Web Search powered by YAHOO! SEARCH
02.19.2009 10:43 pm

Time trial looms in Amgen Tour of California

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

Who’s gonna win the 15-mile TT in Stage 6 of the Amgen Tour of California?

  • Levi Leipheimer, Astana: The two-time defending champ will solidify his lead en route to another yellow jersey. (29%, 2 Votes)
  • Michael Rogers, Columbia-High Road: The streak of…
  • Comments Off
  • Email this
02.19.2009 10:21 pm

Mark Cavendish wins again at Tour of California

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

Mark Cavendish of Columbia-High Road outdueled Big Tom Boonen of Quick Step for the second day in a row in winning Stage 5 Thursday at the Amgen Tour of California.

After a premature celebration and a photo finish in Stage 4,…

  • Comments Off
  • Email this
02.16.2009 5:08 pm

Levi Leipheimer rides into yellow at the Tour of California

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

With a bold attack at the foot of the day’s final climb, two-time defending champion Levi Leipheimer took control at the Tour of California on Monday.

On the 7-mile climb Lepheimer accelerated away from the peloton, then picked off, one by…

  • Comments Off
  • Email this
02.15.2009 9:02 pm

Rock Racing’s Francesco Mancebo wins AToC first stage

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

Francesco Mancebo of Rock Racing, along with Liquigas’s Vincenzo Nibali and QuickStep’s Jurgen van de Walle turned the Tour of California upside down Sunday in a stunning first stage.

Mancebo attacked from the start of the 107-mile stage from Davis to Santa…

  • Comments (1)
  • Email this
01.19.2009 4:07 pm

Columbia-High Road is team to beat Down Under

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

Checking out the start list for the Tour Down Under, I’m thinking Columbia-High Road has the team to beat, tho I expect Mr. Lance Armstrong and Astana to give the American team a go of it.

What, you think he’s going to…

  • Comments Off
  • Email this
09.25.2008 10:51 am

World TT results: Another win for Team Columbia

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

German Bert Grabsch of Team Columbia is the new World Time Trial champ in another  big victory for American team Columbia.

Canadian Svein Tuft was second, and American David Zabriskie third.

Favourite Levi Leipheimer would up four. My other podium picks —…

  • Comments Off
  • Email this
09.25.2008 12:05 am

World Time Trial prediction: Let Levi ride!!

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

Two victories in the TT and a podium finish at the Vuelta a Espana … American Levi Leipheimer is on form, as they say in cycling.

So, I’ll pick him to win the World TT title in a few hours, with…

  • Comments Off
  • Email this
09.15.2008 6:04 pm

One word to sum up the 2008 Tour of Missouri: pain

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

In contemplating the word that best describes the 2008 Tour of Missouri, "speed" was the first thing that came to mind.

The second ToM was ridden at a blistering pace, 27.3 miles per hour, which is…

  • Comments (3)
  • Email this
09.14.2008 7:19 pm

Garmin-Chipotle comes of age with VandeVelde’s ToM yellow jersey

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

In the course of a year, the state of Missouri has had a front-row seat in the growth and maturation of the American professional cycling team owned by Slipstream Sports.

A year ago at the inaugural Tour of Missouri, Slipstream-Chipotle celebrated…

  • Comments (1)
  • Email this
09.12.2008 7:24 pm

Time is running out for Columbia at Tour of Missouri

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

Team Columbia is running short on time in its quest to regain the yellow jersey at the Tour of Missouri.

Garmin-Chipotle’s Christian VandeVelde took the yellow Wednesday by winning the 18-mile uphill time trial in Branson, and Columbia set a blistering…

  • Comments Off
  • Email this