Posts Tagged ‘Development Team’

Recapping development teams’ nationals success

Recapping development teams’ nationals success

The Slipstream development teams had a great 2012 national championships, capped off by Rob Bush taking the U23 national road race title. Podium Placings Road Race Nationals Rob Bush – U23 RR – 1st Gregory Daniel – Junior 17/18 TT – 1st Zeke Mostov – Junior 15/16 TT – 1st JAKE SILVERBERG – Junior 15/16 [...]


Special Evening and VIP Ride with Christian Vande Velde and Jonathan Vaughters

Special Evening and VIP Ride with Christian Vande Velde and Jonathan Vaughters

Spend an evening with Christian Vande Velde and Jonathan Vaughters of Team Garmin-Barracuda to benefit Team Chipotle-First Solar, the organization’s development cycling team! The evening will feature a 4-course menu prepared by James Beard Award-Winning Chef Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson, wine pairings by Master Sommelier Bobby Stuckey and an auction of Ryder Hesjedal’s signed pink jersey from [...]


Feature: Development alumni continue to impress

Feature: Development alumni continue to impress

Slipstream Sports is proud of its commitment to developing the next generation of riders, through the Chipotle-First Solar Continental team and the Slipstream-Craddock junior development team. The fruits of this effort are increasingly visible on the Garmin-Barracuda team, most recently at the Amstel Gold Race where development team alumni Alex Howes and Raymond Kreder rode [...]


Team Chipotle becomes Team Chipotle-First Solar with addition of First Solar as new sponsor

Team Chipotle becomes Team Chipotle-First Solar with addition of First Solar as new sponsor

New Co-Sponsor, Talented Roster Positions Chipotle-First Solar for Strong Season BOULDER, Colo. & TEMPE, Ariz, Jan. 30, 2012 – Team Chipotle, the Continental development cycling squad owned and managed by Slipstream Sports, today announced that it will become Team Chipotle-First Solar with the addition of First Solar, (NASDAQ: FSLR, www.firstsolar.com), one of the world’s largest [...]


Team Chipotle Signs Collegiate Champions Adam Leibovitz and Alister Ratcliff, Hosts Meet-and-Greet at Chipotle, Boulder October 5

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: Chipotle Development Team races strong at Gila

Race report: Chipotle Development Team races strong at Gila

Alex Howes, Freddy Cruz and Lachlan Morton, with their teammates’ support, made it a race into the final stage of the SRAM Tour of the Gila. In the end it was Morton who posted a huge result on the final stage, taking second and moving into third overall. DS Chann McRae sent this report: On [...]


Support the Chipotle Development Team, Free the World of JV’s Sideburns!

Support the Chipotle Development Team, Free the World of JV’s Sideburns!

Help support developmental cycling AND the idea of a sideburn-free world by donating to the Chipotle Development Team’s ‘JV Shaves his Sideburns’ fundraiser. 100 percent of the proceeds will go to the team, which is dedicated to developing the next generation of cyclists. From helping the team get to their races to keeping them fueled [...]


Race report: Chipotle Development team wins Redlands team GC

Race report: Chipotle Development team wins Redlands team GC

The Chipotle Development team started it’s U.S. racing campaign on a high note at the Redlands Classic, riding a strong overall race and netting the team classification. Director sportif Chann McRae sent this report: Winning the team GC at Redlands was an objective for the Chipotle Development team this season. We won it in 2009 [...]


Chipotle Development Team Race Preview: Redlands Bicycle Classic

Chipotle Development Team Race Preview: Redlands Bicycle Classic

The Redlands Bicycle Classic is up next for the Chipotle Development Team Redlands is a classic race on the American race schedule. The race slogan “Where legends are born” is relatively spot on. The list past winners includes Chris Horner, Christian Vande Velde, and Jonathan Vaughters. Our development team will be looking for some big [...]


Chipotle Development Team Update, March 17th

Chipotle Development Team Update, March 17th

Where in the world is the Chipotle Development Team? Director Chann McRae checks in and gives us some insight to the upcoming Redlands Bicycle Classic Q: Where’s the team currently racing? CM: We’re racing Giro do Interior de Sao Paulo 2011 (UCI 2.2) Brazil, from March 15th to March 19th. (Picture from the race caravan [...]


Chipotle Development Team kicks off in Langkawi

Chipotle Development Team kicks off in Langkawi

The Chipotle Development Team, the evolution of our U23 program, recently kicked off their season at the Tour of Langkawi. Director sportif Chann McRae sent in this report on how the team fared and what is next: The Chipotle boys just got back from the Tour of Langkawi, and it was an incredible way to [...]


Chipotle officially named development team title sponsor

Chipotle officially named development team title sponsor

February 23, 2011 – Boulder, CO – Slipstream Sports today officially announced Chipotle Mexican Grill as the title sponsor of its 2011 development team. The team, which has also achieved Continental status, will be officially named Team Chipotle. Owned and managed by Slipstream Sports, the development program has been grooming the next generation of cycling [...]