Gallery: Liège-Bastogne-Liège
Dan Martin notched a career victory in Liège-Bastogne-Liège, after a huge effort by teammate Ryder Hesjedal in the closing kilometers.
Photo Gallery: Garmin Sharp rides the new Cervelo Rca
Last week, Cervelo released the new Rca frameset which was developed based on direct feedback from our pro riders. So far the Rca has been very well received by our pro riders, so much so that the guys had a hard time putting the bike down after training rides. You can learn more about the [...]
Photo of the Day: July 24, 2011
Ryder Hesjedal leads the bunch, 2011 Tour de France View the Photo of the Day series here:
Wallpaper: Thor Hushovd Wins Stage 16, 2011 Tour de France
With Ryder Hesjedal celebrating in the background, Thor Hushovd outsprints Boasson Hagen for the win on stage 16 of the 2011 Tour! Click to Download: 2560×1440 | 1920 x 1200 | 1440 x 900
Stage Preview: Tour de France, Week 2
As the Tour moves on to the second week of racing, we have to say…WOW, what an amazing first week for team Garmin-Cervelo. At the time we write this, the team won stage 2′s team time trial, Tyler Farrar won stage 3, and Thor Hushovd has defended the yellow jersey through stage 6. Congratulations is [...]
Stage Preview: Tour de France Week 1
The Tour doesn’t really need an introduction, it’s the TOUR. Easily one of the largest sporting events in the world, and certainly the biggest race of the pro cycling season. For 2011, the Tour celebrates the 100 year anniversary of the first time the race was held in the Alps. The result is a route [...]
Wallpaper: Stage 7 Breakaway, 2011 Tour of California
This could be one of our favorite cycling photos ever, taken by team photographer, Mark Johnson from high above Los Angeles during Stage 7 of the 2011 Tour of California. Enjoy! Click to Download: 2560×1440 | 1920 x 1200 | 1920 x 1080 | 1440 x 900 | 1280 x 800
Photo Gallery: Stage 7, 2011 Tour of California
Team Garmin-Cervelo went on the attack in the high mountains above Los Angeles during stage 7. Team photographer Mark Johnson was on a motorbike during the stage and captured some great images of Ryder Hesjedal and Andrew Talansky in the breakaway. Enjoy!
Photo Gallery: Ryder Hesjedal’s Cervelo R5ca
Cervelo has given Ryder a special gift for this weeks Tour of California. This is definitely one of the coolest bikes we’ve ever seen! Scroll through the full gallery below for more pictures.
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 [...]
Preview: Eroica Montepaschi Strade Bianche
March is a month when pro cycling fans start to get excited about the big one day classics in April. It’s tough to ignore just how close we are to Flanders and Roubaix, but there is no reason to ignore the month of March. Just take a look at our Schedule…it’s loaded! There are some [...]
Race report: Liege finishes the Spring Classics
Team Garmin-Transitions rounded out a good Spring Classics campaign with Ryder Hesjedal putting in strong performances. Director Lionel Marie sent this report from the final Spring Classic: After a nice Fleche Wallonne for Garmin-Transitions, with four guys in the finish (three of them youngs guys: Michel Kreder, Peter Stetina, Dan Martin) and a top ten [...]
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 [...]
News: Hesjedal featured in Canadian Cycling
Ryder Hesjedal is one of Team Garmin-Transitions’ Canadians, but last year he was voted as the Canadian Cyclist of the decade. Canadian Cycling Magazine is featuring him on its cover – Ryding High: Getting to know Canada’s best cyclist. Ryder Hesjedal looked back at David Garcia one last time. Garcia was spent. With a barely [...]
Race report: Montepaschi Strade Bianche
Team Garmin-Transitions’ Matt White gives his account of the Montepaschi Strade Bianche race, which saw Ryder Hesjedal make it into the final selection. We once again we headed off to Italy in March for a crucial block of competition. To open the account is one of the new classics — Eroica Strade Bianchi. It is [...]
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 [...]
VeloNews: Hesjedal is ready for more
VeloNews’ European editor Andrew Hood interviews Team Garmin-Transitions’ Ryder Hesjedal about his breakthrough 2009 season and what he hopes for in 2010. Following a breakthrough 2009 season, highlighted by a mountaintop stage victory in the Vuelta a España, it’s no surprise that Ryder Hesjedal is hungry for more. What is somewhat surprising is the race [...]
Video: Millar Time – Aero Wheels
In response to a recent reader comment we present to you another edition of Millar Time, with your host David Millar. In this episode Canadian cyclist of the decade Ryder Hesjedal gets grilled about his mysterious new wheels:
Ryder Hesjedal named Canadian cyclist of year, decade!
The web site Canadian Cyclist held an online poll last week to have fans determine the top Canadian male and female riders of 2009 and the entire decade. Team Garmin-Transitions’ Ryder Hesjedal took top honors as the best male rider, as well as the most popular ride of the year with his stage win at [...]
Team Garmin-Slipstream represents at Worlds
Many of Team Garmin-Slipstream’s riders will be playing a major part in the upcoming World Road Championships in Mendrisio, Switzerland. Starting with the U23 time trial on Wednesday through to the elite men’s road race on Sunday, the Argyle Armada will be present on the teams of five different countries. “I am looking forward to [...]
Ryder Hesjedal WINS! – Veulta a Espana, stage 12
Team Garmin-Slipstream’s Ryder Hesjedal made it into the long breakaway for the second time during the Vuelta a Espana. But unlike stage 10, where he finished a close second, Hesjedal sealed-the-deal on stage 12′s difficult mountain-top finish — despite having to work most of the final climb alone as his only remaining break mate was [...]
Hesjedal so close in Vuelta break!
Race Report from Ryder Hesjedal: So close! After two hard days of trying to get in the break and not succeeding I was on a mission today! The last two days were hard on the peleton with some 12+ hours in the saddle and over 27,000 feet of climbing done! I felt today’s break was [...]
Velonews: Hesjedal ‘Happy with super-successful Tour’
Velonews’ Andrew Hood spoke with Team Garmin-Slipstream’s Ryder Hesjedal after his top five performance at the Clasica San Sebastian, following his completion of the Tour de France. VeloNews: Congrats on strong ride at the Clásica with fifth, so was it better than you expected? Ryder Hesjedal: I still haven’t done enough Tours or raced enough [...]
