| # 67 Christian VANDEVELDE
Team:TSL DOB:5/22/1976 Age on 4/21/08:32 Nationality:USA Residence(s)Boulder, CO Height: 5'11' Weight:150 Pro Since:1998 Specialty:Climber, Domestique Website:n/a Past Pro Teams:Team CSC (2005-2007) Liberty Seguros (2004) US Postal Service Team (1998-2003) |
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2008 Highlights:2008 1st Stage 2b & 2nd Overall Circuit de la Sarthe - 2nd Overall Tour of Bahamas - 3rd Stage 5 & 3rd Overall Amgen Tour of California - 6th Stage 1 Vuelta a Castilla y León - 10th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
Career Highlights:2007 2nd Overall Tour de Georgia - 6th Overall Amgen Tour of California 2006 1st Overall Tour of Luxembourg 2005 Member U.S. World Championship Road Team - 1st KOM Tour of Benelux 2002 1st stage 1 team time trial Volta a Catalunya 2001 4th overall Three Days of Panne 1999 1st overall Redlands Bicycle Classic - Tour de France, held Young Rider's Jersey - 1st World Cup, Individual Pursuit
Interesting Facts:American Christian Vandevelde brings years of European road experience to Slipstream. He was a valuable domestique for two of the Tour de France teams that saw Lance Armstrong to victory, and during the 2006 Tour de France, he rode support for team captains Carlos Sastre and Frank Schleck. The past few years he has also grasped the opportunity to demonstrate his own talents - placing in the top ten overall in both the Tour of California and Tour de Georgia in 2007. Like his father John, who was an Olympic an national track champion, Vandevelde got his start on the track.
Career Highlights:2007 2nd Overall Tour de Georgia - 6th Overall Amgen Tour of California 2006 1st Overall Tour of Luxembourg 2005 Member U.S. World Championship Road Team - 1st KOM Tour of Benelux 2002 1st stage 1 team time trial Volta a Catalunya 2001 4th overall Three Days of Panne 1999 1st overall Redlands Bicycle Classic - Tour de France, held Young Rider's Jersey - 1st World Cup, Individual Pursuit
Interesting Facts:American Christian Vandevelde brings years of European road experience to Slipstream. He was a valuable domestique for two of the Tour de France teams that saw Lance Armstrong to victory, and during the 2006 Tour de France, he rode support for team captains Carlos Sastre and Frank Schleck. The past few years he has also grasped the opportunity to demonstrate his own talents - placing in the top ten overall in both the Tour of California and Tour de Georgia in 2007. Like his father John, who was an Olympic an national track champion, Vandevelde got his start on the track.