05.02.2008 1:12 pm
Saint Louis Post-Dispatch
Ol’ 10 Speed has taken a few days to relax and ruminate after traipsing through Georgia last week for the sixth edition of the Tour de Georgia, and I keep coming back to what a fantastic event this was from…

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04.27.2008 6:38 pm
Yesterday was a disappointing end of the Tour de Georgia for me. With an unfortunate crash with 30 kilometers (about 18 miles) to go snapped my frame in two. (You might recall my race bike broke before Stage 2). With…

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04.27.2008 5:44 pm
Saint Louis Post-Dispatch
The emergence of High Road’s Kanstantin Sivtsov and Slipstream-Chipotle’s Trent Lowe as the one-two finishers in the Tour de Georgia portends well to the future of cycling.
Both are 25 years old, and both will be in the Tour de…

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04.27.2008 5:20 pm
Saint Louis Post-Dispatch
High Road successfully defended Kanstantin Sivtsov’s yellow jersey throughout Stage 7 of the Tour de Georgia on Sunday in Atlanta, riding tempo at the front of the peloton, keeping the yellow jersey out of trouble and granting safe passage to the…

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04.26.2008 9:44 pm
Team Type 1’s Matt Wilson saw his day end early Saturday at the Tour de Georgia. Wilson retired from the race before Stage 6 reached the slopes of Brasstown Bald Mountain. All this week, Wilson endured the pain of a…

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04.26.2008 5:29 pm
Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

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04.26.2008 4:47 pm
Saint Louis Post-Dispatch
BRASSTOWN BALD, GA. — In an epic battle on an epic mountain, Astana’s Levi Leipheimer tried again and again to drop Trent Lowe of Slipstream-Chipotle on Saturday in Stage 6 of the Tour de Georgia.
Try as he might, Leipheimer couldn’t shake…

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04.26.2008 11:22 am
Saint Louis Post-Dispatch
Riders with Missouri connections had a tough go of it in the inaugural Tour of Missouri last year.
– Dan Schmatz of St. Louis suffered a broken clavicle in the first few miles of Stage 2 after an unfortunate incident…

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04.25.2008 10:08 pm
As I sit here in the picturesque lobby of the Ramada Lake Chatuge Lodge in Hiawassee, Ga., I’m struck by the incredible views we’ve enjoyed here all week in Georgia.
Unfortunately, I didn’t get much of a chance to check…

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04.25.2008 4:32 pm
Saint Louis Post-Dispatch
As a sponsor of the Tour de Georgia, the Bissell vacuum company had its logo on the final car in the Tour caravan, ostensibly to “sweep up” riders in the peloton who fell way behind.
But Friday, the Bissell logo was…

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