Ol’ 10 Speed has had a few days of R&R from cycle blogging, but my Big Magnus Backstedt is back on its Selle San Marco and I’m dreaming of Foot-Hi Pies at Trailnet’s ride this weekend.
But until then, a little about the…
Ol’ 10 Speed has taken a few days to relax and ruminate after traipsing through Georgia last week for the sixth edition of the Tour de Georgia, and I keep coming back to what a fantastic event this was from…
BRASSTOWN BALD, GA. — In an epic battle on an epic mountain, Astana’s Levi Leipheimer tried again and again to drop Trent Lowe of Slipstream-Chipotle on Saturday in Stage 6 of the Tour de Georgia.
Try as he might, Leipheimer couldn’t shake the…
As a sponsor of the Tour de Georgia, the Bissell vacuum company had its logo on the final car in the Tour caravan, ostensibly to “sweep up” riders in the peloton who fell way behind.
But Friday, the Bissell logo was quite…
Twas another big day for Slipstream-Chipotle, the new power of American cycling.
Slipstream set the fast time in the fourth two-team heat Thursday in the Team Time Trial at Road Atlanta, then waited for the big dogs of international cycling to take their best…
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,…
