Race report: A weekend of National Championship success!
This weekend’s National Championships around the world proved a huge success for Team Garmin-Cervélo Men’s and Women’s pro teams, and the Chipotle Development Teams. In Italy, Noemi Cantele lead the way by taking both the road race and time trial championships. Her teammate Lizzie Armitstead won the road race in Great Britain out sprinting Olympic [...]
Race report: Dan Martin wins Giro della Toscana!
Race report from Dan Martin: It was a strange day actually — I didn’t feel too great and then we only did 30km in the first hour of the race, Italian style just riding along chatting. But when the race started it really did. Pete and I were in a number of breaks but Tom [...]
Race Preview: Criterium du Dauphine
June is turning into the month of the “mini tour de france”. First up, the Dauphine brings the heat with four uphill finishes and a tough individual time trial that will be very similar to a key stage of the Tour de France 6 weeks later! Dan Martin will be looking for a good result [...]
Race report: Dan Martin finishes Catalunya on GC podium
Dan Martin finished off a strong week of racing at the Volta a Catalunya on the GC podium. Johnny Weltz sent this recap: Today the rain hit us for the first time this week, not the best day as the streets here on the outskirts of Barcelona get extremly slippery. It was a short stage [...]
VeloNation: Martin maintains mellow mood despite day three disappointment
Team Garmin-Transitions’ Dan Martin spoke with a href=”http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/4131/Giro-dItalia-Martin-maintains-mellow-mood-despite-day-three-disappointment.aspx”>VeloNation about his revised outlook on the Giro. Garmin Transitions pro Dan Martin is managing to remain positive about this year’s Giro, despite losing seven minutes and 59 seconds on Monday’s third stage of the Grand Tour. The Irishman had gone into the event hoping to take a [...]
Status quo in crazy stage – Tour of Mediterraneen, stage 4
With the shortening of the fourth stage of the Tour of Mediterraneen the GC and other classifications remain the same, including Dan Martin in the KOM jersey and Michael Kreder in the best young rider’s jersey.
Martin stays in KOM lead – Tour of Mediterraneen, stage 3
Director’s report from Lionel Marie: It was a fast start today with two dangerous guys in the break — Valverde and Vino! So it was general panic behind… The breakaway lasted for 70 kilometers with Française Des Jeux and AG2R chasing. While the two up front took most of the KOM points Dan Martin climbed [...]
Martin in the break, KOM jersey – Tour of Mediterraneen, stage 2
Director’s report from Lionel Marie: Today was another day very cold (-2 C all day long!) The first attack came after 10kms with Dan Martin making the move. Dan won all climber classification points in the break so he has the jersey. They were together for 140 kilometers with a max gap of 6 minutes. [...]
Dan Martin Interview: Irish climber set to scale new heights in 2010
Check-out an in-depth profile of Garmin-Transitions’ former Irish national champion Dan Martin in an interview with Velonation. 2010 is going to be a very important year for Irishman Dan Martin, who in his first two pro seasons has marked himself out as one of the top young talents in the sport. The climbing specialist is [...]
Martin posts strong close to season in Lombardy
Team Garmin-Slipstream finished off the European season well thanks to a strong finish from Dan Martin. The Irishman was on the attack throughout the day, bridging across with a group on the Ghisallo climb to make it into the final selection and sprinting to a top-ten result.
Vuelta a Espana, stage 19
Director’s report from Johnny Weltz: Another hard mountain day today, and we are down to only four riders — but we are still very motivated. Martijn was on the spot when the first attack went, a group of 16 riders gaining up to a minute, but not any more as several teams didn’t have anyone [...]
Martin bows out of Tour, Maaskant steps-up
Dutchman Martijn Maaskant, the first reserve for Team Garmin-Slipstream’s Tour de France Squad, will replace former Irish national champion Dan Martin on the start line on Saturday. Martin is suffering from knee tendonitis. Multiple team medical staff members have been working closely with Martin to resolve the issue and today team officials made the decision [...]
Martijn Maaskant to replace Dan Martin for Tour de France
Contact: Marya Pongrace Team Garmin-Slipstream Marya.pongrace@slipstreamsports.com (0)668412230 (French mobile) TEAM GARMIN-SLIPSTREAM ANNOUNCES TOUR DE FRANCE ROSTER CHANGE Injured Dan Martin Will Be Replaced by Martijn Maaskant July 2, 2009 – Monaco – Dutchman Martijn Maaskant, the first reserve for Team Garmin-Slipstream’s Tour de France Squad, will replace former Irish national champion Dan Martin on the [...]
Millar in the mix on Ventoux, into 4th on GC: Dauphine Libere, stage 5
Director’s report from Lionel Marie: Great job and great ride for David MIllar! Yesterday he was the faster guy in second part of TT and today the team was around him and Dan Martin all day, protecting them for the final climb. Steven Cozza was there for bottles.Svein Tuft like a body guard for the [...]
Trying for breaks and prepping for TT: Dauphine Libere, stage 2
Director’s report from Lionel Marie: Today was not as good of a day as yesterday’s almost-win by David Millar! We decided to be aggressive today except for our TT specialists David, Svein Tuft and Dan Martin, who needed to save their energy for the Ventoux! It was very fast from the start. Steven Cozza was [...]
Dan Martin's season turning heads
Team Garmin-Slipstream’s Irish champion Dan Martin is having a great season — with a recent second place overall in the Volta a Catalunya, to go with his third overall in the Tour of the Mediterranean and fifth on a stage of the Tour de Romandie — and it is not going unnoticed. Cyclingnews’ Shane Stokes [...]
Martin finishes Volta a Catalunya on podium!
Race report from Dan Martin It was definitely a week split in two, as far as significance with the GC being set after stage 4 and then with the final three bunch sprints, but that is just what the results said. This was a seriously hard week of bike racing! The last two days were [...]
Martin defends GC position – Volta a Catalunya, stage 6
Race report from Johnny Weltz Once again it was a fast start. We started with 10km on flat roads then a bumby ride inland where a lot of attacks went off but with no fruit. Once the climbs started there was a big crash where Cozza was involved — later he had to pack it [...]
Cozza in the break, Martin knocking on door – Volta a Cataluyna, stage 5
Race report from Steven Cozza Today was good… all I can say is ‘Damn’ and ‘Next time!’ After our break was away for 180km and the chasing peloton was within 30 seconds of us with 18km to go I attacked my three other escapees. I held a 30-second gap and was really going flat out [...]
Martin second on stage and overall! – Volta a Catalunya, stage 4
Race report from Johnny Weltz Today was the big day for the GC guys as the hard 20km climb of 2000m would only leave the best to battle for the win. We had a very fast start, as right from gone four guys broke off. We did have Cozza in it, but after 20km they [...]
Martin third on stage, moving up GC – Volta a Catalunya, stage 3
Race report from Dan Martin It was super hot today, and our team was incredible keeping me stocked up with bidons; and then putting me fifth wheel into the climb. I was feeling really good, and with 3km to go of the last climb it was basically a series of 15% 500m long ramps with [...]
Martin in lead group – Volta a Catalunya, stage 2
Race report from Dan Martin Today was a lot harder then I thought as it’s the first time any of us have really raced in super hot conditions… and with the climbs being tailwind it meant there was a fare bit of perspiration going on! The guys rode perfect for me today, keeping me stocked [...]
