Report: Critérium du Dauphiné, stage 4
Rohan Dennis launched himself into the GC lead at the Dauphiné. Sports director Geert Van Bondt says the team will now rally behind the young Aussie talent to defend the lead. The time trial consisted of long straight roads with only a few corners, and the whole time it was a little bit up-and-down but [...]
Report: Rasmussen wins – Bayern Rundfahrt, stage 1
Alex Rasmussen sprinted to victory in a cold and wet opening to Bayern Rundfahrt in Germany. “It was a 200km day with rain and crosswind the whole way,” said the Dane. “There was a little climb at the 1km to go and it was about 500 meters long. I moved up on the climb and [...]
Data: Ramunas Navardauskas – Tour de Romandie, stage 2
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Navardauskas wins – Tour de Romandie, stage 2
Ramunas Navardauskas took the first stage win of his young career in argyle at the Tour de Romandie. Sports director Johnny Weltz sent this report. It was a beautiful day here in Switzerland featuring as stage that was 190 km of up-and-down. We decided not to be very active in the beginning of the day. [...]
Talansky on the podium in Romandie opener
Andrew Talansky kept his stage racing results strong with a second place at the Tour of Romandie prologue. More photos from the Tour of Romandie:
Report: Martin wins Liège-Bastogne-Liège
Team Garmin-Sharp played the race perfectly, with Ryder Hesjedal attacking late to set-up Dan Martin who rode a tactically perfect final kilometer for the win. “Today we had a plan simular to Fleche with Ryder and Dan as our team leaders,” said Sports director Johnny Weltz. “As a group went off the front early we [...]
Report: Martin nearly podiums at La Flèche Wallonne
Despite an ill-timed puncture Dan Martin and Ryder Hesjedalrode a great race, with Martin flying up the Mur de Huy to nearly make it on the podium. “Today blue sky and warm temps in Belgiun is the best it can get,” said Sports Director Johnny Weltz. “We had two team leaders for today and the [...]
Report: Martin wins Catalunya queen stage
Dan Martin took control of the Volta Catalunya, the team’s ‘home race’ in Europe, by riding out of the 23 rider break to win atop the race’s queen stage. Sports director Johnny Weltz sent this report. It was a super-hard mountain stage. We had to do a few adjustments from yesterday but the team was [...]
Photo Gallery: Garmin Sharp rides the new Cervelo Rca
Last week, Cervelo released the new Rca frameset which was developed based on direct feedback from our pro riders. So far the Rca has been very well received by our pro riders, so much so that the guys had a hard time putting the bike down after training rides. You can learn more about the [...]
Report: Milan – Snow Remo
It was a rough day for everyone at Milan-San Remo, with heavy snow forcing the organizers to cut-out a chunk of the race. Alex Howes finally thawed out and sent this report. Oh man, what a day! Absolutely abysmal weather today. We raced the first 117km then jumped in the bus and drove over the [...]
Photo Gallery: awesome Garmin Sharp race images to date!
David Millar leads the peloton at Paris-Nice. Fabian Wegman grabs a Camelbak Podium Bottle. Andrew Talansky wins Stage 3, 2013 Paris-Nice. Caleb Fairly cools down in the heat of Langkawi. Want an autograph? Stage sign in at Langkawi. Martijn Maaskant discusses tactics with DS Geert Von Bondt. Johan Vansummeren leads Martijn Maaskant and the Ruta [...]
Recap: Talansky second overall, best young rider – Paris-Nice
Andrew Talansky rode a strong final time trial to solidify his second place on the overall and win the best young rider jersey. Sports director Geert Van Bondt sent this report. It was a Fantastic race for the team! If you leave Paris-Nice with second on the general classification and a stage win — [...]
Talansky wins stage, takes GC lead – Paris-Nice, stage 3
Andrew Talansky posted the first win of the 2013 season and in impressive fashion. Sports director Geert Van Bondt sent this report. Andrew and the team did a fantastic job today and met our objective of getting Andrew in a good position going into the final climb. We knew he had to be up front [...]
Pro’s equipment: Castelli Gabba Jersey
Our professional riders spend a lot of time on their bikes, in all types of weather conditions. With the help of Castelli, the riders have the technical apparel they need to perform at the top level throughout the race season. Catch up with pro riders David Millar and Michel Kreder as they discuss Castelli’s revolutionary [...]
We’re Hiring: eCommerce Customer Service and Sales Manager
Slipstream Sports is hiring for the eCommerce Customer Service and Sales Manager position working for the official online store of Team Garmin Sharp. The team’s online store, www.shopslipstreamsports.com, offers a complete line of team issue products from various sponsors including Garmin, Cervelo and Castelli among others. Working for the online store provides a unique vantage [...]
Help us reach 50k on Twitter!
Thanks to our fans we have nearly 50,000 followers on Twitter! To commemorate reaching this milestone we are going to give away some argyle schwag to three lucky followers once we reach 50k. Make sure you follow us and get your friends to follow too. And be sure to check out our riders on Twitter [...]
Report: Farrar podiums in Mallorca opener
Tyler Farrar showed good early season sprinting fomr, taking second in the opening stage of the Trofeo Mallorca. DS Bingen Fernandez sent this report: It was an easy flat stage in Palma’s promenade, on a nice circuit of 11 km. After one lap two guys were off the front with a maximum gap of 3’55″. [...]
Worlds TTT team announced
Team Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda announced its roster for the World Team Time Trial Championships. The team will be anchored by Jack Bauer and Ramunas Navardauskas, both part of the winning 2012 Giro d’Italia TTT team, along with Johan Vansummeren and Thomas Dekker, who were part of the wining 2012 Qatar TTT team. Rounding out the squad are [...]
Report: Tour of Britain, stage 6
Nathan Haas put himself right into the general classification picture on stage 6, going with the right moves and sprinting for third on the stage to jump up the overall to third as well. Director Sportif Geert VanBondt sent this report. It was a windy stage of 190 km with two finish laps of 7km [...]
Race update: Vuelta a España
Andrew Talansky continues to ride well at the Vuelta, putting in strong stage finishes to remain in contention and jumping into the top-ten on the time trial stage. Meanwhile Martijn Maaskant has made it into multiple breakaways. Andorra to Barcelona: 193 km from Andorra to BCN, except for a couple kickers (one at kilometer 65 [...]
Report: Vuelta a España, stage 6
Andrew Talansky again rode a strong race to finish near the front on a tough uphill climb, while teammate Martijn Maaskant spent the day in the main break. Director Sportif Bingen Fernandez sent this report: After the easy stage the riders had yesterday we had a fast start as expected. Martjin was able to jump [...]
Race report: Tyler Farrar wins! – USA Pro Challenge, stage 1
The argyle started the USA Pro Challenge off in a huge way, with Tyler Farrar taking a sprint win after Tom Danielson and Peter Stetina established and drove all day in the main break. Danielson started things off today attacking into his old stomping grounds of Fort Lewis College. “I’m pretty familiar with the whole [...]
Race report: Vuelta a España, stage 3
The first shots of this year’s Vuelta were fired today by the overall contenders, and right there with them was Andrew Talansky, climbing strong and finishing with the group. Director Sportif Bingen Fernandez sent this report. It was a tough 155 km stage with an uphill finish in Arrate — made tougher by hot weather [...]
