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ROUEN , France, July 4, 2012 (AFP) - American cycling team Garmin said they will have no option but to fire Alex Rasmussen after the Dane was handed a lengthy suspension for missing drugs tests. Rasmussen, a four-time track cycling world champion, was on Wednesday handed an 18-month ban for missing two out-of-competition doping controls and failing to give sufficient details about his … [Read more...]
PARIS, June 21, 2012 (AFP) - Giro d'Italia winner Ryder Hesjedal of Canada will spearhead a nine-man Garmin team on the Tour de France which gets underway in Liege, Belgium on June 30. "After winning a big Tour for the first time we have high hopes for the Tour de France," Garmin chief Jonathan Vaughters said. "We will be focusing on the general classification but we'll also be looking … [Read more...]
VERONA, Italy, May 9, 2012 (AFP) - American team Garmin won the fourth stage of the Giro d'Italia, a time trial held over 33.2 km around Verona, to take control of the race Wednesday. Garmin's Lithuanian rider Ramunas Navardauskas took possession of the pink jersey from American Taylor Phinney of BMC, who had led the race since winning the opening stage time trial in Herning, Denmark. … [Read more...]
LUSAIL, Qatar, Feb 6, 2012 (AFP) - American team Garmin won Monday's second stage of the Tour of Qatar, a 11.3km time-trial at the Lusail motorcycle track. Belgian Tom Boonen of the Omega Pharma-Quick Step, winner of Sunday's first stage, retained the race leader's golden jersey, with American Tyler Farrar second on the same time. Garmin finished the time-trial ahead of Omega … [Read more...]
Norwegian Thor Hushovd and American Tyler Farrar will spearhead the Garmin-Cervelo team's bid for stage victories on this year's Tour de France, which starts on Saturday. The American outfit announced their nine-man team on Tuesday, with Lithuanian champion Ramunas Navardauskas, the team's youngest rider, making his debut along with American Tom Danielson. "We needed a team that … [Read more...]
The Irishman Daniel Martin (Garmin) won Sunday's Japan Cup in Utsunomiya (Japan), at the distance of 151.3 kilometers. Martin came in alone on the last race of the international season, with nearly a minute lead ahead of a small group set by Australian Peter McDonald (DPC). Four ProTour teams (Garmin, Katusha, Milram, Saxo Bank) participated in the race. … [Read more...]
Even when you have the three best time trialers in the race breaking away, its tough to hold off the peleton. Even though Leipheimer, Zabriskie and Rogers opened up a minute 35 lead coming up Bonny Dune, in the end the peleton came within 17 seconds of pulling them in. In the final sprint, it was Team Garmin's Dave Zabriskie who outrode his companions and held out for the win. Sagan, who … [Read more...]
MADRID, March 3, 2010 (AFP) - South Africa's Robert Hunter won the first stage of the Tour of Murcia in southeastern Spain on Wednesday, a race in which America's seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong finished with the same time in a mass sprint finish. Hunter, who rides for the Garmin team, beat Australia's Graeme Brown and Spain's Vicente Reynes to take the 166.5-kilometre … [Read more...]
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 season. "That's my main problem, to know who is the manager, … [Read more...]
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 d'Epargne, which is home to several other Spanish riders including Alejandro Valverde, … [Read more...]