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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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02.28.2009 2:00 pm

Thor Hushovd and Cervelo TestTeam come up big at Omloop

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

Gotta hand it to Thor Hoshovd and the engineer boys at Cervelo.

The Cervelo TestTeam has shown strength thus far this season, showing exquisite teammate and driving a number of races to date. 

The new team made its mark at the…

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02.17.2009 7:50 pm

Cervelo TestTeam launches Thor Hushovd to ToC stage win

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

Finally, a day for the sprinters Tuesday at the soggy Tour of California, where the riders endured cold and wet conditions for the third straight day.

For the sprinters, it was finally a day with a reward, as the peloton reeled…

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08.01.2008 3:08 pm

Credit Agricole may be history

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

Cyclingnews.com reports that the Credit Agricole team has given its riders the go-ahead to sign elsewhere as the team faces an uncertain future.

Credit Agricole is ending its sponsorship at the end of the season, and team management was unable to secure…

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07.09.2008 2:13 pm

Cavendish rides behind Columbia’s big blue train to Stage 5 victory

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

Team Columbia, the American team at the forefront of the anti-doping movement in cycling, has its first stage win at the Tour de France.

Mark Cavendish, propelled by the lead-out of Gerald Ciolek, outsprinted Thor Hushovd to the finishing line Wednesday…

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07.08.2008 1:09 pm

Stage 5 looks like the sprinters’ day

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

With the exception of Thor Hushovd’s win in Stage 2, the sprinters have been relatively silent in this year’s Tour de France.

But like Stage 3, Stage 5 is flat stage perfectly tailored for the sprinters to come to the fore…

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07.06.2008 12:30 pm

Thor Hushovd wins Stage 2

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

Credit Agricole’s Thor Hushovd outsprinted the field to the tricky finish in Saint Brieuc and won Stage 2 of the three-week bicycle race in France on Sunday.

On the wheel of leadout man Mark Renshaw, Hushovd powered past world time trial…

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03.11.2008 1:56 pm

More rain, clouds and Big Gert at Paris-(not)Nice(weather)

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

Big Gert Steegmans of U.S.-sponsored Quick Step beat yellow jersey holder Thor Hushovd in a four-man sprint to the finish Tuesday and won for the second straight day in Paris-Nice.

Big Gert was in a four-man break with Credit Agricole’s Hushovd,…

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03.10.2008 4:59 pm

Is Mother Nature siding with the UCI?

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

More dark clouds and storms Monday at Paris-Nice, with Stage 1 reduced by one-half because of horrendous weather.

The stage was supposed to be 184.5 km from Amilly to Nevers, but the start was moved to what had been set as…

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