Girona Camp: Getting race ready
So the final preparations for the European race season are under way here in Girona, Spain. Since the Boulder training camp in mid-November, the riders have been working on coordination, muscle strength, core stability and building endurance. For the last three weeks, they’ve been putting in longer high intensity workouts on the road. And now, [...]
What was I thinking when I went off the front?
I said to Trent with 30 km to go that I thought I should go on the attack. There was a climb coming up and I didn’t think I would be able to make it over with the group. So I thought I should try and get a gap and get over it before the [...]
Bring on the hills and heat!
The team was ready to go today to say the least. After our preview of the finishing circuits earlier in the week, we knew exactly how hard today would be! The team raced really well and we were on the attack the whole way. For the final today, the team left it open for all [...]
Timmy's Take: Down Under picking up
The Tour Down Under picked up in intensity today with a difficult finishing circuit and some small time gaps on a long, tough uphill drag to the finish. Once on the circuit, Julian jumped up the road to get the party started. We wanted a tough race to put Griepel in trouble. At times he [...]
Pedal Pumpers Are Back And Ready To Roll!
The first thing that I have to write about is the National Championships. I s’pose there isn’t much detail to it. It just didn’t go right. I tried to ride the race as best I could. But when I think back over it, it was always going to be a difficult one to conquer. The [...]
Feeling the rush again!
Oh man, it feels so good to be a bike racer again! The Tour Down Under is the last real test of how my recovery from the brain injury is going as I see how well I respond to the rhythm of racing and day-to-day recovery. Returning to normal daily life after a trauma like [...]
Ready to hit the streets of Adelaide
Lance is the talk of Down Under at the moment, but I have a good feeling that this will change to Garmin-Slipstream in only a few days time. The team and I have finished our last preparations and are ready to hit the streets of Adelaide in the biggest cycling event Australia has ever experienced. [...]
Packing for OZ: Blackberry, red gum & hot sauce
Packing for a month and a half in a different hemisphere seemed like a daunting way to start my season last week. But after 10 months of no racing, I was actually excited to lug out the suitcase and get ready to hit the road. I didn’t really pack until the day I left for [...]
Gearing up for Down Under
Well, the Tour Down Under. The first big one of the year…Garmin-Slipstream’s first Pro Tour race. A big one? Yeah, I reckon. My preparation has been the same as always after the road season ends: gym, core work, strength and base km’s. It never changes. Although my prep was a little different this year because [...]
'Waveman' Holloway & dead derny highlight Zurich 6
After a ridiculous number of laps around the 200 meter track in Zurich, two head colds (one for each of us), 3.5 weeks in Europe, the world’s worst weather, a local track race in Buttgen, and 9 days in Mettmann Germany, we are still alive! So something must have gone right. Significant events include, but [...]
No longer the new kid, time to start taking names
Oh crap. We are past halfway through December already. So that’s it. I’m no longer a neo-pro. No longer the new kid. It was kind of fun, 2008. Personally, I love a challenge. I went into last year thinking maybe I could start walking by the season’s end. The fact that I was in a [...]
Backstedt back to basics
Check out Biciciclismo’s Spanish version of Magnus Backstedt’s update. After 13 years as a professional you would think that it might start to get a little tough each winter to motivate yourself for another season. Not so for the cycling world’s favourite big Swede Magnus Backstedt. After finishing the season strongly at the Tour of [...]
Surviving the Zuidlaren 6
A final report from the Zuidlaren Six: Daniel Holloway and I survived the 6 days of Zuidlaren (or the ‘Zesdaagse van het Noorden’) to finish in 8th place in the final classification. In completing our second 6 day as a team (my third ever), we have now ridden 53 less six days than Bruno Risi [...]
Staying on track in Zuidlaren
A special report from the Zuidlaren Six Day in Holland: Daniel “Hollywood” Holloway (left) and I have embarked on our latest adventure, the Zuidlaren 6 Day in (…you guessed it…) Zuidlaren, Holland. So far, we are in 8th overall and are doing our best to survive the race intact. The 178-ish meter velodrome has been [...]
Welcome to The Argyle Club!
Your chance to join the team – in look, through insider info, even on exclusive rides and VIP events – is here! Welcome to The Argyle Club! Over the past year, Garmin – Slipstream has set out to change the world of cycling. Along the way you the fans have asked what you could do [...]
Meet the 2009 Garmin- Slipstream Pro Cycling Team!
Garmin-Slipstream Pro Cycling Team officially announced the 2009 roster today during the team presentation in Boulder, Colorado. For the first time, the team will hit the ProTour circuit with an impressive 29-man squad that includes Olympic, world and national champions. Most of the 2008 team remains, including stars Christian Vande Velde, David Millar and US [...]
Millar joins the UK Revolution
Highlighting the UK Revolution events this weekend, David Millar will join his mates for Bradley McGee’s “going away party” this Saturday, November 15 at the Manchester Velodrome. David, along with several other cycling stars, will give McGee a fond farewell as they race against the retiring Aussie for one last time.
Meet Ricardo van der Velde
Ricardo van der Velde is a 21-year-young Dutch rider who comes to Team Garmin-Chipotle H3O from the Rabobank development team. Initially Ricardo was going to join the VMG/Felt U23 Team, but it was decided that he should go directly to the professional team. Johan van der Velde, Ricardo’s father, was a very talented bike rider [...]
Ride & Rally for Ed Farrar
Tyler Farrar reports on the bike ride and rally that was held for his father Ed Farrar on Sunday, November 9 in Wenatchee Washington. Pictured right, Tyler led the ride that culminated with a rally at Central Washington Hospital. “We were overwhelmed by the turnout. Seeing so many people come out to honor my father [...]
What happens in 'off season'?
In our planning, this period is called the ‘off season’. But what is off? For the riders I train, the season is certainly off with no competitive road racing at the moment. But does this mean work, communication, planning and training are off too? We evaluated each rider’s season by looking back at the lists [...]
'Raisin' hope with Saul
This month my father and I traveled to Dalton, Georgia, to join my friend and former teammate Saul Raisin (pictured right with me) for his annual Raisin Hope Ride to benefit brain injury treatment and awareness. The ride was a nice way for me to start getting back into training while taking in a lot [...]
Thoughts for Tyler Farrar and family
Ed Farrar, a Wenatchee, Washington doctor and father of Tyler Farrar, was involved in a car/bike accident while riding on Wednesday morning. Our thoughts and prayers are with Tyler and his family.
Duggan and Pate ride 600 miles for Challenged Athletes Foundation
Timmy Duggan (above) and Danny Pate will finish up their 600-mile, seven day tour today in San Diego as they raise money and awareness for the Challenged Athletes Foundation. Timmy and Danny, along with other members of the Argyle staff, were brought in to the event by lead sponsor Jeff Jacobs, who is also a [...]
Motivated for Lombardia season finale
Giro de Lombardia One of the five monuments of the sport, which could also be read as one of the five longest, hardest bike races of the sport. The skies are blue, the leaves falling, and temperatures are, well, pleasant I guess, which all makes this a nice to way close a season full of [...]
