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08.13.2008 3:46 pm

No surprise, Cancellara wins Olympics men’s TT; Leipheimer takes bronze; Armstrong wins women’s TT

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

Switzerland’s Fabian Cancellara motored to the gold medal Wednesday in the men’s time trial at the Beijing Olympics, covering the 47 kilometers in 1 hour 2 minutes 11.43 seconds.

Cancellara trailed Gustav Erik Larsson of Sweden by six seconds at the…

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08.12.2008 6:44 pm

Race of Truth at the Olympics

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

After watching Fabian Cancellara’s fabulous ride Saturday in the Olympics road race, I’m picking the world time trial champ to win the Olympics time trial on Wednesday as well.

The real race will be for second place. I’m liking Levi Leipheimer…

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08.09.2008 11:32 am

Spain’s Sanchez wins gold

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

Welp, turns out the pre-race Olympics cycling buzz about Spain was spot-on, ‘cept for the predicted winner.

The Spanish team boasted favourite Alejandro Valverde, the past two Tour de France winners in Alberto Contador and Carlos Sastre and recent TdF green…

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08.08.2008 4:27 pm

Who’s going to win the Olympics road race?

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

Most of the pre-Olympics buzz has focued on the Spanish team — Alejandro Valverde and the past two Tour de France winners in Alberto Contador and Carlos Sastre — as well as the Italians, with world champion Paolo Bettini, and…

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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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07.24.2008 3:05 pm

Another stage win for Team Columbia at Tour de France

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

American team Columbia picked up its fifth stage win at the Tour de France, with Big Marcus Burghardt outsprinting Carlos Barredo of Quick Step-Innergetic and beating him across the finishing line Thursday in Stage 18.

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Marcus Burghardt of Columbia celebrates his…

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07.23.2008 8:01 pm

Stage 18, not your basic flat stage after the Alps

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

In past Tours de France, the stages after the Alps have been pretty much flat as a pancake.

But Thursday in Stage 18, the Tour organizers have plopped a Category 2 climb and a Category 4 climb in the final 30…

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07.23.2008 1:12 pm

Sastre wins on Alpe d’Huez, takes yellow

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

CSC-Saxo Bank did it again Wednesday at the Tour de France.

Stuart O’Grady, Fabian Cancellara and Vladimir Gustov rode a wicked pace at the front of the peloton on the Col du Galibier and the Col de la Croix de Fer…

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