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Toyota-United top domestic team on the day
Los Angeles, CA – The Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team bolstered its claim today as the premier professional cycling team in America by finishing 5th place in Stage 4 of the Tour de Georgia Presented by AT & T. Today’s stage was a unique race in that each of [...]

Stage Four – Road Atlanta
BRASELTON, Ga. (April 24, 2008) – American-based Slipstream Chipotle presented by H30 averaged over 29 miles per hour en route to winning the inaugural Team Time Trial (TTT) at the Tour de Georgia presented by AT&T by four seconds over Astana (LUX). Team High Road (USA), the last team [...]

For the first time in its six years of existence, the Tour de Georgia included a team time trial in the race schedule. Thursday’s Stage 4 challenged the riders with a very hilly 16km course at the Road Atlanta motor speedway.
A smooth and consistent ride
“Overall, I am really very pleased with how [...]

Stage Three - Washington to Gainesville
GAINESVILLE, Ga. (April 23, 2008) – After knocking on the door of a stage win yesterday, Greg Henderson (NZL) of Team High Road launched himself through the tight downhill turns of the Gainesville circuit finish to narrowly defeat teammate Andre Greipel (GER) and win Stage Three of the Tour de [...]

Though the Tour de Georgia’s stage 3 offered up a challenging parcous, there was little doubt that the day would end in another bunch sprint. The 174 km route from Washington to Gainesville presented the racers with an undulating course, made more difficult by the fast pace set all day by the peloton. [...]

High Road’s Greg Henderson succeeded in going one better today when he took the win in the third stage of Tour de Georgia and moved into the overall your lead. After taking fifth place in stage one and second place yesterday, Henderson was able to turn the tables and take the top position on the [...]

Dominguez sprints to 3rd place finish claiming four-second time bonus to retain yellow jersey and picks up the lead in the Sprint Competition
Toyota-United continues to lead the team competition
Los Angeles, CA – Ivan Dominguez of the Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team held on to the leaders yellow jersey at the conclusion of today’s Stage 2 in [...]

Stage Two - Statesboro to Augusta
AUGUSTA, Ga. (April 22, 2008) – In the final 100 meters of a 115.7-mile (186.2 km) stage, sprint specialist Juan Jose Haedo (ARG) of Team CSC burst ahead of the 119-rider field in downtown Augusta to win Stage Two of the Tour de Georgia presented by AT&T. Recovering from [...]

[22.04 22:02] Juan José Haedo surprised in second stage of Tour de Georgia, when the slightly injured Argentinean won the 188-kilometer stage from Statesboro to Augusta after a bunch sprint.
Haedo has had some problems with his hand after breaking it a month ago, which is why his victory was so unexpected.
“We’d been discussing that we’d [...]

Stage 2 of the Tour de Georgia offered up another prime day for the strong sprinting teams in the race. The 188 km route was a northward trek from Statesboro to Augusta.
Though the parcours began pancake flat, it eventually offered a series of undulating hills ending in the first King of [...]