Andreas Klier , veteran German Classics specialist, has decided to retire from the sport after 17 years as a professional and will now move into a director role at Team Garmin-Sharp. “I had the honor of spending many years in the saddle and I have decided that now it is time for me to stop [...]
May 2, 2013 – Team Garmin-Sharp, winners of the 2012 Giro d’Italia, today announced its much-anticipated 2013 roster. The squad is headlined by, and built around, defending champion Ryder Hesjedal. “Winning the Giro d’Italia in 2012 was a dream come true and it will be a true honor to pin on the Number 1 bib [...]
Both Jack Bauer and Christian Vande Velde were involved in crashes during racing action today. Following is an update from Team Garmin-Sharp physician Dr. Kevin Sprouse: Jack Bauer was released from the hospital following today’s crash and is back at the hotel with the team. He has been examined by the team medical staff and [...]
Our team’s truck was broken into durning the night at the Tour of Méditerranéen, with thieves stealing seventeen bikes, several sets of wheels and other equipment. Local police are investigating. Said Jonathan Vaughters, CEO: “This is a big loss for the team, not just from an equipment standpoint, but because the Tour of Med [...]
Team Garmin-Sharp today unveiled its 2013 kit from technical clothing supplier Castelli, which will be raced for the first time at the Tour Down Under. GPS leader Garmin and Castelli continue to ensure the team has the best electronics and clothing for the season, from the cold spring Classics to the heat of France in [...]
Team Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda today unveiled its 2013 roster, it’s youngest roster ever – with additions for 2013 including Rohan Dennis, Caleb Fairly, Lachlan Morton and Steele Von Hoff. “We had our strongest season in the history of the team in 2012, with our first Grand Tour win at the Giro, and we’ll be looking to build [...]
Fairly returns to team where he got his start Team Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda today announced that it has signed American Caleb Fairly, who originally got his start with Slipstream’s development squad. Fairly is thrilled to return to Slipstream: “I’m very excited to be joining Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda. I feel like I’m ‘re-joining’ them, as I grew up in their [...]
Staigiare and development team rider makes move to pro team Team Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda today announced that Steele Von Hoff, who has been riding as a stagarie for Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda throughout the fall, will make the move to the World Tour ranks. “It has been my dream ever since I started riding to race at the top level [...]
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 [...]
Team Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda announced its roster for the World Team Time Trial Championships. The team will be anchored by Jack Bauer and Ramunas Navardauskas, both part of the winning 2012 Giro d’Italia TTT team, along with Johan Vansummeren and Thomas Dekker, who were part of the wining 2012 Qatar TTT team. Rounding out the squad are [...]
TEAM GARMIN-SHARP-BARRACUDA UNVEILS NEW TEAM KIT, TO BE DEBUTED AT THE 2012 TOUR DE FRANCE Slipstream Sports recently welcomed Sharp as a new co-title sponsor and today unveiled its new team kit, which will be ridden for the first time at the 2012 Tour de France. The kit was created by the team’s innovative technical [...]
Slipstream Sports and Garmin Welcome Sharp As New Co-Title Sponsor As Team Gears Up for the Tour de France Boulder, Colo. – Slipstream Sports, owners of the top professional cycling team dedicated to ethical sport and developing the next generation of cycling champions, today announced that it has added Sharp as a new, co-title sponsor [...]
TEAM GARMIN-BARRACUDA ANNOUNCES 2012 TOUR DE FRANCE ROSTER June 21, 2012 – Team Garmin-Barracuda today announced its much-anticipated 2012 Tour de France roster. The squad is headlined by recent Giro d’Italia winner and former top-ten finisher, Ryder Hesjedal, along with 2011 top-ten finisher Tom Danielson and Christian Vande Velde, a two-time top-ten finisher. Time [...]
BOSTON, May 2, 2012 – Global athletic leader New Balance announced today that it will renew its partnership with Team Garmin-Barracuda, the elite American professional cycling team owned by Slipstream Sports, for the 2012 season. For the second year New Balance will be the official athletic shoe partner for the team’s off-bike training. New Balance [...]
INTEGRA stem houses Garmin electronic devices, for systemic wireless device integration: easier to use, more aerodynamic, and more robustly protected for sporting use. 3T is partnering with Garmin to integrate electronic instrumentation into the bicycle. It will build the INTEGRA stem as a platform for Garmin’s range of GPS and performance measurement devices. The 3T [...]
New Co-Sponsor, Talented Roster Positions Chipotle-First Solar for Strong Season BOULDER, Colo. & TEMPE, Ariz, Jan. 30, 2012 – Team Chipotle, the Continental development cycling squad owned and managed by Slipstream Sports, today announced that it will become Team Chipotle-First Solar with the addition of First Solar, (NASDAQ: FSLR, www.firstsolar.com), one of the world’s largest [...]
January 27, Boulder, Colo. – Slipstream Sports today announced that it has entered into a partnership with AA Drink/Leontien.nl whereby AA Drink/Leontin.nl will operate the Women’s Pro Cycling Team at the races and the team will continue to be maintained by Slipstream. As part of the partnership, Emma Pooley, Lizzie Armistead, Lucy Martin, Sharon Laws, [...]
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, [...]
Addition of Barracuda Networks as New Sponsor Boulder, Co. and Campbell, Calif., Jan. 11, 2012 – Team Garmin-Cervélo, the elite American professional cycling team dedicated to ethical sporting and developing the next generation of cycling champions, today announced that it will become Team Garmin-Barracuda with the addition of Barracuda Networks as a new sponsor of [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Team Garmin-Cervélo today announced Allan Peiper will join the squad as Director of Competition in 2012. Peiper will work hand-in-hand with CEO Jonathan Vaughters and the team’s sport directors on sport management and competition. “We are thrilled that Allan will be working with us starting in 2012,” said Jonathan Vaughters, CEO, Slipstream Sports. “I have [...]
Team Garmin-Cervélo announced today it has added Alex Rasmussen to its roster. Rasmussen was the winner of the 2011 Philadelphia International Cycling Championship, an Olympic silver medallist, former Danish national road cycling champion and four-time track world champion. “Alex is a great talent and we’re very excited to bring him to our team,” said Jonathan [...]
