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• Contador Still Not Sold On Astana
  September 18th, 2009
  

  Two-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador, under contract with Astana until 2010, is unwilling to negotiate with his Kazakh-funded team until management issues are cleared up.
  “Currently, we don’t know who’s leading Astana, that’s why I have some doubts,” Contador said of Astana, which has had financial troubles this [...]

• Contador Mulling Over Four Offers For Next Season
  September 6th, 2009
  

  MADRID, Sept 5, 2009 (AFP) – Two-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador, under contract with Astana until 2010, has received offers from Garmin, Caisse d’Epargne and Quick Step as well as a proposed contract extension from Astana, a source close to the rider said Saturday.
  The proposal from Caisse [...]

• Farrar Doubles Up At Eneco Tour
  August 20th, 2009
  

  BRUSSELS, Aug 20, 2009 (AFP) – US rider Tyler Farrar of the Garmin team won the second stage of the Eneco Tour here on Thursday to consolidate his overall race lead in the ProTour event between Belgium and the Netherlands.
  Farrar, who was adding this to his win in Wednesday’s [...]

• American Farrar Wins Hamburg’s Cyclassics
  August 17th, 2009
  

  HAMBURG, Germany, Aug 16, 2009 (AFP) – Garmin sprinter Tyler Farrar was celebrating on Sunday when he became the first American to win the Hamburg Cyclassics one-day classic.
  The 25-year-old Farrar, who finished fifth out of the sprinters contesting the green jersey for the points classification at this year’s Tour de France, [...]

• Garmin Hush Over Contador Rumors
  July 24th, 2009
  

  Garmin chief Jonathan Vaughters admitted Tour de France leader Alberto Contador is a “fantastic rider” but would not confirm rumors his team was hoping to hire the Tour de France leader.
  Spain’s 2007 champion Contador, of Astana, has a virtually unassailable lead of 4min 11sec over second-placed Luxemburger Andy Schleck [...]

• Farrar Eyes Chance To Out Sprint The Sprint-King Cavendish
  July 18th, 2009
  

  by Ryland James
  COLMAR, France, July 17, 2009 (AFP) – American Tyler Farrar is targeting the Tour de France 14th stage as he bids to beat British sprint king Mark Cavendish in a ‘fair and square’ speed battle.
  Cavendish has been the undisputed speed king with four wins [...]

• TEAM GARMIN-SLIPSTREAM AND CYCLING AUSTRALIA ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP, TEAM ADDS JACK BOBRIDGE TO ROSTER
  May 6th, 2009
  

  Cycling Australia and Team Garmin-Slipstream continue to develop young talent with new partnership and team’s addition of 19-year-old phenomenon
  May 6, 2009 – Team Garmin-Slipstream, the top American professional cycling team dedicated to ethical sporting and developing the next generation of cycling champions, announced today that it has added Australian Jack Bobridge to its roster and [...]

• Christian Vande Velde Riding For Team Garmin Wins Paris-Nice Stage 4
  March 11th, 2009
  

  SAINT ETIENNE, France, March 11, 2009 (AFP) – American Christian Vande Velde, riding for Garmin, won the fourth stage of the Paris-Nice race here on Wednesday, a 173.5km ride from Vichy to Saint Etienne.
  Sylvain Chavanel of France, riding for Quick Step, retained the overall lead.
  Vande [...]

• TEAM GARMIN-SLIPSTREAM INTRODUCES NEW KIT FOR 2009
  January 17th, 2009
  

  Technology Innovations Continue to Help Garmin Athletes Break Away from the Pack
  January 16, 2009 – Boulder, CO – Team Garmin-Slipstream, the top U.S. professional cycling team, today unveiled its 2009 team kits (image below).
  The new team kit highlights title sponsor Garmin’s leadership role, while also bringing attention to Slipstream and its focus on ethical sporting [...]

• VANDEVELDE HOLDS ON TO LEAD DURING STAGE SEVEN, WINS YELLOW JERSEY AT 2008 TOUR OF MISSOURI, CHICCHI WINS STAGE 7
  September 15th, 2008
  

  ST. LOUIS, Mo. (Sept. 14, 2008) – Thousands of fans lined the streets of downtown St. Louis to watch Team Garmin-Chipotle’s Christian Vandevelde (USA) cross the finish line safely and win the 2008 Tour of Missouri. Vandevelde, winner of Stage Three’s Individual Time Trial, was awarded the Missouri Tourism Yellow Jersey for the race after [...]

• Team Columbia’s Michael Barry Solo’s To Take Tour of Missouri Stage Four Win
  September 11th, 2008
  

  Rolla, MO, USA, 11 September 2008 – Columbia’s Michael Barry soloed to his first win of the season today, taking out Stage Four of the Tour of Missouri at the end of a dramatic and exciting day of racing.
  Barry and his Columbia teammates began their offensive at the zero kilometer mark of the 156km stage [...]

• Cadel Evans Tipped For Yellow Jersey Ahead Of TT Decider
  July 25th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis
  SAINT ETIENNE, France, July 25, 2008 (AFP) – Cadel Evans has been tipped to overhaul his 1min 34sec deficit to Spanish rival Carlos Sastre ahead of their duel for the Tour de France yellow jersey in the final time trial on Saturday.
  Sastre, who rides [...]

• Interview With Christian Vande Velde Before Stage 17 by Versus
  July 23rd, 2008
  

  This Bicycle.net video is supplied by our friends at Versus.com
  Interview with Christian Vande Velde of Team Garmin before the start of the Tour de France Stage 17. They discuss what happened on Stage 16 and what appeared to be a bad day on the bike.
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• Three More Top Teams Heading To The Emerald Isle
  July 17th, 2008
  

  CSF Group Navigare, SouthAustralia.com and Joker-Bianchi are all heading to the Emerald Isle for the start of the UCI 2.1 ranked Tour of Ireland next month.
  CSF Group Navigare return to race in the 900km Tour of Ireland (27th to 31st August) sponsored by Fáilte Ireland. The Italian team is based on the Ceramiche Panaria outfit [...]

• Cadel Evans of Silence Lotto Can Hold Off The Threat Of The Big Teams, Says Team Manager
  July 14th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis
  HAUTACAM, France, July 15, 2008 (AFP) – Silence-Lotto team manager Marc Sergeant believes Australia’s Cadel Evans has shown his rivals the tools that could land him an historic Tour de France yellow jersey in Paris.
  But the Belgian admitted after a thrilling 10th stage [...]

• David Millar Gives Up Much Hope Of Yellow, But Now Eyeing Stage Win
  July 10th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis
  SUPER-BESSE, France, July 10, 2008 (AFP) – Britain’s David Millar has all but given up hope of finally ending his eight-year wait to wear the Tour de France yellow jersey again.
  However, the Garmin team leader said his encouraging performance on the race’s first foray [...]

• Team Garmin Counting On David Millar For Yellow Jersey Bid
  July 7th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis
  NANTES, France, July 7, 2008 (AFP) – Britain’s David Millar is quietly
  building hopes of ending his eight-year wait to pull on the Tour de France
  yellow jersey.
  Millar last wore the coveted tunic in 2000 when he won the prologue at
  Futuroscope, and on Tuesday’s 29.5km race against the clock [...]

• What They Are Saying Ahead Of The Tour de France
  July 4th, 2008
  

  BREST, France, July 4, 2008 (AFP) – A selection of what they’re saying ahead of this year’s Tour de France, which begins here Saturday and ends on July 27:
  “If they had to take the fight against doping any further, they’d have to come and live in my house! I’ve [...]

• David Millar Has Big Hopes for Tour de France Glory
  July 4th, 2008
  

  You Can Beat So Does Team Garmin
  by Justin Davis
  BREST, France, July 4, 2008 (AFP) – This time last year David Millar came back to the Tour de France with the air of a debutant trying to find his way in the race hierarchy.
  Ahead of the [...]