Many of our major sponsors have come for the start. Julian Dean talks to Andy Ording from Zipp (right) before the ride.
9:15 First ride of the day. A one hour “coffee shop ride” for the boys to spin their legs out and test their spare road bikes. Dave Zabriskie arrives with with fresh bed […]

The boys got up at 8 this morning for breakfast. The hotel here isn’t letting Chef Willy into the kitchen. But he’s overseeing the prep of our food by giving the hotel cooks recipes and ingredients for the riders favorite meals. I came in after the boys finished to sample some of Chef Willy’s muesli […]

Hello everyone! I am writing to you from the massage table after day three of Four (six actually) Days of Dunkirk. Joachim is my massage therapist this week and I am happy to report he has good legs to work on.
I’m sure a lot of you are wondering why I am at a flat, […]

Another day like the past two here. Lots of polished up sun tans in the bunch and, unfortunately, a few bodies with a bit of blood showing crossed the finish line today. The lack of crashes yesterday was balanced out with a few in the once again crazy finish today. Fortunately, we all managed to […]

Review of Dan Martin’s Trophée de Grimpeur power performance
Last Sunday, Dan Martin raced the Trophée des Grimpeurs, a one-day race over 17 laps for a total distance of 137.3 km. In the figure below you see on the x-axis the time and on the y-axis in yellow the power output (watt), in green the […]

I have received a number of notes from friends and family wondering why I wasn’t on the Giro roster. Back in November, the Giro was the focus of my early season. My schedule was even changed early February to better prepare for the epic adventure. I was excited, the team was excited. Moreover, […]

Things started today with a crazy, aggressive first 40 km; group after group getting a few seconds, the peloton splitting in half, and stress levels climbing well into the red. Then two riders attacked, everybody sat up, looked around for a bit and decided that was the move.
50, then 60, then 70 km […]

With sun, blue skies and less than 40 kph winds, we’re all pretty excited to be up here in northern france right now for the “4 - held over 6 - Days of Dunkerque”. A race notorious for wind-shredded fields will be a good opportunity for a good chunk of us that are returning […]