American Christian Vande Velde is in the maglia rosa after his team, Slipstream-Chipotle, won the team time trial in impressive fashion Saturday in the opening stage of the Giro d’Italia. 

Vande Velde led the five surviving argyle-clad Slipstream-Chipotle riders across the finishing line…

Twas another big day for Slipstream-Chipotle, the new power of American cycling.

Slipstream set the fast time in the fourth two-team heat Thursday in the Team Time Trial at Road Atlanta, then waited for the big dogs of international cycling to take their…

I spoke with Slipstream-Chipotle director sportif Jonathan Vaughters before the team time trial stage of the Tour de Georgia today at Road Atlanta, and Vaughters said Slipstream’s Timmy Duggan should be released from the hospital by Saturday.

Duggan, 23, was involved…

I found this on the website Timmy shares with former teammate Ian MacGregorng, who is racing in the Tour de Georgia for Team Type 1.

According to the website, Justgoharder.com Duggan is in intensive care in the hospital in Athens, Ga.,…

This just in about Timmy Duggan from Slipstream-Chiopotle’s Twitter site.

“Things are looking better for Timmy. Hopefully we’ll have good news tomorrow morning. JV”

JV presumably is team director sportif Jonathan Vaughters.

Duggan is hospitalized with a concussion, a broken clavical and…