Video: Tommy D – USA Pro Challenge, stage 1
Tom Danielson reflects on the huge opening stage of the USA Pro Challenge from Durango to Telluride.
Report: Tour de Langkawi update, stages 6 & 7
Though the first half of the race went great for the Garmin-Barracuda, illness and crashes have taken a toll on the argyle armada. Sporting Director Allan Peiper sent this report. Tommy D really took some skin off his right leg in his crash on stage 3. It got infected and the medical staff has been [...]
Team Chipotle Signs Collegiate Champions Adam Leibovitz and Alister Ratcliff, Hosts Meet-and-Greet at Chipotle, Boulder October 5
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 [...]
Race report: Danielson secures top-10, Garmin-Cervélo’s poised to win team GC
Garmin-Cervélo secured likely victory in the prestigious team classification while Tom Danielson sewed up a spot in the top-10 with another strong performance in Saturday’s decisive time trial at the Tour de France. Danielson powered to 11th on the stage at 2:08 slower than stage-winner Tony Martin to secure ninth place overall with just one [...]
Race report: Danielson defends top-10, Garmin-Cervelo tightens grip on team GC
Tom Danielson bravely defended his spot in the top-10 as the squad defended its hold on the team classification in Thursday’s grueling, three-climb 200.5km 18th stage across the French Alps. Danielson hung with the top GC favorites over two hors-categorie climbs and fended off wind and high altitude to cross the line ninth at 3:25 [...]
Race report: Danielson carries top-10 hopes into Alps – Tour de France, stage 17
Tom Danielson rides into two decisive stages in the French Alps with hopes of defending his spot in the top-10 overall at the Tour de France. Garmin-Cervélo defended its lead in the team ranking in Wednesday’s 179km 17th stage from Gap, France to Pinerolo, Italy. Norwegian Edvald Boasson Hagen won the stage out of a [...]
Race report: Farrar second in windy stage – Tour de France, stage 15
Tyler Farrar sprinted to second in Sunday’s windy 193km 15th stage from Limoux to Montpellier. Julian Dean positioned Farrar well for the sprint finale, but the finish line came too soon for the surging Farrar. The yellow jersey stayed the same in a stage that saw no major shakeups in the overall classification, with Garmin-Cervélo’s [...]
Race report: Danielson ‘climbs’ into top-10 overall – Tour de France, stage 12
Tom Danielson climbed into the top-10 with a superb ride in the first day of the mountains in Thursday’s 211km 12th stage into the Pyrénées. The Tour rookie stayed with the GC favorites until the final, late-stage attacks with just a few kilometers to go in the grueling, three-climb 211km stage from Cugnaux to Luz-Ardiden. [...]
Race report: Hushovd defies climbers, defends yellow jersey again – Tour de France, stage 8
Thor Hushovd rose to the occasion in Saturday’s hilltop finish to defend the yellow jersey yet again on a day when just about everyone expected him to lose it. Even Hushovd said he wasn’t expecting to defend the Tour de France leader’s jersey in the 189km hilly eighth stage over the Massif Central from Aigurande [...]
Race report: Danielson’s strong ITT moves him up overall – Tour de Suisse, stage 9
Race report from Tom Danielson: This week was a nice builder for us. Both Christian and I did a nice training block in Boulder for two weeks before Tour de Suisse. We came in quite fresh and rested and just built our form over the challenging nine day race. My work on my TT bike [...]
Race Preview: Tour de Suisse
This weekend the Tour of Switzerland begins, showcasing a fantastic line up of Tour de France contenders looking for their final tune up before July 3rd. Ryder Hesjedal: In case you have never visited, Switzerland is a very mountainous country. This year’s Tour de Suisse reflects that theme, and includes no fewer than 4 mountain [...]
Race report: Tour of California success
Team Garmin-Cervélo capped off a great week in California with a stage win, podium placing and team classification overall win. Tom Danielson rode strong on the queen stage up Mt. Baldy to reach the GC podium, while David Zabriskie showed his top time trial form with a win and course record in Solvang. The team [...]
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 preview: Liege-Bastogne-Liege
“La Doyenne” brings 255k of racing over the famous climbs of the Ardennes this weekend. Liege-Bastogne-Liege enters it’s 97th edition in 2011, retaining much of the history that the race has had since the first edition in 1892. Although the profile may look relatively docile, LBL is certainly a race for the climbers, or all-around [...]
Team Wallpapers, Now Available for Download!
Tyler Farrar, Stage 1 Trofeo Palma de Mallorca Click to Download: 1920 x 1080 | 1440 x 900 | 1280 x 800 | 1024 x 768 | 1366 x 768 Andreas Klier, Ronde Van Vlaanderen Click to Download: 1920 x 1080 | 1440 x 900 | 1280 x 800 | 1024 x 768 Thor Hushovd [...]
Cayman camp, day 3 – Treasure hunt
The members of the 2011 Garmin-Cervélo team met for the first time in the warm climate of the Cayman Islands. Here is a look at the day three, courtesy of the Cayman Islands Cycling Association. If day two was relatively relaxed, day 3 more than made up for it. The team started with a ride [...]
Race report: Vuelta a España, stage 21
Team Garmin-Transitions capped off a successful Vuelta with Tyler Farrar besting all of the top sprinters by coming around the outside alone to win the final stage. Meanwhile, Tom Danielson took home ninth place overall. “It’s amazing!” said Farrar. “I’ve been feeling good this whole Veulta. But to win two stages is even more than [...]
Race report: Vuelta a España, stage 20
Tom Danielson fought hard on one of the toughest mountain-top finishes in cycling, securing his top-ten in the overall of the Vuelta, with big help from his teammates including Christian Vande Velde until the end. Director sportif Johnny Weltz sent this report: The grand finale of the Vuelta this year happened on an exceptionally hard [...]
Race report: Vuelta a España, stage 17
Despite grueling wind conditions early on David Zabriskie notched a top-ten place in the Vuelta time trial while Tom Danielson protected his top-ten GC placement. Director sportif Johnny Weltz sent this report:
Race report: Vuelta a España, stage 16
Tom Danielson put it all on the line today, bridging up to a late-race attack on the final slopes of the Vuelta’s queen stage. This allowed him to move up another spot on the overall to seventh. Earlier in the race Tom Peterson rode in the day’s main breakaway while Christian Vande Velde spent another [...]
Race report: Vuelta a España, stage 15
Another mountaintop finish saw Tom Danielson climbing with the leaders to keep his position in the top ten of the overall, while teammate Christian Vande Velde went out on the attack early and often. “The team was awesome helping me all day.” said Danielson. “Matt Wilson and Christian Vande Velde put me into awesome position [...]
Race report: Vuelta a España, stage 14
Amazing riding from the two Daves today, Millar and Zabriskie , saw them bridge up to a solo rider and building up a huge lead. Though the trio did not stay away another day of strong riding from Tom Danielson saw him move into the top ten on the GC. Director sportif Johnny Weltz sent [...]
