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03.31.2009 5:12 pm

David Clinger faces his demons

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

The upcoming issue of Velonews.com has a story about former pro cyclist David Clinger, who is getting his life back in order after suffering from addiction.

Velo published some photos of Clinger, who writer Steve Frothingham says is in the process of…

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02.24.2009 7:27 pm

Zabriskie’s house robbed during Amgen Tour of California

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

While Garmin-Slipstream’s David Zabriskie was racing to a second-place finish in the Amgen Tour of California last week, his home in Salt Lake City, Utah, was being burglarized.

In addition to cars, bikes and electronics, the thieves made off with an…

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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 1:17 pm

Tuft flatted, switched bikes, still came in 2nd in World TT

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

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That’s the scoop about what happened to Canadian SveinTuft with 6 kilometers to go, from the velonews.com story about the TT. Unreal.

Story also has info about David Zabriskie riding with a sore back at the Tour of Missouri, and Levi Leipheimer just…

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09.25.2008 12:00 am

Now, Lance is makin’ some sense

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

Carrying a world cancer awareness campaign on his back, without guaranteeing or promising or even seriously discussing an eighth victory in the Tour de France, Lance Armstrong came off Wednesday as a humanitarian on a quest to do good (cure…

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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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09.24.2008 10:10 pm

Another winner from Michael Barry

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

Dude’s ridin’ and writin’ up a storm!

This one is a Velonews.com diary entry about him and Canadian compatriot Svein Tuft, whom I wrote about at the Tour of Missouri – Svein Tuft: From touring to the Tour of Missouri podium.

Great stuff about an important…

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09.09.2008 5:38 pm

It’s true: Armstrong will be back

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

Kudos to Neal Rogers of Velonews.com: His scoop Monday about Lance Armstrong announcing his comeback in a Vanity Fair article was spot-on. Rogers scooped the scoopers!

Confirmation came Tuesday in the form of the Vanity Fair article and a statement from Armstrong…

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09.08.2008 7:40 pm

A comeback for Armstrong?

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

A rumor about a comeback by seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong has been flitting around in cyberspace for a while, and Velonews.com’s Neal Rogers reports that a comeback is indeed in the works.

According to Rogers, Armstrong will appear in…

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08.08.2008 4:27 pm

Who’s going to win the Olympics road race?

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

Most of the pre-Olympics buzz has focued on the Spanish team — Alejandro Valverde and the past two Tour de France winners in Alberto Contador and Carlos Sastre — as well as the Italians, with world champion Paolo Bettini, and…

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