VeloNews: A conversation with Christian Vande Velde
Team Garmin-Transitions’ captain Christian Vande Velde is preparing for his first race of the year, the Volta ao Algarve in Portugal. VeloNews’ Andy Hood sat down with him last month during the training camp in Calpe, Spain.
Christian Vande Velde is holding nothing back this season as he sets his sights on the ultimate prize [...]
Meet Tyler Farrar and Christian Vande Velde in person!
Team Garmin-Transitions riders Tyler Farrar and Christian Vande Velde will be making appearances in the coming weeks — Farrar in Portland and Vande Velde in his hometown of Chicago.
Tyler Farrar:
Saturday, December 19, 4:00-6:00 p.m.
River City Bicycles 706 SE MLK Blvd. Portland, Oregon 97214
Pro Racer Tyler Farrar of Team Garmin-Transitions will be at [...]
Vande Velde tries to overcome broken hand in Missouri
Team Garmin-Slipstream’s captain for the Tour of Missouri, Christian Vande Velde, crashed at the end of the first stage, breaking a bone in his hand.
“Luck hasn’t been on my side this year,” said Vande Velde after the stage. “I went down in the big crash with 500 meters. I crashed into the guys [...]
Vande Velde off to rough start in Missouri defense
The opening stage of the Tour of Missouri, a circuit race around St. Louis, was supposed to be routine day for Team Garmin-Slipstream — with no real implications for the overall classification. However, as any pro cyclist will tell you, uneventful days can be made very eventful in a split second.
The Argyle Armada’s GC contender [...]
The queen stage: Tour de France, stage 17
Team Garmin-Slipstream’s top contenders, Bradley Wiggins and Christian Vande Velde, fought the good fight today in the toughest stage of the Tour de France. While Wiggins was not able to stay with the stage winners, he limited his losses with the help of Vande Velde. He now looks ahead to the crucial stage 18 time [...]
Support the juniors — Win a signed VDV jersey!
Team Garmin-Slipstream’s Tour de France captain Christian Vande Velde is donating a signed jersey from 2008 for an eBay auction to raise support for the Slipstream juniors team at the US national championships this July.
All proceeds from the auction will go to this effort. As well, the winning bidder will receive a $250 shopping spree [...]
Finishing the Pyrenees: Tour de France, stage 9
Team Garmin-Slipstream is through the first part of the 2009 Tour de France in fine fashion, with two GC contenders sitting in the top ten — last year’s fourth place overall Christian Vande Velde in eighth, and for many the revelation of the Tour this year so far, Bradley Wiggins in fifth, just 46 [...]
Wiggo, VDV hangin’ tough: Tour de France, stage 8
Team Garmin-Slipstream’s GC contenders Christian Vande Velde and Bradley Wiggins rode an intelligent race today, staying right where they needed to be to hold their spots near the top of the overall leaderboad of the Tour de France.
Neither Wiggo or Vande Velde were in any bother when the pace was lifted by the group, matching [...]
Vande Velde, Wiggins in the hunt for overall
Team Garmin-Slipstream’s GC contenders Christian Vande Velde and Bradley Wiggins showed everyone what they are capable of today on the longest stage of this year’s Tour de France — staying with and at times leading the elite group of overall contenders on the way to the mountain-top finish, including an attack by Wiggins at 1km [...]
Vande Velde’s NY Times blog: Surviving a trial as a team
Read Christian Vande Velde’s blog on the New York Times web site.
Tuesday’s team time trial was bittersweet given the circumstances: we lost four of nine riders with 28 kilometers, or about 17 miles, to go over an undulating, technical course with gale-force winds. This was a consequence of our team going fast from the [...]
Team Garmin-Slipstream Documentary Blood, Sweat + Gears premiers on Sundance Channel
See the preview of the Sundance Channel documentary Blood, Sweat +Gears: Racing Clean to the Tour de France and catch the premier on June 29 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT.
Check out http://www.sundancechannel.com/films/500336483 for more information.
Crash Course: 5280 magazine profiles CVV
Read Geoff Van Dyke’s profile of Team Garmin-Slipstream’s Tour de France captain Christian Vande Velde
Now he is The Man, on The Team (Boulder’s Garmin-Slipstream), preparing to win The Race (the Tour de France). Today’s ride through the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, not far from Venice, is part of the Giro, the second most important bike race [...]
Vande Velde completing return; Millar motivated for Tour
Two of Team Garmin-Slipstream’s top riders, both of whom were affected by mid-season injuries, are preparing for their Tour de France start in two weeks.
David Millar recently posted a big result at the Dauphiné Libére, finishing in ninth place overall. “I’m pleasantly surprised by how things went in the Dauphiné,” Millar told Cyclingnews’ Shane [...]
Christian Vande Velde returns to competition at Tour de Suisse
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CHRISTIAN VANDE VELDE, TEAM GARMIN-SLIPSTREAM, RETURNS TO COMPETITION American Will Ride the Tour de Suisse
June 11, 2009 – Boulder, CO – Christian Vande Velde, the Garmin-Slipstream team leader who sustained major injuries after crashing out of the Giro d’Italia in May, will compete in the 2009 Tour de Suisse later this week. The [...]
Matt White recaps Garmin-Slipstream’s 2009 Giro d’Italia
Director’s report from Matt White
We came so close to finishing off a very productive Giro with a win for the team thanks to Brad’s TT ride on Sunday. Losing by one second and having to ride the last 4km in the rain really hurt.
But the best man certainly won this years Centennial Giro, [...]
USA Today -The Vande Blog: ‘Back in the Saddle’
Team Garmin-Slipstream’s Christian Vande Velde is a regular blogger for USA Today. You can read his latest entry in which he details his road to recovery after crashing out of the Giro d’Italia on stage three.
Allen Lim is the cycling version of the wolf and right now, my savior. He can turn almost anything into [...]
Injured Reserves: Vande Velde’s treatment reveals extent of injury
Christian Vande Velde, who crashed out of the Giro d’Italia during stage three, continues to undergo medical evaluation and as anticipated, additional imaging studies have revealed the extent of his injuries. Conclusive results show that he sustained a total of six fractures, including three vertebrae fractures (spinous processes,) a pelvic fracture and two rib [...]
Vande Velde continues to recover as additional injuries surface
CHRISTIAN VANDE VELDE OF TEAM GARMIN-SLIPSTREAM CONTINUES TO RECOVER AS ADDITIONAL INJURIES SURFACE
May 20, 2009: Christian Vande Velde, who crashed out of the Giro d’Italia during stage three, continues to undergo medical evaluation and as anticipated, additional imaging studies have revealed the extent of his injuries. Conclusive results show that he sustained a total [...]
Christian Vande Velde still recovering from Giro crash
Team Garmin-Slipstream’s Christian Vande Velde, who crashed out of the Giro d’Italia during stage three, continues to undergo examinations at home in Girona. The results so far have confirmed that he sustained one rib fracture, a severe contusion and sprain to his mid-back and a hairline fracture to his pelvis but team doctor Prentice [...]
Injured Reserves: Vande Velde recovering from Giro crash
Team Garmin-Slipstream’s Christian Vande Velde, who crashed out of the Giro d’Italia during stage three, continues to undergo examinations at home in Girona. The results so far have confirmed that he sustained one rib fracture, a severe contusion and sprain to his mid-back and a hairline fracture to his pelvis but team doctor Prentice [...]
(Updated) Race report: Giro, stage 3
Race report from Tyler Farrar
It was really a crazy finish circuit today, lots of up, down, left, right — all on small roads. I had a bit of bad luck and broke my rear derailleur with 10km to go, so I only had the 12 cog for the end of the race. I was [...]
