Report: Michel Kreder does it again!
Michel Kreder doubled-up on his wins at the Tour Méditerranéen, taking the shortened stage win as well as the leader’s yellow jersey. “Due to bad weather the race was adapted to eleven laps of the 10km finishing circuit,” said director Bingen Fernandez. “A breakaway of two riders was controlled by the FDJ team for most [...]
Race report: Kreder takes first pro win at Sarthe
Michel Kreder earned his first win as a professional, taking the stage 2 field sprint at the Circuit Cycliste Sarthe. “The finish went perfect for me,” said Kreder. “The team did a great job to put me in front; especially Ramunas, with 5km to go he went to the front of the peloton with me [...]
Race report: Vuelta a España, stage 18
The Argyle Express once again put in a hard chase of the breakaway to pull the race together in time for a field sprint, allowing Tyler Farrar to post another top-five result. Director sportif Johnny Weltz sent this report: As it was a totally flat day and on top of that a very short day, [...]
Race report: Vuelta a España, stage 13
The Argyle Express was full steam ahead, chasing down the day’s main break and setting up the field sprint. Unfortunately Tyler Farrar was not lucky in the final meters and was forced to take a long line around slowing riders — but still took sixth on the day. Director sportif Johnny Weltz sent this report: [...]
Critérium du Dauphiné, stage 1
The first road stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné had all the elements of a road stage — breaks, crashes, catches and a field sprint. Team Garmin-Transitions was a major player on the day, bringing down the gap and contending in the finish. Directo Johnny Weltz has the report: We had a goal to go [...]
Race report: Tour of Romandie, stage 1
Team Garmin-Transitions’ Robbie Hunter and Michel Kreder gave it a go on the first road stage of the Tour of Romandie. And if it were not for a narrow finish straight the field sprint might have gone better for the Argyle Armada. Director Johnny Weltz has the report: A nice sunny day in Switzerland; the [...]
Race report: Volta a Catalunya, stage 6
Team Garmin-Transitions keeps two riders in the top ten of the Volta a Catalunya with another top-five finish from Michel Kreder. Director sportif Johnny Weltz has the report: One of the shorter stages in the race combined with a hard wind made it too a fast start. There were a lot of attacks that took [...]
Race report: Volta a Catalunya, stage 5
Team Garmin-Transitions’ director sportif Johnny Weltz gives the report from the Volta a Catalunya, stage 5 where Michel Kreder and Ryder Hesjedal both netted top-ten finishes, moving them up the GC. It was another good day for the team. Today was a really hard stage so everybody had a lot of respect for what was [...]
Race report: Volta a Catalunya, stage 3
Team Garmin-Transitions continued to race well in the Volta a Catalunya. Michel Krederfinished in fifth on a tough stage while Ryder Hesjedal held his spot on the GC. Director sportif Johnny Weltz has the report: Today was the hardest stage of the race, it started at the bottom of an 8km climb and there were [...]
