As the first leg of the Commerce Bank Triple Crown, the Lehigh Valley Classic provided all kinds of race excitement for the large and enthusiastic crowds. Slipstream/Chipotle H3O animated the race by either jumping in the different breakaways of the day or chasing down any argyle-less breaks. Mike Friedman, Jason Donald, Martijn Maaskant (above) […]

Jumping from the gun, Swedish national road champion Magnus Backstedt (above) kicked off a high-powered breakaway that eventually lapped the pack. Maggy was quickly joined by eventual race winner Italian Luca Damiani who admitted to struggling a bit to hold onto the former Paris-Roubaix winner. The two mismatched escapees were eventually joined by 11 […]

Keeping the Argyle flying high to the very end, the final four wrapped up three grueling weeks and more than 90 hours of racing with solid performances in today’s final stage 21 individual time trial. Christian Vande Velde (right) and Danny Pate (above) had very impressive rides, finishing 5th and 6th respectively and just […]

Race report from DS Matt White
We are all but 28.5 km from finishing this epic Giro! Three-week tours are always a challenge. They test riders both physically and mentally. And a test it has been, and not only for the riders. Slipstream/Chipotle H3O has taken a huge leap into the big time. This year’s […]

Junior world time trial champion Taylor Phinney didn’t disappoint the enthusiastic Swiss fans yesterday during the scenic stage 3 individual time trial of the Tour de Pay du Vaud. Taylor put in a magnificent ride on the 8.9 km time trial course that skirted the Sarine River from Rougemont to Chateau-d’Oex.
Taylor is in 6th […]

After another seven-hour day in the saddle, Canadian Ryder Hesjedal finished a strong 17th on today’s penultimate stage. He endured the evil 12.8 km Passo del Mortirolo, snow on the Gavia (pictured right), and average grades ranging from 7-10.3%.
“The last two days have been the definition of epic in every way! Yesterday I was […]

Stage 19 took the guys back into the mountains for nearly seven hours of wet, hard riding. While the favorites battled each other for position and critical seconds, the dwindling Argyle Armada held tough and finished with the grupetto again.
Still suffering from his injuries earlier in the race, Julian Dean didn’t take the […]

As the last relatively flat stage of the 2008 Giro, stage 18 featured a long breakaway that resulted in a solo victory. Most of the five Slipstream/Chipotle H3O riders finished the day with the main grupetto. With two mountain stages tomorrow and Saturday, and a final time trial on Sunday, there is still much to […]