Cozza's diary: A cheetah drive-by, rain and sandstorms in Qatar
After settling in to our desert oasis, we went for a ride. Many extremely strange things happened today. That’s why I like traveling so much! It’s just been one great adventure already. Just five minutes after leaving the hotel parking lot, I sensed something was looking at me. I turned to my left and there, [...]
Windy and dangerous: Tour of Qatar, stage 2
Director’s report from Johnny Weltz: A dramatic day in the desert! It was a very windy day that started at the camel track. We rolled out easy and after 2 km two minor riders took off, so no one chased. The leader jersey’s team let the gap grow and grow until it came to 22 [...]
Video: Cozza's favorite ride on Cyclingnews
Check out Steven Cozza’s favorite training ride, the Marshall Wall/Mt. Tam loop in northern California. See the video with Cozza giving his impressions of the ride on Cyclingnews.
Cozza rides for local charities, and you can ride with him too!
Report from Steven Cozza Last Sunday I did a ride down in Marin County California that raised money for the Marin Country Day School. It was nice supporting kids along with getting out and doing a fun 50 mile loop with a lot of the local cyclists in the area. I’d say about 200 people [...]
Total team effort for Missouri win
Team Garmin-Slipstream’s Mike Friedman and Steven Cozza talk to CycleTo about how the entire team wins with DZ in yellow in Missouri.
Millar in the mix on Ventoux, into 4th on GC: Dauphine Libere, stage 5
Director’s report from Lionel Marie: Great job and great ride for David MIllar! Yesterday he was the faster guy in second part of TT and today the team was around him and Dan Martin all day, protecting them for the final climb. Steven Cozza was there for bottles.Svein Tuft like a body guard for the [...]
Trying for breaks and prepping for TT: Dauphine Libere, stage 2
Director’s report from Lionel Marie: Today was not as good of a day as yesterday’s almost-win by David Millar! We decided to be aggressive today except for our TT specialists David, Svein Tuft and Dan Martin, who needed to save their energy for the Ventoux! It was very fast from the start. Steven Cozza was [...]
Cozza in the break, Martin knocking on door – Volta a Cataluyna, stage 5
Race report from Steven Cozza Today was good… all I can say is ‘Damn’ and ‘Next time!’ After our break was away for 180km and the chasing peloton was within 30 seconds of us with 18km to go I attacked my three other escapees. I held a 30-second gap and was really going flat out [...]
Cozza in position, Tuft back on bike – Volta a Catalunya, prologue
Race report from Johnny Weltz Today’s prologue was 3.6km and was very explosive. The big favorite Thor took the stick home and another favorite, our own Svein Tuft, ended on the ground on a very technical circuit… as did other favorites today. So our second hope was Steven Cozza who delivered a solid performance and [...]
Weltz: Going for it all in the Tour de Romandie, stage 1
Race report from Johnny Weltz After a prologue where Tyler just showed how well he has recovered from his broken collarbone, it was clear that he could win today and take the leader’s jersey. The weather was playing it even more in our favor, as snow had blocked the category 1 Jaunpass climb and the [...]
VeloNews: Cozza talks Roubaix
After flying the argyle flag by riding in the main breakaway at Paris-Roubaix, Team Garmin-Slipstream’s Steven Cozza talks with Velonews’ Andrew Hood about his experience in his first Hell of the North. And don’t forget to bid on Cozza’s actual jersey from Paris-Roubaix, signed and NOT washed!
Take the Roubaix jersey off Cozza's back!
After riding in the early break at the rough-and-tumble queen of the Classics, Paris-Roubaix, he took off his sweat-soaked and dirty jersey, then (letting it dry first) signed it. Now you can put it on your mantle… or in your garage. Go to our eBay auction and bid for the change to smell Roubaix, in [...]
Cyclingnews: Danielson on track; Cozza confident
Cyclingnews featured two Garmin-Slipstream riders recently — Tom Danielson and Steven Cozza. Danielson is preparing for the Giro d’Italia with Pais Vasco this week, while Cozza is riding a wave of confidence after a strong performance in the Tour of Flanders. “The goal is to be strong and go fast,” [Danielson] said, when asked about [...]
Injured Reserves update
In response to David Millar’s injury update, many of you have inquired about the status of the rest of the injured Argyle Armada, including the status of Tyler Farrar following his crash Saturday at Milan-San Remo. Below is the injury update from the team’s doctor, Prentice Steffen: Tyler Farrar injured his shoulder, but he had [...]
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 [...]
Cozza's Cali: Sky's the limit!
A final report from our hometown hero, Steven Cozza Well it’s the last day of the Tour of California and it’s also the hardest day. So far over 40 riders and counting have abandoned this race. And today is going to be total carnage. It’s our last day to go all out to take the [...]
Visalia Times-Delta: Cycling a true team sport
The Visalia Times-Delta talks to Steven Cozza and Directeur Sportif Matt White about how every member of the team – from soigneurs to directors – contributes to Garmin-Slipstream’s success. “Another team, Garmin-Slipstream, is having an excellent Tour of California. Garmin’s Thomas Peterson won Monday’s rain-drenched, 116-mile Stage 2 from Sausalito to Santa Cruz, and a [...]
Cozza's Cali: Attack of the killer musettes
Steven Cozza reports from the Tour of California rain forest. I’m starting to feel like a scuba diver out there. The rain just keeps coming. Yesterday was a day of survival. My legs felt like cement. But I wasn’t alone. It was hard all around. I swear the Astana guys were all dizzy or something. [...]
Cozza's Cali: Golden day for Garmin boys
Steven Cozza’s special race report from inside the Tour of California peloton. Yesterday was epic! Stage 2 took us across the Golden Gate Bridge and 115 miles down to Santa Cruz. It was pouring rain for all but the last five miles of the stage. A couple of times I thought I was drowning–seriously. Today’s [...]
Cozza's Cali: So close to home
The ever-insightful Steven Cozza is providing special race reports from inside the Tour of California peloton. Stage 1 was not for the weak; it rained hard for all 4.5 hours of the race. After heading out of the Sacramento Valley area, we headed up into the mountains of Solano County and then into Sonoma County [...]
Cozza's Cali: The best it yet to come
The ever-insightful Steven Cozza is providing special race reports from inside the California peloton. Wish I could say I had the ride of my life yesterday, but unfortunately I can’t. Normally I would have been really pissed off with my placing but I honestly gave it my best shot. I rode as fast as I [...]
PezCycling News: Recovering from Crashes
PezCycling News features Steven Cozza in an article that explores how to recover mentally from crashes. From the article: Suddenly, the news crackled through: Garmin-Chipotle rider Steven Cozza had crashed. Dr. Prentice Steffen sped to the scene, and found Steven face down, unconscious. Calling on his expertise in emergency medicine, Dr. Steffen stayed with Steven [...]
EuroPeloton: Cozza rider to watch in 2009
EuroPeloton features Steven Cozza as “The People’s Champion” in a profile that positions the young rider as one to watch in 2009. From the article: “As Garmin team director Jonathan Vaughters has said many times, Cozza has the potential to be one of the best domestiques in the history of American cycling. I would go [...]
VeloNews: Looking back and looking ahead – part 1
VeloNews features Team Garmin-Chipotle H3O in a Q&A with Jonathan Vaughters (right) on the team’s impressive late-season results, its tentative roster and goals for 2009 as a ProTour team. From the article: Vaughters:“…I think we have a fairly good mix, except that our sprinters and climbers are still young and unproven, whereas our time trialists [...]
