The UK’s Cycling Weekly profiles Irish cyclist Dan Martin and his impressive results so far in the Route du Sud.
From the article: “Martin showed what he can do in the Pyrenees as an amateur in 2007 by winning the climber’s jersey in the Ronde de l’Isard stage race and so has a great chance […]

Dan Martin continued to leave his mark on the 2008 Route du Sud by finishing 6th in today’s mountain time trial. His strong ride moved him up to 2nd overall and just 17″ seconds off the leader. Australian Trent Lowe finished 7th in today’s race against the clock and just under two minutes off the […]

Under an intense summer sun, 21-year-old Dan Martin made what may end up being THE move of the 2008 Route du Sud. Joining the day’s breakaway, Dan and his fellow escapees gained more than 30 minutes on the main peloton in the overall classification!
After about an hour of racing, Dan and a group of […]

Chris “CJ” Sutton’s close second place finish (pictured above) and his bonus sprint efforts on today’s final stage gave him what he needed to take the overall win of the 2008 Delta Tour. With the help of his teammates, CJ also earned the best young rider and the points classification overall! The Argyle Armada rode […]

Race report from DS Johnny Weltz
Like the other days, it was a very fast start and a group took off right at the start. Tom “breakaway” P was in there and the group worked up to a gap of five minutes. Then, about halfway into the stage and after all the sprinters had made […]

Home boy Martijn Maaskant (right) continues to light up the Delta Tour finishing 8th and just ahead of teammate Chris Sutton in the final mass sprint. Martijn rode at the front of the race in the final kilometers and earned sprint points for second place finishes in both intermediate sprints while Julian Dean grabbed third […]

Though Trent Lowe (right) and Dan Martin had solid top 20 finishes today, it was Tom Peterson who lit up stage 3 of the GP Correios. From the gun, Tom was in on virtually every breakaway that went, gaining gaps and then getting caught. And after all that intense effort, he still managed to […]

The Argyle Armada kicked of the Delta Tour with a solid prologue performance and two top ten placings. Chris Sutton (right) and Martijn Maaskant finished 5th and 6th respectively on the short, fast course. The two youngsters are also now 2nd and 3rd by 1″ in the best young rider classification.
“The boys put in […]