Gone Camping: Physio testing and a lot of number crunching
Report from Team Physiologist Adrie van Diemen:
This training camp in Calpé, Spain we started off with the physiology testing of all the riders attending. The riders racing Tour down Under will attend later and do also the physiology testing. Building a training plan involves always defining the training load for each rider. The training load [...]
Bradley Wiggins releases blood profiles
Team Garmin-Slipstream is dedicated to total transparency and ethical sportsmanship. Here is the file for Bradley Wiggins’ “Hemoglobin” and “Off Score” data from 2008 training camp through his fourth place finish in the 2009 Tour de France. These profiles indicate no evidence of blood manipulation.
“Brad is an exceptionally talented athlete and it was great to [...]
See Tour de France Garmin Edge 705 data downloads
See a compilation of Team Garmin-Slipstream’s Garmin Edge 705 data downloads from the 2009 Tour de France on the team’s Garmin Connect page.
Keeping our cool in the peloton
It is no secret that July in France is usually one thing above all others: H-O-T. And Team Garmin-Slipstream is also renowned for its attention to things like preventing our riders from overheating. Take the ice vests for instance, developed in part by our team physiologist Dr. Allen Lim and worn before the stage [...]
Data: Ryder Hesjedal’s Edge 705 – Tour de France, stage 8
Here is the data download from Ryder Hesjedal’s Garmin Edge 705 during stage 8 of the Tour de France.
Data: Danny Pate’s Garmin Edge 705 data – Tour de France, stage 7
Here is the data download from Danny Pate’s Garmin Edge 705 during stage 7 of the Tour de France.
David Millar’s Garmin Edge 705 data download: Stage 6
Here is the data download from David Millar’s Garmin Edge 705 during his dramatic solo attack on stage 6 of the Tour de France.
Data: Zabriskie’s Edge 705 from stage 4 (TTT)
Here is the data download from David Zabriskie’s Garmin Edge 705 during the stage 4 team time trial of the Tour de France.
Wiggins’ Edge 705 data: Stage 1, Monaco
Here is the data download from Bradley Wiggin’s Garmin Edge 705 during stage 1 of the Tour de France.
**Note that the charts include his two warm-ups sessions as well as his race.
Chris Sutton’s Garmin Edge 705 data: Tour of Bavaria, stage 1
Here is the data download from Chris Sutton’s Garmin Edge 705 during his second-place finish on stage 1 of the Tour of Bavaria.
Time: 04:53:25
Distance: 126.85 mi
Avg Speed: 25.9 mph
Max Speed: 50.5 mph
Avg Heart Rate: 138 bpm
Max Heart Rate: 183 bpm
Avg Bike Cadence: 92 rpm
Max [...]
Jonathan Vaughters’ best US rides on Men’s Journal
Team Garmin-Slipstream’s CEO Jonathan Vaughters is offering his opinion for the best rides in the United States in a special column over the next four weeks for Men’s Journal.
His first entry is Visalia to Sequoia National Park, a 110 mile ride that starts in the orange groves of California’s central valley and rides to the [...]
David Millar’s Garmin Edge 705 data – Giro, stage 14
Here is the data download from David Millar’s Garmin Edge 705 during stage 14 of the Giro d’Italia.
Bradley Wiggins’ Garmin Edge 705 data – Giro d’Italia, stage 12
Here is the data download from Bradley Wiggins’ Garmin Edge 705 during stage 12 of the Giro d’Italia.
Bradley Wiggins’ Garmin Edge 705 data download – Giro, stage 5
Here is the data download from Bradley Wiggins’ Garmin Edge 705 during stage 5 of the Giro d’Italia.
Lucas Euser’s Garmin Edge 705 data: Tour de Romandie, stage 2
Here is the data download from Lucas Euser’s Garmin Edge 705 during stage 2 of the Tour de Romandie.
Ryder Hesjedal’s Garmin Edge 705 data: Liège-Bastogne-Liège
Here is the data download from Ryder Hesjedal’s Garmin Edge 705 during Liège-Bastogne-Liège.
View Ryder Hesjedal’s Garmin Edge 705 data on Garmin Connect: Flèche Wallonne
Here is the data download from Ryder Hesjedal’s Garmin Edge 705 during La Flèche Wallonne.
View Christian Meier’s Garmin Edge 705 data on Garmin Connect: Amstel Gold
Here is the data download from Christian Meier’s Garmin Edge 705 during the Amstel Gold.
Chris Sutton’s Garmin Edge 705 data: Gent-Wevelgem
Here is the exclusive data download from Chris Sutton’s Garmin Edge 705 from the spring Classic Gent-Wevelgem.
Location: Wevelgem, Belgium
Overview: Gent-Wevelgem is a mostly flat but often windy parcours with a loop containing two climbs — the Monteberg and the Kemmelberg — repeated twice.
fi’zi:k Antares: Project DZ
fi’zi:k profiles Dave Zabriskie and his careful introduction to the ultra-lightweight Antares saddle.
“Late last summer one of the first Antares prototypes came available and Dave Zabriskie was the first professional cyclist to receive a sample. We called this: Project DZ. Zabriskie was recovering from another serious crash. With Dave recovering, not having sat [...]
Team Garmin TTT training video
Team time trial training video from Girona in January. Be sure to turn on the annotations.
This is one of the team time trial exercises we did during the Girona training camp. Two days of training were completely dedicated to TTT preparation, specifically for the opening TTT in Qatar. We worked on finding the top end [...]
Our special “anti-inflammatory” diet
For years bike racers have lived on pasta as their primary source of carbohydrates. Jonathan Vaughters has often said that he’ll never eat pasta again as long as he lives! At least the over-cooked pasta that is served in most of the race hotels around the world, the exception being the hotels at the [...]
