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Garmin-Cervélo Tour de France roster

Hushovd and Danielson

Team Garmin-Cervélo today announced its much-anticipated 2011 Tour de France roster. The squad features world champion Thor Hushovd, Christian Vande Velde, a two-time top-ten finisher, and Tyler Farrar, who has claimed stages at two other Grand Tours and with lead-out man Julian Dean, will be looking to add a third to his list. Ryder Hesjedal, who placed an impressive 7th overall in 2010 returns, as does recently crowned U.S. National Time Trial Champion, David Zabriskie.

David Millar, tour veteran, will feature throughout as a TT expert and rider strong both on the flats and in the mountains. Two riders will be making their Tour de France debut this year: Tom Danielson is coming off strong performances at the Tours of California and Suisse; and Lithuanian National Champion, Ramunas Navardauskas – the team’s youngest rider – rounds out the squad.

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Irishman takes Tuscan triumph.

Dan Martin (Garmin-Cervelo) won the Giro della Toscana yesterday in a six-man sprint to earn his first victory of the season. The 24-year-old Irishman bided his time in the finale and came around Italy’s Mauro Santambrogio (BMC)in the final 50 metres for the win. Santambrogio initiated the sprint from 300 metres out and hung on for second place while Colombia’s Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (D’Angelo & Antenucci-Nippo) claimed third. “Christophe and I were in a 10 man group, Christophe took the opportunity to attack, I did my best to block behind but with the strong headwind to the line we caught him with only 300m to the line. Having Christophe in front allowed me to recover enough to take the sprint” said Dan, “It was a beautiful race and made the trip to Tuscany worthwhile for all!”

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Irishman takes Tuscan triumph.

Dan Martin (Garmin-Cervelo) won the Giro della Toscana yesterday in a six-man sprint to earn his first victory of the season. The 24-year-old Irishman bided his time in the finale and came around Italy’s Mauro Santambrogio (BMC)in the final 50 metres for the win. Santambrogio initiated the sprint from 300 metres out and hung on for second place while Colombia’s Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (D’Angelo & Antenucci-Nippo) claimed third. “Christophe and I were in a 10 man group, Christophe took the opportunity to attack, I did my best to block behind but with the strong headwind to the line we caught him with only 300m to the line. Having Christophe in front allowed me to recover enough to take the sprint” said Dan, “It was a beautiful race and made the trip to Tuscany worthwhile for all!”

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Peter Stetina – Grand Tour debut and Castelli Photoshoot.

The 23-year-old Peter Stetina confirmed that he’s a rider who can have grand tour potential for the future, especially on mountainous courses like this year’s Giro. Stetina rode well in Saturday’s epic stage over the Finestre climb to finish off his first grand tour on a strong 22nd place. “There are just positive signs all the way through. We knew I was capable of a top-20. I think I could have done it, but I lost some time early on because there was no pressure and I was just enjoying the experience of my first Giro,” Stetina said to Castelli. CASTELLI PHOTOSHOOTING – this week. Peter Stetina and Christophe LeMevel will freshen up memories from a hard 15th Giro mountain stage over Passo Giao and Passo Fedaia this week during the Castelli Summer 2012 catalog photoshootings. More twitter feeds and images to come. twitter.com/castellicycling »

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Dan Martin – An Irishman in California.

danmartinBefore May 2011 Garmin-Cervélo rider Dan Martin had never been to California. His introduction to the state at this year’s Amgen Tour of California gave him a vivid view of the Golden State’s varied terrain and weather. From a 30-degree Tahoe blizzard to raking Central Valley winds to 75-degree Southern California sunshine, the 24-year old Irishman saw California in all its scenic moods.

After Martin had a chance to shower off all the champagne from the squad’s wild team podium celebration in Thousand Oaks, Garmin-Cervélo’s team photographer Mark Johnson caught up with him to collect his thoughts on his first-ever US race, where he placed a very respectable 14th overall.

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