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Double First at Giro 2012

Yesterday’s technically demanding 30k Time Trial through the streets of Milan saw a thrilling end to the 2012 Giro d’Italia with a double first result: 31 year old Ryder Hesjedal became the first ever Canadian overall Giro victor and in so doing also gave Team Garmin-Barracuda their first ever Grand Tour win. Although Ryder took sixth place on the day – 1 minute and 9 seconds behind TT Stage winner Marco Pinotti (BMC Racing) – it was more than sufficient to bag the overall win with accumulated time of 91h 39’ 2” with Team Katusha’s Joaquin Rodriguez in second overall with +16 seconds and Thomas De Gendt (Vacansoleil) third on +1’ 39”. Speaking post-race Hesjedal said, ‘I’m very proud and very honoured and humbled by this win. The team was incredible, every guy rode incredible, I am honoured by their effort and all we did here. Thank you to my team, my directors, the whole staff and all of our amazing sponsors, and my beautiful family and friends.’

 

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Second Stage Win for Cavendish

Giro d'ItaliaYesterday, Thursday May 10, saw an excellent comeback at the Giro d’Italia for Mark Cavendish and Team Sky after a spectacular crash for Cav on the final day in Denmark and a disappointing start to the Italian leg for the squad as a whole. Having endured a grim Team Time Trial in Verona managing only ninth with six riders crossing the line for a time of 37 minutes, 34 seconds, way adrift of Garmin-Barracuda’s winning 37m 4s, yesterday’s Stage 5, 209km from Modena to Fano, was clearly a whole new day, which saw Cav power his way to a finish in 4h 43m 15s to edge out Australia’s Matt Goss into second and Italian Daniele Bennati to third. The victory marked Cavendish’s second Giro stage win of 2012 and an impressive total of 32 Grand Tour stage wins. Lithuanian Ramunas Navardauskas of Garmin-Barracuda retains the leader’s jersey with an overall time of 14h 45m 13s.

 

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The Brute of Britain

Yodel, the parcel delivery provider, has announced that it will renew this year as the official logistics partner and sprints sponsor of the Tour of Britain, which is set for the off on September 9 on the streets of Ipswich – the first time the city has played host to the event. The eight-stage race, the UK’s biggest pro cycle outing and largest free-to-watch sporting event of 2012, has been described by Race Director Mick Bennett as ‘certainly our toughest yet’ and despite the lack of London finish (due to the ‘strain’ on the Capital of the Olympics and Paralympics) looks certain to involve some truly challenging competition. Not only will teams battle the notorious British weather – which last year saw the curtailment of the Blackpool promenade stretch – but hilly brutes involving the Pennines, Cannock Chase, the Brecon Beacons and the Caerphilly mountain climb will test the toughest legs.

 

If all that wasn’t enough the final day’s racing (September 16) will involve an uphill sprint along the cobbled high street of Guildford in Surrey; no wonder Bennett has described this as ‘…a race of two halves.’ Thus far Liquigas-Cannondale, Vacansoleil-DCM, Team Sky, Garmin-Barracuda and GreenEdge have all confirmed their attendance.

 

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Re-brand for Slipstream

Owned and managed by Slipstream Sports, Team Garmin-Cervélo, has announced that it will become Team Garmin-Barracuda with the addition of new sponsor Barracuda Networks, a global provider of content security and data protection. Commenting on the sponsorship announcement Michael Perone, executive vice president and CMO of Barracuda, said: ‘The incredible sense of teamwork, passion and determination, and commitment to innovation, align perfectly with our philosophy on delivering the most innovative solutions and support to our customers. This partnership provides a fantastic platform to share that message with millions of people around the world in a unique and meaningful way.’

 

Director Sportif of the newly rechristened Team Garmin-Barracuda, Jonathan Vaughters, added: ‘We are always looking for partners who, like Garmin, share our passion and commitment to the best innovations in technology, and Barracuda Networks is a perfect fit…The partnership with Barracuda Networks is long-term and the company will also allow Slipstream Sports to continue to pursue other co-title sponsor opportunities.’

 

In line with the name change, the team has also revealed the new 2012 jersey (which continues to be supplied by tech clothing leaders Castelli). It will be worn for the first time in action by the squad at the Santos Tour Down Under which begins January 15, fans will be able to get their hands on replicas in February.