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07.29.2009 9:18 pm

Tour de France withdrawal

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

During the Tour de France, the telEvision at 10 Speed’s house is pretty much stuck on Versus, so it’s been quite a change in the few days since the Tour ended Sunday.

So, in no particular order, here are 10 of…

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07.06.2009 7:02 pm

Much intrigue heading into Team Time Trial

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

With Columbia-HTC driving the split in the field Monday in Stage 3 of the Tour de France, and with Lance Armstrong making the selection while teammate Alberto Contador missed it, some interesting questions are set to be answered Tuesday in the…

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07.04.2009 3:10 pm

Contador, Astana seize control of Tour de France

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

While Fabian Cancellara crushed the field in the opening time trial and took the first yellow jersey, methinks Alberto Contador and the Astana team seized control of the 2009 Tour de France on Saturday in Monaco.

Contador finished second to Cancellara, 18…

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05.22.2009 7:46 pm

The media, Lance Armstrong, Twitter and the Giro d’Italia

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

This media vs. Lance Armstrong tift at the Giro d’Italia is becoming soooo high school, in a “That ’70s Show” kind of way. 

Cyclingnews.com reports today that some media covering the Giro are now boycotting Armstrong’s 140characters of Twitter wisdom because Armstrong has been Silent…

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05.21.2009 7:58 pm

Giro d’Italia has been Universally appealing

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

The Giro d’Italia to date has been an exceptional race, with excitment and drama supplied by …

– The American team Columbia High-Road with five stage wins: the opening stage team time trial,  two by sprinter Mark Cavendish, and one each by Edvald Boasson Hagen…

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05.10.2009 11:36 am

Petacchi wins Stage 2; Cavendish still in maglia rosa

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

Columbia-High Road’s Mark Cavendish started his finishing sprint just a tick late, enough to let Alessandro Petacchi of LPR Brakes jump past him and win the second stage of the Giro d’Italia on Sunday.

Still, Cavendish maintained the overall lead in…

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05.09.2009 3:57 pm

Mark Cavendish takes maglia rose as Columbia wins TTT

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

Columbia-High Road stole the thunder from defending team time trial champion Garmin-Slipstream in the opening stage of the Giro d’Italia on Saturday.

The first team to start, C-HR thundered across the finishing line with its entire nine-man team in tact, setting…

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04.07.2009 10:07 am

Gent-Wevelgem classic may be Mark Cavendish’s race

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

Cycylingnews.com is touting Columbia-High Road’s Mark Cavendish as the man to beat Wednesday in the spring classic Gent-Wevelgem and who is ol’ 10 Speed to argue.

Cavendish, who won three stages at the Tour of Missouri last year, has seven wins under…

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03.21.2009 7:23 pm

Mark Cavendish wins Milano-Sanremo

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

Columbia-High Road’s Mark Cavendish nipped Cervelo TestTeam’s Heinrich Haussler at the finishing line to win the Milano-Sanremo classic Saturday in Italy.

See the race finish here

Cavendish hauled himself over peaks and through valleys to keep in contact with the leading…

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03.13.2009 11:05 am

Tyler Farrar stuns Mark Cavendish in Italy

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

In a battle of sprinters for American-based teams, Tyler Farrar of Garmin-Slipstream surged past Mark Cavendish of Columbia-High Road on Friday at the finishing line to win the third stage of Tirreno-Adriatico.

Cavendish, who won three estages at the 2008 Tour of…

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