Feature: Sean and Olga Fowler – Keeping the Tour boys fed and happy
When American chef Sean Fowler opened his restaurant, El Racó d’Urús, in the Catalan Pyrenees, just southeast of Andorra, he had no idea it would lead to a life on the road with the Garmin-Cervélo pro cycling team. But then in one day in the spring of 2008, Fowler was out riding his bike when [...]
Video: On the road with Clif (part 3)
Our good friends at Clif made some awesome videos with the guys this spring. Check it out and the other great videos from them! Clif’s YouTube page. More photos from 2010 racing:
Video: On the road with Clif (part 2)
Our good friends at Clif made some awesome videos with the guys this spring. Check it out and the other great videos from them! Clif’s YouTube page. More photos from 2010 racing:
Video: On the road with Clif (part 1)
Our good friends at Clif made some awesome videos with the guys this spring. Check it out and the other great videos from them! Clif’s YouTube page. More photos from 2010 racing:
Video: Inside an argyle musette
We held a Facebook contest to guess the calories inside a typical musette, and here is the video for it, for your viewing pleasure. If you are not our fan on Facebook, become one today!
Video: On the menu for the Argyle Express
Team Garmin-Transitions travels with its very own chef, Sean Fowler, for the Tour de France. This year Chef Sean has his very own mobile kitchen which we showed in a video at the start of the Tour. Many have asked what he has been cooking, so here he his preparing dinner from the other afternoon. [...]
Video: Meals on wheels
Team Garmin-Transitions always rolls in style, but now even our food has its own ride — a master kitchen designed and built by our master chef Sean Fowler. More photos of the mobile kitchen:
Video: Pre-TdF packing
The Team Garmin-Transitions mechanics and soigneurs have been hard at work preparing all of the equipment needed for the three week race, and then packing it all for the long transfer to the start in Rotterdam. More photos of mechanics and soigneurs:
Tour prep: Inside the service course
Will Frischkorn checks in from the Garmin-Transitions service course as the team prepares for the upcoming Tour de France. It’s been a crazy week here at the Girona service course. With the Tour one week away, and everybody heading north to Rotterdam in the next couple of days, this past week has been crunch time. [...]
Nutrition: Gavin King’s POM Smoothie for the team
Team Garmin-Transitions soigneur Gavin King came up with a few tasty recipes for POM Wonderful smoothies. Try them and let us know what you think — or submit POM recipes of your own! Do you know what a soigneur is? We certainly didn’t – at least not until our sponsorship of the Garmin-Transitions team introduced [...]
NY Times: A peek into the Garmin-Slipstream kitchen
Soldiers are not the only ones that march on their stomachs. Enduring the grueling 21 stages of the Tour de France requires special fuel, and a lot of it — from the range of Clif products, such as Clif Bloks and Clif Bars, to the 5-star meals prepared by our very own team chef, Sean [...]
In the feed zone: Packing each day for Le Tour
It is no picnic racing in the world’s toughest race, and the food/drink that goes along with it is nothing you would find in your average picnic basket. Team Soigneur Sandra Ni Hodnae put together this massive list and a full report of just what it takes. Here’s what we pack per rider, per day. [...]
