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05.05.2008 3:12 pm

Giro lineup released …

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

No Cadel Evans of Silence-Lotto, but the Giro d’Italia lineup is still stacked:

Two past Giro champs: Danilo DiLuca of LPR Brakes, Gilberto Simoni of S. Diquigiovanni-Androni G.

The Astana three: Alberto Contador, Levi Leipheimer and Andreas Kloden

Past Vuelta champ: Denis Menchov…

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05.04.2008 7:41 pm

Klodie, Astana win again

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

What a cuppla days for the Astana cycling team.

Johan Bruyneel’s team is bound for the Giro d’Italia after the Giro organizer, RCS, reversed field and extended an invitation to the race.

And on Sunday, Andreas Kloden wrapped up the…

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05.03.2008 4:12 pm

Giro changes mind, invites Astana

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

Looking back at the Tour de Georgia, and looking ahead to the Tour de France

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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04.26.2008 4:47 pm

Sivtsov of High Road conquers Brasstown Bald

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

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…

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04.25.2008 4:32 pm

Bissell sweeps up stage win

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

As a sponsor of the Tour de Georgia, the Bissell vacuum company had its logo on the final car in the Tour caravan, ostensibly to “sweep up” riders in the peloton who fell way behind.

But Friday, the Bissell logo was…

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04.24.2008 4:54 pm

Slipstream-Chipotle wins Team Time Trial

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

Twas another big day for Slipstream-Chipotle, the new power of American cycling.

Slipstream set the fast time in the fourth two-team heat Thursday in the Team Time Trial at Road Atlanta, then waited for the big dogs of international cycling to take their…

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04.22.2008 10:11 pm

TdG: A couple of scenes from Stage 2 in Augusta

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

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Timmy Duggan drives Slipstream-Chipotle on the first of two circuits in August.

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U.S. national champion Levi Leipheimer grants an interview with Neal Rogers of Velonews after the stage.

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04.19.2008 10:23 pm

Astana or Rock Racing will win Tour de Georgia

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

Tour de Georgia lineups announced

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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