Today was a pretty short stage, but with a very steep short climb in the end to make things interesting.

A small group got away and gained up to nine minutes before several teams started a hard chase and got it back almost at the bottom of the climb.

We were planning for Tyler again in the sprint, knowing he could get over it with the sprinters. He did just that but a flat tire destroyed his chances as the team cars were far back due to the gaps created on the climb.

There was no possibility for him to regain first group in such a short distance.

But Tom Peterson was up there for us and Tommy D is keeping his top 20 on GC safe for the mountains.

“I don’t know, it’s a surprise for me today!” Farrar said about his feelings on the win.

“I was ill yesterday, I was sick the whole race and all night last night. Finally this morning it was better. I guess it was all the adrenaline in the finish.”

Farrar was asked about what motivates him in the sprints, whether it is a personal

“My motivation is to try to win, that’s the most important thing is to get victories for the team!”

Director sportif Johnny Weltz summed up the performance in two words: “World class!”

“Tyler showed his class as the world’s best sprinter today, waiting for the right moment to make his move. With reports of headwind in the finish he waited to open his sprint at the last moment and won easily, even though he was very sick yesterday.”

It couldn’t have been a better moment as our kick off here in the vuelta has been a bit mixed. So back on track now!”

BOULDER, COLORADO (September 1, 2010) — Slipstream Sports today announced six additions to the 2011 roster, marking the remaining Cervélo TestTeam riders to join the newly formed Team Garmin-Cervélo.

Roger Hammond (UK), Heinrich Haussler (Aus), Andreas Klier (Ger), Brett Lancaster (Aus), Daniel Lloyd (UK) and Gabriel Rasch (Nor) will join teammate Thor Hushovd (Nor) in 2011. These seven will be joining Garmin riders including Tyler Farrar, Ryder Hesjedal, Christian Vande Velde, David Zabriskie and Dan Martin.

“Team Garmin-Cervélo’s roster will be strong and versatile,” said Jonathan Vaughters, CEO, Slipstream Sports. “All of these riders bring a lot of experience to what’s already a great team. I’m proud of what we’ve done since 2008, and I’m excited for what we’ll do in 2011.”

The creation of Team Garmin-Cervélo is still under development. More information, including an official team roster, will be released as it becomes available.

Today was a hard start right at the bottom of second category climb which made the bunch explode!

A lot of groups were created and many kilometers of attacking, but it didn’t bring anybody anywhere.

There was a crash on some twisty and slick roads where VDV was involved; but he is ok with only a few small brushes.

A group of seven riders finally got off the front and managed to gain up to nine minutes before the chase got organized. The last breakaway rider was caught in the last km of the uphill finish.

We had Tommy D and Tom P in the front group and they finished well in the end.

August 30, 2010 – Thor Hushovd, Norwegian Road Race Champion, nine-time Tour de France stage winner and 2009 green jersey holder, will ride for Team Garmin-Cervélo in 2011.

Team Garmin-Transitions and Cervélo SA announced last week they will join forces for the 2011 season to create a new team that will be known as Garmin-Cervélo.

“I’m proud to join Team Garmin-Cervélo in 2011. Cervélo has been a great supporter for the past two years and its partnership with Garmin feels like a good fit,” said Hushovd.

“I chose Garmin-Cervélo because I have a lot of respect for what Jonathan Vaughters has done for cycling, because I think we’ll have a very strong, competitive team, and because I’ll be able to continue to work with Cervélo. I look forward to seeing what we can all do together next year.”

Hushovd started racing at age 9 and went on to win the under-23 time trial world championship and the under-23 versions of Paris-Roubaix and Paris-Tours. He turned professional in 2000 and is considered one of the best sprinters, time trialists, and Classics riders in the world.

An extreme heatwave was the enemy today!

Riders were on the edge of collapse with temperature more than 45 degrees C.

Julian had a very hard day after yesterday’s hard crash, and just made it.

It all came down to a bunch sprint in the end where our riders did a solid job bringing Tyler up there. As he was without his usual lead out man he jumped on the other teams’ trains.

He finished a nice third but was strongly affected by the strong heat.

Sevilla at night was the perfect kick of for the Vuelta a España!

The whole town was out in the streets watching and cheering; and as something new it all happened in the night. We had a perfect run into the TTT with all the riders very motivated, but during the last preparation warm-up on the circuit Julian crashed very hard and was not able even to follow after 1km into the stage.

August 27, 2010 – Team Garmin-Transitions and Cervélo SA will join forces for the 2011 season to create a new team that will be known as Garmin-Cervélo.

“Slipstream Sports and Cervélo share the key philosophies of developing the next generation of cycling champions and an unwavering commitment to ethical sport,” said Jonathan Vaughters, CEO of Slipstream Sports and Director Sportif of Team Garmin-Transitions.

“We are happy to work with another company that, like Garmin, so closely shares our goals. We will be adding great talent to an already outstanding roster and we believe the new team will build on past successes and will produce incredibly exciting racing in 2011. The possibilities are endless – on the road and off – and we look forward to what we can achieve.”

“As we have often mentioned, our primary goal has always been to have some control over the direction that cycling will take,” said Phil White, Cervélo co-founder.

“With Slipstream Sports, we share common goals and values. Together we will be in a stronger position to keep moving the sport forward.”

Team Garmin-Transitions 2010 Vuelta roster:

Tom Danielson
Julian Dean
Tyler Farrar
Michel Kreder
David Millar
Tom Peterson
Christian Vande Velde
Matt Wilson
David Zabriskie