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09.11.2009 7:40 pm

USA for Worlds: Who ya gonna call?

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…

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03.29.2009 6:48 pm

American Danny Pate second in Criterium International

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

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,…

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09.10.2008 4:49 pm

First, Lance; now, Landis; who’s next? LeMond?

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

The revelations of the past few days have my head spinning.

First came rumors and then confirmation that seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong plans a comeback to professional cycling with the intent of trying to win his eighth TdF…

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09.09.2008 6:25 pm

Who’s gonna win the Branson time trial?

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

Welp, ol’ 10 Speed picked Garmin-Chipotle’s David Zabriskie to win the 18-mile uphill time trial in Stage 3, and hence the Tour of Missouri, so I’m gonna stick with my pick for Wednesday’s stage

(Just to be certain, I asked Garmin-Chipotle…

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09.09.2008 2:29 pm

Columbia may have to go it alone

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

Often in bike races, teams and riders form alliances to work together, whether it be riders from different teams taking pulls on a breakaway, or different teams riding at the front of the peloton to pull  back a breakaway.

But Team…

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09.07.2008 10:04 pm

10 Speed’s take on the Tour of Missouri, make that Z Tour of Missouri

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

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…

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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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07.26.2008 12:00 pm

Sastre easily holds off Evans in decisive TT; American teams shine

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

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Carlos Sastre of CSC-Saxo Bank knows the maillot jaune will be his in Paris as he crosses the finishing line Saturday in Stage 20  of the Tour de France — a 53 kilometers (33 miles) individual time trial between Cerilly…

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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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07.08.2008 12:58 pm

Schumacher’s big surprise; Americans shine, too

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

On an American company’s bicycle — Specialized — Stefan Schumacher of Gerolsteiner killed at the time trial Tuesday and took the yellow jersey at the Tour de France.

Schumacher finished the 29.5 mile TT in Cholet with a time of 34…

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