Archive for January, 2012

Team Chipotle becomes Team Chipotle-First Solar with addition of First Solar as new sponsor

Team Chipotle becomes Team Chipotle-First Solar with addition of First Solar as new sponsor

New Co-Sponsor, Talented Roster Positions Chipotle-First Solar for Strong Season BOULDER, Colo. & TEMPE, Ariz, Jan. 30, 2012 – Team Chipotle, the Continental development cycling squad owned and managed by Slipstream Sports, today announced that it will become Team Chipotle-First Solar with the addition of First Solar, (NASDAQ: FSLR, www.firstsolar.com), one of the world’s largest [...]


Slipstream Sports partners with with AA Drink/Leontien.nl for women’s team

Slipstream Sports partners with with AA Drink/Leontien.nl for women’s team

January 27, Boulder, Colo. – Slipstream Sports today announced that it has entered into a partnership with AA Drink/Leontien.nl whereby AA Drink/Leontin.nl will operate the Women’s Pro Cycling Team at the races and the team will continue to be maintained by Slipstream. As part of the partnership, Emma Pooley, Lizzie Armistead, Lucy Martin, Sharon Laws, [...]


Data: Sep Vanmarcke’s Edge 500 data – Training Camp, day 3

Data: Sep Vanmarcke’s Edge 500 data – Training Camp, day 3

More photos from the Tour Down Under:


Report: Young argyle riders impress – Tour Down Under, stage 5

Report: Young argyle riders impress – Tour Down Under, stage 5

Today’s stage was a show for the young guns of the argyle armada — Nathan Haas and Jack Bauer. Sporting Manager Allan Peiper and Director Sportif Geert Van Bondt sent this report. Today we had three flat laps of 40km and then two times up Willunga, all with a strong wind and 25C. From the [...]


Data: Martijn Maaskant – Tour Down Under, stage 1

Data: Martijn Maaskant – Tour Down Under, stage 1

Martijn Maaskant’s Garmin Edge 800 data on Garmin Connect. More photos from the Tour Down Under:


Race report: Tour Down Under, stage 2

Race report: Tour Down Under, stage 2

Team DS’ Allan Peiper and Geert Van Bondt sent this report from the second stage. 148 kms today with start in Lobethal in the Adelaide hills. Two riders got away early and the bunch let them go. They got a good lead and there seemed to be no trouble. Vacansoleil rode for the GPM sprint [...]


Garmin-Barracuda Team Members to lead out the Echelon Sonoma Napa Gran Fondo

Garmin-Barracuda Team Members to lead out the Echelon Sonoma Napa Gran Fondo

A benefit for Charity of Choice SONOMA, CA (January 18, 2012) – For the third year, the Echelon Gran Fondo is back in the wine country announcing a new start/finish in Sonoma, just 21 miles from the start of the Amgen Tour of California (ATOC). In honor of Sonoma Valley Hospital and Charity of Choice, [...]


Report: Crash limits sprint chances – Tour Down Under, stage 1

Report: Crash limits sprint chances – Tour Down Under, stage 1

A crash in the final kilometer took the argyle sprint crew out of the running, with Heinrich Haussler looking otherwise strong for the finish. DS’ Allan Peiper and Geert Van Bondt sent this report. Temperatures hit 42C yesterday and everyone suffered. Four riders were away after 5km and after 15km we turned right into the [...]


Preview: Starting 2012 Down Under

Preview: Starting 2012 Down Under

The first race of the 2012 season is finally here, the Tour Down Under. Team Garmin-Barracuda’s always smiling Chiro Matt Rabin sent us this preview of what has happened so far, what’s to come, as well as what his role will be this first week. Birthday boy Andreas Klier and Heinrich Haussler show off their [...]


Team Garmin-Cervélo Officially Renamed Team Garmin-Barracuda

Team Garmin-Cervélo Officially Renamed Team Garmin-Barracuda

Addition of Barracuda Networks as New Sponsor Boulder, Co. and Campbell, Calif., Jan. 11, 2012 – Team Garmin-Cervélo, the elite American professional cycling team dedicated to ethical sporting and developing the next generation of cycling champions, today announced that it will become Team Garmin-Barracuda with the addition of Barracuda Networks as a new sponsor of [...]