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01.26.2009 10:15 pm

Allan Davis is the man Down Under

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

So much for ol’ 10 Speed’s predictions for the Tour Down Under.

– Thought it would be less of a sprinter’s race. WRONG. Quick Step sprinter Allan Davis won three stages and the whole darn shooting match.

– Thought 7-time Tour de…

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01.19.2009 10:50 pm

Andrei Greipel rides Columbia-High Road freight train to win

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

Defending champ Andrei Greipel took the first big step in his title defense by riding Columbia-High Road’s leadout to victory Tuesday in Australia.

After Columbia reeled in the breakaway of Andoni Lafuente (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Olivier Kaisen (Silence-Lotto), it brought back the late attack…

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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…

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09.25.2008 5:47 pm

LeMond quizzes Armstrong at InterBike

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

Lance Armstrong has said he’d be open and accommodating to everyone in his comeback in professional cycling, and apparently he meant it.

Three-time Tour de France champ and Armstrong antagonist Greg LeMond attended Armsrtrong’s press conference at InterBike, and Armstrong noted…

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04.25.2008 1:26 pm

Taking the High Road

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

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High Road team owner Bob Stapleton chats outside the High Road motor home Thursday at Road Atlanta, the site of Stage 4 of the Tour de Georgia. Photo by Dave Luecking 

When T-Mobile withdrew its name as the title sponsor of…

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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 likes…

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04.04.2008 2:06 am

A chat with Pat McQuaid, Part I: Cycling in America

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

Pat McQuaid and the Union Cycliste Internationale are bullish on America. 

And why not?

In Missouri we’ve seen first-hand the growth of cycling in the United States with the success of the inaugural Tour of Missouri, which joined the Tour of California…

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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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02.13.2008 1:34 pm

Tour de France organizers ban Astana

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

Though the Astana cycling team is under new leadership with Johan Bruyneel at the helm, it has been barred from the Tour de France and other events organized by Amaury Sports Organization (A.S.O.), the A.S.O. announced today.

In a news release,…

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02.06.2008 8:33 pm

UCI president objects to exclusions from Giro

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

Pat McQuaid, the president of the Union Cycliste Internationale, says the Giro d’Italia’s un-vitation of Astanta, High Road Sports and two other UCI Pro Tour teams took the sport back ”20 years.”

Under the UCI Pro Tour format of the past few years, all…

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