Report: Martin nearly podiums at La Flèche Wallonne
Despite an ill-timed puncture Dan Martin and Ryder Hesjedalrode a great race, with Martin flying up the Mur de Huy to nearly make it on the podium. “Today blue sky and warm temps in Belgiun is the best it can get,” said Sports Director Johnny Weltz. “We had two team leaders for today and the [...]
Report: Martin wins Catalunya queen stage
Dan Martin took control of the Volta Catalunya, the team’s ‘home race’ in Europe, by riding out of the 23 rider break to win atop the race’s queen stage. Sports director Johnny Weltz sent this report. It was a super-hard mountain stage. We had to do a few adjustments from yesterday but the team was [...]
Race report: Martin 13th in stage; climbs GC
Dan Martin rode to 13th in Friday’s stage into Spain’s Basque Country and climbed to 13th overall at the Vuelta a España. Martin finished with the main GC group at 1:33 behind the stage-winner. “I am little disappointed that it didn’t come back together for a sprint in the stage, because I think I would [...]
Race report: Martin 4th after strong attack; climbs to 14th at Vuelta
Dan Martin attacked at the base of the final summit finish of the 2011 Vuelta a España to finish fourth in the stage and climb to 14th overall. Martin surged clear with an impressive attack at the base of the final, 6km climb to the Peña Cabarga summit in the 211km 17th stage in northern [...]
Race report: Talansky in breakaway; Martin attacks up Angliru
Dan Martin attacked with panache up Spain’s steepest road at the Angliru summit in Sunday’s thrilling 142.2km 15th stage at the Vuelta a España. Martin joined an attack on the Cat. 1 Alto de Cordal with about 25km to go that included three other riders. They carved a slender, 20-second head-start going toward the base [...]
Race report: Martin attacks late in Vuelta mountain stage
Dan Martin lit up the late kilometers in Wednesday’s 167km 11th stage at the Vuelta a España in a solid outing to keep alive his GC ambitions. Racing in the King of the Mountains jersey, Martin pulled clear of the lead bunch of overall contenders with about 3km to go up the grinding, 19km final [...]
Race report: Martin wins mountaintop stage at Vuelta
Dan Martin surged to his first Grand Tour victory in Sunday’s mountaintop finish at La Covatilla in the 183km ninth stage at the Vuelta a España. The victory confirms that Martin is one of the fastest riders on mountaintop finishes, where he can put his fast finishing speed to good use. “There are some of [...]
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 report: Martin third at Sierra Nevada; climbs to 11th overall
Dan Martin sprinted to third in Tuesday’s first of six mountain stages to climb into 11th overall in the first major battle at the 2011 Vuelta a España. Martin won an eight-second time bonus and settled into 11th overall, at 1:06 behind the new race-leader on the 170km fourth stage that finished high in the [...]
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 report: Critérium du Dauphiné, stage 6
Race report from Johnny Weltz: Today was the first serious mountain stage in the race. We had most of our guys on a plan just to get though while Dan Martin was our card today. The whole day he felt very good but once we hit the last climb he got into difficulty and had [...]
Feature: An Irishman in the Golden State, Dan Martin talks Tour of California
Before May 2011 Garmin-Cervélo rider Dan Martin had never been to California. His introduction to the state at this year’s Amgen Tour of California gave him a vivid view of the Golden State’s varied terrain and weather. From a 30-degree Tahoe blizzard to raking Central Valley winds to 75-degree Southern California sunshine, the 24-year old [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Race report: Martin caps season with win at Japan Cup
Dan Martin took a solo win at the Japan Cup thanks to a strong team effort, encapsulating the efforts of the entire 2010 season. Director sportif Johnny Weltz sent this report: A long breakaway formed from the morning a group of nine riders. We gave the group up to one minute before we had Johan [...]
A physio's diary: Consistent Aggression (Tour of Britain)
Team physiotherapist Toby Watson sent this dispatch from the recent Tour of Britain, despite few hours of sleep! I’m in Ipswich, southeast England, and have finally found time to get finger to keyboard (what is the modern equivalent of “pen to paper”?) to scribble (again – what’s the digital version of scribbling? – such important [...]
Data: Dan Martin's Edge 500 from Tre Valli Varesine
Check out Dan Martin’s Garmin Edge 500 data from his win at Tre Valli Varesine.
Race report: Martin wins Tre Valli Varesine
Dan Martin added another top win to an already impressive run in recent weeks, riding away from the break in the final kilometer to claim the one-day Tre Valli Varesine in Italy. “I love Italy. As an amateur I won two stages of the Giro della Valle d’Aosta.” “And here the cycling fans are the [...]
Race report: Martin finishes off Poland
Dan Martin and the entire Argyle Express navigated a tough and tactical final stage of the Tour of Poland to secure the overall victory for the Irishman. More photos from recent races:
Martin retains lead – Tour of Poland, stage 6
The Argyle Express successfully denfended Dan Martin’s yellow jersey in the Tour of Poland, with strong riding from the entire team. More photos from recent races:
Martin wins solo, takes overall – Tour of Poland, stage 5
Team Garmin-Transitions added another win on the season, with Dan Martin attacking solo up the final climb to take the win and the overall lead! More photos from recent races:
Video: Crazy DS Cam – Matt White follows Dan Martin in Giro ITT
While it has been a long time coming, the resulting footage of director sportif Matt White from the back of the follow motorcycle on the final Giro d’Italia time trial to Plan de Corones in the Dolomites is well worth the wait. The final kilometer is so steep that there are follow motorcycles instead of [...]
