Playing Piemonte Pinball
The peloton rolls through the sublime fall scenery of the Piemonte region in northwestern Italy. At this time of the year, there isn’t a better place to have these races other than Italy. I swear it’s so weird, but every time I land in Italy, I get this good feeling that rushes over my body. [...]
Giro del Piemonte: Cozza finishes 12th in mass sprint
As anticipated, the Italians controlled today’s 199 km Giro del Piemonte with six out of the top ten places going to the home boys. Despite the heavy domination by the locals, Steven Cozza managed to fight his way in to the top 15 by finishing 12th in the mass sprint. Team Garmin-Chipotle H3O Results 1. [...]
All aboard the DZ Express!
Paris-Tours 2008 As I pulled into line on the back of our breakaway, the “TGV – Z” (above) whooshed by! On the flat roads from Paris to Tours, I witnessed something, someone, almost as streamlined and powerful as the high speed French TGV trains, flying with velocity and determination to get to the finish line. [...]
Cute fuzzy bears and make-believe root beer floats
It hurts when I rest. It hurts when I walk. It hurts when I ride. It really hurts when I get massage. It hurts when I think. It is the singular word identifying my legs. Oh lordy, the pain! As I write this, I’m 3\4 watching a program about polar bears, and 1\4 getting a [...]
Franco-Belge Battle Day 1: Tyler 2nd to Boonen!
With his second place finish in the opening stage of the Circuit Franco-Belge, Tyler Farrar took over the Best Young Rider jersey. For the first stage of Franco-Belge we had wind, rain and nothing but dangerous roads. It was a war here in Europe today! If my mom would of been able to see what [...]
CycleTo: Cozza before/after World Championships
CycleTo features Steven Cozza and his notable ride in Varese, Italy. Online Videos by Veoh.com
VeloNews: Cozza leads young U.S. team
VeloNews features Steven Cozza and the young American team’s gallant effort at the World Road Championships in Varese, Italy this past weekend. From the article: “The young team held up well. Only Zabriskie and Farrar had raced an elite worlds before and for Euser, Bookwalter and Cozza, it was the longest distance they’ve ever raced.” [...]
Poitou-Charentes stage 2: Cracking the whip in windy France
Stage 2 in France was a long but fast 175 km. Right from the gun we let a break of three go up the road to control the race. About when they had a 3-minute gap, we hit a cross wind section where we decided to drive it to try and split the peloton. It [...]
Poitou-Charentes stage 1: Hurray! Tyler wins sprint!
Hurray! We won today! Tyler won the sprint today in France! After the break got up to 4 minutes, we were told by the boss to put Christophe Laurent and Tom Peterson up at the front. There was about 50 km to go. Then, with about 30 km to go, Mike Friedman and Kiki (Kilian [...]
CycleTo: To 'Stache or Not To 'Stache
Though news of Steven Cozza’s clean shaven appearance at the Tour of Missouri was slightly overshadowed by Mr. Armstrong’s comeback announcement last week, you still have time to express your opinion on his new look in the CycleTo Forum.
USA Cycling: World Championship announced
USA Cycling announced the cyclists who will represent the United States at the 2008 UCI Road World Championships, Sept. 23-28 in Varese, Italy. Six riders of the eleven riders making up the men’s elite and U23 squads are from Team Garmin-Chipotle H30 and VMG/Felt. David Zabriskie will join Levi Leipheimer in the individual time trial [...]
Portugal pushed us all to the next level
From left to right: Steven Cozza, Tyler Farrar, Dan Martin and DS Johnny Weltz accepting the award for top team after the opening prologue. I tell you I could write a book with all the stories I am taking home from this race. From day one, I swear I felt I was in a moto [...]
Portugal stage 4: Tyler 4th after insanely fast stage
Fourth from the left, Tyler Farrar giving it a go for the finish of a crazy fast stage. Today was insanely fast. We covered 165 km in 3 hours and 40 minutes. I’m still crossed and so are the rest of the guys. We did the first 50 km in one hour and it didn’t [...]
Portugal stage 2: Farrar 3rd in field sprint!
Stage 2 of the Volta a Portugal came down to field sprint where Tyler Farrar demonstrated his late season form by finishing third. There were no major changes to the overall classification with Steven Cozza third overall and Tyler Farrar fourth. Cozza still rules the Best Young Rider classification and Team Garmin-Chipotle H30 is still [...]
Racing and living like kings in Portugal
Left to right starting with cyclists: Steven Cozza, Tyler Farrar, Dan Martin and DS Johnny Weltz. Today was the kick-off for the Tour of Portugal. It was a 6 km out and back course through the city of Portifino. Lots of round abouts and lots of wind. I went off early in the line-up and [...]
Denmark stage 5: Cozza 8th, Farrar 10th in ITT!
Steven Cozza caught and passed Juan Jose Haedo during the time trial. The fifth stage of the Tour of Denmark was the second stage of a double day. It was a 14 km ITT on a flat loop. Since I’m pretty far down on GC, I was one of the first riders off. I held [...]
Denmark stage 3: Dan Martin 5th on hardest stage
Team Garmin-Chipotle H3O managed to stay in the mix today for the hardest stage of the five day, six stage Tour of Denmark. Steven Cozza kicked things off for the Argyle by jumping in on a five-man breakaway. The break built their lead up to four minutes but saw their finish hopes fade on the [...]
Making the early move, then hanging on
Today’s stage was a workout alright. The plan for today was to keep Tyler in good position on the finishing circuits and help Dan Martin win the stage. My job was to get in the early move and that’s what I did. The break of five that I was with had 3 minutes, then 4, [...]
Denmark strategy: Protect Tyler's GC standing
Race preview from DS Johnny Weltz Today is the hardest stage of them all. We have to get Tyler through this with out any time loss to protect his top ten position. It’s a difficult circuit in the end with an 800-meter climb with grades of up to 21%. And they do this climb four [...]
Denmark stage 2: Farrar 9th in field sprint after boring start
Team Garmin-Chipotle H3O grinding it out in Denmark. Left to right: Chris Sutton, Tyler Farrar, Pat McCarty and Kilian Patour. Today was a long and boring day at the Tour of Denmark. I’ll spare you the details of the first 150 km because not much happened. Just a 3-man breakaway that ended up taking a [...]
Every man for himself on windless day in Denmark
It was actually quite a crazy day for Denmark. For the first time ever in Denmark’s history, the flags were not even moving. It was calmer than two bricks laying in a grass field. Because of this, the race got off to a slow start — that is until a group of seven went with [...]
Ready for windy Denmark debut
After a good day of travel from our homes in Spain, we have arrived in Denmark. Most of my teammates and I have never been to Denmark, so it’s pretty exciting to be racing in a new country. By now we have seen so much of France and Belgium this will be a great change [...]
Cascade Final: Stetina Best Young; Team Garmin Best Team
The final stage of the 2008 Cascade Classic was relatively uneventful though Team Garmin-Chipotle H3O rider Pat McCarty joined a break of 12 riders that hung off the front for more than 100 km before being reabsorbed. Peter Stetina finished 8th in the final push to the finish and teammates Tom Peterson, Pat McCarty and [...]
Cascade day 4: Tantalizingly close
We put our plan into action and came tantalizingly close to the stage win today. Towards the top of the first climb when it pitched a little steeper, we went to the front and pushed the pace trying to force a selection. It split things up a bit over the top, but not quite enough [...]
