Report: Talansky powers to podium and best young rider in Romandie
A great week for the argyle in Romandie was capped off by Andrew Talansky showing the cycling world just what he can do. He nearly won the mountain time trial, resulting in second overall and securing the best young rider jersey. Allan Peiper sent this report. We have had a great week here. Lots of [...]
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: Tour of Romandie, stage 5
The argyle armada finished up a great week of racing in Switzerland by taking home the team GC and going 1-2 in the best young rider competition with Andrew Talansky followed closely by Peter Stetina. Johnny Weltz sent this final report: The last stage had a pretty hard profile. A lot of teams didn’t have [...]
Race report: Argyle attacks on Tour of Romandie, stage 2
The argyle armada was in full swing today, with attacks from Peter Stetina, Tom Danielson and David Millar in the final kilometers of the stage making for a fantastic finale. Johnny Weltz sent this report: The stage started flat out, with three laps of a very hard area. There wasn’t a kilometer that was flat! [...]
Race report: Talansky top ten in TT – Paris-Nice, stage 6
In his first season at the top level of the sport, Andrew Talansky is already showing that he belongs here. In his first WorldTour time trial, he finished an impressive seventh alongside some of the top time trial names of the sport. “Being at my first WorldTour race is a new experience that I am [...]
Preview: Paris-Nice
The race to the sun kicks off tomorrow near Paris, and the argyle armada is poised for big results. Starting near Paris, and finishing on the French Riviera, Paris-Nice is commonly known as the race to the sun. It’s arguably the official kick-off of the French stage racing season, and the list of previous [...]
