Ol’ 10 Speed has taken a few days to relax and ruminate after traipsing through Georgia last week for the sixth edition of the Tour de Georgia, and I keep coming back to what a fantastic event this was from…

BRASSTOWN BALD, GA. — In an epic battle on an epic mountain, Astana’s Levi Leipheimer tried again and again to drop Trent Lowe of Slipstream-Chipotle on Saturday in Stage 6 of the Tour de Georgia.

Try as he might, Leipheimer couldn’t shake…

High Road team owner Bob Stapleton chats outside the High Road motor home Thursday at Road Atlanta, the site of Stage 4 of the Tour de Georgia. Photo by Dave Luecking 

When T-Mobile withdrew its name as the title…

Moments after propelling teammate Greg Henderson to the stage win and the leader’s yellow jersey in the Tour de Georgia, Big George Hincapie rolled up to the High Road motor coach with a huge smile on his face.

Next in was…

SAVANNAH, Ga. — As the riders lounged behind the Toyota-United team car not five minutes after Stage 1 Monday afternoon, team director Len Pettyjohn stepped into the semi-circle of folding chairs and gave the lads some atta-boys for a job well done.

The…

That would be for moi, who just arrived in Savannah after an epic travel day to get here.

Ol’ 10 Speed drove from STL, 900-some miles, 13-some hours. Pretty much a straight shot. Put the PD team car on cruise…

With apologies to American teams High Road and Slipstream-Chipotle and the boys from U.S.-sponsored CSC, ol’ 10 Speed is thinking that a rider from either Astana or Rock Racing will stand atop the podium at the end of the Tour de…

The lineups have been set and the Tour de Georgia is shaping up to be a fantastic race, a heavyweight bout for bragging rights as America’s team.

You have the remnants of Lance Armstrong’s old Discovery Channel team in the…

OK, that’s what Phil Liggett would say about the American riders in the Tour de Georgia (from which 10 Speed will supply content — aka write stories — for this blog. YAY!)

The TdG will feature the royalty of active American…

Twas a classic Classic on the pave in France for the Paris-Roubaix race.

The best two sprinters of the world (both on teams sponsored by U.S. companies) — Tom Boonen of Quick Step and Fabian Cancellara of CSC — duked…