Rider diary: The temperature drops but the heart rate rises
Sharon Laws continues her diary entries, this time from the GP de Plouay-Bretagne in France. After the Sweden World Cup I spent three days back in Girona before getting on a plane again for a race in Belgium. Carla was particularly excited with her Cervélo S5 making its debut. It failed not to disappoint and [...]
Race report: Martin 4th after strong attack; climbs to 14th at Vuelta
Dan Martin attacked at the base of the final summit finish of the 2011 Vuelta a España to finish fourth in the stage and climb to 14th overall. Martin surged clear with an impressive attack at the base of the final, 6km climb to the Peña Cabarga summit in the 211km 17th stage in northern [...]
Race report: Late round-about derails Haussler’s chances in final sprint
Heinrich Haussler got caught behind riders who went the wrong way in a traffic circle within the final kilometer of Tuesday’s 16th stage at the Vuelta a España and could not challenge for victory. Argentine rider JJ Haedo turned left and won the stage while a handful of riders accidentally went the wrong way and [...]
Race report: Talansky in breakaway; Martin attacks up Angliru
Dan Martin attacked with panache up Spain’s steepest road at the Angliru summit in Sunday’s thrilling 142.2km 15th stage at the Vuelta a España. Martin joined an attack on the Cat. 1 Alto de Cordal with about 25km to go that included three other riders. They carved a slender, 20-second head-start going toward the base [...]
Race report: Top-20 for Martin in explosive mountain stage
Dan Martin rode to a spot in the top-20 in Saturday’s three-climb stage in Asturias at the Vuelta a España’s 175.8km 14th stage. Martin rode with the elite group until the race-breaking attacks came in the final five kilometers of the new Farrapona climb and crossed the line 16th at 1:37 in a solid performance [...]
Race report: Martin hangs with GC favorites in grueling stage
Dan Martin stayed with the GC favorites in Friday’s mountainous 13th stage that served as a preview for this weekend’s pair of summit finishes in the Vuelta a España. Martin crossed the line 49th at 1:33 back with the same time as race leader Bradley Wiggins to remain 23rd overall at 4:44 back. Michael Albasini [...]
Race report: Haussler leads Garmin-Cervélo in bunch sprint
Heinrich Haussler finished with a group five seconds back of the winner in Thursday’s hilly transition stage at the Vuelta a España. The pack split up on a rising finale into Pontevedra in the 167.3km 12th stage across the green hills of Spain’s Galicia region. Peter Sagan won his second stage and Bradley Wiggins retained [...]
Race report: Martin attacks late in Vuelta mountain stage
Dan Martin lit up the late kilometers in Wednesday’s 167km 11th stage at the Vuelta a España in a solid outing to keep alive his GC ambitions. Racing in the King of the Mountains jersey, Martin pulled clear of the lead bunch of overall contenders with about 3km to go up the grinding, 19km final [...]
Feature: Danny Summerhill — An Apprentice’s Tour of Colorado
During stage two of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge Danny Summerhill couldn’t believe it when he went over the top of 12,095-foot high Independence pass ahead of Andy Schleck. “I was pleased that I made it with the big guys,” Summerhill recalls. Though 22-year old Summerhill grew up in and lives in Denver and has [...]
Race report: Talansky rides to 16th in windy TT; Martin enjoys KOM jersey
Andrew Talansky rode to an impressive 16th in Monday’s long, windy 47km individual time trial at the Vuelta a España. Talansky, riding in his first Grand Tour, confirmed that he’s a rider to watch for the future with a solid performance in the longest time trial he’s ever raced in his career. “The longest TT [...]
Race report: Martin wins mountaintop stage at Vuelta
Dan Martin surged to his first Grand Tour victory in Sunday’s mountaintop finish at La Covatilla in the 183km ninth stage at the Vuelta a España. The victory confirms that Martin is one of the fastest riders on mountaintop finishes, where he can put his fast finishing speed to good use. “There are some of [...]
Race report: Martin defends on explosive climb; Haussler in breakaway
Dan Martin rode well up the final, steep wall at the end of Saturday’s hilly 177.3km eighth stage that saw Heinrich Haussler ride into the day’s main breakaway. Martin rode to a morale-boosting ninth at 15 seconds behind stage-winner and new race leader Joaquim Rodriguez on up the 1km “wall” that’s not ideal to Martin’s [...]
Race report: Farrar crashes hard in Vuelta finale
The argyle armada worked hard to set up sprinter Tyler Farrar in the sprint finish in Friday’s 182.9km seventh stage from Almadén to Talavera de la Reina. But Farrar and another rider collided in the closing meters sending them and other riders to the ground in hard crash. Even though he hit the ground hard [...]
Race report: Martin, Le Mevel finish strong in another sweltering day at Vuelta
Dan Martin and Christophe Le-Mével saved the day by finishing in a lead group of GC riders at 23 seconds behind stage-winner Peter Sagan in Thursday’s 193.4km sixth stage at the Vuelta a España. Sagan and three other teammates attacked on the descent off a steep, second-category climb late in the stage. Martin and Le-Mével [...]
Martin, Le-Mével stay close in Valdepeñas finale
Argyle GC options Dan Martin and Christophe Le-Mével put up a good fight on the short, explosive final climb with ramps as steep as 23 percent in Wednesday’s 187km fifth stage at the Vuelta a España. Martin led the team with 30th at 29 seconds back while Le Mevel, who crashed hard two days ago, [...]
Race report: Martin third at Sierra Nevada; climbs to 11th overall
Dan Martin sprinted to third in Tuesday’s first of six mountain stages to climb into 11th overall in the first major battle at the 2011 Vuelta a España. Martin won an eight-second time bonus and settled into 11th overall, at 1:06 behind the new race-leader on the 170km fourth stage that finished high in the [...]
Photo gallery: USA Pro Cycling Challenge, prologue
Beautiful backdrop in Colorado Springs for a rip-roaring downhill prologue! More photos from the USA Pro Cycling Challenge:
Race report: Le-Mével, Martin finish with leaders in hilly third stage
Garmin-Cervélo kept its GC options in play as Daniel Martin and Christophe Le-Mével both finished with the front group of leaders in Monday’s hot and hilly 163km third stage from Petrer to Totana. t was an impressive performance by Le Mevel, who crashed hard on his hip with about 30km to go when the peloton [...]
Feature: Home team ready for the USA Pro Cycling Challenge
Racing the USA Pro Cycling Challenge in Colorado has special significance for Team Garmin-Cervélo. Boulder, Colorado is where sporting director and president Jonathan Vaughters founded the team in 2003 and where its U.S. headquarters remain today. Back in 2003, Vaughters started out with a dream, a chunk of his personal savings and a humble objective: [...]
Race report: Farrar fourth in ‘hot’ Vuelta sprint
Tyler Farrar sprinted to fourth place in Sunday’s hot and windy 187.5km second stage from La Nucía to Playas de Orihuela along Spain’s Mediterranean Coast in the Vuelta a España. A four-man break was reeled in to set up the mass sprint, but a hilly finale made for a challenging approach to the line. CJ [...]
Race report: Vuelta a España, stage 1
Garmin-Cervélo rode to ninth place in a short but challenging 13.5km team time trial to open the 2011 Vuelta a España. With warm temperatures and strong winds along Spain’s Mediterranean coast, Garmin-Cervélo did its best on a technical, unconventional team time trial course. Garmin-Cervélo stopped the clock 25 seconds off the stage-winner. “It was not [...]
Rider diary: Racing in the land of the vikings
Sharon Laws continues her diary of adventures with the women’s team, this time from the TTT World Cup in Sweden. With Thuringen completed we sent Emma home to Switzerland, to do some more baking as provisions were running low and Noemi, Trine, Iris and I headed for Sweden via Copenhagen. Lizzie headed back to Belgium [...]
News: Team Garmin-Cervelo to add Allan Peiper as Director of Competition in 2012
Team Garmin-Cervélo today announced Allan Peiper will join the squad as Director of Competition in 2012. Peiper will work hand-in-hand with CEO Jonathan Vaughters and the team’s sport directors on sport management and competition. “We are thrilled that Allan will be working with us starting in 2012,” said Jonathan Vaughters, CEO, Slipstream Sports. “I have [...]
News: Team Garmin-Cervélo signs Alex Rasmussen
Team Garmin-Cervélo announced today it has added Alex Rasmussen to its roster. Rasmussen was the winner of the 2011 Philadelphia International Cycling Championship, an Olympic silver medallist, former Danish national road cycling champion and four-time track world champion. “Alex is a great talent and we’re very excited to bring him to our team,” said Jonathan [...]
