As the Tour of Missouri and Vuelta a Espana wind down, the cycling season ends with the 2009 World Championships in Mendrisio, Switzerland Sept. 23-27.

With Garmin-Slipstream’s Christian VandeVelde conceivably out due to a broken hand suffered in Stage 1 of…

Either these guys have to quit writing, or they have to strap 100 pounds of goo to their midsections soon, so ol’ 10 Speed can beat them at something.

Dudes can write and cycle, and like I stated the other day,…

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…

The revelations of the past few days have my head spinning.

First came rumors and then confirmation that seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong plans a comeback to professional cycling with the intent of trying to win his eighth TdF…

The great thing about Garmin being the title sponsor of Garmin-Chipotle is that some of the team’s rider data is available online.

To date, 16 stages have been posted on MotionBased.com. I’ve highlighted links below to some interesting stages: three of…

After two weeks of the Tour de France, Versus has become permanently burned into the television at 10 Speed’s house, we’ve watched every stage at least twice, and the dog’s doin’ the Mojito.

We love this race.

And this year’s edition has…

It’s been a pretty good race thus far for the two American teams at the Tour de France.

– Columbia’s Kim Kirchen had a chance to win in each of the first two stages and is in the green sprinter’s jersey after…

American Will Frischkorn, the runner-up in the inaugural Tour of Missouri, jumped into the early breakaway Monday at the Tour de France, and it stayed away, making for a great day for French cycling and another big day for American…

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…

Will Frischkorn of Slipstream-Chipotle posted a cool stream-of-consciousness item on Velonews.com about what a pro cyclist thinks about during a long stage. Pretty funny stuff.

Frischkorn placed second to George Hincapie last year in the inaugural Tour of Missouri.

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