Stage preview from DS Matt White
“Today’s plan is a simple one: To look after our two GC riders - David Millar and Christian Vande Velde - at all times. We will have them laying low and trying to stay as close to the yellow jersey as possible.”
“It will be another stressful day with southwest […]

I arrived two days before the start to find that management had selected nine riders who showed up for the season’s premiere race (yes, the Tour) with only one minor issue among them. Martijn Maskaant had a “tickle” in his throat and that was it. 48 hours and several doses of Emergen-C later, even that […]

David Millar and Garmin’s Vice President of Communications Jon Cassat.
Today was a day of firsts for Jon Cassat, Garmin’s vice president of communications. Not only was it his first time at the Tour de France, he also got to spend this first stage in the first team car on the course. Team Garmin-Chipotle won the […]

Holding strong and steady for a nervous uphill finish that shattered the peloton, David Millar (above) finished a solid 11th and just 1″ behind stage winner and first yellow jersey of the 2008 Tour de France, Alejandro Valverde.
Just behind David, Christian Vande Velde, Trent Lowe, Ryder Hesjedal finished in the second group and just […]

Profile, climbs and points
For the first time since 1967, the opening stage of the Tour de France is not a time-trial style prologue, but instead a road stage. Today’s 197.5 km route is also notable for it’s rolling profile and uphill finish. The four category 4 climbs include:
at 29.5 km : Côte de Ty-Jopic (3.7 […]

Back on Tour. I’m sitting on the bus as Superbad is playing on the TVs. It’s like the Giro bus trips all over again. I think this is the fourth, maybe even fifth time it has played on the bus entertainment system since the start of the Giro. There’s something comforting about it. We’re like […]

The Observer-Reporter features a great interview with Mike Friedman on his selection for the US Olympic team to compete in the two-man Madison track event.
“I just broke down,” said Friedman, a 2001 graduate of Peters Township High School. “I was laughing and crying at the same time. It was just unreal.”

A few days ago, our wonderful Kiwi mechanic Kris Withington provided everyone with a full run down of what goes into keeping “9 blokes on the road for 3 weeks”. Besides holding 42 Felts, there are 28 Fizik saddles, 30 Oval Concept stems, 10 complete 2008 Shimano Dura Ace group sets and 193 Zipp […]