Report: Martin wins Liège-Bastogne-Liège
Team Garmin-Sharp played the race perfectly, with Ryder Hesjedal attacking late to set-up Dan Martin who rode a tactically perfect final kilometer for the win. “Today we had a plan simular to Fleche with Ryder and Dan as our team leaders,” said Sports director Johnny Weltz. “As a group went off the front early we [...]
Report: Martin nearly podiums at La Flèche Wallonne
Despite an ill-timed puncture Dan Martin and Ryder Hesjedalrode a great race, with Martin flying up the Mur de Huy to nearly make it on the podium. “Today blue sky and warm temps in Belgiun is the best it can get,” said Sports Director Johnny Weltz. “We had two team leaders for today and the [...]
Report: Martin wins Catalunya queen stage
Dan Martin took control of the Volta Catalunya, the team’s ‘home race’ in Europe, by riding out of the 23 rider break to win atop the race’s queen stage. Sports director Johnny Weltz sent this report. It was a super-hard mountain stage. We had to do a few adjustments from yesterday but the team was [...]
Talansky wins Tour de l’Ain overall!
Andrew Talansky took his first overall stage race win thanks to strong riding by him and his argyle teammates. Director sportif Johnny Weltz sent this report. We had to defend Andrew’s leader’s jersey on a short but bumpy circuit with a 1st cat. climb just 25km from the finish and only a 12 sec lead [...]
Race report: Tour of Denmark, stage 2
Race report from Johnny Weltz: We had a strong crosswind from the beginning of the stage. Cam was the first on attack and made a strong move with six others; it got brought back and he went again. It was brought back again, then a small calm in the field, until a trio got a [...]
Race report: Critérium du Dauphiné, stage 6
Race report from Johnny Weltz: Today was the first serious mountain stage in the race. We had most of our guys on a plan just to get though while Dan Martin was our card today. The whole day he felt very good but once we hit the last climb he got into difficulty and had [...]
Race report: Critérium du Dauphiné, stage 4
Race report from Johnny Weltz: Today was a flat stage with only a second category mountain in the beginning where two riders broke clear. The leader’s team kept them on four minutes all day, which was confortable for everybody. We wanted to do the stage for Tyler and with 60 km to go we started [...]
Race report: Critérium du Dauphiné, stage 1
It was a semi-hard stage with the first hour averaging 46 km/h. A break of four got the go and everybody was good with that. They stayed away the whole stage which wasn’t that long today though. The leader’s team brought it back with 8 km to go, then several attacks went, but it was [...]
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: Stetina stays in young rider jersey – Tour of Romandie, stage 3
Peter Stetina kept hold of his best young rider jersey on stage 3 of the Tour of Romandie in Switzerland. Johnny Weltz sent this report: The stage today was one of the easier ones, as the difficulty was all in the end. There was a break that dominated the stage from the beginning and another [...]
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, stage 1
Jack Bobridge rode strong in the breakaway, finishing fourth on the stage and moving up the GC to fourth — as well as leading in the best young rider’s competition. Johnny Weltz has the report: With everything at status quo after the prologue and a leader who wouldn’t make it in the front on a [...]
Race report: Bad stomach derails Hesjedal’s chances at Amstel Gold
Garmin-Cervélo had a strong chance to put a man on the podium in the Amstel Gold Race in Holland until last year’s runner-up Ryder Hesjedal fell ill during the race with a bad stomach. Racing under sunny skies and unseasonably warm temperatures, Hesjedal was in ideal position through the first half of the race until [...]
Race report: De Brabantse Pijl
Coming off a huge win last weekend Team Garmin-Cervélo turned its attention to the hilly Classics with a re-tooled team, starting the mid-week semi-Classic De Brabantse Pijl in Belgium. Director sportif Johnny Weltz sent this report: This semi-Classic leads the riders into the hilly Classics. The dificulty today was all in the end on a [...]
Race report: Dan Martin finishes Catalunya on GC podium
Dan Martin finished off a strong week of racing at the Volta a Catalunya on the GC podium. Johnny Weltz sent this recap: Today the rain hit us for the first time this week, not the best day as the streets here on the outskirts of Barcelona get extremly slippery. It was a short stage [...]
Race report: Volta a Catalunya, stage 3
Tom Peterson had a strong day riding in the breakaway while teammate Dan Martin climbed up the GC with a fourth place on the day. Johnny Weltz sent this report:
Race report: Volta a Catalunya, stage 2
Tom Peterson added a second consistent finish on the second stage of the Volta a Catalunya to put himself into the top-five of the overall. Johnny Weltz sent this report: This was the only really flat stage in this race and it started with a very fast start. A group of four got a go [...]
Video: Beyond the Peloton, season 3: Introduction
The first installment of season three introduces the new Team Garmin-Cervélo and follows them through their first races in Belgium.
Race report: Vuelta a España, stage 21
Team Garmin-Transitions capped off a successful Vuelta with Tyler Farrar besting all of the top sprinters by coming around the outside alone to win the final stage. Meanwhile, Tom Danielson took home ninth place overall. “It’s amazing!” said Farrar. “I’ve been feeling good this whole Veulta. But to win two stages is even more than [...]
Race report: Vuelta a España, stage 20
Tom Danielson fought hard on one of the toughest mountain-top finishes in cycling, securing his top-ten in the overall of the Vuelta, with big help from his teammates including Christian Vande Velde until the end. Director sportif Johnny Weltz sent this report: The grand finale of the Vuelta this year happened on an exceptionally hard [...]
Race report: Vuelta a España, stage 18
The Argyle Express once again put in a hard chase of the breakaway to pull the race together in time for a field sprint, allowing Tyler Farrar to post another top-five result. Director sportif Johnny Weltz sent this report: As it was a totally flat day and on top of that a very short day, [...]
Race report: Vuelta a España, stage 17
Despite grueling wind conditions early on David Zabriskie notched a top-ten place in the Vuelta time trial while Tom Danielson protected his top-ten GC placement. Director sportif Johnny Weltz sent this report:
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 14
Amazing riding from the two Daves today, Millar and Zabriskie , saw them bridge up to a solo rider and building up a huge lead. Though the trio did not stay away another day of strong riding from Tom Danielson saw him move into the top ten on the GC. Director sportif Johnny Weltz sent [...]
