Feature: Danny Summerhill — An Apprentice’s Tour of Colorado
During stage two of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge Danny Summerhill couldn’t believe it when he went over the top of 12,095-foot high Independence pass ahead of Andy Schleck. “I was pleased that I made it with the big guys,” Summerhill recalls. Though 22-year old Summerhill grew up in and lives in Denver and has [...]
Race report: Talansky rides to 16th in windy TT; Martin enjoys KOM jersey
Andrew Talansky rode to an impressive 16th in Monday’s long, windy 47km individual time trial at the Vuelta a España. Talansky, riding in his first Grand Tour, confirmed that he’s a rider to watch for the future with a solid performance in the longest time trial he’s ever raced in his career. “The longest TT [...]
Race report: Martin wins mountaintop stage at Vuelta
Dan Martin surged to his first Grand Tour victory in Sunday’s mountaintop finish at La Covatilla in the 183km ninth stage at the Vuelta a España. The victory confirms that Martin is one of the fastest riders on mountaintop finishes, where he can put his fast finishing speed to good use. “There are some of [...]
Race report: Martin defends on explosive climb; Haussler in breakaway
Dan Martin rode well up the final, steep wall at the end of Saturday’s hilly 177.3km eighth stage that saw Heinrich Haussler ride into the day’s main breakaway. Martin rode to a morale-boosting ninth at 15 seconds behind stage-winner and new race leader Joaquim Rodriguez on up the 1km “wall” that’s not ideal to Martin’s [...]
Race report: Farrar crashes hard in Vuelta finale
The argyle armada worked hard to set up sprinter Tyler Farrar in the sprint finish in Friday’s 182.9km seventh stage from Almadén to Talavera de la Reina. But Farrar and another rider collided in the closing meters sending them and other riders to the ground in hard crash. Even though he hit the ground hard [...]
Race report: Martin, Le Mevel finish strong in another sweltering day at Vuelta
Dan Martin and Christophe Le-Mével saved the day by finishing in a lead group of GC riders at 23 seconds behind stage-winner Peter Sagan in Thursday’s 193.4km sixth stage at the Vuelta a España. Sagan and three other teammates attacked on the descent off a steep, second-category climb late in the stage. Martin and Le-Mével [...]
Martin, Le-Mével stay close in Valdepeñas finale
Argyle GC options Dan Martin and Christophe Le-Mével put up a good fight on the short, explosive final climb with ramps as steep as 23 percent in Wednesday’s 187km fifth stage at the Vuelta a España. Martin led the team with 30th at 29 seconds back while Le Mevel, who crashed hard two days ago, [...]
Race report: Martin third at Sierra Nevada; climbs to 11th overall
Dan Martin sprinted to third in Tuesday’s first of six mountain stages to climb into 11th overall in the first major battle at the 2011 Vuelta a España. Martin won an eight-second time bonus and settled into 11th overall, at 1:06 behind the new race-leader on the 170km fourth stage that finished high in the [...]
Photo gallery: USA Pro Cycling Challenge, prologue
Beautiful backdrop in Colorado Springs for a rip-roaring downhill prologue! More photos from the USA Pro Cycling Challenge:
Race report: Le-Mével, Martin finish with leaders in hilly third stage
Garmin-Cervélo kept its GC options in play as Daniel Martin and Christophe Le-Mével both finished with the front group of leaders in Monday’s hot and hilly 163km third stage from Petrer to Totana. t was an impressive performance by Le Mevel, who crashed hard on his hip with about 30km to go when the peloton [...]
Feature: Home team ready for the USA Pro Cycling Challenge
Racing the USA Pro Cycling Challenge in Colorado has special significance for Team Garmin-Cervélo. Boulder, Colorado is where sporting director and president Jonathan Vaughters founded the team in 2003 and where its U.S. headquarters remain today. Back in 2003, Vaughters started out with a dream, a chunk of his personal savings and a humble objective: [...]
Race report: Farrar fourth in ‘hot’ Vuelta sprint
Tyler Farrar sprinted to fourth place in Sunday’s hot and windy 187.5km second stage from La Nucía to Playas de Orihuela along Spain’s Mediterranean Coast in the Vuelta a España. A four-man break was reeled in to set up the mass sprint, but a hilly finale made for a challenging approach to the line. CJ [...]
Race report: Vuelta a España, stage 1
Garmin-Cervélo rode to ninth place in a short but challenging 13.5km team time trial to open the 2011 Vuelta a España. With warm temperatures and strong winds along Spain’s Mediterranean coast, Garmin-Cervélo did its best on a technical, unconventional team time trial course. Garmin-Cervélo stopped the clock 25 seconds off the stage-winner. “It was not [...]
Stage Preview: 2011 USA Pro Cycling Challenge
Starting Monday August 22nd in Colorado Springs, the USA Pro Cycling Challenge brings the best in professional cycling back to our high altitude playground in Colorado. The home team Garmin-Cervelo will be looking for a top result with a strong roster and close knowledge of the race route. Prologue: 5.18 miles of pan flat to [...]
Rider diary: Racing in the land of the vikings
Sharon Laws continues her diary of adventures with the women’s team, this time from the TTT World Cup in Sweden. With Thuringen completed we sent Emma home to Switzerland, to do some more baking as provisions were running low and Noemi, Trine, Iris and I headed for Sweden via Copenhagen. Lizzie headed back to Belgium [...]
News: Team Garmin-Cervelo to add Allan Peiper as Director of Competition in 2012
Team Garmin-Cervélo today announced Allan Peiper will join the squad as Director of Competition in 2012. Peiper will work hand-in-hand with CEO Jonathan Vaughters and the team’s sport directors on sport management and competition. “We are thrilled that Allan will be working with us starting in 2012,” said Jonathan Vaughters, CEO, Slipstream Sports. “I have [...]
News: Team Garmin-Cervélo signs Alex Rasmussen
Team Garmin-Cervélo announced today it has added Alex Rasmussen to its roster. Rasmussen was the winner of the 2011 Philadelphia International Cycling Championship, an Olympic silver medallist, former Danish national road cycling champion and four-time track world champion. “Alex is a great talent and we’re very excited to bring him to our team,” said Jonathan [...]
Rider diary: Tired Legs and the infamous Hankaberg
Sharon Laws sent us another great diary entry, this time from the Thuringen Rundfahrt in Germany. Noemi Cantele, Lizzie Armistead, Trine Smidt, Iris Slappendal, Sharon Laws, Emma Pooley After an easy five days recovering from the Giro I was back on a plane again heading this time to Germany for the International Thuringen Rundfahrt. I [...]
Race report: Tour of Denmark, stage 2
Race report from Johnny Weltz: We had a strong crosswind from the beginning of the stage. Cam was the first on attack and made a strong move with six others; it got brought back and he went again. It was brought back again, then a small calm in the field, until a trio got a [...]
Rider diary: Highs and lows of the Giro Donne
The longest and hardest stage race on the Women’s calendar is the ten-day Giro Donne. Second place on GC and a stage win for Emma Pooley made it a good result for our women’s team. Sharon Laws reflects on the biggest race of the women’s season. Iris Slappendal, Noemi Cantele, Sharon Laws, Lucy Martin, Jessie [...]
