Team RadioShack’s Portuguese rider Tiago Machado will start as the leader of the squad in the Tour of Italy that begins on Saturday May 7th in Torino. As a climber and good time trial rider, Machado (25) has the perfect skills to be a good stage race rider. With Robbie McEwen (with twelve Giro stage wins on his palmares), Robbie Hunter and Manuel Cardoso, the team also has the potential to … [Read more...]
Bruised Hunter out of Tour of Flanders
April 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment
PARIS, April 1, 2011 (AFP) - South Africa's Robbie Hunter has pulled out of the Tour of Flanders because of bruising to his ribs and back, his RadioShack team said Friday. Hunter picked up the knocks during Thursday's final stage of the Three Days of De Panne race which was won by Belgium teammate Sebastien Rosseler. Twenty-year-old Polish rider Michal Kwiatkowski, who finished … [Read more...]
Robbie Hunter Wins in India for second 2011Team RadioShack Victory
February 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Team RadioShack’s Robbie Hunter (South Africa) sprinted to victory in the Mumbai Cyclothon on Sunday, the second leg of the Tour de Mumbai (UCI 1.1). In Mumbai Hunter outsprinted Italian Elia Viviani (Liquigas), the winner of the first leg in Nashik, and Britain’s Jonathan McEvoy (Motorpoint). “Robbie McEwen flatted with about three kilometers to go,” explained a delighted Hunter. … [Read more...]
Robbie McEwen and Robbie Hunter to Team RadioShack
December 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Sprinters Robbie McEwen and Robbie Hunter are joining Team RadioShack in 2011. Both riders were part of the Pegasus Sports project which failed to get a ProTour or Professional Continental license for the upcoming season and opted to change teams. The negotiations between the Team and riders were settled promptly with both riders keen on joining the team of Manager Johan Bruyneel and seven-time … [Read more...]
Hunter Pulls Out Of Tour’s 11th Stage
July 15, 2010 By Leave a Comment
South Africa's Robbie Hunter succumbed to the pain of a fractured arm and pulled out of the Tour de France on Thursday. Garmin-Transitions rider Hunter suffered the injury in a crash on the 10th stage and despite being diagnosed with a fracture near his right elbow he was keen to start the 11th stage from Sisteron to Bourg-les-Valence. Hunter, however, did not turn up at the start line … [Read more...]
Team Garmin-Transitions Stage 4 Quotes
July 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Team Garmin-Transitions had a good day today at the Tour de France and we got some Stage 4 Quotes. Julian Dean I was a bit surprised, you never start out after being in the hosptial two days ago thinking you're going to do that. I'm over the moon to achieve this but wish I was 100 percent for the sprint. I feel like maybe I could have won. But that said I'm really proud of what the team's … [Read more...]
Garmin Trio Taken To Hospital, Total Of Five Crash
July 5, 2010 By Leave a Comment
SPA, Belgium - Tour de France hopeful Christian Vande Velde was among three riders from Garmin-Transitions taken to hospital for checks, team said after the crash-marred second stage of the Tour de France. Dozens of riders crashed on the slippery descents which featured in the latter half of the 201km ride from Brussels to Spa in the Belgian Ardennes. Lance Armstrong, reigning champion … [Read more...]
Robbie Hunter Goes Back To Back At Tour of Murcia
March 4, 2010 By Leave a Comment
MADRID, March 4, 2010 (AFP) - South Africa's Robert Hunter won his second consecutive stage of the Tour of Murcia in southeastern Spain on Thursday, with seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong five seconds back in 35th place. Hunter, who rides for the Garmin team, beat Australia's Graeme Brown and Spain's Vicente Reynes in a sprint finish to take the 169.8-kilometer second stage … [Read more...]
Team Garmin-Transitions Announces Roster for Tour Down Under
January 13, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Team line-up features four Australian riders including Cameron Meyer, newly crowned national time trial champion; Jack Bobridge to ride his first pro race January 13, 2010 – Boulder, CO - Team Garmin-Transitions, 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 … [Read more...]
Garmin Signs South African Sprinter Hunter, Stetina, And More
September 1, 2009 By Leave a Comment
American cycling team Garmin-Slipstream have signed former Tour de France stage winner Robbie Hunter of South Africa among five other new recruits for the 2010 season, the team announced Tuesday. Barloworld sprint specialist Hunter has been brought on board to help Garmin's up and coming American sprinter Tyler Farrar to dominate the bunch sprints, and to aim for "various stage wins … [Read more...]