Millar: Team time trial a learning exercise

Garmin-Slipstream's David Millar

Garmin-Slipstream's David Millar (Image credit: JF Quenet)

Garmin-Slipstream went into the Giro's opening stage team time trial as the hot favourite. All the squad's TT specialists were selected - Bradley Wiggins, David Millar, David Zabriskie, Christian Vande Velde and Cameron Meyer. Therefore, finishing second to Team Columbia-Highroad wasn't overly satisfying.