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05.05.2008 10:47 pm

Injured Tecos rider rode at Tour of Missouri

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

Fausto Esparza Munoz, the Tecos-Trek rider seriously injured Sunday in a crash on the final stage of the Tour of the Gila, rode for Tecos last September in the inaugural Tour of Missouri.

In the Tour of Missouri, he was listed as Fausto Marcelino Esparza. 

According to…

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05.03.2008 3:52 pm

Toyota drops Toyota-United sponsorship

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

Perhaps the most successful domestic team over the past three seasons will be losing its main sponsor after this season with Toyota leaving behind the Toyota-United cycling team.

The red, white and blue colors of T-U have been highly visible…

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04.22.2008 4:12 pm

England’s effort keeps Ivan Dominguez in yellow

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

SAVANNAH, Ga. – In the words of Toyota-United team director Len Pettyjohn, T-U rider Justin England “buried himself” for the good of the team Tuesday in Stage 2 of the Tour de Georgia.

In the world of professional cycling, that means…

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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…

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04.19.2008 10:23 pm

Astana or Rock Racing will win Tour de Georgia

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

With apologies to American teams High Road and Slipstream-Chipotle and the boys from U.S.-sponsored CSC, ol’ 10 Speed is thinking that a rider from either Astana or Rock Racing will stand atop the podium at the end of the Tour de…

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04.18.2008 4:50 pm

Rock in Missouri

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

I asked what the team’s inclusion in the Tour de Georgia would mean for Rock re: the Tour of Missouri.

“It really helps us in our bid to go into anything that Medalist Sports is doing. I think what happened in the Tour 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…

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04.17.2008 11:32 am

Bike races this weekend in Hermann

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

To understand the positive impact the inaugural Tour of Missouri has had on bicycle racing in Missouri, one need only look as far as Hermann.

The first ToM cruised through Hermann in the penultimate Stage 6, and Hermann is set to…

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04.13.2008 10:53 pm

Tour of Missouri competitor wins Tilles criterium

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

Riding for THF Realty, Brian Dziewa of Farmington, Mo., rode away from the pack and won the feature race of the Gateway Cycling Club’s Spring Criterium on Saturday at Tilles Park.

Dziewa, who rode with Jelly Belly in the inaugural…

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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…

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