Bobridge claims Aussie RR title
Garmin-Cervélo’s Jack Bobridge stormed his way to the green and gold of the Australia national champion jersey, winning the biggest race of his young career from a whittled-down break on a daring solo move. “Anyone would say they would love to be the Australian open road champion, so to get one is absolutely fantastic, I [...]
Team Garmin-Cervélo Announces Roster for Tour Down Under
Team line-up features Tyler Farrar and five Australians including Adelaide local Jack Bobridge and the Meyer brothers January 7, 2011 – Boulder, CO – Team Garmin-Cervélo, the leading professional cycling team dedicated to ethical sporting and developing the next generation of cycling champions, today unveiled its much-anticipated roster for the Tour Down Under. The roster [...]
A physio's tale: You've ****** done it!
Stage 5 of the Eneco Tour had the race heading back into the bumpy territory that did so much damage on Stage 3, this time on similar roads to those used in the Amstel Gold spring classic. Svein was still in contention for a podium position on the over all, and the main role for [...]
Race report: Hesjedal back in top-ten, Van Summeren makes the break – Tour de France, stage 15
Team Garmin-Transitions may be down in numbers, but it isn’t showing it. Once again the argyle flag was flown in the long breakaway, this time by the young Johan Van Summeren. As well, strong and smart riding by Ryder Hesjedal put the Canadian back into the top ten overall. “Another very solid performance by Ryder [...]
Race report: Farrar forced to abandon – Tour de France, stage 12
Tyler Farrar, who suffered a broken left wrist and sprained left elbow after a crash on stage 2, was forced to abandon the race on stage 12. “I am devastated to leave the Tour and my teammates,” said Farrar. “You never want to leave any race but especially the Tour. It’s the event we work [...]
Race report – Tour de France, stage 9
Team Garmin-Transitions had a stressful day in the French Alps today, as Ryder Hesjedal and Johan Van Summeren bravely flew the argyle flag near the front. Behind them their battered and bruised teammates struggled to make it over the grueling climbs while nursing their injuries. David Millar, who has been suffering injury and illness since [...]
Race report: Tour de France, stage 8
Team Garmin-Transitions’ now-GC rider, and contender Ryder Hesjedal maintained his top-ten position on the first major climbing day of the Tour.
Race report: Hesjedal moves up to third – Tour de France, stage 7
Ryder Hesjedal continues to show great poise as Team Garmin-Transitions’ impromptu GC rider. The Canadian stayed in perfect position on the climbs of the day, with a lot of help from his Argyle teammates. As such he was able to move up to third overall. “Today was great,” said Hesjedal. “The team took care of [...]
Race report: Tour de France, stage 5
Team Garmin-Transitions was once again knocking on the door of victory with a good lead-out in the final sprint. But injuries are still hampering many of the Argyle Express though Tyler Farrar was still able to run in the top-ten. However, the forecast is good as the bodies heal! “It was a long, hot day,” [...]
Race report: Two in top-ten in prologue
Team Garmin-Transitions started the 2010 Tour de France off in strong fashion, putting two riders in the top-ten, with David Millar on the podium in third. And with sprinter Tyler Farrar in seventh, just 28 seconds from the lead, the potential for a yellow jersey is real. “I’m satisfied, I was hoping to go well [...]
Video: Crazy DS Cam – Matt White follows Dan Martin in Giro ITT
While it has been a long time coming, the resulting footage of director sportif Matt White from the back of the follow motorcycle on the final Giro d’Italia time trial to Plan de Corones in the Dolomites is well worth the wait. The final kilometer is so steep that there are follow motorcycles instead of [...]
Farrar wins Delta Tour of Zeeland
Team Garmin-Transitions returned to the Delta Tour of Zeeland for its third overall win in a row, thanks to strong sprinting by Tyler Farrar and support from the entire team. Director Sportif Matt White sent this recap: For the third year in-a-row we have wrapped up the general classification with Tyler taking the honors at [...]
Whitey wraps up the Giro
Team Garmin-Transitions completed its first Grand Tour of the season, coming away from the race with wins, but also with many other goals achieved. Director Sportif Matt White sent this race wrap report: Well the 2010 Giro has been run and won. In general I am very satisfied with the Giro and what we achieved [...]
Race report: Giro d'Italia, stage 5
Team Garmin-Transitions almost had another stage win from sprinter Tyler Farrar, winning the field sprint but not before the three breakaway riders crossed the line. Stlll, Farrar is tied for the points jersey and David Millar is top ten on GC. Director Sportif Matt White sent this update: Well today was a little disappointing for [...]
VeloNews – Garmin director: Farrar's Giro goal is the maglia rosa
Team Garmin-Transitions’ competition director Matt White hosted VeloNews in the team car during Tyler Farrar’s win at the GP Scheldeprijs, discussing the upcoming Paris-Roubaix and more general thoughts on the team’s looking ahead. Prior to Tyler Farrar’s win at the G.P. Scheldeprijs on Wednesday, VeloNews had a seat in the Garmin-Transitions car riding along with [...]
Millar wins TT and GC at Three Days of De Panne!
Team Garmin-Transitions’ captain David Millar capped off a great day for the Argyle Armada with a convincing time trial win in the Three Days of De Panne. This gave him the overall win as well, while teammate Svein Tuft also placed on the podium in third. This followed a sprint win earlier in the day [...]
Race report: De Panne, stage 1
Team Garmin-Transitions’ David Millar put himself if a good position for the overall at the KBC-Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde race in Belgium. David Millar: It was a really hard day, with echelons the first 80km and then the bergs and typical belgian roads the rest of the time. I was feeling a little tired still from [...]
Race report: Tirreno-Adriatico, stage 6
Team Garmin-Transitions keeps fighting hard in Tirreno-Adriatico, with Martijn Maaskant making it into the decisive move of the day. Team director Matt White gives us the report: Today was another very challenging day at the office! After two consecutive days of six-to-seven hours there was a fair bit of fatigue in the legs of many [...]
Race report: Tirreno-Adriatico, stage 1
Team Garmin-Transitions starts its second stage race of the week with Tirreno-Adriatico in Italy. Director sportif Matt White brought the Classics group and found that he brought the northern European weather too: Well 5 degrees Celsius and rain is not something you associate with Italian racing. Luckily the rain held off for a bit and [...]
Race Preview: Omloop Het Neiuwsblad & Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne
Garmin-Transitions’ sport director Matt White is ready to head into the Spring Classics season with the Omloop Het Neiuwsblad and Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne races. I’ve got a good feeling — the guys from Qatar and Oman will come with good conditioning and fast legs. Those guys have missed winter so they haven’t had a risk of getting [...]
