Navardauskas wins – Tour de Romandie, stage 2
Ramunas Navardauskas took the first stage win of his young career in argyle at the Tour de Romandie. Sports director Johnny Weltz sent this report. It was a beautiful day here in Switzerland featuring as stage that was 190 km of up-and-down. We decided not to be very active in the beginning of the day. [...]
Race report: Vande Velde on form with fourth – Tour de Suisse, stage 7
Christian Vande Velde confirmed his form for the upcoming Tour de France with an impressive fourth on today’s stage. “I’m happy with my build up here at the Tour of Swiss,” said Vande Velde. “Today was not planned by any means but I was happy to be amongst it.” “It showed me what I still [...]
Race report: Thor smashes the competition – Tour de Suisse, stage 4
“Today we started with the possibility to win and we went for it,” said DS Bingen Fernandez. “After an early break of three riders the teams interested in a sprint finish started riding and we put Bobridge riding on the front. “In the last kilometers we had Christian, Heinrich, Ryder and Tommy D all protecting [...]
Race report: Tour of Romandie, stage 5
The argyle armada finished up a great week of racing in Switzerland by taking home the team GC and going 1-2 in the best young rider competition with Andrew Talansky followed closely by Peter Stetina. Johnny Weltz sent this final report: The last stage had a pretty hard profile. A lot of teams didn’t have [...]
Race report: Zabriskie flies to Romandie TT win!
Multiple U.S. time trial champion David Zabriskie once again bested the field in the race against the clock, winning the Tour of Romandie stage 4 time trial. And a strong overall performance with four in the top 20 and Andrew Talansky taking the best young rider jersey from teammate Peter Stetina. “Today the stage was [...]
Race report: Argyle attacks on Tour of Romandie, stage 2
The argyle armada was in full swing today, with attacks from Peter Stetina, Tom Danielson and David Millar in the final kilometers of the stage making for a fantastic finale. Johnny Weltz sent this report: The stage started flat out, with three laps of a very hard area. There wasn’t a kilometer that was flat! [...]
Race report: Tour of Romandie, prologue
David Millar showed another aspect of his time trial abilities in the prologue of the Tour of Romandie, solid bike handling, as he maneuvered his Cervélo P4 to a top-five finish on the tricky circuit. Johny Weltz sent this report: Today the start of the race was a short prologue on a 3.5 km technical [...]
Race report: Tour of Romandie, stage 5
Team Garmin-Transitions wrapped up the Tour of Romandie on Sunday. Once again it was rain on the menu as Christian Vande Velde rode strong over the mountain climbs to claim 14th overall — giving him more confidence heading into the May races. Johnny Weltz has the report: Another very wet and cold morning greeted us, [...]
Race report: Tour of Romandie, stage 4
Team Garmin-Transitions’ Christian Vande Velde kept himself within striking distance of the overall podium after a wet and generally miserable day in the saddle. Johnny Weltz has the report: A lot of rain today! WIth a raining day ahead of us the start was unusually fast at 50km average the first hour. A group of [...]
Race report: Tour of Romandie, stage 3
Team Garmin-Transitions’ Christian Vande Velde continues to fine-tune his form for May, putting in a strong time trial result at the Tour of Romandie, says team director Johnny Weltz: Today was a 23km time trial with a long climb of some 7km. Christian had a good ride and was not far from his normal concurrents [...]
Race Report: Tour of Romandie, stage 2
Team Garmin-Transitions had another go at a field sprint and Robbie Hunter put in a strong performance, netting third on the day. Johnny Weltz has the report: Another hot day in Switzerland and everybody was tired after yesterday’s stage. But it still started out very fast. After 20km a group of four got a go [...]
Race report: Tour of Romandie, prologue
Team Garmin-Transitions returned to stage racing in the Tour of Romandie in Switzerland. The racing began with a short prologue time trial with the young Aussie sensation Jack Bobridge turning in the best time for the team. “It was a very short and technical 4.3km course for the prologue,” said director sportif Johnny Weltz. “And [...]
