Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda adds Nick Nuyens
Classics Specialist and Tour of Flanders Winner Joins Top American Team Team Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda today announced it has signed Classics specialist, Nick Nuyens, through 2015. “I am really happy to join Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda. I have always admired and been charmed by them,” said Nuyens. “The team is well structured, has a super team spirit and it’s just [...]
Report: Young argyle riders impress – Tour Down Under, stage 5
Today’s stage was a show for the young guns of the argyle armada — Nathan Haas and Jack Bauer. Sporting Manager Allan Peiper and Director Sportif Geert Van Bondt sent this report. Today we had three flat laps of 40km and then two times up Willunga, all with a strong wind and 25C. From the [...]
Race report: Tour Down Under, stage 2
Team DS’ Allan Peiper and Geert Van Bondt sent this report from the second stage. 148 kms today with start in Lobethal in the Adelaide hills. Two riders got away early and the bunch let them go. They got a good lead and there seemed to be no trouble. Vacansoleil rode for the GPM sprint [...]
Garmin-Barracuda Team Members to lead out the Echelon Sonoma Napa Gran Fondo
A benefit for Charity of Choice SONOMA, CA (January 18, 2012) – For the third year, the Echelon Gran Fondo is back in the wine country announcing a new start/finish in Sonoma, just 21 miles from the start of the Amgen Tour of California (ATOC). In honor of Sonoma Valley Hospital and Charity of Choice, [...]
Preview: Starting 2012 Down Under
The first race of the 2012 season is finally here, the Tour Down Under. Team Garmin-Barracuda’s always smiling Chiro Matt Rabin sent us this preview of what has happened so far, what’s to come, as well as what his role will be this first week. Birthday boy Andreas Klier and Heinrich Haussler show off their [...]
Video: Journey to a Dream
Journey to a Dream was created by legendary film maker Nigel Dick for Team Garmin-Cervélo’s team presentation in Boulder, Colo., November 17, 2011. We are excited to present it to fans worldwide for the first time. Presented by Clif Bar, Journey to a Dream follows the hopes and aspirations riders have as kids, and reminds [...]
Team Garmin-Cervélo unveils 2012 men’s Pro Team roster
November 17, 2011; Boulder, CO – Team Garmin-Cervélo went back to its roots for the unveiling of its 2012 roster with a gala team presentation in Boulder, Colorado. Hundreds of fans packed the Boulder Theater to meet the newest additions to the team and celebrate many argyle veterans. The goals for 2012 continue to derive [...]
Garmin-Cervélo Bolsters 2012 Roster with Nathan Haas
Team Garmin-Cervélo today announced it has added Nathan Haas, recent winner of the Japan Cup and the Jayco Herald Sun Tour (where he came away with four jerseys — yellow, green, white and blue), to its 2012 roster. Team Garmin-Cervélo, dedicated to ethical sport, continues its tradition of developing the next generation of cycling champions [...]
Team Chipotle Signs Collegiate Champions Adam Leibovitz and Alister Ratcliff, Hosts Meet-and-Greet at Chipotle, Boulder October 5
October 3, 2011 – Boulder, CO – Team Chipotle, the Continental development squad owned and managed by Slipstream Sports, today announced collegiate national champions Adam Leibovitz and Alister Ratcliff will join the team in 2012. Tom Danielson, the top American finisher at the 2011 Tour de France, will join Leibovitz and Ratcliff along with Jonathan [...]
Rider diary: Pooley victorious in the mountains of Ardeche
Sharon Laws updates us on the progress of the women’s team, this time with a huge win by Emma Pooley at the Tour of Ardeche! The Tour of Ardeche is one of my favourite stage races; it is held in a beautiful area of France, the weather is usually good and having done it 3 [...]
Race report: Garmin-Cervélo wraps up successful Vuelta
Garmin-Cervélo wrapped up a successful 2011 Vuelta a España with a bunch sprint into Madrid to conclude the season’s third Grand Tour, including a high overall finish for Dan Martin. With both of the team’s sprinters, Tyler Farrar and Murilo Fischer, crashing out early, the remaining seven team riders rode out the stage to put [...]
Race report: Vanmarcke 4th; Le Mével in breakaway at Vuelta
Sep Vanmarcke sprinted to fourth in Saturday’s penultimate stage at the Vuelta a España that saw Christophe Le Mével ride into the day’s main breakaway. Le Mével was part of a big escape that pulled clear early in the four-climb, 185km 20th stage from Bilbao to Vitoria. The profile suggested that a breakaway would stay [...]
Race report: Martin 13th in stage; climbs GC
Dan Martin rode to 13th in Friday’s stage into Spain’s Basque Country and climbed to 13th overall at the Vuelta a España. Martin finished with the main GC group at 1:33 behind the stage-winner. “I am little disappointed that it didn’t come back together for a sprint in the stage, because I think I would [...]
Rider diary: The temperature drops but the heart rate rises
Sharon Laws continues her diary entries, this time from the GP de Plouay-Bretagne in France. After the Sweden World Cup I spent three days back in Girona before getting on a plane again for a race in Belgium. Carla was particularly excited with her Cervélo S5 making its debut. It failed not to disappoint and [...]
Race report: Haussler aggressive in breakaway at Vuelta
Heinrich Haussler rode into the winning breakaway during Thursday’s hilly 174.6km 18th stage from Solares to Noja at the Vuelta a España. Haussler lost contact with the front riders over a difficult, first-category climb late in the stage and was reabsorbed by the main pack. “This Vuelta is ridiculously fast and hard”, Haussler said. “I [...]
Race report: Martin 4th after strong attack; climbs to 14th at Vuelta
Dan Martin attacked at the base of the final summit finish of the 2011 Vuelta a España to finish fourth in the stage and climb to 14th overall. Martin surged clear with an impressive attack at the base of the final, 6km climb to the Peña Cabarga summit in the 211km 17th stage in northern [...]
Race report: Late round-about derails Haussler’s chances in final sprint
Heinrich Haussler got caught behind riders who went the wrong way in a traffic circle within the final kilometer of Tuesday’s 16th stage at the Vuelta a España and could not challenge for victory. Argentine rider JJ Haedo turned left and won the stage while a handful of riders accidentally went the wrong way and [...]
Race report: Talansky in breakaway; Martin attacks up Angliru
Dan Martin attacked with panache up Spain’s steepest road at the Angliru summit in Sunday’s thrilling 142.2km 15th stage at the Vuelta a España. Martin joined an attack on the Cat. 1 Alto de Cordal with about 25km to go that included three other riders. They carved a slender, 20-second head-start going toward the base [...]
Race report: Top-20 for Martin in explosive mountain stage
Dan Martin rode to a spot in the top-20 in Saturday’s three-climb stage in Asturias at the Vuelta a España’s 175.8km 14th stage. Martin rode with the elite group until the race-breaking attacks came in the final five kilometers of the new Farrapona climb and crossed the line 16th at 1:37 in a solid performance [...]
Race report: Martin hangs with GC favorites in grueling stage
Dan Martin stayed with the GC favorites in Friday’s mountainous 13th stage that served as a preview for this weekend’s pair of summit finishes in the Vuelta a España. Martin crossed the line 49th at 1:33 back with the same time as race leader Bradley Wiggins to remain 23rd overall at 4:44 back. Michael Albasini [...]
Race report: Haussler leads Garmin-Cervélo in bunch sprint
Heinrich Haussler finished with a group five seconds back of the winner in Thursday’s hilly transition stage at the Vuelta a España. The pack split up on a rising finale into Pontevedra in the 167.3km 12th stage across the green hills of Spain’s Galicia region. Peter Sagan won his second stage and Bradley Wiggins retained [...]
Race report: Martin attacks late in Vuelta mountain stage
Dan Martin lit up the late kilometers in Wednesday’s 167km 11th stage at the Vuelta a España in a solid outing to keep alive his GC ambitions. Racing in the King of the Mountains jersey, Martin pulled clear of the lead bunch of overall contenders with about 3km to go up the grinding, 19km final [...]
Feature: Danny Summerhill — An Apprentice’s Tour of Colorado
During stage two of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge Danny Summerhill couldn’t believe it when he went over the top of 12,095-foot high Independence pass ahead of Andy Schleck. “I was pleased that I made it with the big guys,” Summerhill recalls. Though 22-year old Summerhill grew up in and lives in Denver and has [...]
Race report: Talansky rides to 16th in windy TT; Martin enjoys KOM jersey
Andrew Talansky rode to an impressive 16th in Monday’s long, windy 47km individual time trial at the Vuelta a España. Talansky, riding in his first Grand Tour, confirmed that he’s a rider to watch for the future with a solid performance in the longest time trial he’s ever raced in his career. “The longest TT [...]
