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 […]

David Millar, Danny Pate and Christian Vande Velde cruising Italy.
As the shortest non-time trial stage, today’s 146 km course was relatively uneventful and predictable. A breakaway went early and was eventually caught before the finish. A dozen riders participated in the bunch sprint with most of the peloton finishing just a few seconds behind.
Tomorrow […]

Today’s mountain time trial to Plan de Corones tested the weary legs of the Slipstream/Chipotle H30 crew. One rider - Canadian Ryder Hesjedal - felt at home on the challenging course.
“Today was spectacular! Easily one of the coolest time trials I have ever done,” said Ryder, who covered the 12.9 km course in 44′42″. Ryder […]

Today’s individual time trial - though short at 12.85 km - goes straight up for 1080 meters of climbing with an average grade of 7.9%. The last 5.25 km of the climb are on a gravel road that tops out at 24% grade!
If Ryder Hesjedal still has something left, this could be his day to […]