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08.28.2008 8:50 pm

Cervelo leaves CSC, joins other manufacturers with own team

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

Got this e-mail from the cats at Cervelo …

Introducing Cervélo TestTeam

Bike industry’s thought leaders put a new spin on professional cycling and product innovation

Cervélo, Zipp, Speedplay, Vittoria and 3T are pleased to announce Cervélo TestTeam. Beyond racing, this new professional…

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08.03.2008 11:39 pm

CSC-Saxo re-signs hot sprinter

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

Just got this release from CSC-Saxo Bank …

Breschel Signs for Two More Years

Matti Breschel will stay in a Team CSC-Saxo Bank uniform for two more years. The 23-year-old Danish sprinter, who’s currently ripping up the Tour of Denmark, has signed…

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07.31.2008 10:55 pm

Doping suspensions: cycling vs. baseball

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

A couple of days ago, three farmhands of the Local Red-clad Stick-and-ball Nine were suspended for 50 games by Major League Baseball after testing positive for doping.

50 whole games.

On the baseball calendar, that’s a little less than two months.

Compare that…

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07.28.2008 1:57 pm

Americans in Paris; another strong Tour de France for the U.S.A.

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

For the first time since 1998, neither an American nor a member of an American team stood atop the podium on the Champs-Elysees in Paris after the final stage of Tour de France.

But the 2008 Tour was not without a…

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07.27.2008 3:52 pm

Crash and absence of teammates hurt Cadel Evans

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

10_silence_072608Once the Tour de France reached the Alps, Cadel Evans’ Silence-Lotto teammates, shown here protecting him in Stage 13, were nowhere to be found. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

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For the second straight year, Cadel Evans finished second in the Tour de France,…

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07.27.2008 2:48 pm

Finally, a win for Quick Step in the final stage of Tour de France; Sastre makes it official with maillot jaune

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

10_gert_072608Gert Steegmans of Quick Step (right) sprints towards the finish ingline ahead of Oscar Freire of Rabobank, wearing the best sprinter’s green jersey (left) and Columbia’s Gerald Ciolek (center) to win the final stage of the Tour de France on…

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07.25.2008 2:17 pm

Wet and wild finish set for decisive time trial at Tour de France

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

The weather forecast for Saturday calls for less than ideal conditions for the decisive time trial at the Tour de France, a 53 kilometer effort from Cérilly to Saint-Amand-Montrond.

Quelques averses … Risque de précip. 30% … Taux maximum d’humidité 75%

Got…

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07.23.2008 8:01 pm

Stage 18, not your basic flat stage after the Alps

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

In past Tours de France, the stages after the Alps have been pretty much flat as a pancake.

But Thursday in Stage 18, the Tour organizers have plopped a Category 2 climb and a Category 4 climb in the final 30…

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07.23.2008 1:12 pm

Sastre wins on Alpe d’Huez, takes yellow

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

CSC-Saxo Bank did it again Wednesday at the Tour de France.

Stuart O’Grady, Fabian Cancellara and Vladimir Gustov rode a wicked pace at the front of the peloton on the Col du Galibier and the Col de la Croix de Fer…

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07.22.2008 11:06 pm

No cracking Cadel Evans

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10_CSCSaxo_072208CSC-Saxo Bank’s Frank Schleck in the yellow jersey rides safely in the slipstream behind teammates Andy Schleck and Carlos Sastre on Cime de la Bonette-Restefond on Tuesday in Stage 16. (AP Photo/Bas Czerwinski)

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For the second successive mountain stage, CSC-Saxo Bank…

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