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[Velo Girl]

I just saw on Velonews that Discovery is bringing Contador to the Tour of Mo.

Kind of cool!!!

[klages]

If only Lotto would bring Evans we could have the Tour de France podium finishers.

[DanSchmatz]

klages, on Aug 14 2007, 09:09 AM, said:

If only Lotto would bring Evans we could have the Tour de France podium finishers.

This is only what I heard from guys on the team which sometimes means nothing but there is a chance Lotto may not be there. Although the race has confirmed Lotto will be at  the race I spoke with a fred/chris last weekend and the Team may be stretched thin with other programs that week.

[jmeitz]

now the question will be do i get Schmatz or Contador's autograph

[stickboy]

jmeitz, on Aug 14 2007, 12:45 PM, said:

now the question will be do i get Schmatz or Contador's autograph

Schmatz, definitely Schmatz!!!!!

[tarmac72]

jmeitz, on Aug 14 2007, 12:45 PM, said:

now the question will be do i get Schmatz or Contador's autograph

you gotta be quick to grab Contador's....if he turns sideways, he disappears.

[Justin]

DanSchmatz, on Aug 14 2007, 12:11 PM, said:

klages, on Aug 14 2007, 09:09 AM, said:

If only Lotto would bring Evans we could have the Tour de France podium finishers.

This is only what I heard from guys on the team which sometimes means nothing but there is a chance Lotto may not be there. Although the race has confirmed Lotto will be at  the race I spoke with a fred/chris last weekend and the Team may be stretched thin with other programs that week.

Dan is correct, I hinted at this in another thread, there is a really good chance the team is skipping out.  I want them to invote a team of all the bust dopers this year:
Vino
Mayo
Andrey
Moreni
Kessler
Rasmussen
Hell Riis can be the DS!
That would be great!

[Craig Farrell]

Justin, on Aug 15 2007, 12:24 PM, said:

Rasmussen

I don't think you should include liars who haven't been found "non-negative".

[Justin]

Fine Craig, the all liars teams!

[phawley]

Justin, on Aug 15 2007, 12:24 PM, said:

Hell Riis can be the DS!

Justin, the list of who could be the DS is huge! ...including many folks who are employees of ASO, or at least welcomed to be featured guests at their events...then again, I reckon that Lemond is the only person who never doped, eh?

[Justin]

phawley, on Aug 15 2007, 01:25 PM, said:

Justin, on Aug 15 2007, 12:24 PM, said:

Hell Riis can be the DS!

Justin, the list of who could be the DS is huge! ...including many folks who are employees of ASO, or at least welcomed to be featured guests at their events...then again, I reckon that Lemond is the only person who never doped, eh?

Greg can be the team savior and can make them all clean!  We'll team him his uncle is coming if he doesn't help!

[Velo Girl]

I read that Cadel Evans is going to be the GC man for the Vuelta, so even if Lotto comes, he won't be here.

I hope he conquers the Vuelta, he seems like a pretty classy guy.

[RevBudGreen]

Velo Girl, on Aug 14 2007, 09:49 AM, said:

I just saw on Velonews that Discovery is bringing Contador to the Tour of Mo.

Kind of cool!!!

It would be too sweet if they drive up on 44 and the cops have the "Drug Dogs in Use Ahead" sign out. You know how it works: the dopers all pull off at the next exit to dump their weed/coke/x/etc and get popped by the cops hiding in the woods there. They'd be like, "What's with all the blood and stuff?? We're lookin' for the WEEEED!"

[Falasi4]

Any word on the Tour Of MO teams sticking around for the Tue Night Worlds ?

[MugBan]

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (August 16, 2007) - Tour de France champion Alberto Contador of Spain and American Levi Leipheimer, the third-place finisher at that race, were officially announced today by the Discovery Channel Team as participants in the inaugural Tour of Missouri, September 11th - 16th. The Tour of Missouri is North America's newest elite cycling stage race and patterned after the successful Tour de Georgia and Amgen Tour of California statewide stage races.  The race will start in Kansas City, Tuesday, September 11 and conclude 600 miles later in St. Louis the following Sunday. Contador and Leipheimer are both members of the Discovery Channel team which recently dominated the Tour de France with two overall podium places, two stage wins, and laying claim to the best young rider classification and overall team classification.  Also included on the Discovery Channel roster in Missouri are: pre-race favorite and current U.S. National Champion George Hincapie of Greenville, S.C.; 8th place Tour de France finisher Yaroslav Popovych of the Ukraine; Tony Cruz of Long Beach, CA; 2007 3rd place finisher of the Amgen Tour of California Jason McCartney of Coralville, IA; up and coming U.S. star John Devine of Dixon, Ill., and Fuyu Li, the first Chinese athlete to compete at the elite Pro Tour level. "To have Johan Bruyneel commit to bringing Discovery Channel's Tour de France "dream team" to the Tour of Missouri is very special for this first-time race," said Race Director Jim Birrell.  "We will have three riders from the top eight of the Tour de France, two being from the final podium, and I look forward to hosting the entire Discovery Channel team during their swan song on domestic soil."

The Discovery Channel team's management company, Tailwind Sports, recently decided to disband the team at the end of the 2007 season, making the Tour of Missouri their last event in the United States. "Having just announced my retirement from cycling I am pleased that one of my last races as a director will be at the Tour of Missouri," said Sports Director Johan Bruyneel.  "I have always enjoyed directing in the U.S. because of our success and an amazing group of fans that come to see us race.  It is sad to think that this will be one of the last times I will be directing, but I am glad it will be in front of a such great fans." The Tour of Missouri will cap off a stellar season for Discovery's Leipheimer, who won the season's kick off race, the Amgen Tour of California in February. "I have had an amazing 2007 season which started out when I won the Amgen Tour of California, followed by a successful showing at the Tour de Georgia and then finishing on the podium at the Tour de France.  It is only fitting to close it out my season with a U.S. homecoming at the Tour of Missouri," said Leipheimer. "I have always said that there is nothing that compares to racing at home and it will be very special for me to have guys like Alberto, Popo and George riding next to me in my final race as a Discovery Channel Team member." George Hincapie is the 2006 US National Champion and has raced in 12 editions of the Tour de France, seven of them as Lance Armstrong's primary lieutenant.  Hincapie has won stages in the Tour de France, Tour of California, and the celebrated Dauphine Libere.

TdF and Paris-Nice champ Alberto
TdF podium finisher and ToC champ Levi
US road champ George
TdF stage winner Popo
Domestic stalwarts Jason and Tony
Local boy (sort of) and up-and-comer Devine
& Chinese sensation Fuyu (covered recently in Bicycling)

The winners of the TdF team classification seem to be bringing their 'A team' HERE!