Recap: Talansky second overall, best young rider – Paris-Nice
Andrew Talansky rode a strong final time trial to solidify his second place on the overall and win the best young rider jersey. Sports director Geert Van Bondt sent this report. It was a Fantastic race for the team! If you leave Paris-Nice with second on the general classification and a stage win — [...]
Talansky wins stage, takes GC lead – Paris-Nice, stage 3
Andrew Talansky posted the first win of the 2013 season and in impressive fashion. Sports director Geert Van Bondt sent this report. Andrew and the team did a fantastic job today and met our objective of getting Andrew in a good position going into the final climb. We knew he had to be up front [...]
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: Talansky top ten in TT – Paris-Nice, stage 6
In his first season at the top level of the sport, Andrew Talansky is already showing that he belongs here. In his first WorldTour time trial, he finished an impressive seventh alongside some of the top time trial names of the sport. “Being at my first WorldTour race is a new experience that I am [...]
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: Paris-Nice, stage 4
Report from Directors Bingen Fernandez and Robby Ketchell: Today’s 191km stage stretched from Crêches-sur-Saône to Belleville and the peloton faced its hilliest day yet with 3,000 meters of climbing. A breakaway of four got away in the first 20km and was able to maintain a gap of about four minutes until roughly 140km into the [...]
Preview: Paris-Nice
The race to the sun kicks off tomorrow near Paris, and the argyle armada is poised for big results. Starting near Paris, and finishing on the French Riviera, Paris-Nice is commonly known as the race to the sun. It’s arguably the official kick-off of the French stage racing season, and the list of previous [...]
Race report: Paris-Nice, stage 6
Team Garmin-Transitions starts the second-to-last stage of Paris-Nice with David Millar in the top ten overall. Director sportif Bingen Fernandez brings us the blow-by-blow from a fast and potentially dangerous stage: Today was a lightning-fast stage. Early in the day there was a 23 rider breakaway with some dangerous riders for the GC. Astana, Caisse [...]
Race report: Paris-Nice, stage 2
It was another day of strong cross winds in Paris-Nice. But it was the final run-in to the finish line that caused the problems. Dan Martin was caught in a crash but made it to the finish, while David Millar remains in the top five of GC. Director sportif Bingen Fernandez sent us this report: [...]
Race report: Paris-Nice, stage 1
Team Garmin-Transitions dodged a bullet today in Paris-Nice, with strong winds causing many riders to crash. David Millar was able to make it into a key breakaway and moved up into third on the overall. Our newest director sportif Bingen Fernandez sent us this report: Today it was one of those typical Paris-Nice stages — [...]
Race preview: Eroica and Paris-Nice
Team Garmin-Transitions director Matt White gives his take on last weekend’s first foray into the European schedule and a look ahead to both the Italy swing of races for the Classics crew, as well as the stage race Paris-Nice for the climbers. I’m happy with how last weekend went, especially with the conditions. It started [...]
Team Garmin-Slipstream news round-up
After a successful pair of races in Europe — Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico — the cycling press was all a buzz about Team Garmin-Slipstream: Velonews did a phone interview with Tyler Farrar about his major sprint win while he was on the team bus driving to the next stage. Many of the race previews for this [...]
Paris-Nice wrap-up
Race summary from director Lionel Marie Bonjour Garmin-Slipstream fans: The team did a good job this week! We were disappointed after the prologue on Sunday — Brad did a good job before and during the race but Contador was stronger. Christian was better day after day and his win was very important for all of [...]
Paris-Nice, Stage 8: Nice-Nice; Millar ok after crash
Team Garmin-Slipstream’s Tom Peterson and Trent Lowe made the most of the final stage of Paris-Nice, both making it into the early breakaway just 25 km into the stage. In the finale Christian Vande Velde finished high in thirteenth place, moving him far up the final general classification into 25th. As well, Peterson’s finish moved [...]
Paris-Nice, Stage 7: Manosque – Fayence
A big day at Paris-Nice saw huge changes in the overall standings. Team Garmin-Slipstream’s David Millar held onto his top twenty GC placement, finishing just more than two minutes back from the winner. Christian Vande Velde escorted Millar to the line, and as a result he jumped up a place in the overall over teammate [...]
Paris-Nice stage 6: Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux to La Montagne de Lure
Team Garmin-Slipstream rode bravely in the tough mountain finish in the queen stage of the ‘race to the sun.’ The team’s GC leader David Millar hung tough with the main contenders in the final climb to La Montagne de Lure, limiting his losses to keep a top twenty place in overall with 17th. Saturday’s seventh [...]
Paris-Nice stage 5: Calm before tomorrow's uphill battle
Team Garmin-Slipstream continued to protect their GC man David Millar (right), who finished with the front group a couple of minutes after the day’s non-threatening break. There were no major changes to the overall, though Steven Cozza did pack it in with a sore knee. Tomorrow’s mountain stage will test our remaining riders with a [...]
Surviving Paris-Nice with kinesiotape, ice and high hopes
Special report from Team Chiropractor Matt Rabin This race is hard. Five days ago we convened for the start of Paris-Nice. When I got here, spirits were high and, for the most part, everyone was well. Then day one, WHAM, Christian hit the deck. Hard. Luckily he took the impact over the whole right side [...]
Vande Velde's Paris-Nice stage win makes international sports news
Here’s a small sampling of the international coverage garnered by Garmin-Slipstream’s Christian Vande Velde who won solo in stage 4 of Paris-Nice: New York Times U.S. cyclist adds flair to his win CNN Vande Velde wins as Contador shows form ESPN Beware of the new Vande Velde VeloNews Vande Velde recounts how he won International [...]
Vande Velde wins solo at Paris-Nice! Millar moves to 7th overall!
With 20 kilometers to go in today’s 173.5-kilometer stage, Christian Vande Velde attacked his breakaway group and rode to a solid, solo win at Paris-Nice! Off the front with a seven-man break for more than 100 kilometers, Christian’s strong move left his break-mates standing still as he finished with a 14-second gap on second place. [...]
Paris-Nice stage 3: Millar hangs on, moves to 9th overall
In a stage that saw all the favorites beaten down by relentless rain and crosswinds, the Argyle Armada hung in to limit their losses and deliver David Millar (right) to a safe finish. Though David finished 40th on the stage, he dropped to only 9th in the overall. Dan Martin, who has been ill since [...]
Paris-Nice stage 2: Sunny status quo
Team Garmin-Slipstream protected their GC contenders during today’s sunny but nervous stage. There were few major changes to the general with the team still holding in second place overall by one second to Astana. Garmin-Slipstream stage 2 results 1. Heinrich Haussler 4h45’01″ 30. David Millar +00″ 38. Steven Cozza +00″ 45. Christian Vande Velde +00″
