Tag Archive for ‘Andre Greipel’
Deja Vu, Greipel Takes Opener – 2010 Santos Tour Down Under Stage 1
It wasn’t Mark Cavendish at the end of the HTC-Columbia train, but you could scarcely tell the difference as the most winning team from 2009 delivered their intended package, German Andre Greipel, to the line in Tanunda in Jimmy John’s like fashion, which is to say, fast. The victory for Greipel, overall winner of the [...]
Clear Sky, Henderson and Sutton Deliver One-Two in 2010 Season Opener
The journey from drawing board to podium was a short one for Dave Brailsford and Team Sky as Greg Henderson (formerly of Team HTC-Columbia) and Chris Sutton finished one-two in today’s 51km Cancer Council Helpline Classic in Adelaide. Contested over a 1.7km closed circuit, the race not only provided a small preview of the 6th [...]
Teutenberg Lady Liberty, Again; Greipel Completes Columbia-Highroad Sweep
The TD Bank Philadelphia International Cycling Championship celebrated its 25th anniversary earlier this month. The one-day race, and its corresponding women’s Liberty Classic, is widely considered to be one of America’s crown jewels of cycling. But surprisingly, if not for a midnight sponsorship deal, the race that features the festival like atmosphere up Manayunk Wall, [...]
They Call Him Andre the Giant
I haven’t paid much attention to the Tour Down Under this week, and now it’s over. The lack of any Versus coverage until the Amgen Tour of California doesn’t help.With the first week of the new semester (I teach journalism at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va.), I’ve been busy with that.Heck, I’ve paid more [...]
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