Velochimp: Astrochimp on Cycling

The new Team Garmin-Chipotle Kit goes for the white shorts.

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The white look is cool, but better make sure the shorts are made of extra thick material. The rainy weather in the Brittany region may not be a good mix.

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Meanwhile the new Team Columbia kit is out with a blue jersey [...]

Seems that the two un-sponsored American teams now have major sponsors. This is great news after last years folding of Discovery Channel due to the lack of new sponsors. Team CSC also found a new sponsor with Saxo Bank and Quick-Step has their sponsorship extended for three more years. Most of the top teams seem [...]

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The Giro is upon us once again. The funnest Grand Tour started today in Palermo, Sicily with a Team Time Trial. Twenty years after Andy Hampsten last wore the Maglia Rosa in Milan to win the 1988 Giro D’Italia witha young American 7-Eleven team Christian Vande Velde wears the Maglia at the [...]