Shop Ride: Skyline Boulevard
On this ride, our eyes were bigger than our legs. We had one too many “little” hills on the way home, but once we made it home it was all worth it! Check out the full ride data, on our Garmin Connect page here. For a full gallery, visit our flickr gallery here. Old La [...]
Race report: Millar wins final stage of Giro, two in top-25 overall
David Millar won the final stage of the 2011 Giro d’Italia to cap a successful run through the Italian tour that included two days in the pink jersey and two riders in the top-25 overall. Millar swept to victory on the 26km time trial course in Milano in 30 minutes, 13 seconds (51.627kph) to claim [...]
Photo gallery: Zabriskie wins US TT crown
Check out the photos from David Zabriskie’s US time trial win!
Race report: Stetina 19th in last day in mountains as final TT offers shot at victory
Garmin-Cervélo’s grand tour rookie Peter Stetina confirmed his potential by fighting right to the end in Saturday’s epic climbing stage over the Finestre pass to finish 19th on the stage and climb to 22nd overall. Christophe Le-Mével defended his 15th place overall in the Giro’s parting shot in the mountains. Vasily Kiryenka won out of [...]
Shop Ride: Big Basin, California
We were fortunate enough to have a few days off while working the expo at the Tour of California. There was no shortage of incredible riding in the Santa Cruz mountains! Check out the full ride data, on our Garmin Connect page here. CA HWY 236
Race report: Le-Mével climbs to 15th at Giro
Christophe Le-Mével climbed into 15th overall in Friday’s rainy mountain stage as just two days remain in the Giro d’Italia. Le-Mével crossed the line 30th at 2:20 behind stage-winner Paolo Tiralongo in the 209km 19th stage from Bergamo to Macugnaga and slotted into 15th overall, now at 23:25 behind leader Alberto Contador. “The fatigue of [...]
Race report: Fast, wild ride in Giro’s 18th stage
Garmin-Cervélo survived Thursday’s short but fast 151km 18th stage at the Giro d’Italia to push one day closer to Milan, where the 2011 Giro ends on Sunday. Garmin-Cervélo tried to put a man into the day’s main breakaway, but the attacks were reeled in one after another as teams and riders vied to make a [...]
Race report: Le-Mével rides strong in the break
Christophe Le-Mével A big breakaway pulled clear in the stage to duke it out for the victory, only 55km from the finish. Team captain Christophe Le-Mével was part of the break along with some other similarly placed GC riders. As such the peloton worked hard to chase him and the others down. He surged out [...]
Race report: Millar revs up for Milan as Le-Mével suffers up Nevegal
David Millar used Tuesday’s climbing time trial at Nevegal as a test for Sunday’s final time trial in Milano while Christophe Le-Mével admitted that he’s feeling the effects of the Giro d’Italia. Millar led the team with 24th while Le-Mével was hoping for more after struggling to 104th at 3:48 back. “I had no power [...]
Tech & Training: Le-Mével Garmin Edge 800 data – Giro d’Italia, stage 13
See Christophe Le-Mével’s Garmin Edge 800 data from stage 13 of the Giro on Garmin Connect.
Race report: Tour of California success
Team Garmin-Cervélo capped off a great week in California with a stage win, podium placing and team classification overall win. Tom Danielson rode strong on the queen stage up Mt. Baldy to reach the GC podium, while David Zabriskie showed his top time trial form with a win and course record in Solvang. The team [...]
Race report: Garmin-Cervélo enters final week of Giro with ambitions
Team Garmin-Cervélo enjoyed its second and final rest day at the Giro d’Italia on Monday catching its collective breath and preparing for the final week of the corsa rosa. The rest day comes at a good time after two brutal weeks of racing in what everyone is agreeing is one of the most challenging and [...]
Race report: Le-Mével hangs tough in shootout in Dolomites
Christophe Le-Mével hung on for as long as he could in the epic, seven-hour-plus trek across the Dolomites in Sunday’s 229km 15th stage at the Giro d’Italia. Le-Mével couldn’t follow the wheel when the attacks came late in the stage, but defended his 16th placing in the overall standings in five-climb “queen stage” at the [...]
Photo Gallery: Stage 7, 2011 Tour of California
Team Garmin-Cervelo went on the attack in the high mountains above Los Angeles during stage 7. Team photographer Mark Johnson was on a motorbike during the stage and captured some great images of Ryder Hesjedal and Andrew Talansky in the breakaway. Enjoy!
Stage Preview: 2011 Giro d’Italia, Week Three
Moving into the third week of the Giro d’Italia, the general classification is still wide open, and Christophe Le-Mével is poised for a great result in Milan! The third week of the Giro starts with a 229 kilometer stage over 5 mountain passes, including the Passo Giau at an elevation of 2,236 meters (7,378 feet). [...]
Race report: Stetina, Le-Mével solid on Zoncolan
Garmin-Cervélo’s Peter Stetina and Christophe Le-Mével were rock solid on the summit finish up Monte Zoncolan in the 172km 14th stage at the Giro d’Italia to keep the team’s top-10 GC hopes alive. Stetina led the way with 15th on the stage at 3:29 back while Le-Mével crossed the line 18th at 4:00 behind stage-winner [...]
Photo Gallery: Stage 6, 2011 Tour of California
Under clear blue skies with abundant California sunshine, David Zabriskie took the victory in today’s stage 6 individual time trial with a new course record of 30:35. David’s victory capped a great day for Team Garmin-Cervelo, which also included Emma Pooley’s 5th place in the women’s time trial challenge. Click on the thumbnails below for [...]
Race report: Le-Mével limits losses on Grossglockner
Christophe Le-Mével’s GC hopes took a blow in Friday’s grueling, four-climb stage into Austria at the Giro d’Italia. Christophe Le-Mével’s GC hopes took a blow in Friday’s grueling, four-climb stage into Austria at the Giro d’Italia. Le-Mével suffered on the final climb to the Grossglockner summit and crossed the line 26th at 3:49 back. The [...]
Race report: Crash disrupts sprint at Giro
A late-stage crash disrupted the sprint of Garmin-Cervélo’s Brett Lancaster and Murilo Fischer in what was an otherwise relatively calm day . Lancaster crossed the line 24th and Fischer 30th as Mark Cavendish won his second stage of the Giro. “It was a typical Giro sprint; left, right, narrow roads and then a crash,” said [...]
Race report: Le-Mével nearly snags maglia rosa at Giro
Garmin-Cervélo’s Christophe Le-Mével rode into the “virtual pink jersey” after sneaking into the day’s main breakaway at the hilly 11th stage at the Giro d’Italia in a daring bid to capture the elusive maglia rosa. The breakaway was eventually reeled in and Alberto Contador retained the Giro’s leader’s jersey, but Le-Mével wasn’t afraid to lay [...]
Race report: Millar attacks late in bunch sprint finale at Giro
Garmin-Cervélo’s David Millar tried to surprise the sprinters with a late-stage attack that fell 1km short in the 10th stage at the Giro d’Italia on Tuesday, ending instead in a bunch sprint. Millar put down a surprise attack with just under 3km to go, catching the sprinter teams off-guard with a daring solo move. The [...]
Feature: Garmin-Cervélo Fans at the Tour of California
Nevada City is a gloriously picturesque Sierra Nevada foothills mining town. And it is here, outside the Garmin-Cervélo bus where the riders are inside having a pre-race meeting ahead of the day’s Tour of California stage, that we take time to chat with a trio of argyle fans. Chris Blancett and Regina Molina are from [...]
