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 [...]
Vande Velde races at home
Christian Vande Velde got a rare opportunity to race in his hometown of Chicago as the Tour of Elk Grove upgraded to a UCI 2.1 level stage race. “It’s really great for people who haven’t seen me in a long time — it’s nice for them to see me actually in a race and [...]
Le Tour: Vande Velde makes the break
Christian Vande Velde kept the argyle fight up front and center on stage 15, getting into the main breakaway and riding valiantly into the final for second. The action for the first half of the stage was relentless as numerous teams tried to get into the breakaways, none more so than the argyle armada with [...]
Special Evening and VIP Ride with Christian Vande Velde and Jonathan Vaughters
Spend an evening with Christian Vande Velde and Jonathan Vaughters of Team Garmin-Barracuda to benefit Team Chipotle-First Solar, the organization’s development cycling team! The evening will feature a 4-course menu prepared by James Beard Award-Winning Chef Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson, wine pairings by Master Sommelier Bobby Stuckey and an auction of Ryder Hesjedal’s signed pink jersey from [...]
Race report: Danielson secures top-10, Garmin-Cervélo’s poised to win team GC
Garmin-Cervélo secured likely victory in the prestigious team classification while Tom Danielson sewed up a spot in the top-10 with another strong performance in Saturday’s decisive time trial at the Tour de France. Danielson powered to 11th on the stage at 2:08 slower than stage-winner Tony Martin to secure ninth place overall with just one [...]
Race report: Danielson defends top-10, Garmin-Cervelo tightens grip on team GC
Tom Danielson bravely defended his spot in the top-10 as the squad defended its hold on the team classification in Thursday’s grueling, three-climb 200.5km 18th stage across the French Alps. Danielson hung with the top GC favorites over two hors-categorie climbs and fended off wind and high altitude to cross the line ninth at 3:25 [...]
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 Preview: Tour de Suisse
This weekend the Tour of Switzerland begins, showcasing a fantastic line up of Tour de France contenders looking for their final tune up before July 3rd. Ryder Hesjedal: In case you have never visited, Switzerland is a very mountainous country. This year’s Tour de Suisse reflects that theme, and includes no fewer than 4 mountain [...]
Race preview: Liege-Bastogne-Liege
“La Doyenne” brings 255k of racing over the famous climbs of the Ardennes this weekend. Liege-Bastogne-Liege enters it’s 97th edition in 2011, retaining much of the history that the race has had since the first edition in 1892. Although the profile may look relatively docile, LBL is certainly a race for the climbers, or all-around [...]
Video: Inside the Cayman camp
The 2011 team gathered under the sunny skies of the Cayman Islands for the first meeting between new and returning members. The team was treated to the best of the island including swimming with stingrays, an underwater submarine exploration and (for the ones with iron stomachs) a helicopter ride around the island. Here are the [...]
Meet Christian Vande Velde at the Garmin store!
Here is your chance to meet Christian Vande Velde at the Garmin store on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile:
Race report: Vuelta a España, stage 16
Tom Danielson put it all on the line today, bridging up to a late-race attack on the final slopes of the Vuelta’s queen stage. This allowed him to move up another spot on the overall to seventh. Earlier in the race Tom Peterson rode in the day’s main breakaway while Christian Vande Velde spent another [...]
Race report: Vuelta a España, stage 15
Another mountaintop finish saw Tom Danielson climbing with the leaders to keep his position in the top ten of the overall, while teammate Christian Vande Velde went out on the attack early and often. “The team was awesome helping me all day.” said Danielson. “Matt Wilson and Christian Vande Velde put me into awesome position [...]
Race report: Vuelta a España, stage 11
Tom Danielson rode another strong stage, with the help of teammate Christian Vande Velde, to keep his GC chances well within reach. His 12th place on the first mountain-top finish moved him back up to 12th overall. Director sportif Johnny Weltz sent this report: The first moutain-top finish in this years Vuelta was a roller [...]
Race report: Vuelta a España, stage 3
Another hot day greeted the riders of the Vuelta a España, as well as a couple of big climbs. Though Christian Vande Velde was involved in a crash, it was not as unlucky as his previous Grand Tour misfortunes and he easily rode on after a quick service from our crack mechanics. Director sportif Johnny [...]
Vuelta a Espana roster
Team Garmin-Transitions today announced its 2010 Vuelta roster. The squad features Christian Vande Velde, who will return to racing for the first time since breaking three ribs and crashing out of the Tour de France, along with Tyler Farrar, who recently won the Vattenfall Cyclassics after coming back from a broken wrist also suffered at [...]
Update: Tour de France, stage 2
Here is an update to the status of the Argyle Armada after an unlucky and crash-filled stage 2 of the Tour de France: A crash-filled Stage 2 of the Tour de France saw five Team Garmin-Transitions riders hit the pavement. Christian Vande Velde, Tyler Farrar and Julian Dean were all taken to a local hospital [...]
Vande Velde out of Giro, confirms broken clavicle
Team Garmin Transitions’ Christian Vande Velde crashed today during stage 3 of the Giro d’Italia, suffering a broken right clavicle and forcing him to withdraw from the race. He will undergo surgery Wednesday in Antwerp and after that will work with the team’s medical staff on a recovery plan. “The amount of support I’ve received [...]
VeloNews: Vande Velde ready for Giro
Team Garmin-Transitions’ captain for the Giro d’Italia Christian Vande Velde tells VeloNews’ Andrew Hood that he is ready to repeat the performance of 2008 and forget the bad luck of 2009. Christian Vande Velde is hoping that’s going to be déjà-vu all over again at this year’s Giro d’Italia. Well, sort of. The Garmin-Transitions captain [...]
