Stage Preview: Tour de France, Week 2
As the Tour moves on to the second week of racing, we have to say…WOW, what an amazing first week for team Garmin-Cervelo. At the time we write this, the team won stage 2′s team time trial, Tyler Farrar won stage 3, and Thor Hushovd has defended the yellow jersey through stage 6. Congratulations is [...]
Race report: Pooley wins Giro Donne stage
Race report from Theo Maucher: It was a short but demanding stage. Emma tried everything to drop Vos from her wheel. Noemi and the other four prepared the attacks. The whole bunch was dropped but Vos. A great victory after a lot of great team work. Tomorrow again is an uphill finish wıth steeper sections [...]
Race report: Hushovd defends yellow; Farrar-Hesjedal crash
Garmin-Cervélo defended the yellow jersey with Thor Hushovd in another wild ride at the Tour de France that saw scores of riders hit the deck in a late-stage crash that marred the 218km seventh stage from Le Mans to Chateauroux. Hushovd sprinted to seventh to carry the maillot jaune into Friday’s climbing finale at Super-Besse [...]
Photo of the Day: July 9, 2011
Noemi Cantele, 2011 Giro Donne. View the Photo of the Day series here:
Photo of the Day: July 8, 2011
Team Garmin-Cervelo lead by US champion David Zabriskie, in route to winning stage 2′s team time trial, 2011 Tour de France. View the Photo of the Day series here:
Race report: Pooley into second – Giro Donne, stage 7
Race report from Theo Maucher: Today was the first of three demanding climbing stages with the famous Mortirolo. After 15km a group of 12 riders left the peloton including Garmin-Cervélo’s Carla Ryan. The group got a maximum advantage of 7 min, with 4:30min left at the begin of the Mortirolo climb. Carla Ryan did a [...]
Race report: Hushovd sprints to third, defends yellow jersey at Tour
Thor Hushovd sprinted to third in Thursday’s 226.5km sixth stage from Dinan to Lisieux and successfully defended the yellow jersey. The reigning world champion made it up a short, but steep climb with three kilometers to go on wet, rainy roads to be in ideal position to challenge for the stage victory, but compatriot Edvald [...]
Wallpaper: Thor Hushovd fights to keep yellow on stage 4, 2011 Tour de France
Thor Hushovd fights to keep his yellow jersey on Stage 4 of the 2011 Tour de France. Photo taken by Mark Johnson. Click to Download: 2560×1440 | 1920 x 1200 | 1920 x 1080 | 1440 x 900 | 1280 x 800
Photo of the Day: July 7, 2011
Tyler Farrar wins stage 3, 2011 Tour de France. View the Photo of the Day series here:
Rider diary: Giro Trentino
Sharon Laws wrote this diary entry about the Giro Trentino just before the start of the Giro Donne. Apples, Apples and more Apples. The Giro Trentino. One of Italy’s most famous wine regions but unfortunately we had to stick to the apples. The Giro Trentino was my first stage race in Italy last year and, [...]
Race report: Hushovd defends yellow in windy, tense stage across Britanny
Garmin-Cervélo successfully defended the yellow jersey as Thor Hushovd sprinted to 10th in the 164.5km fifth stage from Carhaix to Cap Frehel at the Tour de France on Wednesday. Scores of riders hit the deck in a crash-filled, nervous stage across the hills and wind of France’s Britanny region. Mark Cavendish won the sprint and [...]
Tech & Training: THOR’s Garmin Edge 500 data – Tour de France, stage 5
Garmin-Cervélo successfully defended the yellow jersey as Thor Hushovd sprinted to 10th on the Tour de France’s fifth stage. See his and other data downloads from the Tour on our Garmin Connect page.
Photo of the Day: July 6, 2011
Thor Hushovd celebrates the yellow jersey on Stage 3 of the 2011 Tour de France. View the Photo of the Day series here:
Race report: Giro Donne, stages 4-5 and injury report
Race report from Theo Maucher Altedo to Verona 136km It has been a quite fast race. Nobody wanted to let a group go today. After 80km there was the first successful breakaway with a group of 11 including Iris Slappendel and Sharon Laws. Our plan worked because Sharon was dangerous for the GC riders. Nederland [...]
Race report: Thor fights to keep yellow – Tour de France, stage 4
Thor Hushovd defended the yellow jersey in Tuesday’s hill-top finish after a gritty performance that saw the world champion ride mano-a-mano with the world’s best climbers. Hushovd sprinted to sixth in the 172.5km fourth stage atop the Mur de Bretagne third-category climb in a windy and rainy day when the Norwegian dug deep to defend [...]
Photo of the Day: July 5th, 2011
David Zabriskie leads the chase, and Team Garmin-Cervelo at the 2011 Dauphine. View the Photo of the Day series here:
Race report: Tyler wins – Tour de France, stage 3
It just keeps getting better for the Argyle Armada at the Tour de France. A day after winning the team time trial and capturing the maillot jaune, Garmin-Cervélo made it two in a row, with a breakthrough sprint victory with Tyler Farrar in Monday’s 198km third stage. “It’s a dream to win today. I was [...]
Photo of the Day: July 4th, 2011
Chipotle Junior Development Team celebrating 4 medals and 1 US national championship, June 2011. View the Photo of the Day series here:
Race report: Giro Donne, stage 1-3
Our women’s team is hard at work in Italy racing in their Grand Tour, the Giro Donne. Noemi Cantele is showing off her new Italian national champ jersey and Emma Pooley is contending for the overall. Race report from Theo Maucher: Stage 1: Uphill bunch sprint, Lizzie took the white jersey for the best young [...]
Race report: Team crushes TTT, Thor in yellow!
Garmin-Cervélo made history Sunday with its first-ever Tour de France stage win with a picture-perfect victory in the team time trial. World champion Thor Hushovd was first across the line and claimed the yellow jersey. Garmin-Cervélo was the ninth team of 22 squads on the rolling, windy course across the Vendée in the 23km second [...]
Photo of the Day: July 3rd, 2011
Team Garmin-Cervelo training near Girona, Spain. View the Photo of the Day series here:
Race report: Hushovd third in 2011 Tour opener
Reigning world champion Thor Hushovd opened the 2011 Tour de France with a promising third place in an exciting, crash-filled day of racing for Garmin-Cervélo. Hushovd surged toward victory, but was beat by Philippe Gilbert, who won the stage and claimed the yellow jersey in the 191.5km stage from Passage du Gois to Mont des [...]
Photo of the Day: July 2nd, 2011
Team Garmin-Cervelo training near Girona, Spain. View the Photo of the Day series here:
