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05.02.2008 1:12 pm

Looking back at the Tour de Georgia, and looking ahead to the Tour de France

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

Matt Wilson Diary: Great Tour For Team Type 1

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

10 Speed teaser: Tour de Georgia recap and looking forward

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 France…

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04.27.2008 5:20 pm

With yellow jersey in the bag, stage win caps High Road’s Tour de Georgia

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

Matt Wilson Diary: An Early Ending

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

The essence of Brasstown Bald

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

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04.26.2008 4:47 pm

Sivtsov of High Road conquers Brasstown Bald

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 the…

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04.26.2008 11:22 am

Lange represents Missouri in the Tour de Georgia

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 with…

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04.25.2008 10:08 pm

Matt Wilson Diary: The Hardest Day So Far

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

Bissell sweeps up stage win

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 quite…

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