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Coach’s honest truth; Klein pulls no punches after a disappointing effort.

Columbia College mens soccer Coach John Klein will never be confused with an advertising executive. Ditto a politician. Hes too honest. Midfielder Lloyd Jacobs said his coach can be depressing. "We didnt belong on the field with that team tonight," ...

From RYAN NILSSON, Columbia Tribune,  18 Sep 2008

Home away from home; After honing craft, Vande Velde elated with Missouri win.

ST. LOUIS - As the son of John Vande Velde, Christian Vande Velde knew what it meant to be a professional cyclist. His dad was a member of two U.S. Olympic cycling teams, and after the 1972 Munich Games, he competed in the pro six-day race circuit. ...

From RYAN NILSSON, Columbia Tribune,  15 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Christian Vande Velde,  Garmin Ltd.,  Michael Rogers,  David Zabriskie,  Michael Barry

Cavendish wins Stage 6, but team can’t make move

ST. CHARLES Team Columbia had no plans to attack during yesterdays sixth stage of the Tour of Missouri. Instead, it spent the hours before the race studying the two turns before the finish line so Mark Cavendish would be prepared to win his third bunch ...

From RYAN NILSSON, Columbia Tribune,  14 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Michael Rogers,  Garmin Ltd.,  George Hincapie,  Michael Barry,  Christian Vande Velde

Tour of Missouri’s traveling circus wheels through capital

JEFFERSON CITY - Yesterdays fifth stage of the Tour of Missouri unfolded on the big screen at the corner of West High and Jefferson streets, but at 3:30 p.m., few people stopped to watch. Shane Peltonen was one of the exceptions. He braced his body ...

From RYAN NILSSON, Columbia Tribune,  13 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Christian Vande Velde

Stage 4 site a tribute to the U.S. armed forces

ROLLA - About 10 minutes before the Tour of Missouri cavalcade was expected to pass in front of General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital, a 9/11 commemorative ceremony began just to the south at the corner of Illinois and North Dakota ...

From RYAN NILSSON, Columbia Tribune,  12 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Leonard Wood,  Garmin Ltd.

Vande Velde takes the lead after wild ride; Tough time trial gives American yellow jersey.

BRANSON - A year ago, Team Columbias George Hincapie called the Tour of Missouris 18-mile individual time trial here the hardest such course hed ever ridden. So yesterday, just about anytime a cyclist found himself in front of a microphone or a digital ...

From RYAN NILSSON, Columbia Tribune,  11 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Garmin Ltd.,  Michael Rogers,  George Hincapie,  Christian Vande Velde,  David Zabriskie

Armstrong’s return is felt at local Tour

SPRINGFIELD - Crowd control stanchions, like the kind used to form lines at airport ticket counters, had been set up outside the Team Columbia motor home before the Tour of Missouris second stage yesterday morning in Clinton. Cycling fans young and old ...

From RYAN NILSSON, Columbia Tribune,  10 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Lance Armstrong,  George Hincapie,  Bill Clinton

Tour gets off to a good start; Cavendish wins with late sprint.

KANSAS CITY - Team Columbia cyclist Mark Cavendish thought he captured his first stage win in a U.S. event back in February at the Tour of California. Despite a crash in the final lap, he was the first to cross the sixth-stage finish line in Santa ...

From RYAN NILSSON, Columbia Tribune,  9 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Garmin Ltd.,  John Devine,  Bill Clinton

Bike race set to get under way; Second Tour is upon us, this time without Columbia stop.

The Tour of Missouri begins tomorrow with a 90-mile road race from St. Joseph to Kansas City and will work its way east over the next six days. The second-year, seven-stage cycling race concludes next Sunday with a circuit race in St. Louis. This year ...

From RYAN NILSSON, Columbia Tribune,  7 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Michael Rogers,  Discovery Channel,  Lance Armstrong,  Garmin Ltd.,  Tom Danielson

Hallsville wins first game; Homework pays for Indians versus familiar opponent.

HALLSVILLE - Kickoff was no longer measured in years, months, weeks or days away. The first home game in the history of the Hallsville varsity football program was set to start in a matter of hours. And all senior Blake Berkbuegler could think about ...

From RYAN C. NILSSON, Columbia Tribune,  6 Sep 2008

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