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Take a look at David Millar's Garmin Edge 705 data from yesterdays awesome efforts in the Stage 6 breakaway. Under 2km from the finish Millar was caught by the peloton but he at least took home the 'most aggressive rider' award and showcased Team Garmin to the world.
Click here to see David's Garmin Connect data and here for Stage 6 video
The team time trial in this years Tour de France will probably be most remembered for how close Lance Armstrong came to being back in the yellow jersey for the first since retiring after the TdF 2005. But take a moment to read up on Team Garmin rider David Millar's experiences of the Team Time Trial during Stage 4 of this years Tour de France and understand how close to the edge these guys push themselves - The Millar Diaries puts the whole experience in context and David Zabriskie's Garmin Connect data shows further proof these guys are closing in on super human capabilities.
The Garmin Trailer will be at The Great Yorkshire Show - the North's leading agricultural event which takes place from Tuesday 14 to Thursday 16 July 2009 on the 250-acre Great Yorkshire Showground on the edge of the spa town of Harrogate.
Garmin will be supporting one of its local retailers Outdoor Human in the Discovery Zone of the show. There will be the opportunity to use one of Garmin’s latest products, The Oregon, to take part in a fun Geocache around the Showground.
In addition to which special show offers on Garmin’s products and the chance to win an Oregon 200.
Visit the trailer and Outdoor Human in the Discovery Zone, and for more information see www.greatyorkshireshow.com.
Geocachers from across the UK have been out County Caching and the first week’s gallery is full of fantastic photos. Log on to geocaching.com/garminphoto to vote on the best photo from last week. The winner will be entered into the final and have their photo displayed on the County Caching homepage.
Each week the gallery is refreshed and another winner will be chosen by the geocaching community until all 12 finalists have been selected who’ll then stand a chance to win an Oregon 550 or a trip to stunning Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada courtesy of Frontier Canada!
Log on: geocaching.com/garminphoto
Select a geocache
Go geocaching
Take a photo
Submit to WIN!
All you need to take part is a handheld GPS to hunt down the caches and a camera that can upload photos to your PC, why not get out in the great outdoors and go County Caching with Garmin!
The second member of the Garmin MTB Academy has taken his place on the roster following the 2nd event at Coed-y-Brenin, North Wales.
Adrian Rhodes-Patterson posted the fastest time and took the win completing the orienteering course in one hour three minutes aided by his Garmin Oregon 300 loaded with GB Discoverer mapping for Snowdonia National Park.
Adrian bagged himself a choice of Garmin GPS products, including the newly launched Dakota 20, a Commencal Super 4.1 bike worth £2,499 and a place in the Garmin MTB Academy plus a weekend riding with downhill legend Steve Peat. He said “I felt I'd ridden well but messed up the first checkpoint, of all things. I just rode straight past it – too busy enjoying the singletrack and not paying attention to the Garmin on the first section! “The Garmin is an impressive piece of kit and very easy to use, even on the move and in the rain. I still can't believe I've won a £2,500 bike and will get to find out how good top-of-the-range really is! “As for riding with Steve Peat, I just hope I can keep up on the climbs and someone lends me some body armour for the downhills so I have a chance of surviving the weekend while learning from the best!” The two remaining Garmin MTB Academy Days, at Glentress in Scotland (26 July) and Queen Elizabeth Park in Hampshire (16 August) still have spaces left but you'll have to quick to got onboard. Want to know more? Head over to bikeradar.com/garmin for details of the competition
Ellis Brigham Mountain Sports pride themselves on providing exceptional service to their customers and knowing about all of the products that they sell in-store. One of the ways that they do this is by getting out of the stores for a few days and spending some quality time on the hill. In this case, Snowdonia was the destination, with the Snowdon horseshoe and Glyder Fach the mountains. Together with 20 members of staff from various stores, 3 from head office and me we planned and then navigated our routes around Snowdonia.
For the trip we used Oregon 300 and 400t models with GB Discoverer OS 1:50k and 1:25k mapping, eTrex Vista HCx and GPSmap 60CSx with Topo GB and even the brand new, not yet released Dakota 20 with OS maps. The GPS's provided a quick, reliable GPS position displayed on OS maps to aid our navigation while routes were transferred wirelessly fromOregon to Oregon/Dakota easily so we all knew where we were going.
Following the prologue in Monaco yesterday, take a look at Bradley Wiggins Edge 705 performance data from his warm up and subsuquent time-trial. The splits are pretty impressive and are sure to keep Team Garmin in the running for the yellow come Team Time Trial day in Montpellier.
Location: Monaco
| Time: 19:51 Avg Speed: 18.2 mph Max Speed: 51.5 mph Ave Power: 213 W Max Power: 989 W |
Distance: 9.6 mi Elevation Gain: 804 ft Elevation Loss: 855 ft Min Elevation: -22 ft Max Elevation: 673 ft |
On a muggy day in Monaco, the ice vests used in Team Garmin's warmups really had their work cut out for them. And on the tricky 15.5 km prologue that started with a 7 km climb, Team Garmin kept its cool while placing four cyclists in the top 17 finishers. Bradley Wiggins sparked an ovation among the argyle armada when he flew through the finish and set a new time to beat. Even though Wiggo's time would be topped before day's end, seeing one of our stellar time trialists take his place on the podium set the tone for the rest of the Tour.
Team Garmin prides itself on its depth and consistency. So it wasn't a surprise to see Wiggins (3rd), Dave Zabriskie (13th), David Millar (14th) and Christian Vande Velde (17th) all finish within a minute of the stage winner. ITV4 were quick to catch up with Bradley and David as the UK fans of Le Tour swell once again for their fix of the world's favourite bike race.
Well, the action continues tomorrow (Monaco to Brignoles) and the next day (Marseille to La Grande-Motte) before things really get interesting at the Montpellier team time trial. If you want updates, candid photos and behind-the-scenes access, be sure to follow Jake from Garmin US on Twitter (@JakesJournal) and check the Team Garmin site. The fun is just beginning.
Earlier in the year Garmin and Wiggle ran a competition to win a trip to watch the final stage of the Giro d’Italia as a guest of Team Garmin Slipstream. David Rogers was that lucky winner and has kindly sent in a blog of his experience at the Giro d’Italia.
It’s hard work living in England and following professional cycling. The likelihood of a grand tour passing by your front door is minimal so you’re left with just the TV option, not brilliant given the erratic scheduling of a well know satellite station. That said, for me it the ultimate viewers sport so for years I have suffered the constraints to watch as much as possible. So you can imagine my elation and surprise when Wiggle sent me an email informing me that, having bought a Garmin 605, I had won a competition to watch the final stage the Giro as a guest of Team Garmin Slipstream. Well, I say surprise, but actually it was disbelief and shock. Gradually though as details of the itinerary came through I started to believe and it wasn’t long before my wife and I found ourselves in Gatwick airport looking for Paul the Garmin representative.
We were met at Rome airport and driven in a team car to the hotel where it happened that not only Garmin but also Liquigas, Barlow World and Silence Lotto were also staying. We invented a new game in the lobby – I Spy the professional cyclist, Ivan Basso having dinner with a collection of retired pro’s, Dave Zabriskie being interviewed by Cycling News, Pellizotti strutting up and down and what’s that? Team Barloworld waltzing in after midnight – shouldn’t they be resting?
The next morning equipped with our access all areas Giro pass it was off to the time trial. We were driven as part the Team Garmin convoy to the middle of Rome and who did we spot first? Cipollini, as ever surrounded by a crowd of adoring Italians. We parked up and spend a couple of hours walking the course, spotting cyclists and a spot of lunch. Then it was time for the main event, sitting the in the team car following Bradley Wiggins.
I will happily admit that I pinched myself when we sat parked at the start line waiting for Bradley. Driving was Matt White DS of the team (and an ex pro) and in the back the team mechanic, my wife and several thousands pounds worth of wind cheating carbon wheel. To our left we could see the heavy grey clouds looming over Rome and we wondered if Bradley would get round in time to avoid rain soaked and perilous cobbles. Five beeps and we were off, Matt accelerated hard to catch up with Bradley who had already made considerable ground. It was amazing to see such an athletic performance from such a unique viewpoint. Bikes are quicker round corners than cars so as we sped round the tight circuit it was somewhat akin to being a passenger in a rally car. Amazingly the organisers had not cordoned off the course, so as we gunned round Rome at speeds in excess of 70kph both rider and driver ran perilously close to the oblivious spectators, some choice words from the DS to describe his displeasure! About half way round we could hear from the race radio that Bradley was fastest through the checks but we could also see the first signs of a drizzle on the windscreen.
Rome quickly darkened and the cobbles turned slick and precarious with heavier rain. Bradley visibly slowed down. We were torn between willing him on and knowing he had to take it slowly through the tight corners given the ease at which TT bikes can loose all grip in a millisecond. His caution was justified as we rounded the final corner as he had to avoid a rider who had fallen. We turned off a slip road and were greeted by the sad news from race radio that Bradley had been off the pace by one second. Such a shame, he was the quickest rider on the day but rain and the crash ahead had cost him another top spot in his Palmares.
Anyway it’s pretty had to remain downhearted when you are VIP guests of Team Garmin so we spent the rest of the afternoon watching the GC contenders finish their Giro. After a heart stopping moment as Menchov inexplicably fell (shame on you, the De Luca fans that cheered!) the Rabobank rider still crossed the line with the pink jersey for keeps.
The night was still young so we headed for dinner with Team Garmin, including Bradley but also Dave Zabriske and their wives. It was a great way to hear all the about the inner workings of a pro-cycling team, but don’t worry Garmin, what goes on tour stays on tour!
We had an absolutely fantastic weekend and were overwhelmed by how welcoming all the members of Garmin were. Many thanks to Paul for hosting so well and Louise too. I hear there’s another competition on offer, this time in a team car following the tour up Mount Ventoux – might be worth buying another Garmin I think!
Garmin, Geocaching.com and Frontier Canada are inviting you to embrace the UK’s countryside this summer and go County Caching for the chance to win a holiday to Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada or an Oregon 550!
County Caching is a simply a geocaching and photography competition. What is geocaching? I hear you say, it’s basically a high-tech treasure hunting game using GPS to find geocaches (caches) which are watertight containers hidden all across the UK.
Log on: www.geocaching.com/garminphoto
Select a geocache
Go geocaching
Take a photo
Submit to WIN!
www.geocaching.com/garminphoto
The Oregon 550 is a handheld GPS that features a 3.2 megapixel camera built in enabling you to automatically geotag your photos plus its bright touch screen and paperless geocaching makes this handheld the ultimate device for any outdoor enthusiast.
If you don’t have a handheld GPS already Garmin have a handheld to suit your needs, click here to find out more and where you can buy one from.
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