09.25.2008 5:47 pm
Saint Louis Post-Dispatch
Lance Armstrong has said he’d be open and accommodating to everyone in his comeback in professional cycling, and apparently he meant it.
Three-time Tour de France champ and Armstrong antagonist Greg LeMond attended Armsrtrong’s press conference at InterBike, and Armstrong noted…
09.24.2008 10:32 pm
Saint Louis Post-Dispatch
Thankfully, seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong and former UCI chief Hein Verbruggen have put the kibosh on the Sydney Morning Herald speculation that they wanted to buy A.S.O. and the Tour.
Said Armstrong, Tuesday in New York according to Velonews.com: ”I…
09.10.2008 4:49 pm
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…
09.08.2008 7:40 pm
Saint Louis Post-Dispatch
A rumor about a comeback by seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong has been flitting around in cyberspace for a while, and Velonews.com’s Neal Rogers reports that a comeback is indeed in the works.
According to Rogers, Armstrong will appear in…
05.01.2008 4:50 pm
Saint Louis Post-Dispatch
Bikeradar.com published what it called a “spy shot” of the new Lance Armstrong, er, Mellow Johnny commuter bike that will be made by Trek, according to the website.
Trek previously made a single speed in the LeMond line — the Fillmore. Trek filed suit last…
04.13.2008 3:31 pm
Saint Louis Post-Dispatch
This is the followup to my rant about the contentiousness and litigiousness of cycling, circa 2008. One particular verse from Don Hensley’s “Heart of the Matter” resonates, and the lawsuit people should take heed.
There are…
04.08.2008 7:19 pm
Saint Louis Post-Dispatch
04.08.2008 2:57 pm
Saint Louis Post-Dispatch
Velonews.com reports that Trek is severing ties with Greg LeMond and will quit making LeMond brand bicycles.
Uh, oh.
On the downside, this probably means lawsuits, counter lawsuits, accusations, innuendo and general nastiness between LeMond and Trek, and perhaps between LeMond and Lance Armstrong.…
04.04.2008 2:06 am
Saint Louis Post-Dispatch
Pat McQuaid and the Union Cycliste Internationale are bullish on America.
And why not?
In Missouri we’ve seen first-hand the growth of cycling in the United States with the success of the inaugural Tour of Missouri, which joined the Tour of California…