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: 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 [...]
Report: Le Mével takes fourth at San Sebastian
Christophe Le Mével posted a strong result in the Spanish Classic, heading into the final Grand Tour, La Vuelta a España. Director Sportif Bingen Fernandez sent this report. Nice and hot weather in San Sebastian, which means a lot of humidity for the riders. As usual a fast start was on the menu for the [...]
Report: Vanmarcke proves strongest in Omloop!
Sep Vanmarcke shelled favorites out of the main break with a ferocious attack and bested the remaining two in the sprint for the win! “A dream came true today!” said a nearly speechless Vanmarcke after the race. “It was a fast day right from the start and our first real meeting point where we said, [...]
Race report: Hesjedal leads at Liège to close out spring Classics campaign
Canada’s Ryder Hesjedal led Garmin-Cervélo with a respectable placing at Sunday’s Liège-Bastogne-Liège to close out the spring classics campaign on a solid note. Hesjedal bounced back from illness during last weekend’s Amstel Gold Race, but didn’t quite have the punch to follow the winning attacks late in the race and crossed the line 29th at [...]
Race report: Le-Mevel attacks for a top-ten in Flèche Wallonne
Christophe Le-Mével notched a top-10 at Flèche Wallonne with an impressive ninth-place ride up the Mur de Huy to cap a solid day for Garmin-Cervélo at the Belgian classic. Ryder Hesjedal bounced back from his stomach problems at Amstel Gold Race on Sunday to climb to 13th up the finish-line “wall” at Huy in good [...]
Race report: Bad stomach derails Hesjedal’s chances at Amstel Gold
Garmin-Cervélo had a strong chance to put a man on the podium in the Amstel Gold Race in Holland until last year’s runner-up Ryder Hesjedal fell ill during the race with a bad stomach. Racing under sunny skies and unseasonably warm temperatures, Hesjedal was in ideal position through the first half of the race until [...]
Race report: De Brabantse Pijl
Coming off a huge win last weekend Team Garmin-Cervélo turned its attention to the hilly Classics with a re-tooled team, starting the mid-week semi-Classic De Brabantse Pijl in Belgium. Director sportif Johnny Weltz sent this report: This semi-Classic leads the riders into the hilly Classics. The dificulty today was all in the end on a [...]
Race report: Van Summeren delivers victory at Paris-Roubaix
Johan Van Summeren delivered an emotional victory for Garmin-Cervélo in Paris-Roubaix as the team played a tactically perfect race with strength in numbers to win one of cycling’s most prestigious and oldest one-day classics of the year. “This is a great win for me and it’s thanks to my team that I was able to [...]
Race preview: Paris-Roubaix
Team Garmin-Cervélo is well-prepared to tackle the ‘Hell of the North’ this Sunday with a powerful team, led by world champion Thor Hushovd. 2011 Paris-Roubaix Roster: Tyler Farrar Roger Hammond Heinrich Haussler Thor Hushovd Andreas Klier Gabriel Rasch Sep Vanmarcke Johan Van Summeren Jonathan Vaughters: “The team is incredibly motivated for Sunday. We did a [...]
Race report: Farrar unlucky in Scheldeprijs defense
Tyler Farrar was unable to defend his title at Scheldeprijs after being involved in a finish-line crash in the Belgian semi-classic after an incredible race by the team. Farrar was poised to open up his sprint when a touch of wheels sent riders to the deck, taking defending champion Farrar with them. He was unable [...]
Race report: Pooley and Co. ride strong in Flanders
Emma Pooley did not give up her World Cup leader’s jersey without a fight as the team rode a strong Tour of Flanders, finishing with two in the top-ten. Lucy, Iris and Trine all did a great job in protecting our World Cup leader in the beginning of the race until the Oude Kwaremont climb,” [...]
Race report: Farrar leads as Garmin-Cervélo fights to the end at Flanders
Garmin-Cervélo fought to the end in an exciting Tour of Flanders that saw Tyler Farrar lead the team with 13th behind surprise winner Nick Nuyens. In what’s already being called one of the most exciting Tour of Flanders in a decade, attacks came often and early and the action didn’t let up until the final [...]
Race report: Farrar sprints to third at Gent-Wevelgem
In what’s a good sign for the upcoming northern classics, Tyler Farrar sprinted to third in the 73rd Gent-Wevelgem to put Garmin-Cervélo on the podium at the important, one-day semi-Classic in Belgium. Belgian star Tom Boonen won in a hotly-contested sprint, with Italian Daniele Bennati crossing the line second just ahead of Farrar, who rounded [...]
Race report: Haussler leads with top-20 in bad-luck Milan-San Remo
Heinrich Haussler led Garmin-Cervélo with 18th in Saturday’s gripping Milan-San Remo that saw an unlucky crash derail the chances for reigning world champion Thor Hushovd in the first spring classic of the 2011 season. Garmin-Cervélo lined up with high hopes of winning the 102nd running of the season’s longest one-day Classic, but Hushovd was involved [...]
Preview: Eroica Montepaschi Strade Bianche
March is a month when pro cycling fans start to get excited about the big one day classics in April. It’s tough to ignore just how close we are to Flanders and Roubaix, but there is no reason to ignore the month of March. Just take a look at our Schedule…it’s loaded! There are some [...]
Race reports: Omloop & Kuurne
Team Garmin-Cervélo kicked off its Spring Classics campaign in true Belgian fashion — in the mud and rain. While a late-race crash kept Martijn Maaskant from a top result in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Tyler Farrar fought back from two flats to take a fourth in the field sprint at Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne. Director Johnny Weltz sent these [...]
Race report: Liege finishes the Spring Classics
Team Garmin-Transitions rounded out a good Spring Classics campaign with Ryder Hesjedal putting in strong performances. Director Lionel Marie sent this report from the final Spring Classic: After a nice Fleche Wallonne for Garmin-Transitions, with four guys in the finish (three of them youngs guys: Michel Kreder, Peter Stetina, Dan Martin) and a top ten [...]
Race report: Hesjedal second in Amstel Gold
Team Garmin-Transitions continued its good results of the spring, moving into the second half of the Classics with an oh-so-close second place for Ryder Hesjedal in the Amstel Gold race. Director sportif Johnny Weltz has the report: After all the flat classics, today we turned towards the hilly ones, which also meant bringing in another [...]
Race report: Paris-Roubaix
The men in argyle had a plethora of bad luck befall them in the ‘Hell of the North,’ Paris-Roubaix. Crashes marred the day for team leaders Tyler Farrar and Martijn Maaskant, as well as many of their teammates. Still Maaskant managed 22nd place and Farrar is still upbeat about the spring campaign after his win [...]
Race report: Farrar first American to win Scheldeprijs
Team Garmin-Transitions’s speedster Tyler Farrar used equal parts smarts and strength to become the first American to win the mid-week Classic Scheldeprijs in Belgium. A fast start and the usual break began the race, and after the Argyle Armada pitched-in with many other teams the break’s advantage was slowly whittled away. In the final 10km, [...]
Race report: Tour of Flanders
It was a well-ridden 2010 Tour of Flanders for Team Garmin-Transitions, with David Millar animating the final chase and Tyler Farrar sprinting to a top-five result. The Argyle Armada rode valiantly in the Ronde van Vlaanderen, despite the usual conditions of a Spring Classic. And even though Tyler Farrar was ready to quit, having crashed [...]
Video: Omloop Het Nieuwsblad & Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne
Team Garmin-Transitions’ sport director Matt White takes us in the team car for the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad race. And we talk to a cold and wet Martijn Maaskant after Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne.
