Giving it their all to the end, Team Garmin-Chipotle wrapped up the 2008 Tour of Utah with four riders finishing in the top 15 of the final time trial. Tom Danielson (right) had a solid ride finishing fourth while Peter Stetina (below right) further confirmed his status as a top all-around talent by finishing […]

After all the breakaways, time bonuses, mountain top finishes and a time trial, it’s amazing that the overall win comes down to just a few seconds. In this sport, every second counts, and every day. I had one of my best rides of my season today in the Tour of Utah final individual time […]

Fourth from the left, Tyler Farrar giving it a go for the finish of a crazy fast stage.
Today was insanely fast. We covered 165 km in 3 hours and 40 minutes. I’m still crossed and so are the rest of the guys. We did the first 50 km in one hour and it didn’t slow […]

The Denver Post talks to Taylor Phinney, his father Davis and his coach Neal Henderson about his performance in the 4000-meter individual pursuit semi-finals in the Beijing Olympics.
From the article: “To put Taylor’s Olympics in perspective, Saturday was only his 10th pursuit race. He didn’t pick up the sport until last fall. He didn’t turn […]

Riding on the shoulders of giants, Blake Caldwell dug in and delivered for Team Garmin-Chipotle H3O by finishing second on yesterday’s epic stage that included 15,000 feet of climbing and a mountain top finish on Snowbird. Every member of the team worked to protect their leader and put their precious yellow jersey in perfect […]

What a strange day. Today’s stage 3 start here in Portugal was held under sunny skies, so we wore as little clothing as possible. There were a few dark clouds, but it rained for just five minutes. The rain happened to coincide with a downhill cobble section where Christian got taken out, luckily without […]

Today’s three climb stage took its toll on the Portugal peloton and turned the overall classification upside down with the epic finish climb on Alto da Torre. Climbing specialist Dan Martin finished 12th on high and took over the Best Young Rider classification from teammate Steven Cozza. Dan’s finish moved him up to 11th on […]

VeloNews talks to Taylor Phinney after he lost to New Zealand cyclist Hayden Roulston in the semi-finals of the men’s individual pursuit today on Beijing’s Laoshan velodrome.
Ever the gracious sportsman, Taylor was optimistic about his ride and his future: “I’m just stoked to be here at the Olympics — I thought I’d be watching […]