Jonathan Vaughters Reports:
“Key members of our Tour of California squad started the 2008 season at the Tour of the Bahamas, Feb 2-3. Though we took all three stages and first and second in the overall, the victories were hard won with intense competition from Cuba and Florida.”
“David Zabriskie won the opening 5K prologue on Saturday. […]

Fresh race report from Will Frischkorn:
“Following the lead set by the boys in Quatar and the Bahamas, we started things on a high note here in France. A crazy, fast first 40K in the foothills around Marseille eventually split off a group of ten with Ryder a driving force. Near the finish, with the field […]

Team Slipstream/Chipotle H3O finished a shortened stage 6 with no real changes to the standings. Sutton just missed making the final podium by six seconds behind third place finisher Greg Van Avermaet, who also took the best young rider classification from Sutton.
The seven remaining members of the team and their support staff will have a […]

Magnus Bäckstedt is flying back to London early tomorrow morning to have surgery later in the day (Friday, February 1). If all goes well, he should be back in the saddle very soon.
We all wish him a quick and complete recovery!

Winding up for the final sprint of stage five, Swedish cyclist Magnus Bäckstedt went down in a large pile-up that included Chris Sutton and Julian Dean. Bäckstedt is out of the race with a broken right clavicle while Dean and Sutton finished with road rash and bumps.
Italian Danilo Napolitano (Lampre) celebrated his 27th birthday in […]

Four stages into the Tour of Qatar, Team Slipstream/Chipotle H3O continues to grow stronger in the face of the high speeds and brutal crosswinds of the early season race.
“Team wise, today was the best day we’ve had so far,” said Director Sportif Johnny Weltz. “With 50 kilometers to go, we attacked into a crosswind and […]

Team Slipstream/Chipotle presented by H3O started the season off with a bang and a strong second place finish in the opening 6-kilometer team time trial at the Tour of Qatar. Slipstream rider Chris Sutton also secured the Best Young Rider jersey.
Making good on David Millar’s promise for a top three finish in this season opener, […]

Free beemers and suite living on the eve of the Tour of Qatar opening team time trial
For the past few days, Team Slipstream’s eight riders and seven staff members have been hold up in the luxurious Ritz Carlton in Doha, Qatar. For the week, the massive hotel is also home to the other 16 pro […]