swiss countryside. The Tour of Romandie begins tomorrow with an exciting race format and great line up from Team Garmin-Cervelo. A 3.5km prologue opens things up with a pan flat course profile and what should be a sub 4 minute explosive effort [...]
Shop Ride: Boulder to Jamestown
Despite cold and rainy weather, it’s spring in the rocky mountains. Here’s a great lunch time ride from Boulder to Jamestown and back that we did last week. Check out the ride data, on our Garmin Connect page here. We hope you enjoy following our Garmin Connect page as we enjoy the best rides in [...]
Race report: Hesjedal leads at Liège to close out spring Classics campaign
Canada’s Ryder Hesjedal led Garmin-Cervélo with a respectable placing at Sunday’s Liège-Bastogne-Liège to close out the spring classics campaign on a solid note. Hesjedal bounced back from illness during last weekend’s Amstel Gold Race, but didn’t quite have the punch to follow the winning attacks late in the race and crossed the line 29th at [...]
Feature: A day with new team director Eric Van Lancker
On April 22 we joined Garmin-Cervélo director sportif Eric Van Lancker as he took some of the Garmin-Cervélo team out to pre ride the last 100 kilometers of the 2011 Liège-Bastogne-Liège course through the Belgian Ardennes. Along the way, we talked about his work with the team, and his other job as a Belgian cycling [...]
Castelli’s new road race SpeedSuit showcased in Roubaix victory
A new, revolutionary road racing SpeedSuit in development by Castelli is being showcased by our riders this Classics season. The combination of an aero jersey and time trial skin suit is the result of Castelli’s innovative approach to product development, one that may have aided Johan’s 19 second margin of victory in Paris-Roubaix. Our riders [...]
Support the Chipotle Development Team, Free the World of JV’s Sideburns!
Help support developmental cycling AND the idea of a sideburn-free world by donating to the Chipotle Development Team’s ‘JV Shaves his Sideburns’ fundraiser. 100 percent of the proceeds will go to the team, which is dedicated to developing the next generation of cyclists. From helping the team get to their races to keeping them fueled [...]
Race preview: Liege-Bastogne-Liege
“La Doyenne” brings 255k of racing over the famous climbs of the Ardennes this weekend. Liege-Bastogne-Liege enters it’s 97th edition in 2011, retaining much of the history that the race has had since the first edition in 1892. Although the profile may look relatively docile, LBL is certainly a race for the climbers, or all-around [...]
Tech & Training: Daniel Lloyd’s Garmin Edge 800 data – Amstel Gold
See Daniel Lloyd’s Garmin Edge 800 data from Amstel Gold.
Race report: Le-Mevel attacks for a top-ten in Flèche Wallonne
Christophe Le-Mével notched a top-10 at Flèche Wallonne with an impressive ninth-place ride up the Mur de Huy to cap a solid day for Garmin-Cervélo at the Belgian classic. Ryder Hesjedal bounced back from his stomach problems at Amstel Gold Race on Sunday to climb to 13th up the finish-line “wall” at Huy in good [...]
Support the Chipotle Development Team, free the world of JV’s sideburns
Help support developmental cycling AND the idea of a sideburn-free world by donating to the Chipotle Development Team’s ‘JV Shaves his Sideburns’ fundraiser. 100 percent of the proceeds will go to the team, which is dedicated to developing the next generation of cyclists. From helping the team get to their races to keeping them fueled [...]
Feature: The teamwork in clean clothes
The Garmin-Cervélo teamwork that fans saw at Paris-Roubaix was impressive. From Johan Van Summeren taking the directors’ advice to throttle it at the Carrefour de l’Arbe, to Thor Hushovd frustrating Cancellera’s efforts to bridge, the team rode as an orchestrated whole. But that teamwork starts long before the tubulars hit the road, and it involves [...]
Emma Pooley out of Fleche Wallone with broken collarbone
World Champion Emma Pooley won’t be able to repeat her 2010 victory at Fleche-Wallonne this year due to a broken collarbone. Pooley suffered the injury during a training ride in Zurich and initially held out hope that she would be able to race even with the broken bone. Additional exams proved otherwise, and she’ll have [...]
Race report: Bad stomach derails Hesjedal’s chances at Amstel Gold
Garmin-Cervélo had a strong chance to put a man on the podium in the Amstel Gold Race in Holland until last year’s runner-up Ryder Hesjedal fell ill during the race with a bad stomach. Racing under sunny skies and unseasonably warm temperatures, Hesjedal was in ideal position through the first half of the race until [...]
Race report: Armistead top ten in Drenthe world cup
The Garmin-Cervélo had another strong result in a world cup with Lizzie Armistead posting a top ten in Drenthe. Director sportif Theo Macher sent this report. Because of the sun and the missing wind, the bunch more or less stayedtogether over the cobblestone sections and the three climbs of the Vamberg. Iris Slappendel was in [...]
