Bicycling.com talks to Team Garmin-Chipotle Team Physiologist Allen Lim for an inside look at the team’s daily menu that includes meals prepared by the famous Chef Willy Balmat.
From the article: “Post-stage on the team bus, which also has its own refrigerator, riders snack on white rice and eggs drizzled with olive oil and balsamic […]

As part of his daily VeloNews diaries, Will Frischkorn writes about the intense stage 16 in the Alps and life in the gruppetto.
“I didn’t see much more of what went down at the front after this point … gruppetto had my name all over it. What started as a group of around 20 was […]

USA Today reports on Christian Vande Velde’s unexpected success so far in his sixth Tour de France.
From the article: “Christian Vande Velde is a dangerous rider,” said the American’s former CSC teammate Jens Voigt. “Not enough people talk about him, but he is an excellent time trialer. He is still very close and within […]

The Christian Science Monitor profiles David Millar as, “..the Scottish rider, once banned from the sport for two years for doping, now competes with a team pioneering a new drug-testing model.”
From the feature: “Today Millar has become a poster child for a budding movement to clean up a sport that has arguably been more damaged […]

CyclingNZ.com reports on Julian Dean’s 4th place finish in stage 14 of the 2008 Tour de France.
From the report: “Kiwi super sprinter Julian Dean (Garmin-Chipotle p/b H3O) has taken the higest individual race placing of a New Zealander in the Tour de France. The two time and current New Zealand road race champion […]

In his daily VeloNews diary, Will Frischkorn writes about the pouring rain and crashes that greeted them for their first day in the Alps.
From the diary: “I was sixth in our line, just behind Christian, and watched as each of my teammates hit the deck, then followed suit. A Gerolsteiner bike ended up below […]

VeloNews reporter Andrew Hood talks to Team Garmin-Chipotle H3O Director Matt White about the team’s surprisingly good performance in the first two weeks of the Tour.
From the Q&A
VN: If Vande Velde can arrive to the final time trial in more or less the same situation, can he win the Tour?
MW: Christian has never beaten […]

Writing for VeloNews, Will Frischkorn gives a play-by-play of the hot stage 14. He also talks about having some down time with family members and looking forward to opening the bottle of Chateauneuf du Pape Jonathan Vaughters purchased for him.