Race report: Farrar sprint to win and lead – Tirreno-Adriatico, stage 2
Tyler Farrar sprinted to victory thanks to a superb lead-out led by Thor Hushovd and donned the leader’s jersey in stage 2 of Tirreno-Adriatico.
Race report: Paris-Nice, stage 4
Report from Directors Bingen Fernandez and Robby Ketchell: Today’s 191km stage stretched from Crêches-sur-Saône to Belleville and the peloton faced its hilliest day yet with 3,000 meters of climbing. A breakaway of four got away in the first 20km and was able to maintain a gap of about four minutes until roughly 140km into the [...]
Report: Tirreno-Adriatico, stage 1 – TTT
Today’s opening TTT in Tirreno saw the boys of Garmin- Cervélo blast into second place on the flat, 16.8km course. A last minute roster change meant David Zabriskie came in to replace David Millar, who came down with a flu and fever before the race. Jonathan Vaughters, directing along with DS Lionel Marie, said “We [...]
Preview: Tirreno-Adriatico
Tirreno-Adriatico, the race across central Italy, on tap for Wednesday. Tirreno-Adriatico is a seven stage race that crosses central Italy from coast to coast, often called the race of two seas. It’s often overshadowed by Paris-Nice, but is usually a hard fought battle for both GC contenders and stage win hopefuls. In 2010 the overall [...]
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 [...]
Cam Meyer wins Tour Down Under overall
The Garmin-Cervélo team locked up the overall win for Cam Meyer at the Tour Down Under. This is the first overall victory for the 23 year-old Meyer who won his first pro race two days earlier on stage 4. “I am absolutely shocked but so excited a the same time,” said Meyer. “I just crossed [...]
Cam Meyer defies the breakaway odds down under!
Cam Meyer‘s first pro road race win could not have come in a better place, on his home soil in Australia’s biggest cycling stage, the Tour Down Under. In a race that many say is an automatic field sprint finish on every stage, he and teammate Matt Wilson defied the odds in a five-man breakaway, [...]
Race report: GP Cycliste Montréal
After a strong race in Québec City on Friday Ryder Hesjedal was a marked rider for Sunday’s Gran Prix Cycliste Montréal. As such all his moves were watched closely by the rest of the field, and he was left to chase the breakaways alone on the final lap. Still the Canadian claimed a podium spot [...]
Race report: Hesjedal attacks Québec
Ryder Hesjedal rode like he had the ‘Weight of a Nation’ on him in the Grand Prix Cycliste Québec, racing in his country’s first ever ProTour race. Ryder initiated the big move with two laps to go and pulled for most of them, only to be countered inside the final kilometer, settling for fourth. Svein [...]
Race report: Bobridge attacks and wins – Eneco Tour, stage 5
Aussie neo-pro Jack Bobridge, at the ripe old age of 21, took his first win as a professional by winning stage 5 of the Eneco Tour. Bobridge attacked his breakaway group with 2km to go and held them off, along with the entire peloton, to take a major ProTour win. The past couple of days [...]
Race report: Tuft crushes Eneco prologue
Canadian time trial champion Svein Tuft set a blistering time in the prologue of the Eneco Tour to win the first ProTour race of his career. “I kind of had a feeling about today!” a smiling Tuft said. “I didn’t expect it to take it by that much but I had a good feeling today.” [...]
Race report: Martin finishes off Poland
Dan Martin and the entire Argyle Express navigated a tough and tactical final stage of the Tour of Poland to secure the overall victory for the Irishman. More photos from recent races:
Martin retains lead – Tour of Poland, stage 6
The Argyle Express successfully denfended Dan Martin’s yellow jersey in the Tour of Poland, with strong riding from the entire team. More photos from recent races:
Martin wins solo, takes overall – Tour of Poland, stage 5
Team Garmin-Transitions added another win on the season, with Dan Martin attacking solo up the final climb to take the win and the overall lead! More photos from recent races:
Race Report: Hesjedal 6th in San Sebastian
Ryder ‘Weight of a Nation’ Hesjedal continued on his strong form his seventh place at the Tour de France by riding with the contenders in the Classica San Sebastian, nearly catching the breakaway. Still his sixth place shows he is one to watch! Director sportif Johnny Weltz sent this report: With a new and harder [...]
