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07.31.2009 11:40 am

Tour rider tests positive in pre-tour control, UCI says

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

Stage 16 winner Mikel Astarloza of Euskaltel Euskadi has tested positive for EPO in an anti-doping control prior to the Tour de France, according to the UCI.

Velonews and cyclingnews have complete coverage.

Here’s the UCI press release …

Press release : Mikel Astarloza provisionally suspended

Date:
31.07.2009

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09.26.2008 6:17 pm

Tour of Missouri steps up in class

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

In its third edition, the Tour of Missouri will be a 2.HC race,  joining the Tour of California and the Tour of Georgia in the highest classification among stage races sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale.

According to the UCI America Tour schedule,…

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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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09.25.2008 10:51 am

World TT results: Another win for Team Columbia

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

German Bert Grabsch of Team Columbia is the new World Time Trial champ in another  big victory for American team Columbia.

Canadian Svein Tuft was second, and American David Zabriskie third.

Favourite Levi Leipheimer would up four. My other podium picks —…

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09.24.2008 10:32 pm

Armstrong, Verbruggen: No sale

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

Thankfully, seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong and former UCI chief Hein Verbruggen have put the kibosh on the Sydney Morning Herald speculation that they wanted to buy A.S.O. and the Tour.

Said Armstrong, Tuesday in New York according to Velonews.com:  ”I…

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09.19.2008 11:15 pm

Hokey smoke, Bullwinkle! Armstrong may want to buy Tour de France, report states

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

Seriously, or so the Sydney Morning Herald is surmising in Saturday’s edition.

Story entitled: Once he dominated - now Lance could own the Tour

Tis an interesting theory to say the least, that Armstrong “may” team with former UCI head Hein Verbruggen…

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09.15.2008 6:04 pm

One word to sum up the 2008 Tour of Missouri: pain

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

In contemplating the word that best describes the 2008 Tour of Missouri, "speed" was the first thing that came to mind.

The second ToM was ridden at a blistering pace, 27.3 miles per hour, which is…

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09.14.2008 7:19 pm

Garmin-Chipotle comes of age with VandeVelde’s ToM yellow jersey

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

In the course of a year, the state of Missouri has had a front-row seat in the growth and maturation of the American professional cycling team owned by Slipstream Sports.

A year ago at the inaugural Tour of Missouri, Slipstream-Chipotle celebrated…

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09.12.2008 5:08 pm

Svein Tuft: From touring to the Tour of Missouri podium

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

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Svein Tuft’s (left) story about becoming a cyclist is not unlike the story of many avid, recreational cyclists.

You start riding, you really like it, you ride some more, you really, really like it and, before you know it, you’re taking…

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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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