05.03.2008 4:12 pm
Saint Louis Post-Dispatch
The organizers of the Giro d’Italia apparently have come to their senses and invited the best team in cycling — Astana — to the Giro, which starts next week.
Better late than never, I reckon.
The Associated Press reports that Astana’s…

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05.02.2008 1:12 pm
Saint Louis Post-Dispatch
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…

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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…

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04.27.2008 5:20 pm
Saint Louis Post-Dispatch
High Road successfully defended Kanstantin Sivtsov’s yellow jersey throughout Stage 7 of the Tour de Georgia on Sunday in Atlanta, riding tempo at the front of the peloton, keeping the yellow jersey out of trouble and granting safe passage to the…

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04.19.2008 10:23 pm
Saint Louis Post-Dispatch
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…

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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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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…

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04.12.2008 4:41 pm
Saint Louis Post-Dispatch
Crediting Focus Online, a German web magazine, Velonews.com reports that 1997 Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich will pay a 1 million euro fine ($1.5 million U.S.) to settle the fraud case against him in Germany for allegedly doping and duping…

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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…

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04.05.2008 12:00 pm
Saint Louis Post-Dispatch
After the Giro d’Italia and the Tour de France gave Astana an un-vitation to their races, thereby igniting an international spitting match, the Vuelta a Espana was the only one of the cycling’s grand tours to welcome Astana.
Yes, the…

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