Photo of the Day: July 17, 2011
Thor Hushovd led by Christian Vande Velde, 2011 Tour de France. View the Photo of the Day series here:
Photo of the Day: July 16, 2011
David Zabriskie leads, 2011 Tour de France. View the Photo of the Day series here:
Race report: Hushovd claims dramatic stage victory over the Aubisique – Tour de France, stage 13
Garmin-Cervélo won its third stage of the 2011 Tour de France in dramatic fashion as reigning world champion Thor Hushovd rode a tactically perfect race to attack over the daunting Col d’Aubisque to claim victory. Hushovd snuck into the day’s winning breakaway and then timed it just right over the hors-categorie steeps of the Aubisque, [...]
Wallpaper: Tom Danielson Climbs to 9th Overall, 2011 Tour de France
“Tommy D” climbs to 9th overall on stage 12 of the 2011 Tour de France. Great ride Tom! Photo taken by Mark Johnson. Click to Download: 2560×1440 | 1920 x 1200 | 1920 x 1080 | 1440 x 900
Race report: Danielson ‘climbs’ into top-10 overall – Tour de France, stage 12
Tom Danielson climbed into the top-10 with a superb ride in the first day of the mountains in Thursday’s 211km 12th stage into the Pyrénées. The Tour rookie stayed with the GC favorites until the final, late-stage attacks with just a few kilometers to go in the grueling, three-climb 211km stage from Cugnaux to Luz-Ardiden. [...]
Feature: A day as a soigneur
While the mechanics keep the Garmin-Cervélo bikes performing, a special group of people keep the riders performing, the soigneurs. This is their story. Two groups of people keep the Garmin-Cervélo riders going at the Tour de France: the mechanics who keep the bikes singing and the soigneurs who keep their bodies fueled and supple. Soigneurs [...]
Photo of the Day: July 14, 2011
It’s Bastille Day, Vive Le Tour! Photo: Mark Johnson, ironstring.com View the Photo of the Day series here:
Race report: Farrar dashes to third in rainy sprint
Garmin-Cervélo surged close to victory in Wednesday’s fast and rainy stage across the Massif Central as Tyler Farrar sprinted to third in the 11th stage at the Tour de France. Farrar – already a winner in stage 3 — was right in the thick of the action for the stage victory after a threatening breakaway [...]
Race report: Hushovd sprints to fourth as Tour rolls on – Tour de France, stage 10
Garmin-Cervélo came close to victory in Tuesday’s 10th stage by sprinting to fourth in the 158km stage from Aurillac to Carmaux as the 2011 Tour de France clicked back into gear following Monday’s rest day. Thor Hushovd kept himself in good position at the end of a high-speed, technical final kilometer to charge toward the [...]
Feature: Resetting on the rest day
Our chiropractor Matt Rabin took a few minutes out of his busy rest day of realigning various body parts to send us this first week recap and an insight into the happenings of the first Tour rest day. The first rest day could not have come soon enough for what seems like most of the [...]
Gallery: Seven days in yellow
Thor Hushovd rode beyond himself this past week and spent a glorious SEVEN days in yellow. Here is a compilation of those podiums! Stage 8: Aigurande – Super-Besse Sancy Stage 7: Le Mans – Châteauroux Stage 5: Carhaix – Cap Fréhel Stage 3: Olonne-sur-Mer – Redon Stage 6: Dinan – Lisieux Stage 4: Lorient – [...]
Race report: Rough and tumble day – Tour de France, stage 9
Garmin-Cervélo survived a rough and tumble day at the Tour de France that saw American time trial champion Dave Zabriskie crash out of the race with a broken wrist. Thor Hushovd’s week-long run in the maillot jaune finally ended after a three-man breakaway held clear to the line in the hilly, 208km ninth stage from [...]
Feature: Meet Ramunas the Revelation
A little over two weeks ago Ramunas Navardauskas did not know he would race the Tour de France. After the team won the stage two team time trial, the 23-year old Lithuanian national road champion can now count himself as a stage winner of that very race. Since then, with Thor Hushovd in the yellow [...]
Race report: Hushovd defies climbers, defends yellow jersey again – Tour de France, stage 8
Thor Hushovd rose to the occasion in Saturday’s hilltop finish to defend the yellow jersey yet again on a day when just about everyone expected him to lose it. Even Hushovd said he wasn’t expecting to defend the Tour de France leader’s jersey in the 189km hilly eighth stage over the Massif Central from Aigurande [...]
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 [...]
Race report: Hushovd defends yellow; Farrar-Hesjedal crash
Garmin-Cervélo defended the yellow jersey with Thor Hushovd in another wild ride at the Tour de France that saw scores of riders hit the deck in a late-stage crash that marred the 218km seventh stage from Le Mans to Chateauroux. Hushovd sprinted to seventh to carry the maillot jaune into Friday’s climbing finale at Super-Besse [...]
Race report: Hushovd sprints to third, defends yellow jersey at Tour
Thor Hushovd sprinted to third in Thursday’s 226.5km sixth stage from Dinan to Lisieux and successfully defended the yellow jersey. The reigning world champion made it up a short, but steep climb with three kilometers to go on wet, rainy roads to be in ideal position to challenge for the stage victory, but compatriot Edvald [...]
Wallpaper: Thor Hushovd fights to keep yellow on stage 4, 2011 Tour de France
Thor Hushovd fights to keep his yellow jersey on Stage 4 of the 2011 Tour de France. Photo taken by Mark Johnson. Click to Download: 2560×1440 | 1920 x 1200 | 1920 x 1080 | 1440 x 900 | 1280 x 800
Race report: Hushovd defends yellow in windy, tense stage across Britanny
Garmin-Cervélo successfully defended the yellow jersey as Thor Hushovd sprinted to 10th in the 164.5km fifth stage from Carhaix to Cap Frehel at the Tour de France on Wednesday. Scores of riders hit the deck in a crash-filled, nervous stage across the hills and wind of France’s Britanny region. Mark Cavendish won the sprint and [...]
Tech & Training: THOR’s Garmin Edge 500 data – Tour de France, stage 5
Garmin-Cervélo successfully defended the yellow jersey as Thor Hushovd sprinted to 10th on the Tour de France’s fifth stage. See his and other data downloads from the Tour on our Garmin Connect page.
Race report: Thor fights to keep yellow – Tour de France, stage 4
Thor Hushovd defended the yellow jersey in Tuesday’s hill-top finish after a gritty performance that saw the world champion ride mano-a-mano with the world’s best climbers. Hushovd sprinted to sixth in the 172.5km fourth stage atop the Mur de Bretagne third-category climb in a windy and rainy day when the Norwegian dug deep to defend [...]
Race report: Tyler wins – Tour de France, stage 3
It just keeps getting better for the Argyle Armada at the Tour de France. A day after winning the team time trial and capturing the maillot jaune, Garmin-Cervélo made it two in a row, with a breakthrough sprint victory with Tyler Farrar in Monday’s 198km third stage. “It’s a dream to win today. I was [...]
Race report: Team crushes TTT, Thor in yellow!
Garmin-Cervélo made history Sunday with its first-ever Tour de France stage win with a picture-perfect victory in the team time trial. World champion Thor Hushovd was first across the line and claimed the yellow jersey. Garmin-Cervélo was the ninth team of 22 squads on the rolling, windy course across the Vendée in the 23km second [...]
