 Christian Vande Velde
velonews.com,
22 Uztaila 2008
Eeady for the ride of his life
On the rest day in Cuneo, Italy, a relaxed and refreshed Vande Velde discussed his rivals, the Tour’s most critical upcoming stages and how his underdog team is faring heading into the third and most difficult week of the race.
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 Lance Armstrong
cyclingnews.com,
22 Uztaila 2008
Following the Tour from afar
As the Tour de France enters the Alps for what are arguably the two most critical stages, an unprecedented six riders are within touching distance of yellow. Seven-time winner Lance Armstrong gives us his view on the racing thus far and who he's tipping for yellow in Paris.
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 George Hincapie
cyclingnews.com,
20 Uztaila 2008
Still going strong
Team Columbia rider George Hincapie is riding his thirteenth Tour de France. The 35-year old rider made his bones as one of Lance Armstrong's faithful domestiques as the only US Postal/Discovery Channel rider to be on all of Armstrong's Tour-winning teams.
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 John-Lee Augustyn
teambarloworld.com,
20 Uztaila 2008
"The only problem is that journalists often ask stupid questions"
Young South African John-Lee Augustyn is riding his first Tour de France, and living this experience with a lot of enthusiasm. On the Pyrenees he kept the pace with the strongest, even attacking on the Tourmalet.
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 Matthew White
velonews.com,
20 Uztaila 2008
‘Christian Gets Better and Better’
Garmin-Chipotle sport director Matt White has had a front-row seat to the team’s surprisingly good opening two weeks of the Tour de France. Team captain Christian Vande Velde enters Saturday’s opening shot of the showdown in the Alps poised in third place overall.
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 David Zabriskie
bikeradar.com,
19 Uztaila 2008
Training full gas for China
American pro cyclist Dave Zabriskie, who raced for US Postal and Team CSC, now races for the Garmin-Chipotle team. Known to be fairly guarded and succinct in his interviews, we managed to learn a little more about the fun-loving American who is a former roommate of Floyd Landis.
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 Ryder Hesjedal
canadiancyclist.com,
19 Uztaila 2008
"This is the Big Show"
Ryder Hesjedal is halfway through his first Tour de France with the Garmin-Chipotle team, the first Canadian to compete in the Tour since Gord Fraser back in 1997. We spoke with him late last night (post-stage 12) about his race so far.
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Craig MacLean
veloresults.co.uk,
19 Uztaila 2008
Where to go from here?
Craig MacLean will not be on the plane to Beijing. Despite having been hit very hard by the selector's decision, Craig took time to tell us about his feelings, the mechanics of selection and - the future.
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 Lucas Euser
uscyclingreport.com,
18 Uztaila 2008
"For Americans the European experience is a whole new game"
Lucas Euser began his professional career with TIAA-CREF which evolved into the highly successful argyle brigade of Garmin-Chipotle H3O: a team dedicated to the proposition that bike racing can be done successfully without resorting to doping.
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 Juan José Oroz
cyclingnews.com,
18 Uztaila 2008
Emerging from anonymity
Riding in his first Grand Tour, Juan José Oroz emerged briefly from obscurity when he launched a brave attack on the unclassified climb of the Col d'Extreme on stage 12 in order to bolster a floundering two-man break on a sprinter's stage.
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 Rahsaan Bahati
cyclingnews.com,
17 Uztaila 2008
One leg tied behind his back
Rahsaan Bahati is one of top criterium racers in the U.S., and he's had a strong season since joining the Rock Racing team last year. Yet his wins have come despite a multitude of injuries which have left him able to pedal fully with only one leg.
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 Bernhard Eisel
pezcyclingnews.com,
16 Uztaila 2008
"I'm walking like Frankenstein!"
I got to sit down for a 20 minutes with one of the more unsung heroes of the success story so far, Austria's Bernhard Eisel. It's not that he goes unnoticed, it's just that guys like Cavendish and Kirchen pull in so many column inches between them. So here's the scoop from Bernhard .......
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 Baden Cooke
teambarloworld.com,
16 Uztaila 2008
"it's great to be back at the Tour"
At the Tour de France Cooke has created his own family atmosphere thanks to the presence of his girlfriend Kelly and his brother Markus.
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Ryder Hesjedal
pedalmag.com,
16 Uztaila 2008
"it's been a lot easier in the Tour compared to the Giro"
It's been "so far, so good" for Garmin-Chipotle and Ryder Hesjedal, both in their maiden Tour de France. The team has had some good stage placings, and after the first 10 stages Christian Vande Velde lies in an impressive 3rd place on GC, only 38 seconds behind leader Cadel Evans.
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 Dario Cioni
pezcyclingnews.com,
15 Uztaila 2008
Silence Goes Yellow!
On the eve of the biggest day of Dario's teammate, Cadel Evans' career, Ed Hood caught up with our man Dario Sunday evening for a few words after the first real day in the mountains. As always, Dario gives us that special inside look we all crave.
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 David Veilleux
pedalmag.com,
15 Uztaila 2008
The future is "now"
David Veilleux (QC) Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast has established himself as one of the future stars of Canadian cycling over the last few seasons. If his form over the last month is any indication then the future is "now" for Veilleux.
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