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11.09.2007 9:31 pm

Trouble at T-Mobile

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

Adidas, makers of soccer balls and sneakers, is bailing out on its sponsorship of the T-Mobile cycling team, which may be about to lose its title sponsor as well.

T-Mobile rider Patrik Sinkewitz got booted from the  Tour de France…

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11.08.2007 7:12 pm

Rasmussen defends himself

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

Michael Ramussen, who was booted out of the Tour de France while  wearing the yellow jersey, has come clean about his whereabouts in June when he missed several doping tests, admitting that  he was in Italy even though he had…

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11.08.2007 2:19 pm

Armadillos: I am Specialized

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

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Ventured out for a long ride the other day and almost made it halfway … ‘cept  a rusty  nail ripped through the bottom and sidewall of my rear tire and ended the fun 26 miles into the ride and at…

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11.07.2007 9:57 pm

A real Hamburger helper

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

The doping confession of Danish cyclist Bo Hamburger in his new book “The Greatest Price — a Rider’s Confessions” illustrates how widespread doping was in professional cycling in the 1990s.

American Greg LeMond has noted numerous times how the pro peloton changed…

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11.05.2007 6:50 pm

Riverfront Trail improvements

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

If you haven’t had a chance to ride on the Riverfront Trail in a while, you should check it out.

The City of St. Louis and the Great Rivers Greenway District sprung for  $2.2 million in renovations, beautification  and improvements for…

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11.03.2007 3:09 pm

Contador talks up Tour of Missouri

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

Tour de France champ Alberto Contador has some nice things to say about the inaugural Tour of Missouri in the latest issue of Velonews.

Asked “How was racing at the Tour of Missouri,” Contador is quoted as saying: “I really…

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11.02.2007 1:11 pm

Kazakh rider goes on offensive against anti-doping system

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

Andrej Kashechkin is going all Floyd Landis on the UCI and the anti-doping system. Here’s the account from The Associated Press …    

By RAF CASERT

AP Sports Writer

 

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) — Former Astana team rider Andrej Kashechkin is taking cycling…

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11.01.2007 3:33 pm

Annie get your wheels

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

Boston Globe scribe Peter Zheutlin will be in town next week (Tuesday, Nov. 7) to discuss his new book about Annie Londonderry,  ”Around the World on Two Wheels”, which was released today by Citadel Press.

Londonderry’s journey took 15 months to…

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11.01.2007 12:27 pm

Growth spurt for Tour of Missouri?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Quietly tucked into the revised calendar of the UCI America Tour is an extra day for the Tour of Missouri. Though the race originally was scheduled for September 9-14, 2008, cycling’s governing body tacked a day onto the front this…

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