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06.25.2009 11:54 am

Tour of Missouri adds top domestic teams, fills 14 of 15 slots

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Tour of Missouri added to its field with invitations to four of the top domestic teams: BISSELL Pro Cycling Team, Colavita / Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light, Kelly Benefit Strategies and Team Type 1. They will join 10…

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06.08.2009 2:38 pm

Missouri State Championship Road Race set for Ste. Genevieve

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Missouri State Championship Road Race on June 14 will offer a sneak peak of what the best cyclists in the world will ride in this year’s Tour of Missouri. Sponsored by the city of Ste. Genevieve, the state championships will…

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05.28.2009 7:10 pm

Floyd Landis’ visit to the Show-Me State

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

The announcement that the OUCH-Maxxis team and Floyd Landis will be at the Tour of Missouri prompts this poll question …

How do you feel about Floyd Landis participating in the Tour of Missouri?

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04.30.2009 1:27 pm

Saxo Bank joins Tour of Missouri field

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

This just in … Saxo Bank has joined big shooters Columbia-High Road, Garmin-Slipstream, Astana, Quick Step, Liquigas and Cervelo in the Tour of Missouri field.

In short, this field is stacked; there’s going to be some massive firepower on the roads…

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04.15.2009 9:01 pm

Dominique Rollin third at Scheldeprijs Vlaanderen

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

2008 Tour of Missouri King of the Mountains Dominique Rollin capped a successful week of spring classics with a third place finish Wednesday at Scheldeprijs Vlaanderen.

Monday, the Cervelo TestTeam rider was fifth at Ronde van Drenthe, and last week, he…

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03.13.2009 11:05 am

Tyler Farrar stuns Mark Cavendish in Italy

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

In a battle of sprinters for American-based teams, Tyler Farrar of Garmin-Slipstream surged past Mark Cavendish of Columbia-High Road on Friday at the finishing line to win the third stage of Tirreno-Adriatico.

Cavendish, who won three estages at the 2008 Tour of…

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03.13.2009 10:18 am

Lance Armstrong and the Tour of Missouri

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

The conventional wisdom about enticing Lance Armstrong to compete in the Tour of Missouri is for the race organizers to attract a cancer-fighting health center as a major sponsor.

The theory is that such a sponsorship would meld perfectly with the stated reason for…

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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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02.24.2009 9:59 am

Armstrong to race in Ireland after Tour. Does Tour of Missouri have a chance?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The hard-working dudes at Velonews have reported that Lance Armstrong will extend his schedule beyond the Tour de France and compete in the Tour of Ireland in late August, then appear at a two-day cancer conference there.

This is significant because…

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01.27.2009 3:33 pm

Tour of Missouri to start in St. Louis, pair with Gateway Cup

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

It’s official.

The Tour of Missouri will start in St. Louis this year, on Labor Day, which coincides with the finale of the annual Gateway Cup weekend of races.

The Gateway Cup is a four-day event of amateur and pro races on the…

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