Injured Reserves update
With the plethora of injuries sustained by Team Garmin-Slipstream over the past months, the Injured Reserves list is quite long. The good news is that the members of the list are progressing in their rehabilitation at or ahead of schedule, with Tyler Farrar looking to make his return to racing next week at the Tour [...]
Injured Reserves: Blake Caldwell update
Team Garmin-Slipstream’s Blake Caldwell is one of many of the Argyle Armada that is currently recovering from an injury — in his case a broken hip. But with a little time, and some ‘space-age’ equipment from Dr. Allen Lim, he should be back on the bike sometime soon. Like several of you, I’ve been anxiously [...]
Injured Reserves: Caldwell, Friedman & Tuft
Team Garmin-Slipstream went almost a whole week without a crash or injury — but as it is often said, things happen in threes. On Thursday three of the Argyle Armada ended up on the deck with three disparate results. The worst of the three was Blake Caldwell who crashed while going out for a training [...]
Zabriskie on the final podium in Castilla y Leon
Team Garmin-Slipstream’s GC rider David Zabriskie finished Castilla y Leon keeping his third place podium spot well protected, with his teammates around him in the effort. In other news, Blake Caldwell celebrated his birthday in style — on the bike riding for DZ. Happy birthday Blake! Birthday boy Blake Caldwell Director’s report from Johnny Weltz [...]
Vuelta a Murcia stage 5 & final results
Christian Meier, Tom Danielson and Blake Caldwell finished with the front group at the end of today’s relatively rolling, short final stage at the Vuelta a Murcia, giving all three a bump up in their final overall classification. Stay tuned for photos. Garmin-Slipstream stage 5 results 1. Graeme Brown 3h11’46″ 21. Christian Meier +00″ 26. [...]
Already on the trainer!
So it’s been a little more than a week since my crash and there hasn’t been a day yet without significant progress in my healing. Last Friday, I finally made it back home to Boulder, CO, with a lot of help from Bryan. He drove me from the hospital in Springfield back to Kansas City [...]
Injured Reserves Report: Caldwell medical update
Official medical statement from Missouri Blake Caldwell crashed during today’s time trial at the Tour of Missouri. He sustained a concussion, clavicle fracture, sternum fracture, pelvic fracture and a pulmonary contusion. He is currently in stable condition at an area hospital, where he will remain for observation. Our thoughts are with him, and he appreciates [...]
Britain stage 4: Kiwi Guy 4th, Martin moves to 7th overall
With clear blue skies to motivate the peloton today, stage 4 was fast from the gun. The peloton averaged 35 mph the first hour of the race as attack after attack went and got caught. David Millar joined a solid breakaway of about ten just after the race passed through Staffordshire. The break held until [...]
Missouri stage 2: Farrar 4th in sprint and overall; Garmin-Chipotle leads team GC
Tyler Farrar, Tom Danielson, Danny Pate and Blake Caldwell lead the Argyle Armada during stage 2 of the Tour of Missouri. As the peloton rolled to the start line today, it was obvious that most of us were wishing for a few more hours of sleep. With a two-hour transfer from Kansas City to the [...]
Missouri stage 1: Farrar 2nd to 'Cav' in mass sprint
Perfection is in the process. Sure, second place isn’t the same as a victory on paper. But when its executed to perfection and to the best of our abilities, it can mean just as much. Today, Tyler Farrar (above) rode incredibly well in the final to finish second only to Mark Cavendish of Team Columbia. [...]
Ready to rule Garmin country
After four days in Kansas City, all of us are very ready to get down to racing today. The whole race (riders, team staff, race organization) are all staying at the same hotel, making it feel like the race began a couple days ago. Garmin hosted us for a meet-and-greet at their headquarters in Kansas [...]
Every second counts, every day
After all the breakaways, time bonuses, mountain top finishes and a time trial, it’s amazing that the overall win comes down to just a few seconds. In this sport, every second counts, and every day. I had one of my best rides of my season today in the Tour of Utah final individual time trial, [...]
Utah stage 4: Caldwell 2nd on Snowbird, still leads GC; Stetina increases Best Young lead
Riding on the shoulders of giants, Blake Caldwell dug in and delivered for Team Garmin-Chipotle H3O by finishing second on yesterday’s epic stage that included 15,000 feet of climbing and a mountain top finish on Snowbird. Every member of the team worked to protect their leader and put their precious yellow jersey in perfect position [...]
Tour of Utah stage 4: Park City>Snowbird with Caldwell
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States Overview: Finishing 2nd overall in the 2008 Tour of Utah, Blake Caldwell used his Garmin Edge 705 to record all but the final individual time trial of this five-stage race. The penultimate stage of this year’s Tour of Utah, stage 4 was 99 miles long and included 5 [...]
Setting tempo in Utah
Left to right: Will Frischkorn, Tom Danielson and Tom Peterson keep things under control at the front. Yesterday the boys displayed just how strong and truly professional they are. We took control of the crit right from the start. Will, Danny, and Tom D kept the peloton lined out all the way to the end. [...]
Utah stage 2: Perfectly executed
Perfect. That’s the only way to describe how my Garmin-Chipotle teammates rode stage 2. We knew we had the team to take control of the race and we used the confidence to do exactly that. Our BMX start specialist, Will, with some Tour form to boot, hit out from the blocks causing a reaction from [...]
Tour of Utah stage 3: Salt Lake City criterium with Caldwell
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States Overview: Finishing 2nd overall in the 2008 Tour of Utah, Blake Caldwell used his Garmin Edge 705 to record all but the final individual time trial of this five-stage race. Stage 3 was an evening criterium through downtown Salt Lake City. The riders raced for 90 minutes on [...]
Deja Utah: Caldwell wins stage 2, takes leader's jersey; Stetina Best Young Rider
Our on-site Tour of Utah “reporter” Blake Caldwell (above) made good on his promise to keep Team Garmin-Chipotle H3O’s winning streak going by taking today’s mountainous stage. Soaring over four KOM’s and more than 10,000 feet of climbing, Blake’s win put him in the yellow leader’s jersey – keeping the fun all in the family. [...]
Perfect start to Utah…and more to come!
We started off the Tour of Utah today exactly as we had hoped…with a stage win! Jason took off in pursuit of a small break early on in the 101 mile race. It didn’t take long before he joined them, making it a group of 4. About halfway through the race, the breakaway was misguided [...]
Tour of Utah stage 2: Ogden>Salt Lake City with Caldwell
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States Overview: Finishing 2nd overall in the 2008 Tour of Utah, Blake Caldwell used his Garmin Edge 705 to record all but the final individual time trial of this five-stage race. Today’s road race is 85 miles long and includes four climbs for a total of 10,585 feet of [...]
Utah preview: Bring on the climbs!
Up next here in the US, the Tour of Utah starts today with a 101 mile “flat” road race. Looking at the profile, it wouldn’t normally be labeled flat, with almost 5000 ft of climbing. But it’s pretty mellow compared to stages 2 and 4. With a team of strong climbers here, we’re looking forward [...]
Tour of Utah stage 1: Sanpete>Nephi with Caldwell
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States Overview: Finishing 2nd overall in the 2008 Tour of Utah, Blake Caldwell used his Garmin Edge 705 to record all but the final individual time trial of this five-stage race. The opening stage of the 2008 Tour of Utah was a 101-mile long road race on flat to [...]
Cascade Final: Stetina Best Young; Team Garmin Best Team
The final stage of the 2008 Cascade Classic was relatively uneventful though Team Garmin-Chipotle H3O rider Pat McCarty joined a break of 12 riders that hung off the front for more than 100 km before being reabsorbed. Peter Stetina finished 8th in the final push to the finish and teammates Tom Peterson, Pat McCarty and [...]
Cascade day 4: Tantalizingly close
We put our plan into action and came tantalizingly close to the stage win today. Towards the top of the first climb when it pitched a little steeper, we went to the front and pushed the pace trying to force a selection. It split things up a bit over the top, but not quite enough [...]
