Report: Punctures riddle Qatar stage finish
Garmin-Barracuda survived a day of bad luck in the fourth stage of the Tour of Qatar with Tyler Farrar solidly in second overall and Ramunas Navardauskas still in the best young rider jersey. After the team worked hard all day to help establish a decisive split in the peloton, bad luck struck Farrar and others [...]
Report: Young argyle riders impress – Tour Down Under, stage 5
Today’s stage was a show for the young guns of the argyle armada — Nathan Haas and Jack Bauer. Sporting Manager Allan Peiper and Director Sportif Geert Van Bondt sent this report. Today we had three flat laps of 40km and then two times up Willunga, all with a strong wind and 25C. From the [...]
Race report: Tour Down Under, stage 2
Team DS’ Allan Peiper and Geert Van Bondt sent this report from the second stage. 148 kms today with start in Lobethal in the Adelaide hills. Two riders got away early and the bunch let them go. They got a good lead and there seemed to be no trouble. Vacansoleil rode for the GPM sprint [...]
Report: Crash limits sprint chances – Tour Down Under, stage 1
A crash in the final kilometer took the argyle sprint crew out of the running, with Heinrich Haussler looking otherwise strong for the finish. DS’ Allan Peiper and Geert Van Bondt sent this report. Temperatures hit 42C yesterday and everyone suffered. Four riders were away after 5km and after 15km we turned right into the [...]
Preview: Starting 2012 Down Under
The first race of the 2012 season is finally here, the Tour Down Under. Team Garmin-Barracuda’s always smiling Chiro Matt Rabin sent us this preview of what has happened so far, what’s to come, as well as what his role will be this first week. Birthday boy Andreas Klier and Heinrich Haussler show off their [...]
Race report: Podium place for women in World Cup TTT
The Garmin-Cervélo women’s team posted a podium finish in the World Cup TTT in Sweden, taking third. Race report from Theo Maucher: Under the lead of Emma Pooley the team did a good job and finished third, just missing the second step by five seconds. Five riders finished together: Lizzie, Noemi, sharon, Iris and Emma. [...]
Race report: Tour of Romandie, stage 5
The argyle armada finished up a great week of racing in Switzerland by taking home the team GC and going 1-2 in the best young rider competition with Andrew Talansky followed closely by Peter Stetina. Johnny Weltz sent this final report: The last stage had a pretty hard profile. A lot of teams didn’t have [...]
Race report: Zabriskie flies to Romandie TT win!
Multiple U.S. time trial champion David Zabriskie once again bested the field in the race against the clock, winning the Tour of Romandie stage 4 time trial. And a strong overall performance with four in the top 20 and Andrew Talansky taking the best young rider jersey from teammate Peter Stetina. “Today the stage was [...]
Race report: Stetina stays in young rider jersey – Tour of Romandie, stage 3
Peter Stetina kept hold of his best young rider jersey on stage 3 of the Tour of Romandie in Switzerland. Johnny Weltz sent this report: The stage today was one of the easier ones, as the difficulty was all in the end. There was a break that dominated the stage from the beginning and another [...]
Race report: Argyle attacks on Tour of Romandie, stage 2
The argyle armada was in full swing today, with attacks from Peter Stetina, Tom Danielson and David Millar in the final kilometers of the stage making for a fantastic finale. Johnny Weltz sent this report: The stage started flat out, with three laps of a very hard area. There wasn’t a kilometer that was flat! [...]
Race report: Tour of Romandie, stage 1
Jack Bobridge rode strong in the breakaway, finishing fourth on the stage and moving up the GC to fourth — as well as leading in the best young rider’s competition. Johnny Weltz has the report: With everything at status quo after the prologue and a leader who wouldn’t make it in the front on a [...]
Race report: Tour of Romandie, prologue
David Millar showed another aspect of his time trial abilities in the prologue of the Tour of Romandie, solid bike handling, as he maneuvered his Cervélo P4 to a top-five finish on the tricky circuit. Johny Weltz sent this report: Today the start of the race was a short prologue on a 3.5 km technical [...]
Race report: Armistead top ten in Drenthe world cup
The Garmin-Cervélo had another strong result in a world cup with Lizzie Armistead posting a top ten in Drenthe. Director sportif Theo Macher sent this report. Because of the sun and the missing wind, the bunch more or less stayedtogether over the cobblestone sections and the three climbs of the Vamberg. Iris Slappendel was in [...]
Race report: Hesjedal happy with Spain campaign
Ryder Hesjedal has had a strong couple of weeks racing in Spain, first with a fourth place at the GP Miguel Indurain and followed by a top-ten at the Vuelta Cyclista Pais Vasco. Ryder sent this report: First off what a VICTORY by Johan and the team! That was truly spectacular and I couldn’t think [...]
Race report: Dan Martin finishes Catalunya on GC podium
Dan Martin finished off a strong week of racing at the Volta a Catalunya on the GC podium. Johnny Weltz sent this recap: Today the rain hit us for the first time this week, not the best day as the streets here on the outskirts of Barcelona get extremly slippery. It was a short stage [...]
Race report: Volta a Catalunya, stage 4
Dan Martin kept his top-five on the GC while MIchel Kreder put in a top-ten in the final sprint. Johnny Weltz sent this report: The stage today started with 40 km of slight downhill. As many lost time on the moutain stage yesterday it was their turn to try for a stage win. Breaks went [...]
Race report: Volta a Catalunya, stage 3
Tom Peterson had a strong day riding in the breakaway while teammate Dan Martin climbed up the GC with a fourth place on the day. Johnny Weltz sent this report:
Race report: Volta a Catalunya, stage 2
Tom Peterson added a second consistent finish on the second stage of the Volta a Catalunya to put himself into the top-five of the overall. Johnny Weltz sent this report: This was the only really flat stage in this race and it started with a very fast start. A group of four got a go [...]
Race preview: Volta a Catalunya
The 90th running of the Volta a Catalunya takes place this year starting Monday in the popular tourist destination Lloret de Mar. Since the race takes place in the same region as Garmin-Cervélo’s European base of Girona, our riders will look to put on a strong performance in front of the “hometown” crowd. In previous [...]
Race report: Haussler clinches green – Paris-Nice, stage 8
Team Garmin-Cervélo wrapped up Paris-Nice today with Heinrich Haussler securing the green jersey. The peloton was still a bit nervous after yesterday’s hectic stage, during which Martijn Maaskant crashed heavily on the Cote de Gourdon, suffering injuries including seven broken ribs. Haussler also crashed several times on yesterday’s stage but finished and held on to [...]
Race report: Paris-Nice, stage 7
It was a rough day for all the riders on the rain-soaked and lumpy seventh stage of Paris-Nice. Ryder Hesjedal kept a good pace in the finale while Matijn Maaskant and Heinrich Haussler had a rough-and-tumble day. Haussler crashed multiple times on the treacherous wet roads including once into a cement wall on a descent. [...]
Race report: Talansky top ten in TT – Paris-Nice, stage 6
In his first season at the top level of the sport, Andrew Talansky is already showing that he belongs here. In his first WorldTour time trial, he finished an impressive seventh alongside some of the top time trial names of the sport. “Being at my first WorldTour race is a new experience that I am [...]
Race report: Farrar retains overall lead – Tirreno-Adriatico, stage 3
Tyler Farrar sprinted to second on today’s third stage of Tirreno-Adriatico, which stretched 189km from Terranuova Bracciolini to Perugia. Garmin-Cervélo helped set the pace in the final 10km and World Champion Thor Hushovd again ushered Farrar to in the finale. Team director Jonathan Vaughters remains impressed with the team work in Italy and said, “The [...]
Race report: Paris-Nice, stage 5
Frenchman Christophe Le-Mével made the first important break about 20km in to today’s 193km stage of Paris-Nice. Directors Bingen Fernandez and Robby Ketchell check in: Stage 5 was the hardest yet as riders faced 7 categorized climbs between Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise and Vernou. LeMevel’s group of six was able to stay away until the 3rd to last [...]
