Stage 6 of the Tour de San Luis was the biggest, longest, hottest stage of the race so far.  The undulating and twisting nature of the route provided us no respite from the relentless blow dryer-like wind for over 5 hours.  I told my teammate in the middle of the stage, “this is definitely one [...]

The queen stage of the race was a solid day for us at Liquigas-Cannondale. Nibali and Samiento showed their climbing form finishing just a few seconds behind a flying Contador and Leipheimer on the summit finish.  For me, my first big race in the hills of 2012 was allright.  Its was certailnly painful at times [...]

Well, that was a fun day.  The peloton kicked off the 2012 season here at the Tour de San Luis with a memorable first stage, although its one Id like to quickly forget!  Lets just say I found out why one of our team cars has the snorkel on it.  San Luis threw the most [...]

  Id seen some photos from the Tour de San Luis last year that included the peloton crossing a fairly sizeable river, up to the wheel hubs in water.  So I guess I wasn’t too surprised to see the rig below waiting for us to pick up our gear at the airport.  Yes, that’s a [...]

It was merely a matter of time before the ferocious Argentine temperatures got the better of my overall well-being and something had to be done. That is to say, despite being on a style-centric Italian cycling team, I don’t feel like sweating profusely exclusively for the sake of high fashion. Thankfully my teammates have traveling [...]

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Two days ago, my first entry pecked away here in Argentina claimed absurdly hot and dry temperatures characterize the climate. That was true on that day, however the two days hence have offered a little bit of everything. So my assumption that Argentina is exclusively hot, dry, and full of friendly people is not quite [...]

A lesser man may have heeded these signs’ collective advice. However, mostly paying attention to the stenciled sign on the right, I looked down and noticed that I was not riding a motor vehicle and therefore proceeded beyond this gate and along my merry way on this very ominous road. Who knows what the locals [...]

I am finally in San Luis, Argentina with my teammates after two very long travel days.  The legs didn’t feel so hot today but let me tell you its nice to feel a little sun and heat here in the southern hemisphere summer!  Check out our locale here on Strava Tweet Go to the Source [...]

I used the recent snowy day in Boulder to pound out some oxygen supplemented intervals at the Fascat Performance Center.  After a long block at altitude, it was a chance to condition the legs a bit to the higher power outputs when Im at a lower altitude racing in Argentina at the end of the [...]

Congratulations to Jeremy Powers for his fantastic victory in the USA Cyclocross Championships! Powers is a veteran road racer for Jelly Belly p/b Kenda. We are thrilled and proud for his success in cyclocross. Check out this interview following Jeremy’s big win. http://www.cyclingdirt.org/coverage/247673-USA-Cyclocross-National-Championships-2012/video/562567-Jeremy-Powers-What-It-Means-To-Be-Champion Go to the Source – jellybellycycling.com