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09.19.2008 11:15 pm

Hokey smoke, Bullwinkle! Armstrong may want to buy Tour de France, report states

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

Seriously, or so the Sydney Morning Herald is surmising in Saturday’s edition.

Story entitled: Once he dominated - now Lance could own the Tour

Tis an interesting theory to say the least, that Armstrong “may” team with former UCI head Hein Verbruggen…

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06.10.2008 8:15 pm

Arrrghhh. Tom Boonen’s good name and cycling take a tumble

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

When cyclist Tom Boonen picked up a speeding ticket a few months ago in his fancy, red, high-powered sports car, ol’ 10 Speed saw it as a public figure getting undo press for a minor infraction that wouldn’t be a…

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04.11.2008 11:45 pm

vs. vs. vs., enough with the vs.

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

Is anyone else growing weary of the contentiousness in professional cycling these days?

I mean, come on. It’s enough to make you go cross-eyed.

ASO vs. Astana, UCI vs. ASO, Leclerc vs. McQuaid, French Cycling Federation vs. UCI, UCI Pro Tour teams vs. UCI,…

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04.05.2008 12:00 pm

A chat with Pat McQuaid, Part II: The state of cycling

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

After the Giro d’Italia and the Tour de France gave Astana an un-vitation to their races, thereby igniting an international spitting match, the Vuelta a Espana was the only one of the cycling’s grand tours to welcome Astana.

Yes, the lowly…

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04.04.2008 2:06 am

A chat with Pat McQuaid, Part I: Cycling in America

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

Pat McQuaid and the Union Cycliste Internationale are bullish on America. 

And why not?

In Missouri we’ve seen first-hand the growth of cycling in the United States with the success of the inaugural Tour of Missouri, which joined the Tour of California…

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03.27.2008 5:19 pm

Take that, ASO: Contador leads Vuelta a Castilla y León

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

Alberto Contador, essentially banned from defending his Tour de France title by race organizer Amaury Sports Organization, took a figerative shot at ASO in winning a mountaintop finish Thursday in the Vuelta a Castilla y León.

According to Velonews’ Andrew Hood, Contador crossed…

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03.15.2008 4:49 pm

Pat McQuaid feature from AP

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

The Associated Press moved a monster profile on UCI head Pat McQuaid …

AP Interview: Feud-filled tenure as UCI chief has yet to bow tough Dubliner McQuaid

By JEROME PUGMIRE

AP Sports Writer

 

AIGLE, Switzerland (AP) — Cycling chief Pat McQuaid has a nuclear…

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