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 […]

The Colorado Daily interviews Taylor about his performance at the Beijing Olympics in the 4000-meter individual pursuit.
From the article: “After eight laps of the 250-meter track, Phinney was trailing by 2.075 seconds. More importantly his body was already tiring. ‘I got out there and with eight laps to go, I was thinking, ‘I wish I […]

Left to right: Will Frischkorn, Tom Danielson and Tom Peterson keep things under control at the front.
Yesterday the boys displayed just how strong and truly professional they are. We took control of the crit right from the start. Will, Danny, and Tom D kept the peloton lined out all the way to the end. Yes, […]

Stage 2 of the Volta a Portugal came down to field sprint where Tyler Farrar demonstrated his late season form by finishing third. There were no major changes to the overall classification with Steven Cozza third overall and Tyler Farrar fourth. Cozza still rules the Best Young Rider classification and Team Garmin-Chipotle H30 is still […]

Perfect. That’s the only way to describe how my Garmin-Chipotle teammates rode stage 2. We knew we had the team to take control of the race and we used the confidence to do exactly that. Our BMX start specialist, Will, with some Tour form to boot, hit out from the blocks causing a reaction from […]