05.08.2008 8:21 pm
Saint Louis Post-Dispatch
This should be sobering to anyone who uses two wheels and public roads for transportation or fitness/enjoyment.
The headline pretty much speaks for itself, but among the injured cyclists were past and perhaps future Australian Olympians. Here’s a link to coverage…

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05.06.2008 3:49 pm
Saint Louis Post-Dispatch
Cycling friends,
The report on injured Tecos-Trek rider, Fausto Esparza, is sobering to say the least. I’ve exchanged e-mails with the Tour of the Gila organizers and I’m told that Esparza underwent surgery on Sunday night but that he apparently…

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04.23.2008 3:17 pm
Saint Louis Post-Dispatch
Photo by Dave Luecking
This is all that was left of the frame of Corey Colliers’ bicycle after a high-speed pileup about 40 miles into Stage 3 of the Tour de Georgia on Wednesday.
Colliers, of Health Net-Maxxis, was one of…

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04.15.2008 1:24 pm
Saint Louis Post-Dispatch
According to cyclingnews.com, Saunier Duval has withdrawn from the Tour de Georgia, citing a spate of injuries.
Could this mean that Rock Racing, which has sued to get into the race, will be on the starting line on Monday?
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03.31.2008 8:37 pm
Saint Louis Post-Dispatch
Cyclingnews.com and Velonews have the April Fool’s scoops
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03.29.2008 4:48 pm
Saint Louis Post-Dispatch
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…

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03.28.2008 3:48 pm
Saint Louis Post-Dispatch
Defending Tour de France winner Alberto Contador of Astana wrapped up the general classification of the Vuelta a Castilla y León, which he led from start to finish.
Contador finished 39 seconds ahead of Barloworld’s Mauricio Soler and 46 ahead…

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03.10.2008 7:15 pm
Saint Louis Post-Dispatch
Just saw this on cyclingnews.com. Pretty sad story.
Even worse is this headline from a followup story in the San Jose Mercury News: Good Samaritan at bike crash says deputy believed he fell asleep
I feel bad for the victims, their families…

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03.08.2008 10:17 pm
Saint Louis Post-Dispatch
It’s Sunday, when the Paris-Nice race begins in France.
The rift between French race organizer Amaury Sports Organization and the Union Cycliste Internationale has gone nuclear in a figurative sense, with the shockwaves perhaps remaking the landscape of international cycling.…

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03.08.2008 7:41 pm
Saint Louis Post-Dispatch
Ol’ 10 Speed has never been a fan of so-called dietary or nutritional supplements, mainly because they aren’t approved by the Federal Drug Administration (FDA).
Unless Gatorade and Gu count.
Be that as it may, using supplements involves risks for…

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