Worlds TTT team announced
Team Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda announced its roster for the World Team Time Trial Championships. The team will be anchored by Jack Bauer and Ramunas Navardauskas, both part of the winning 2012 Giro d’Italia TTT team, along with Johan Vansummeren and Thomas Dekker, who were part of the wining 2012 Qatar TTT team. Rounding out the squad are [...]
Race report: Vuelta a España, stage 1
The third Grand Tour of the 2012 season started in Spain with a team time trial. Director Sportif Bingen Fernandez sent this report. First day in Iruña/Pamplona with a nice parcour in the old city where the running of the bulls pass every single year. We were the third team starting so we took avantage [...]
Data: Tyler Farrar – Tour of Utah, stage 2 (TTT)
Tyler Farrar’s Edge 500 data from the team time trial at Tour of Utah.
Argyle take Utah TTT, Vande Velde into leader’s jersey!
The arygle armada set the Miller Motorsports Park auto racing track a blaze, more than 30 seconds faster than the second place team over just 21.75km. With the win Christian Vande Velde moves into the leader’s jersey. “The team was great today,” said Vande Velde. “We were motivated as usual and knew that this was [...]
Report: Team owns Giro TTT, Navardauskas in pink!
It was another amazing team time trial for the boys in argyle, taking the win on the fourth stage of the Giro d’Italia and earning the race leader’s maglia rosa for Ramunas Navardauskas. Director of Competition Allan Peiper sent this report. After some good results during the hilly classics and second in the GC at [...]
Report: First win of 2012 is a team win – Tour of Qatar, stage 2
Garmin-Barracuda scored its first victory of the 2012 campaign in true team fashion, winning the TTT of Stage 2 in the Tour of Qatar. The boys in argyle blasted through the 11.3km out and back ‘Merckx-style’ time trial course, setting an early time of 12 minutes and 38 seconds which held throughout the day. The [...]
Race report: Vuelta a España, stage 1
Garmin-Cervélo rode to ninth place in a short but challenging 13.5km team time trial to open the 2011 Vuelta a España. With warm temperatures and strong winds along Spain’s Mediterranean coast, Garmin-Cervélo did its best on a technical, unconventional team time trial course. Garmin-Cervélo stopped the clock 25 seconds off the stage-winner. “It was not [...]
Rider diary: Racing in the land of the vikings
Sharon Laws continues her diary of adventures with the women’s team, this time from the TTT World Cup in Sweden. With Thuringen completed we sent Emma home to Switzerland, to do some more baking as provisions were running low and Noemi, Trine, Iris and I headed for Sweden via Copenhagen. Lizzie headed back to Belgium [...]
Race report: Podium place for women in World Cup TTT
The Garmin-Cervélo women’s team posted a podium finish in the World Cup TTT in Sweden, taking third. Race report from Theo Maucher: Under the lead of Emma Pooley the team did a good job and finished third, just missing the second step by five seconds. Five riders finished together: Lizzie, Noemi, sharon, Iris and Emma. [...]
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 [...]
Race report: Giro d’Italia, stage 1 (TTT)
Garmin-Cervélo rides to fifth in the opening 19.3km team time trial to kick off the 94th Giro d’Italia on a high note. Garmin-Cervélo stopped the clock in 21 minutes, 23 seconds on a technical, urban course from Venaria Reale to Torino. The team settled into fifth place on the stage at 24 seconds behind winner [...]
Report: Tirreno-Adriatico, stage 1 – TTT
Today’s opening TTT in Tirreno saw the boys of Garmin- Cervélo blast into second place on the flat, 16.8km course. A last minute roster change meant David Zabriskie came in to replace David Millar, who came down with a flu and fever before the race. Jonathan Vaughters, directing along with DS Lionel Marie, said “We [...]
Race report: Vuelta a España, stage 1
The Argyle Express kicked off the final Grand Tour of the season with a team time trial like none other, chasing the clock to midnight under the stars in Sevilla. Bad luck struck earlier than usual as Julian Dean crashed during a scouting lap of the course. However the team still rode a strong race [...]
Tech & Training: David Millar’s Giro TTT Edge 500 data
Team Garmin-Transitions’ David Millar’s Garmin Edge 500 data download from the stage 4 team time trial. See more at Garmin Connect. More photos from the Giro d’Italia:
Cam Meyer Giro blog: Team Time Trial
Team Garmin-Transitions’ Cameron Meyer will be sending in regular dispatches from the Giro d’Italia. Giro d’Italia Stage 4 – Team Time Trial The alarm goes off, open the curtains and its a perfect sunny day. So we think. On our way to the course in the afternoon the clouds start rolling in and with just [...]
CyclingNews: Garmin want TTT win for Vande Velde
Team Garmin-Transitions is set to go in the TTT. Cyclingnews’ Stephen Ferrand found that despite losing a key component to that in Christian Vande Velde, it has given the team new motivation. Garmin-Transitions will be fueled by extra motivation for the Giro d’Italia’s stage four team time trial on Wednesday, after Christian Vande Velde crashed [...]
Team rolls to a second place in Qatar TTT, Farrar in place
Director’s report from Johnny Weltz: The team time trial was only 8.2 km and for sure we were very motivated as the course fit us well, and after some practice at our training camp we had a good order set. It was very windy so it made for a rocky ride. The boys all rode [...]
Gone camping: TTT training and wheel testing
Team Garmin-Transitions took advantage of sunny weather in Calpe to do some team time trial practice, as well as some new wheel testing with the crew from Mavic. Riders like David Millar, Ryder Hesjedal and Tom Danielson were swapping various types of wheels and giving valuable feedback to Mavic.
