04.21.2008 11:49 am
Saint Louis Post-Dispatch
What a great place to start a race. With the Atlantic ocean as a back drop, the sixth edition of the Tour de Georgia began Monday on Tybee Island outside of Savannah.
The weather was perfect. Sunny sky. 70 degrees.…

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04.17.2008 3:18 pm
Saint Louis Post-Dispatch
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…

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03.24.2008 6:52 pm
Saint Louis Post-Dispatch
Just got this from Rock Racing, which is still reeling from the Tour of Georgia’s un-vitation. …
Well, the release came from Rock Racing. The video is from YouTube.
For Immediate Release | Bicycling.com poll can be…

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02.21.2008 10:35 pm
Saint Louis Post-Dispatch
In Stage 2 of the inaugural Tour of Missouri, Canadian Dominique Rollin found himself in a successful 12-man breakaway that got a 17-minute lead on the peloton at one point.
But the Kodak Gallery-Sierra Nevada rider couldn’t find a way to beat veteran Georgie Hincapie in…

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02.19.2008 7:24 pm
Saint Louis Post-Dispatch
While the so-called “rock star” among cycling sprinters, Tom Boonen of Quick Step, won the sprint to the finish line to claim Stage 2 Tuesday, cycling’s leading team in the anti-doping has its first yellow jersey as a force in cycling.
Tyler Farrar of…

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02.18.2008 5:43 pm
Saint Louis Post-Dispatch
With teammate Fabian Cancellara raising his arms behind him in the yellow jersey, J.J. Haedo beat world champion Paolo Bettini of Quick Step in a group sprint to the line to win the first stage of the Tour of California.…

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02.17.2008 5:47 pm
Saint Louis Post-Dispatch
World time trial champ Fabian Cancellara of Team CSC scorched the 2.1 mile time trial in Palo Alto on Sunday, winning the stage in a remarkable 3 minutes 51 seconds 21 seconds.
Bradley Wiggins of High Road Sports was second…

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02.16.2008 5:30 pm
Saint Louis Post-Dispatch
Apparently the organizers of the Giro d’Italia have had a change of heart. Two weeks after giving High Road Sports an un-vitation to the Giro, the RSA has now invited High Road to the Giro, the team announced Friday.
Velonews has the…

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02.13.2008 1:34 pm
Saint Louis Post-Dispatch
Though the Astana cycling team is under new leadership with Johan Bruyneel at the helm, it has been barred from the Tour de France and other events organized by Amaury Sports Organization (A.S.O.), the A.S.O. announced today.
In a news…

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02.07.2008 7:36 pm
Saint Louis Post-Dispatch
Not sure whether this is a good thing or bad, half of the ProTour teams calling for a meeting with the three grand tours in the wake of the exclusion of four teams, including powerhouse Astana and High Road Sports,…

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