Eneco Tour – stages 1-3
The first three stages of the Eneco Tour are in the books and Heinrich Haussler is looking strong in the sprints. Director Sportif Geert van Bondt sent this report. A lot of wind and mostly headwind with some showers as well from time to time. In the final there was a local lap of [...]
Report: Vanmarcke proves strongest in Omloop!
Sep Vanmarcke shelled favorites out of the main break with a ferocious attack and bested the remaining two in the sprint for the win! “A dream came true today!” said a nearly speechless Vanmarcke after the race. “It was a fast day right from the start and our first real meeting point where we said, [...]
Report: Crash limits sprint chances – Tour Down Under, stage 1
A crash in the final kilometer took the argyle sprint crew out of the running, with Heinrich Haussler looking otherwise strong for the finish. DS’ Allan Peiper and Geert Van Bondt sent this report. Temperatures hit 42C yesterday and everyone suffered. Four riders were away after 5km and after 15km we turned right into the [...]
Race report: Haussler aggressive in breakaway at Vuelta
Heinrich Haussler rode into the winning breakaway during Thursday’s hilly 174.6km 18th stage from Solares to Noja at the Vuelta a España. Haussler lost contact with the front riders over a difficult, first-category climb late in the stage and was reabsorbed by the main pack. “This Vuelta is ridiculously fast and hard”, Haussler said. “I [...]
Race report: Haussler leads Garmin-Cervélo in bunch sprint
Heinrich Haussler finished with a group five seconds back of the winner in Thursday’s hilly transition stage at the Vuelta a España. The pack split up on a rising finale into Pontevedra in the 167.3km 12th stage across the green hills of Spain’s Galicia region. Peter Sagan won his second stage and Bradley Wiggins retained [...]
Race report: Martin defends on explosive climb; Haussler in breakaway
Dan Martin rode well up the final, steep wall at the end of Saturday’s hilly 177.3km eighth stage that saw Heinrich Haussler ride into the day’s main breakaway. Martin rode to a morale-boosting ninth at 15 seconds behind stage-winner and new race leader Joaquim Rodriguez on up the 1km “wall” that’s not ideal to Martin’s [...]
Race Preview: Ronde Van Vlaanderen
Belgium’s super bowl Sunday brings April in like a lion. Many sports fan have a list of a can’t miss sporting events. Events like The World Cup, Olympics, Tour de France, the NFL’s Super Bowl, are just a few. For cycling fans, the Ronde has to be on that list. While the Tour de France [...]
Video: Beyond the Peloton, season 3: Introduction
The first installment of season three introduces the new Team Garmin-Cervélo and follows them through their first races in Belgium.
Race report: Haussler clinches green – Paris-Nice, stage 8
Team Garmin-Cervélo wrapped up Paris-Nice today with Heinrich Haussler securing the green jersey. The peloton was still a bit nervous after yesterday’s hectic stage, during which Martijn Maaskant crashed heavily on the Cote de Gourdon, suffering injuries including seven broken ribs. Haussler also crashed several times on yesterday’s stage but finished and held on to [...]
Race report: Paris-Nice, stage 7
It was a rough day for all the riders on the rain-soaked and lumpy seventh stage of Paris-Nice. Ryder Hesjedal kept a good pace in the finale while Matijn Maaskant and Heinrich Haussler had a rough-and-tumble day. Haussler crashed multiple times on the treacherous wet roads including once into a cement wall on a descent. [...]
Race report: Paris-Nice, stage 5
Frenchman Christophe Le-Mével made the first important break about 20km in to today’s 193km stage of Paris-Nice. Directors Bingen Fernandez and Robby Ketchell check in: Stage 5 was the hardest yet as riders faced 7 categorized climbs between Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise and Vernou. LeMevel’s group of six was able to stay away until the 3rd to last [...]
Race report: Haussler wins again, takes lead – Tour of Qatar, stage 3
Heinrich Haussler added his second stage win of the Tour of Qatar, back-to-back with his first win of the race. The win also put him into the overall lead of the tour. Director sportif Johnny Weltz sent this report: It was a really tough day in the desert! The winds were near gail-force again and [...]
Data: Heinrich Haussler – Tour of Qatar, stage 3
Check out Heinrich Haussler’s Garmin Edge 500 data file from his second sprint win on the third stage of the Tour of Qatar. Haussler’s win put him into the overall lead. More photos from the Tour of Qatar:
Data: Heinrich Haussler – Tour of Qatar, stage 2
Check out Heinrich Haussler’s Garmin Edge 500 data file from his sprint win on the second stage of the Tour of Qatar. Haussler also took over the sprint leader’s jersey. More photos from the Tour of Qatar:
Race report: Haussler takes sprint – Tour of Qatar, stage 2
Heinrich Haussler took his first win of the 2011 season, out-sprinting the field at the Tour of Qatar. His win puts him into the sprint leader’s jersey. Johnny Weltz dispatched this report: It was a short stage and not too windy like the first stage. A lot of teams who missed the break yesterday gave [...]
