The Georgia coast is a nice change of venue in more ways than one. Yesterday, I was relaxing on the beach for a few minutes thinking the relative heat was nice compared to what I’ve been riding in lately. I was home in Colorado recently braving the snow in training while some of my teammates […]

Amstel Gold: The day dawned sunny after a night of unpromising rain. A nice change for this part of Europe.
Of course after Martijn’s fantastic cobble race and with Maastricht being his home town, it was an agreeable idea to do everything we could for him today. He was well placed in the front […]

For all you out there waiting to officially join the Argyle Armada, the wait is over. The cool blue and orange argyle kit of the 2008 Team Garmin-Chipotle H3O pro cycling team is available for purchase in the US through Pearl Izumi’s Slipstream store and in Europe through bike o’bello. For all the avid argyle […]

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 […]