Keegan Swenson Delivers for Team USA with 5th at the UCI Gravel World Championships
Swenson clawed out of a bad start position to race in the front all day, chase back after a crash, and sprint Alejandro Valverde to the line.
Swenson clawed out of a bad start position to race in the front all day, chase back after a crash, and sprint Alejandro Valverde to the line.
The highest ranked UCI road race in the United States returns for its third edition on September 1, 2024.
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Vermeersch and Swift second and third, Valverde beats U.S. specialist Swenson for fourth.
Swenson has a nearly impeccable track record for choosing — and not abusing — his equipment for the races.
Remco Evenepoel quells transfer rumors, leaves potential for box-office battle with Primož Roglič, Jonas Vingegaard, Tadej Pogačar at 2024 Tour.
The Australian former pro was in the first wave of riders to jump into management immediately after retiring from racing.
At the finish line on Saturday, Kasia Niewiadoma, Lauren Stephens, Demi Vollering, Sarah Sturm and others tell us about the day.
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Team USA is rallying around Keegan Swenson for Sunday's UCI Gravel World Championships race.
Pogačar goes solo 30km from the final to end his season with a wild array of victories including at Lombardia, Flanders, Paris-Nice.
Polish rider dazzles with first big victory in four years.
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How they got into gravel, their expectations for the race and how they keep their motivation so late in the season.
Governing body urges fans to follow racing via live tracker and social media.
This Specialized Crux is ready for the ever-changing terrain of the UCI Gravel World Championship 2023 in Italy.
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GCN will broadcast the men's event on Sunday.
Van Aert's Cervelo Aspero-5 ahead of the UCI Gravel Worlds includes a Sram 2x drivetrain and immense saddle to bar drop.
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Illness and injury sideline the two contenders.
Tarmac, doubletrack, steep climbs, and singletrack, all tucked into the folds of Veneto's Prosecco Hills, will make for a gravel race unlike any other.
Even team talisman Evenepoel waits on news of peloton-shaking merger with Jumbo-Visma as teammates cling to hope of 'refugee' team.
The Slovenian superstar will have a free run at Tour de France leadership after exiting contract with Jumbo-Visma among merger turmoil.
The Madonna del Ghisallo is cycling's patron saint, and the peloton will sweep past in Saturday's final monument of the 2023 season.
The UCI Women's Continental Team also brings on US U23 national criterium champion Chloe Patrick.
Biju Thomas heads to Greenville, South Carolina to experience this cycling and food destination firsthand.
Grand tour racing could be turned upside down by potential 'Soudal-Visma' fusion, and Tadej Pogačar could profit.
First bike, first win, first contract: Norwegian star recalls how his bombastic winning ways as a junior racer opened the door to a legendary WorldTour career.
Reports indicate Jumbo-Visma trainer Marc Lamberts will join Roglič and his Tour de France quest in 2024.
Steven de Jongh was knocked unconscious on a training ride. Strava and Twitter helped find him before it was too late.
Analysis: The head-spinning story keeps evolving, with new reports that Patrick Lefevere might form a 'place-holder team' if Soudal Quick-Step closes shop.
The expert leadout man and a top Soudal Quick-Step trainer will give Astana-Qazaqstan extra tools for the 2024 season to chase the 35th record win.
The gravel/commuter/whatever bike that spanned over two decades unchanged has been discontinued.
Superstar sprinter didn't want to end his career with injury, and signs on for one more season with Astana-Qazaqstan for 2024.
Will Vermeersch repeat? Can Swenson beat Van Aert? What about Petr Vakoç? The elite men's event at gravel worlds is anybody's race.
With a possible move to Bora-Hansgrohe, the Slovenian wants outright leadership, but he's leaving the team he helped transform into a powerhouse. Can he now beat the Killer Bees?
Pauline Ferrand Prevot, Lorena Wiebes, Demi Vollering, Sofia Gomez Villafañe, and Tiffany Cromwell are just a few standout names in a deep field of 110 elite women's riders.
Belgian star speaks his mind on possible merger just moments after winning Tre Valli Varesine: 'We are strong enough ourselves.'
The BWR omnium series is now comprised of three mandatory events, versus the old format of two mandatory events and two of a rider’s choice.
The cycling governing body says all contracts must be respected and that any vacant WorldTour slot would give second-tier ProTeam squads an additional 'wild card' invite.
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The prolific Belgian franchise and its racing legacy could be shuttered if the 'mega merger' with Jumbo-Visma moves forward: 'It would be a shame for cycling.'
Beloki, Emond join EF as teams keep picking up riders to fill out their respective 2024 rosters.
Rochette has distanced her rivals all series, while Vincent Baestaens held onto his overall lead with a pair of top-five finishes.
Jumbo-Visma dominated the race to deliver the Belgian star to the line for his fifth win in 2023.
The virtual riding app will close at the end of the month, with Wahoo offering users up to a free one-year Zwift subscription.
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The Specialized Off-Road pro has put in the work and is more prepared than ever
Mexican prodigy Del Toro joins through 2026 as Pogačar's crew turns to future winners to battle with Soudal-Visma merger.
The Lotto-Dstny speedster opened up his kick with such ferocity that he broke his right pedal and his foot clipped out with 50m to go, but he won anyway.
Roglič and Jumbo-Visma rose hand-in-hand to the top of the grand tour hierarchy. Can Roglič fulfil his Tour de France quest without them?
Implications of a Jumbo-Visma/Soudal Quick-Step fusion would play across the entire elite men's peloton, and could leave dozens of riders and support staff in a lurch.
The American brand's cyclocross and lightweight gravel bike moves it's cables inside of the headset bearings.
In the women's race, Alexis Skarda and Crystal Anthony rounded out the podium, while Pete Stetina and Brendan Johnston were just behind Vermeulen in second and third place.
There are a plethora of rising stars in the 2024 rookie intake into the Women's WorldTour, from the Holmgren twins Ava and Isabella to Ella Wyllie.
Roglič wins Italian classic for third time, Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig goes solo in women's race.
Former rivals and Paris-Roubaix champions take their final rides in the road peloton in the coming weekends.
Giro d'Italia and former Vuelta a España champion calls time on eight-year stay at Jumbo-Visma: 'I can definitely confirm I will leave'
Lefevere lifts lid on sponsorship structures, Remco Evenepoel, states 'letter of intent' has been signed on blockbuster deal.
The Lidl-Trek DS talks team directing, keeping fit, and how he would have approached Jumbo-Visma's leadership problem at the Vuelta.
The reigning gravel world champion will skip the inaugural European Gravel Championships this weekend; her participation at the UCI Gravel World Championships on October 7 is TBD.
Series athletes will race 110 miles and nearly 10,000 feet in the penultimate race.
Sasha Weemaes delivers a victory at the Tour de Langkawi in the team's final stage race as the elite men's team prepares for closing races.
The Dutch team completes a wholesale overhaul of its backroom staff and updates its roster.
Why leave the world's biggest team? Mega-merger threatens Roglič's Tour de France ambition, makes him financial pawn.
A Dutch TV show reveals that online shopping giant Amazon will step up as an important backer in 2024.
Chef Biju Thomas discovers there’s far more to this Southern destination than music and fried chicken. (Don't worry there's plenty of those, too).
Belgian newspaper 'HLN' reports discussions with the UCI and key bike sponsors ahead of a fast-approaching October 15 WorldTour license deadline.
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The Australian team is expected to have its biggest-ever roster with seven new additions to the team for 2024.
Rivals growing frustrated behind Jumbo-Visma's grand tour stranglehold, and there are renewed calls for budget guidelines or salary caps: 'There are few options for the smaller teams.'
Blaze more trail and explore your gravel like never before with the State Bicycle All-Road suspension fork.
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