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| valverde321 |
Posted on 08-04-2010 02:36
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Personal Biography
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As many of you know I ride for the pro american team Garmin- Transitions.
I was born on December 9th 1980 in Victoria, British Colombia ,Canada.[img-r]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Ryder_Hesjedal.jpg/220px-Ryder_Hesjedal.jpg[/img-r]I started my career as a mountain biker where I won a silver medal in the 2001 Under 23 World Championships. I then rode for the Rabobank Conti team before signing my first pro contract in 2005 with Discovery Channel. In my first year of professional road cycling I rode my first grand tour because of my climbing and timetrialing abilities. I rode in the Giro to support Savoldelli. I never finished though but I learned a lot. In 06 I signed with Phonak and had some better results and then in 07 I signed with HealthNet the Conti team. In 2008 I joined the new team Slipstream Chipotle. I rode the TDF that year and helped Christian (VandeVelde) to a 5th GC finish. Last season with GArmin I won a Vuelta stage. That was one of my biggest victories. I am the only canadian to ever win a Vuelta stage. LAter that summer I got picked to be the Canadian Cyclist of the decade and Male cyclist of the year. Those meant a lot to me.
But enough about me here is the rest of my team for this season on Garmin Transitions.
 
My stats.
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 08-04-2010 02:47
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Good luck, just like you are following my story, I will follow yours.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 08-04-2010 02:58
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Thank you that means lots.
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I was off to the team training camp and photo shoot in Calpe,Spain. Here's a quick shot that one of the team photographers got.
Race Schedule for January
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I wont be riding any races this month. I am on the TDU fallback roster. But the only way i'd be racing in Australia would be if someone who is signed up for the TDU gets injured or sick. Just because Ihave no races doesn't mean I get the month off though. I will be riding my @$$ off for the last 2 weeks to get in shape for February. I will be staying in Spain to shop. I'll be hanging out in the Team HQ in Girona and of course doing a bit of testing.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 08-04-2010 03:26
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Garmin Blog
Robert Hunter wins stage 1 Mawson Lakes to Angaston in the Tour Down Under for Garmin Transitions.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 08-04-2010 03:29
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Bobridge fractures thigh and is out of the Tour Down Under. He is set to return by the end of February.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 08-04-2010 03:33
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Garmin riders win team time trial in Doha for the Tour of Qatar. Michael Freidman won the stage crossing the line first for Garmin.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 08-04-2010 03:35
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Robbie Hunter wins the final stage of the Tour Down Under in Adelaide. The team rode strong and set up Robbie for the win!
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 08-04-2010 03:50
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At the end of January we usually have a news article on who the best rider for garmin was that month. We'll start things off then!
Best Rider for Garmin
Robbie Hunter got Garmin 2 wins in the TDU so he gets the best rider award for January. It was unanimous. He also got 10 ProTour Points for us in the process.
Best -25 Rider for Garmin
Our best under 25 rider in January was Michael Friedman. He won that TTT in Doha and also got some results on the Garmin Track Cycling Team so he gets it for this month.
From all of us at Garmin Blog we hope to write about even more victories in the future this season. Bye for Now.
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 08-04-2010 04:39
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Dang off to fast start, wasn't expecting that.
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 08-04-2010 08:08
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Good luck with this new story! |
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| olabj |
Posted on 08-04-2010 09:06
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Looks really nice, keep it up |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 08-04-2010 13:01
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Thanks guys my goal is to last until start of June or as long as possible.
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| G_Larsson |
Posted on 08-04-2010 13:30
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Good luck, and it's looking good! 
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 08-04-2010 22:53
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G_Larsson wrote:
Good luck, and it's looking good!
Thanks I hope you enjoy it too.
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| ursul |
Posted on 08-04-2010 23:09
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I really like your title
Good luck
When Nothing goes rigth, go left...
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 08-04-2010 23:51
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ursul wrote:
I really like your title
Good luck
Good old Canadian Products!
Thanks 1st race done report soon.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 09-04-2010 00:00
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Etoile de Bessges Stage 1
Today isn't my kind of race so I will be sitting in the peloton trying not to crash.
Here I am sitting in the main group.
Heres our guys working hard to bring back the break so Hunter can get a sprint win for the team. Will and Friedman do all the work.
Well the sprint begins and Meyer is in front. I just sat back and watched it all unfold.
Heres Robbie in the lead with half a km to go. He's a beast.
Well he wins. Kinda a weak field though so ntot that hard.
Stage:
Rank Name Team Time
1 Robert Hunter Garmin - Transitions 3h06'27
2 Borut Božic Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team s.t.
3 Bobbie Traksel Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team s.t.
4 Lilian Jégou Bretagne - Schuller s.t.
5 Matteo Carrara Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team s.t.
6 Jimmy Casper Besson Chaussures - Sojasun s.t.
7 Aart Vierhouten Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team s.t.
8 Anthony Geslin Française des Jeux s.t.
9 Cameron Meyer Garmin - Transitions s.t.
10 Lieuwe Westra Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team s.t.
11 Sébastien Chavanel Française des Jeux s.t.
12 Wesley Sulzberger Française des Jeux s.t.
13 Lloyd Mondory Ag2r - La Mondiale s.t.
14 Sandy Casar Française des Jeux s.t.
15 Thomas Voeckler BBox Bouygues Telecom s.t.
16 Cyrille Heymans Differdange s.t.
17 Iñaki Isasi Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
18 Stéphane Poulhiès Ag2r - La Mondiale s.t.
19 Fabien Bacquet Auber 93 s.t.
20 Gianni Meersman Française des Jeux s.t.
GC Exact same
Points:
Rank Name Team Points
1 Robert Hunter Garmin - Transitions 25
2 Borut Božic Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 20
3 Bobbie Traksel Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 16
4 Lilian Jégou Bretagne - Schuller 14
5 Matteo Carrara Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 12
6 Jimmy Casper Besson Chaussures - Sojasun 10
7 Aart Vierhouten Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 9
8 Anthony Geslin Française des Jeux 8
9 Cameron Meyer Garmin - Transitions 7
10 Lieuwe Westra Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 6
11 Sébastien Chavanel Française des Jeux 5
12 Wesley Sulzberger Française des Jeux 4
13 Lloyd Mondory Ag2r - La Mondiale 3
14 Sandy Casar Française des Jeux 2
15 Thomas Voeckler BBox Bouygues Telecom 1
Heres the Garmin team participating:
Robert Hunter
Cameron Meyer
Michel Kreder
Julian Dean
Michael Friedman
William Frischkorn
Danny Pate
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 09-04-2010 14:13
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Etoile de Besseges Stage 2
Well Hunter was a beast yesterday and today's profile looks similar so maybe he can grab another win for us Garmin boys.
Hunter grabs the wheel of Casper. I just sat back and watched like yesterday. Me and my roomate Will just worked hard for a few km's and then sat back and made sure to finish in the main group.
Dean also grabs a wheel. He looks like he's in better position for the sprint.
The sprint starts and Dean is for sure in a better position. MAybe he'll get the win today if anyone from Garmin gets it.
500 metres to go and Hunter is still behind a few guys, but he's moving up fast!
Amazing what a sprint by Robbie. If someone had any doubts about who the strongest sprinter in the field is they can be certain its Hunter now! Amazing sprint and good work by the boys to bring back the break. Tommorow looks like my kind of day so maybe I'll be talking about myself tommorow.
Stage:
Rank Name Team Time
1 Robert Hunter Garmin - Transitions 2h33'19
2 Anthony Geslin Française des Jeux s.t.
3 Jimmy Casper Besson Chaussures - Sojasun s.t.
4 Julian Dean Garmin - Transitions s.t.
5 Borut Božic Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team s.t.
6 Wesley Sulzberger Française des Jeux s.t.
7 Gianni Meersman Française des Jeux s.t.
8 Lloyd Mondory Ag2r - La Mondiale s.t.
9 Jean-Luc Delpech Bretagne - Schuller s.t.
10 Arnaud Gérard Française des Jeux s.t.
11 Klaas Lodewyck Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator s.t.
12 Nikolas Maes Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator s.t.
13 Iñaki Isasi Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
14 Pierre Rolland BBox Bouygues Telecom s.t.
15 Sébastien Turgot BBox Bouygues Telecom s.t.
16 Thomas Voeckler BBox Bouygues Telecom s.t.
17 Saïd Haddou BBox Bouygues Telecom s.t.
18 Johan Le Bon Bretagne - Schuller s.t.
19 Benoit Vaugrenard Française des Jeux s.t.
20 Stéphane Bonsergent Bretagne - Schuller s.t.
21 Yohann Gené BBox Bouygues Telecom s.t.
22 Stéphane Poulhiès Ag2r - La Mondiale s.t.
23 Renaud Dion Ag2r - La Mondiale s.t.
24 Sébastien Chavanel Française des Jeux s.t.
25 John Gadret Ag2r - La Mondiale s.t.
79 Ryder Hesjedal Garmin - Transitions s.t.
GC:
Rank Name Team Time
1 Robert Hunter Garmin - Transitions 5h39'06
2 Anthony Geslin Française des Jeux + 28
3 Borut Božic Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team s.t.
4 Jimmy Casper Besson Chaussures - Sojasun + 32
5 Bobbie Traksel Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team s.t.
6 Joeri Calleeuw Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht + 34
7 Cyril Lemoine Skil - Shimano + 36
8 Josu Agirre Euskaltel - Euskadi + 38
9 Wesley Sulzberger Française des Jeux + 40
10 Lloyd Mondory Ag2r - La Mondiale s.t.
11 Gianni Meersman Française des Jeux s.t.
12 Iñaki Isasi Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
13 Thomas Voeckler BBox Bouygues Telecom s.t.
14 Klaas Lodewyck Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator s.t.
15 Sébastien Chavanel Française des Jeux s.t.
16 Saïd Haddou BBox Bouygues Telecom s.t.
17 Stéphane Poulhiès Ag2r - La Mondiale s.t.
18 Lilian Jégou Bretagne - Schuller s.t.
19 Sébastien Turgot BBox Bouygues Telecom s.t.
20 Pierre Rolland BBox Bouygues Telecom s.t.
21 Matteo Carrara Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team s.t.
22 Yohann Gené BBox Bouygues Telecom s.t.
23 Julian Dean Garmin - Transitions s.t.
24 Aart Vierhouten Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team s.t.
25 Cyrille Heymans Differdange s.t.
26 Leonardo Duque Cofidis, le crédit en ligne s.t.
27 Arnaud Labbe BBox Bouygues Telecom s.t.
28 Arnaud Gérard Française des Jeux s.t.
29 Lieuwe Westra Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team s.t.
30 Benoit Vaugrenard Française des Jeux s.t.
65 Ryder Hesjedal Garmin - Transitions s.t.
Points:
Rank Name Team General
1 Robert Hunter Garmin - Transitions 50
2 Borut Božic Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 32
3 Anthony Geslin Française des Jeux 28
4 Jimmy Casper Besson Chaussures - Sojasun 26
5 Bobbie Traksel Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 16
6 Wesley Sulzberger Française des Jeux 14
7 Lilian Jégou Bretagne - Schuller 14
8 Julian Dean Garmin - Transitions 14
9 Matteo Carrara Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 12
10 Lloyd Mondory Ag2r - La Mondiale 11
11 Gianni Meersman Française des Jeux 9
12 Aart Vierhouten Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 9
13 Jean-Luc Delpech Bretagne - Schuller 7
14 Cameron Meyer Garmin - Transitions 7
15 Lieuwe Westra Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 6
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 09-04-2010 22:10
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Stage 3 soon. Maybe 20 minutes
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 09-04-2010 22:50
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Hey great story so far,I really like it!Hunter seems to be really strong at the moment |
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