Photo of the Day: June 30th, 2011
Christian Vande Velde, 2011 training camp video shoot. View the Photo of the Day series here:
Team Garmin-Cervélo lightens up with a new Tour de France kit
Slipstream Sports, LLC, today unveiled its limited edition team kit for the 2011 Tour de France, created by its innovative Italian clothing partner, Castelli. The new jersey and shorts retain the distinctive Garmin and Cervélo logos, but reverse white with black on the jersey. The signature Slipstream Sports argyle is prominently displayed. “We’re really excited [...]
Stage Preview: Tour de France Week 1
The Tour doesn’t really need an introduction, it’s the TOUR. Easily one of the largest sporting events in the world, and certainly the biggest race of the pro cycling season. For 2011, the Tour celebrates the 100 year anniversary of the first time the race was held in the Alps. The result is a route [...]
Photo of the Day: June 29th, 2011
Jack Bobridge and Cameron Meyer, 2011 Tour Down Under. View the Photo of the Day series here:
Team Garmin-Cervélo names 2011 Tour de France roster
June 28, 2011 – Team Garmin-Cervélo today announced its much-anticipated 2011 Tour de France roster. The squad features world champion Thor Hushovd, Christian Vande Velde, a two-time top-ten finisher, and Tyler Farrar, who has claimed stages at two other Grand Tours and with lead-out man Julian Dean, will be looking to add a third to [...]
Photo of the Day: June 28th, 2011
Peter Stetina, 2011 Giro d’Italia. View the Photo of the Day series here:
Race report: A weekend of National Championship success!
This weekend’s National Championships around the world proved a huge success for Team Garmin-Cervélo Men’s and Women’s pro teams, and the Chipotle Development Teams. In Italy, Noemi Cantele lead the way by taking both the road race and time trial championships. Her teammate Lizzie Armitstead won the road race in Great Britain out sprinting Olympic [...]
Photo of the Day: June 27th, 2011
Tom Peterson, 2011 Volta a Catalunya. View the Photo of the Day series here:
Photo of the Day: June 26th, 2011
Team Garmin-Cervelo, training camp 2011. View the Photo of the Day series here:
Photo of the Day: June 25th, 2011
Ryder Hesjedal climbing on the Cervelo R5ca, stage 4, 2011 Tour of California. View the Photo of the Day series here:
Race preview: Recon for the Giro Donne
Sharon Laws is part of our team for the Giro Donne, the Grand Tour for women’s racing. She sent this diary of the team’s scouting of the race. The Giro Donne is the most prestigious women’s stage race of the year and runs from the first to the tenth of July taking in many of [...]
Race report: Noemi Cantele wins Italian RR championship
Report from Noemi Cantele: I’m really happy to have achieved this goal. I tried for several years to get this jersey but being alone without teammates it has always been impossible. Yesterday, everything finally went right. The race was demanding from the start and after 3 of the 11 laps I was in the [...]
Photo of the Day: June 24th, 2011
Team bikes are set up for a trainer session on the Lemond Fitness Revolution trainer, Girona team camp, 2011. View the Photo of the Day series here:
Photo of the Day: June 23rd, 2011
A team mechanic preps a wheel for tubular glueing, winter 2011. View the Photo of the Day series here:
Rider diary: Chasing the green machine in Spain
Sharon Laws of our women’s pro team checks in after tough racing in Spain. I’m wearily travelling back from northern Spain to Girona having just completed Iurreta Emakumeen Bira a 4 day, 5 stage, race and one day race – Durango Durango. Marianne Vos is on fire and won both Durango and Bira. It was [...]
Photo of the Day: June 22nd, 2011
Matt Wilson’s 2011 Cervelo S3, post race, prior to getting washed! View the Photo of the Day series here:
Photo of the Day: June 21st, 2011
Team Garmin-Cervelo takes a coffee stop during Girona team camp, winter 2011. View the Photo of the Day series here:
Johan Van Summeren with Garmin-Cervélo through 2014
Slipstream Sports, LLC today announced that 2011 Paris-Roubaix winner, Johan Van Summeren, has re-signed with Garmin-Cervélo through 2014. “I’m very happy JV offered me a new contract,” said Van Summeren. “For me this has been an easy decision because I really wanted to stay with Garmin-Cervélo. I love it here – with the atmosphere and [...]
Photo of the Day: June 20th, 2011
Lucy Martin, Alexis Rhodes, and Jessie Daams before the start of Energiewacht Tour, Stage 1. View the Photo of the Day series here:
Race report: Dan Martin wins Giro della Toscana!
Race report from Dan Martin: It was a strange day actually — I didn’t feel too great and then we only did 30km in the first hour of the race, Italian style just riding along chatting. But when the race started it really did. Pete and I were in a number of breaks but Tom [...]
Race report: Danielson’s strong ITT moves him up overall – Tour de Suisse, stage 9
Race report from Tom Danielson: This week was a nice builder for us. Both Christian and I did a nice training block in Boulder for two weeks before Tour de Suisse. We came in quite fresh and rested and just built our form over the challenging nine day race. My work on my TT bike [...]
Race report: Giro del Trentino, stage 2
Race report from Theo Macher: The team did a good job and especially Alex and Lucy, they kept the speed high and diminished the bunch. Sharon, Emma and Noemi attacked one at a time after another in the climb and Noemi started the descent in group of 3. In the beginning of the last climb [...]
