As the Tour of Missouri and Vuelta a Espana wind down, the cycling season ends with the 2009 World Championships in Mendrisio, Switzerland Sept. 23-27.

With Garmin-Slipstream’s Christian VandeVelde conceivably out due to a broken hand suffered in Stage 1 of…

Brad Huff of Springfield, Mo., will compete next week in the Tour of Malaysia, which runs Sunday through April 26.

Joining Huff on the Jelly Belly squad will be Bernard van Ulden, Matty Rice, Matt Crane, Will Routley and Kiel Reijnen, according to Velonews.com

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With the best cycling team in the world leading him out, Columbia’s Mark Cavendish is virtually unbeatable in races that come down to a bunch sprint.

He knows it. His team knows it. His competitors know it. Everyone knows it.

It’s little…

There’s one thing I can state for certain about the second edition of the Tour of Missouri: We won’t see a repeat of last year’s decisive Stage 2 breakaway.

That 12-man  breakaway, which put nearly 15 minutes into the peloton, essentially…

The two American-based representatives from the Tour de France — Columbia and Garmin-Chipotle — are among the 15 teams announced Monday as the competitors in the second Tour of Missouri, scheduled for Sept. 8 to 14.

Columbia, of course, is the…

Brad Huff of Springfield, Mo., won the final stage in the Tour of Elk Grove on Sunday, crossing the finishing line first in the 110 kilometer Gullo Pro Men Criterium

Huff, who rides for Jelly Bell, outsprinted David Veilleux of Kelly…

All righty, 10 Speed is back in the saddle after a few days of R&R, so it’s time to catch up on a few things.

– Huffie wins stage, Lange takes third overall: Brad Huff, Mike Lange and their Jelly Belly teammates had…

Brad Huff of Springfield, Mo., will be back in action, starting today, at the Joe Martin Stage Race in Arkansas. The race concludes Sunday.

Huff, who went from Slipstream-Chipotle to Jelly Belly after last season, has been out all of this season…

 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…

Riding for THF Realty, Brian Dziewa of Farmington, Mo., rode away from the pack and won the feature race of the Gateway Cycling Club’s Spring Criterium on Saturday at Tilles Park.

Dziewa, who rode with Jelly Belly in the inaugural Tour…