Race preview from DS Johnny Weltz:
Tomorrow we start the hilly classics. The first - Amstel Gold - is the biggest one-day race in Holland. So after last week’s strong performance, our youngster Martijn will have all of Holland to encourage him along the circuit.
For first time, all the Amstel Gold competitors will be carring […]

After having a bit of time with my family and time to reflect over last Sunday’s happenings, I have come up with this.
So I worked my backside off to get from a heap on the tarmac in Qatar to the hardest one day race in the world and be competitive there. With all the […]

Just 23-years-old, Dutch cyclist Huub Duyn is looking forward to this Saturday’s Amstel Gold and the chance to perform before a hometown crowd.
Does the race go near where you grew up in Holland?
I grew up in the North of Holland, Wervershoof, where it is dead flat. So for better training now and […]

With a 12th place finish at Flanders and a fantastic 4th at Paris-Roubaix, Dutch rider Martijn Maaskant is on form for a solid Amstel Gold performance this Saturday, April 20th. As the hometown hero, the talented Martijn took some time out of his preparations to talk about this “local” race.
Does the race go near […]

Riders sometimes say the Amstel Gold is a race on a postage stamp. The area where the riders race is so small that they pass the same point on the road sometimes three times. Here is the actual course. You can see how they use different colors to better indicate where the course goes.
It is […]

The race was really fast. 45 kph average even with the seven climbs in the last 70 km. We thought Pat’s break was gone as it was a very strong group. But the combined efforts of four other teams got them back.
The two important climbs in the last 15 km were set to […]

With the Tour de Georgia and more Spring Classics fun on the April agenda, Team Slipstream/Chipotle H3O will be flying the argyle on two continents next week. The triple crown of classics kicks off Saturday with the Amstel Gold Race in the Netherlands. La Flèche Wallonne and Liège-Bastogne-Liège wrap up a lovely week in Belgium.
While […]

The blue tape you saw on some of our riders during Paris-Roubaix is called Kineseotape (right, Will Frischkorn’s tape job). It’s an adhesive tape that sticks to the skin. It provides support to damaged joints as well as weak muscle, ligaments and tendons.
Most importantly, since the tape only stretches in one direction, when it […]