Feature: Paris-Roubaix recon
After the Garmin-Sharp team pre-rode 90-kilometers of the Paris-Roubaix course this year, director sportif Geert Van Bondt took time to fill us in on why this Paris-Roubaix recon tradition exists. Pre-riding the second half of Paris-Roubaix is a Garmin-Sharp pre-race ritual — one that helps the team manage a basket of variables that are more [...]
Video: Interview with Johan Vansummeren
Johan Vansummeren is almost two meters tall, 1,98cm to be more precise, that is tall for a cyclist, but how tall must he have stood after winning the 2011 Paris-Roubaix? Johan made the important break and left his companions to ride solo into the famous velodrome. Team sponsor Castelli caught up with Johan at the [...]
Team Wallpaper: Johan’s Paris-Roubaix Winning Attack
Take the winning attack from the 2011 Paris-Roubaix to your desktop, courtesy of Johan Van Summeren! Click to Download: 2560×1440 | 1920 x 1200 | 1440 x 900 | 1280 x 800 | 1024 x 768 By request from our fans, here’s another great Roubaix wallpaper featuring Johan! Click to Download: 2560×1440 | 1920 x [...]
Data: Johan Van Summeren’s Garmin Edge 500 data
Johan Van Summeren’s data file from his win at Paris-Roubaix!
Race report: Van Summeren delivers victory at Paris-Roubaix
Johan Van Summeren delivered an emotional victory for Garmin-Cervélo in Paris-Roubaix as the team played a tactically perfect race with strength in numbers to win one of cycling’s most prestigious and oldest one-day classics of the year. “This is a great win for me and it’s thanks to my team that I was able to [...]
Race preview: Paris-Roubaix
Team Garmin-Cervélo is well-prepared to tackle the ‘Hell of the North’ this Sunday with a powerful team, led by world champion Thor Hushovd. 2011 Paris-Roubaix Roster: Tyler Farrar Roger Hammond Heinrich Haussler Thor Hushovd Andreas Klier Gabriel Rasch Sep Vanmarcke Johan Van Summeren Jonathan Vaughters: “The team is incredibly motivated for Sunday. We did a [...]
Video: Hushovd, Mavic prepare for the Paris-Roubaix
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Video: Inside Paris-Roubaix
Will Frischkorn takes us into the craziness of Paris-Roubaix — before, during and after. [youtube width="610" height="370"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eArZLwOZrQc[/youtube]
Race report: Paris-Roubaix
The men in argyle had a plethora of bad luck befall them in the ‘Hell of the North,’ Paris-Roubaix. Crashes marred the day for team leaders Tyler Farrar and Martijn Maaskant, as well as many of their teammates. Still Maaskant managed 22nd place and Farrar is still upbeat about the spring campaign after his win [...]
Roster: Paris-Roubaix
David Millar Tyler Farrar Julian Dean Steven Cozza Johan Van Summeren Martijn Maaskant Danny Pate Ricardo Van Der Velde
VeloNews: Cozza talks Roubaix
After flying the argyle flag by riding in the main breakaway at Paris-Roubaix, Team Garmin-Slipstream’s Steven Cozza talks with Velonews’ Andrew Hood about his experience in his first Hell of the North. And don’t forget to bid on Cozza’s actual jersey from Paris-Roubaix, signed and NOT washed!
Take the Roubaix jersey off Cozza's back!
After riding in the early break at the rough-and-tumble queen of the Classics, Paris-Roubaix, he took off his sweat-soaked and dirty jersey, then (letting it dry first) signed it. Now you can put it on your mantle… or in your garage. Go to our eBay auction and bid for the change to smell Roubaix, in [...]
Ellis to CycleTo about Paris-Roubaix
Team Garmin-Slipstream’s chairman Doug Ellis speaks to CycleTo aboard the Eurostar train about the Spring Classics after Paris-Roubaix. CycleTo will have more from the interview in the coming week.
'Hell of the North' lives up to its name for Argyle Armada
Cozza in break, Wiggins top twenty-five Even though the weather was very cooperative and un-Classic like for the 107th edition of Paris-Roubaix, the parcours, fast racing and bad luck made up for that aspect in making the race tough for Team Garmin-Slipstream. The team’s leader Martijn Maaskant had an untimely crash and puncture, making him [...]
Our pivotal Paris-Roubaix pavé preview
Our man Mike Friedman reports from the pavé. Anyone who followed the races this past weekend knows I had a brothel of a time. Saturday was one of the worst days I have ever had on a bike. Sunday was much better and I just missed tagging the lead group over the Kwaremont. I was [...]
Danny Summerhill 7th in Paris-Roubaix Espoirs
Danny Summerhill finished a solid 7th in today’s Paris-Roubaix Espoirs that saw an exciting 8-man sprint finale on the Roubaix velodrome. Called the “Petite Reine” or little queen, the 180.5 km race started in Peronne and include 23 sections (36.5 km) of pavé. Paris-Roubaix Espoirs Results 1. VERMELTFOORT Coen 4:21:21 2. BRAMBILLA Giorgio mt 3. [...]
My personal 'Hell of the North' nightmare
After having a bit of time with my family and time to reflect over last Sunday’s happenings, I have come up with this. So I worked my backside off to get from a heap on the tarmac in Qatar to the hardest one day race in the world and be competitive there. With all the [...]
Martijn Maaskant's Roubaix Power Data
Check out the Saris power file of Martijn’s impressive performance at Roubaix. Young Martijn put in 6006 kj of total work in 6:05’56″ in the saddle over 256.39 km. Not bad for a debut ride!
Cyclingnews.com: Sleepy Martijn rocks to 4th in Roubaix
Cyclingnews.com profiles “Sleepy Martijn” on his brilliant 4th place finish in his first Paris-Roubaix and his plans for the rest of the Spring Classics. From the article: Next week the Dutch young man will enjoy a home race, with the Amstel Gold Race featuring as next Spring Classic. “I’m very happy with my fourth place [...]
Velonews.com: Interview with Michael Friedman
Velonews talks to Mike “Meatball” Friedman on the eve of his first run at the infamous Paris-Roubaix. Said Mike: “Tomorrow is the day you take all of the risks. It’s the day you shoot for that hole and just go for it. Sometimes you make it through that hole and sometimes you go down. I [...]
Velonews.com: Maaskant 4th in Roubaix
Velonews.com profiles Dutch prodigy Martijn Maaskant, the unexpected 4th place finisher of the 2008 Paris-Roubaix. “It was very difficult; a very hard race,” said Maaskant, who is Dutch, but lives in Belgium. “When Boonen attacked that was the hardest part of the race for me.”
