We can now officially remove Maggy (Magnus Backstedt) from our Injured Reserves list.
Tuesday, he completed the difficult 7-day Italian stage race Tirreno-Adriatico. He finished (how shall I say it?) well back. But given his Tour of Qatar crash in January, and the surgical repair of his fractured right clavicle in London the next […]

Alert Slipstream/Chipotle fan Chris Legget wrote from Nevada with this query. Seems legit. What’s the consensus?
“I have just one question: Is David Zabriskie trying to look like Kevin Costner in American Flyers?” - CL

What a week! The last few days have been a bit rough and I have to admit I am glad to have them behind me. This was my second Paris-Nice, and after last year’s race, which was on an “easier” course, I knew what I was in for before the race started. Nevertheless, I […]

A parade stage today ended up with a crazy circuit finale when a bit of rain turned the streets to glass. The first 110 km was a cruise for everyone, an hour of no pressure pedaling.
Eventually CSC set up shop, slowly bringing the speed up to a reasonable clip, and took us back […]

With Paris-Nice and Tirreno behind them, the Slipstream/Chipotle riders are rested and ready to continue their European invasion. Follow your Argyle Heroes as they hit it hard in Italy, Spain and France.
It will be an Argyle Easter weekend with Milano-Sanremo this Saturday, March 22. Nearly 300 km long, “la classica di primavera” is the longest […]

Today’s penultimate stage here in Italy started out flat schstick (translation: “full gas”), straight into a headwind, with constant shuffles for 30 km before a break finally rolled. After missing the move two days prior, we were all pretty motivated to be in the action today. And I was the lucky one to be in […]

So, obviously, Paris-Nice did not go so great for us. But I gotta say, what a great race! It had everything I love about cycling. Changing leaders, unpredictability, suffering. It was completely non-mechanical and could have been won or lost all the way to the last 20 meters of the race.
In the end, a top […]

Surviving & Leaving Paris-Nice
March 16, 2008:
Paris-Nice has proven to be the polar opposite to our Tour of California experiences. We have been cursed with bad weather and countless crashes, and some of us have been hit with differing degrees of sickness. It’s quite amazing how quickly fortunes change in sport.
We had Tyler on his […]