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03.15.2009 10:35 pm

Alberto Contador, Paris-Nice and the Tour de France

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

What do you make of Alberto Contador missing the podium in Paris-Nice?

  • Nothing; it’s March.There’s plenty of time to get ready for the Tour in July. (28%, 5 Votes)
  • Contador’s result creates an opening for Lance Armstrong to assume the team leadership…
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03.15.2009 10:26 pm

Contador falls short, but watch out for Antonio Colom

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

Alberto Contador put in a game effort Sunday in the final stage of Paris-Nice, but it wasn’t enough to affect the overall race result.

Contador finished second in the stage behind former teammate Antonio Colom of Katusha, and he took back but 17…

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03.14.2009 8:33 pm

Lack of sustenance dooms Alberto Contador

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

No one will ever accuse ol’ 10 Speed of forgetting to eat … but forgetting to eat and drink is what three-time Grand Tour winner Alberto Contador said did him in Saturday in the seventh stage of Paris-Nice.

Alberto Contador said he forgot to do enough of this -- drinking, as well as eating -- Saturday before bonking in Stage 7 of Paris-Nice. (PASCAL PAVANI/AFP/Getty Images)

Alberto Contador said he forgot to do enough…

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03.12.2009 5:13 pm

Astana becomes fifth team to commit to Tour of Missouri

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

I’ll leave analysis to my learned colleague. For now, here’s the big news:

Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder and the organizers of the Tour of Missouri, Sept. 7-13 are on a roll. They’ve added Astana, the team of Lance Armstrong, Levi Leipheimer,…

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03.08.2009 12:00 pm

On Paris-Nice, time trialing, Alberto Contador and Lance Armstrong

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

2007 Tour de France winner Alberto Contador won the opening stage prologue Sunday at Paris-Nice, putting his stamp on the race he is favoured to win.

The victory, along with another TT win a few weeks ago, indicates the vast improvement Contador has…

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01.29.2009 7:45 pm

Fuji-Servetto and Barloworld are given the Astana treatment

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

A couple of the doping cases at the 2008 Tour de France have come back to haunt two of the teams caught in the doping cross-fire.

Neither Fuji-Servetto, formerly Saunier Duval-Scott, nor Barloworld received invites to the 2009 Giro d’Italia, nor any other…

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09.08.2008 7:40 pm

A comeback for Armstrong?

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

A rumor about a comeback by seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong has been flitting around in cyberspace for a while, and Velonews.com’s Neal Rogers reports that a comeback is indeed in the works.

According to Rogers, Armstrong will appear in…

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03.18.2008 10:37 pm

UCI will meet with riders next week about Paris-Nice sanctions

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

Not that the ASO or the teams care, but here is the UCI release …  

 Press release : Consequences of Paris-Nice: UCI declaration

18.03.2008

In order to let the riders to concentrate on their race, the International Cycling Union (UCI) opted to refrain from…

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03.15.2008 4:49 pm

Pat McQuaid feature from AP

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

The Associated Press moved a monster profile on UCI head Pat McQuaid …

AP Interview: Feud-filled tenure as UCI chief has yet to bow tough Dubliner McQuaid

By JEROME PUGMIRE

AP Sports Writer

 

AIGLE, Switzerland (AP) — Cycling chief Pat McQuaid has a nuclear…

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03.15.2008 2:44 pm

Rebellin descends into yellow jersey

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

Davide Rebellin of Gerolsteiner ripped a wicked attack on the descent of the last of seven climbs of the day, leaving race leader Robert Gesink of Rabobank in his wake and roaring to the lead in the overall classification at…

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