In my myopic American view, I think Danny Pate finishing second in the Criterium International is a bigger deal than Big Jens Voight winning the race for the fifth straight time.

OK, maybe not, but Pate’s podium IS a big deal,…

Thanks to Mrs. 10 Speed for reminding me that Criterium International stage 1 winner Jimmy Caspar was one of the two featured athletes in the IMAX movie, Wired to Win, that was out a few years back.

Then with Française des Jeux,…

Big day for American teams at Criterium International: Big Jens Voight of U.S.-sponsored CSC won the Criterium International for the fourth time, building a big enough lead in the second stage Sunday to be able to coast defending it in the time trial…

Laurens Ten Dam of Rabobank won the opening stage of the Criterium International on Saturday, turning an early breakaway into a 10-second win in the 193 km stage from Signy-le-Petit to Charleville-Mézières.

American Ian McKissick of BMC joined Ten Dam in the…