Team Garmin-Chipotle

Cycling team infobox
teamname=Team Garmin-Chipotle|


code=TSL
base= USA
founded=2007
disbanded=
manager=Jonathan Vaughters
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discipline=Road
status=UCI Professional Continental
season=2004-2006
2007-2008
2008-
oldname=TIAA-CREF
Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle
Garmin-Chipotle Presented by H3O
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Team Garmin-Chipotle presented by H3O ("UCI Code": TSL) is a UCI Professional Continental Team established in 2007 and based in the United States. The team's directeur sportif and general manager is Jonathan Vaughters, a former professional rider.

The team of orange and blue argyle is title sponsored by Garmin, a maker of Global positioning devices, which announced its sponsorship in June 2008. [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/19/sports/othersports/19cycling.html?_r=1&ref=othersports&oref=slogin Another American Team Receives a Title Sponsor - NYTimes.com ] ] The sponsorship will last through 2010. Other title sponsors include Chipotle Mexican Grill and H3O. The team is managed by Slipstream Sports, LLC, which is a sports marketing and development company, and was known as Team Slipstream during 2007 and the first half of 2008.

The team has been invited to many major races which are part of the UCI ProTour and major UCI Continental Tour races, such as the three cobbled classics, Tour of Flanders, Ghent-Wevelgem and Paris-Roubaix. It has also been invited to two of the Grand Tours: the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia.

Anti-doping program

When the team entered the Professional Continental ranks they began participating in the Agency for Cycling Ethics (ACE) program with the aim of helping to eliminate doping in professional cycling. Participants are extensively tested, developing a bio-stable marker profile. Future tests check that these markers have not moved - if they have the rider is either ill or has taken performance enhancing drugs. If any change has been noted, the rider cannot participate in racing until the markers have returned to normal levels. They are interviewed and also undergo further testing to diagnose illness or detect doping.

TIAA-CREF

Team Garmin-Chipotle was originally a UCI Continental Team, TIAA-CREF. Established in 2004 as a development cycling team, it consisted of both professional and amateur riders. TIAA-CREF continue to sponsor Garmin-Chipotle's 10-17 year old riders.

2007 team and major results

In 2007, the team, then known as Team Slipstream-Chipotle, competed in road bicycle racing events on the 2007 USA Cycling Professional Tour, the 2006-2007 UCI America Tour, the 2006-2007 UCI Europe Tour and as a wildcard in various UCI ProTour events.

* 1st, Team classification, Tour of Missouri
* 1st Stage 5 Tour of Missouri, (Danny Pate)
* 2nd Overall, Tour of Missouri, Will Frischkorn
* 1st Stage 5 Tour de Beauce, (Ian MacGregor)
* 2nd, Prologue (ITT), Tour of California, (Jason Donald)
* 2nd, U.S. Open Cycling Championships, ( Patrick McCarty)
* 9th overall, Tour de Georgia, (Lucas Euser)
* UCI ProTour wildcard invitation to Volta a Catalunya

2008 team

CEO Jonathan Vaughters announced during Eurosport's coverage of the final stage of the 2007 Tour de France that former Yellow jersey wearers David Zabriskie and David Millar, plus Christian Vande Velde would join the team for 2008cite news
title = Vaughters confirms Millar, Vande Velde, and Zabriskie
publisher = CyclingNews.com
date = July 30 2007
url = http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2007/jul07/jul30news2
accessdate =2007-10-26 ] , along with an unnamed former Paris-Roubaix winnercite news
last = George
first = Sue
title = Slipstream signs former Paris Roubaix winner
publisher = CyclingNews.com
date = July 30 2007
url = http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2007/jul07/jul30news2
accessdate =2007-07-31 ] , later identified as Magnus Bäckstedtcite news
title = Bäckstedt Bound For Slipstream-Chipotle
publisher = londoncyclesport.com
date = August 7 2007
url = http://londoncyclesport.com/news/article/mps/UAN/2968/v/1/sp/
accessdate = 2007-08-07 ] . It was also reported that Millar would become part owner.Citation
last = Madden
first = Steve
title = 2007 Tour Podcast: Millar, Slipstream and the Future
journal = Bicycling.com
date = July 29 2007
url = http://www.bicycling.com/images/cma/Podcast_Madden.mp3] Julian Dean, sprinter for Crédit Agricole and 2006 New Zealand National Road Race Champion also announced that he would be joining the team in 2008.cite news
title = Dean enters Slipstream
publisher = CyclingNews.com
date = August 7 2007
url = http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2007/aug07/aug07news
accessdate =2007-08-07 ] .

Major results include:
*Team:
**1st, Team Time Trial, Giro d'Italia, Stage 1
**1st, Team Classification, Tour of California
**1st, Team Time Trial, Tour de Georgia
**2nd, Team Time Trial, Tour of Qatar
**

*Individual
**1st, Daniel Martin IRL National Cycling Championship Road Race
**1st, Julian Dean NZL National Cycling Championship Road Race
**1st, Overall, Daniel Martin, Route du Sud (2.1)
**1st, Overall, Tyler Farrar, Tour of the Bahamas
**1st, Overall, Christian Vande Velde, Tour of Missouri (2.1)
**1st, Stage 3 (ITT), Christian Vande Velde, Tour of Missouri (2.1)
**2nd, Overall, Trent Lowe, Tour de Georgia (2.HC)
**2nd, Overall, David Millar, Tour of California (2.HC)
**2nd, Overall, Christian Vande Velde, Circuit de la Sarthe (2.1)
**2nd, Stage 3, Will Frischkorn, Tour de France, St. Malo-Nantes (GT 2.HC)
**3rd, Overall, Christian Vande Velde, Tour of California (2.HC)
**3rd, Overall, Julian Dean, Tour of Ireland (2.1)
**3rd, Stage 15, Danny Pate, Tour de France, Embrun-Prato Nevoso (GT 2.HC)
**4th, Overall, Christopher Sutton, Tour of Qatar (2.HC)
**4th, Martijn Maaskant, Paris-Roubaix (1.HC)
**5th, Overall, Christian Vande Velde, Tour de France (GT 2.HC)

*Also:
**1st, Young Rider Competition, Trent Lowe, Tour de Georgia
**1st, Premio Bici Volante, Stage 5, Giro d'Italia, David Millar

The full 2008 roster was announced on August 31 2007cite news
title = Slipstream Sports LLC announces Team Slipstream/Chipotle 2008 Roster; Chipotle Mexican Grill increases sponsorship, signs on as presenting sponsor
publisher = slipstreamsports.com
date = August 31 2007
url = http://slipstreamsports.com/news.press.php?action=detail&pressrelease_id=83
accessdate = 2007-09-04 ] and includes:

VMG/Felt U23 Team

Major results include:
* 1st, Overall, Taylor Phinney, 2007 Tour l’Abitibi
* 4th, Overall, Taylor Phinney, 2007 Beijing World Cup Track Championships, Individual Pursuit
* 1st, Overall, Taylor Phinney, 2007 US National Track Championships, Individual Pursuit
* 1st, Overall, Taylor Phinney, 2007 Junior World Time Trial Championships
* 1st, Overall, Taylor Phinney, 2008 L.A. World Cup Track Championships, Individual Pursuit
* 10th, Overall, Peter Stetina, 2008 Redlands Bicycle Classic
* 11th, Overall, Daniel Summerhill, 2008 Redlands Bicycle Classic
* 1st, Stage 1, Danny Summerhill, 2008 Tour of the Gila

External links

* [http://slipstreamsports.com/ Slipstream Sports]
* [http://www.agencyforcyclingethics.org/ Agency for Cycling Ethics]
* [http://www.garmin.com/teamgarmin/ Team Garmin]

ee also

*List of teams and cyclists in the 2008 Tour de France
*2008 Tour de France
*Tour de France

References