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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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02.16.2009 12:34 pm

Stage one at Tour of California was neutralized at finishing circuit

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

Turns out that Rock Racing’s Francesco Mancebo has only about a one-minute lead over Astana’s Levin Leipheimer and other top contenders at the Tour of California.

Because of poor weather conditions Sunday, race officials neutralized the scoring for the G.C. at…

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02.13.2009 10:24 pm

Levi Leipheimer faces tough competition in defense of AToC title

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

With Lance Armstrong and the strong Astana team at his side, Levi Leipheimer begins the quest for his third consecutive title at the Amgen Tour of California.

He won’t have an easy road because the Tour of California is stacked and three…

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02.12.2009 10:52 pm

Floyd Landis crashes in training for Tour of California

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

Just saw this on the Associated Press …

 

Landis crashes in training run for Tour of Calif.

AP Photos
By GREG BEACHAM
AP Sports WriterSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Floyd Landis still plans to ride in the Tour of California after crashing his bike during…

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09.07.2008 10:04 pm

10 Speed’s take on the Tour of Missouri, make that Z Tour of Missouri

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

There’s one thing I can state for certain about the second edition of the Tour of Missouri: We won’t see a repeat of last year’s decisive Stage 2 breakaway.

That 12-man  breakaway, which put nearly 15 minutes into the peloton, essentially…

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07.31.2008 2:37 pm

Horner, Klodie, six others re-up with Astana

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

Here’s the scoop from Astana …

Press Release: Nine Riders Re-sign with Team Astana

Astana Cycling Team General Manager Johan Bruyneel announced today that nine riders have re-signed for the 2009 season. Assan Bazayev, Chris Horner, Maxim Iglinskiy, Andreas Klöden, Steve Morabito,…

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04.21.2008 2:00 pm

Tour de-ja vu: Ivan Dominguez takes opening stage in Georgia

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

SAVANNAH, Ga. — As the riders lounged behind the Toyota-United team car not five minutes after Stage 1 Monday afternoon, team director Len Pettyjohn stepped into the semi-circle of folding chairs and gave the lads some atta-boys for a job well done.

The T-U…

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04.18.2008 4:37 pm

More Michael Ball

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

I asked him about UCI President Pat McQuaid saying Rock was good for the sport, but that he maybe shouldn’t have signed guys implicated in Puerto (Tyler Hamilton, Oscar Sevilla, Santiago Botero) and that he should have worked within the…

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04.18.2008 4:25 pm

Michael Ball, sort of live

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

First question was based on Rock Racing suing to get into the Tour de Georgia, then reaching a settlement to get in the race after Saunier Duval withdrew. This on top of three riders being banned from the Tour of California…

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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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