What a cuppla days for the Astana cycling team.

Johan Bruyneel’s team is bound for the Giro d’Italia after the Giro organizer, RCS, reversed field and extended an invitation to the race.

And on Sunday, Andreas Kloden wrapped up the…

The organizers of the Giro d’Italia apparently have come to their senses and invited the best team in cycling — Astana — to the Giro, which starts next week.

Better late than never, I reckon.

The Associated Press reports that Astana’s…

With High Road having withdrawn its request for an invitation to the Vuelta a Espana tour in September, the Tour of Missouri stands to benefit.

I spoke with High Road owner Bob Stapleton at the Tour de Georgia last week, and he…

After the Giro d’Italia and the Tour de France gave Astana an un-vitation to their races, thereby igniting an international spitting match, the Vuelta a Espana was the only one of the cycling’s grand tours to welcome Astana.

Yes, the…

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…

Despite rumors that he might switch to Caisse d’Epargne and defend his Tour de France title, Alberto Contador says he’s sticking with Astana, which received an un-vitation to the TdF and other events promoted by the Amaury Sports Organization.

Bully…

Alberto Contador, essentially banned from defending his Tour de France title by race organizer Amaury Sports Organization, took a figerative shot at ASO in winning a mountaintop finish Thursday in the Vuelta a Castilla y León.

According to Velonews’ Andrew Hood, Contador…

The Tour de Georgia announced the 15-team field for the race next month. The field might be a pretty good indicator of potential squads for the Tour of Missouri, though Astana’s A-team probably will be in Spain helping Alberto Contador…

Though the Astana cycling team is under new leadership with Johan Bruyneel at the helm, it has been barred from the Tour de France and other events organized by Amaury Sports Organization (A.S.O.), the A.S.O. announced today.

In a news…

Pat McQuaid, the president of the Union Cycliste Internationale, says the Giro d’Italia’s un-vitation of Astanta, High Road Sports and two other UCI Pro Tour teams took the sport back ”20 years.”

Under the UCI Pro Tour format of the past few years,…