Andrew Hood

Australian ex-pro will be at the top of the organizational chart in a major backroom reshuffle at Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe ahead of Evenepoel's arrival in 2026.

Slovenian superstar will be battling rivals and the passage of time, but the world championship venues from Montréal to Trentino provide the pathway to writing more cycling history.

It's only a week to go until the unveiling of the season's biggest stage races: Here's what we know and the juicy rumors floating around about the 2026 Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes.

The ban is the first of its kind since 2021 when an Italian team was also hit by two cases within a 12-month period.

Evenepoel hunts Euro redemption after saddle chaos cost him shot at rainbow jersey in Kigali: 'Remco said he shouldn't have stopped.'

North Americans hit highs and lows at Rwanda worlds, making history, setting records, hitting breakouts, and a few hard knocks.

'Tadej told me I have to keep working and pushing.' Spectacular worlds debut of 21-year-old from Baja California confirms his rise as cycling’s heir apparent to Pogačar’s throne.

The Slovenian superstar is the five-star favorite to win a second world title, but could an outsider pull off the shocker? His own UAE teammates might be his most dangerous rivals.

The first wave of road races on the Kigali circuit has produced wild and unpredictable outcomes, and Saturday's double-header should be no different.

Isaac del Toro, the Mexican sensation and UAE teammate, is Slovenian superstar’s most unpredictable rival to Rwanda rainbow repeat.

Barta seeks new challenges after four seasons at Movistar: 'The importance Tudor gives to innovation makes me excited.'

Hudson, winner of the junior Liège-Bastogne-Liège, lit up the junior men's road race with a searing attack with three laps to go and Team GB put three riders into the top 5.

Team USA brings a loaded junior squad to chase the first world title since Quinn Simmons won in 2019, with U23s racing in double-header.

France's Gery wins the first stand-alone U23 women's road race world title in spectacular fashion, pre-race favorite Holmgren misses podium with 6th.

Pogačar could write more pages of history if he wins Sunday, when a second rainbow jersey could topple records and cement his GOAT legacy: 'I feel ready.'

Lidl-Trek signs Ayuso through 2030 on long-term bet to win a grand tour: 'Change always brings new energy and ambitions.'

The first-ever U23 women’s stand-alone road race at the UCI road world championships sees Cat Ferguson lead a global field of rising stars.

Merlier climbs to 15 wins in 2025, one shy of Pogačar, as the race for the most wins goes down to the wire: 'It would be a dream.'

'I see myself in the rainbow jersey': With Valverde debuting as national team coach, a confident Ayuso heads to Rwanda as the ultimate worlds disruptor.

Mixed team time trial closes out racing against the clock before road racing takes over Thursday.

Team USA scores two in the top 5 in the junior men’s time trial to score first US medal in Rwanda.

Junior women and men race the individual time trial in Day 3 of competition at the 2025 UCI road world championships.

Analysis: UAE’s 86-win 2025 season to eclipse HTC’s 2009 record reveals how big changes in the modern peloton and unlimited budgets beat old-school sprint dominance.

One 40km misfire does not change the odds for Sunday. If anything, it makes them even worse for everyone else.

The women’s U23 time trial debuts Monday in the second day of competition at the road worlds alongside the men’s long-running race.

Jay Vine shocked the men’s TT at Rwanda worlds to take silver behind Remco Evenepoel after Tadej Pogačar missed medals by one second.

Brandon McNulty's GC triumph at the Tour de Luxembourg pushes UAE to 86 victories to surpass HTC-Columbia’s benchmark set in 2009.

Full results elite women's individual time trial UCI world championships: Dygert punches into top 10, Edwards 19th for Team USA.

Bradyn Lange and Lauren Stephens avoid traps to drive home solo victories to claim the 2025 USA Cycling Gravel National Championships.

Here’s the complete, day-by-day worlds racing program: Rwanda opens Sunday with the elite women's and men's individual time trials.

UAE left waiting: Skjelmose snatched stage 3 in Luxembourg to deny the win record as McNulty kicks to third.

UAE delivered Pogačar’s fourth Tour title, but Giro and Vuelta slipped away under Visma’s steady pressure to keep 'Killer Bees' ahead in grand tour count.

Some of America's top stars are bypassing Africa's first worlds as Team USA hunts first elite road rainbow jersey in decades: 'Not the best course for me.'

Visma signs Davide Piganzoli on 3-year deal and taps the Italian climber as a future GC successor to Jonas Vingegaard: 'We want to grow with him to the next level.'

'It's one of the best moments of my career': Vuelta champ Vingegaard moved by last-minute ceremony after protests forced the cancelation of final stage and winner's podium.

Pidcock and Q36.5 shock WorldTour super teams at Vuelta a España to deliver only the third wild-card grand tour top 3 in 25 years: 'This was always the dream.'

No stage wins, but the six Americans and two Canadians set new records, hit podiums, beat personal milestones, and worked in the service of their teams.

Riders end protest-ravaged Vuelta on their terms with improvised podium in a hotel parking lot: 'A pity that such a moment of eternity was taken from us.'

'No one thought we'd make it to Madrid:' With the 2026 Tour de France opening in Spain and IPT’s WorldTour return looming, anxiety shifts to next season.

23-year-old Arizonan joins LeMond, Hampsten and Van Garderen as the only the American males to crack a grand tour top 5 and win the white jersey.

Rising US star Riccitello to join Decathlon’s GC project: 'This team will push me to reach my potential.'

Pidcock and Riccitello big GC surprises while UAE racks up 7 stage victories and 2nd with Almeida in protest-marred Spanish grand tour.

Spain's lone men's WorldTour team is doubling down on homegrown talent in rebuild to try to stay even with super teams.

Matthew Riccitello secures young rider's white jersey and top 5 going into Madrid to confirm his rise as America’s next GC star: 'I went into the stage with nothing to lose.'

'Amazing to win three times this week': Del Toro is on a tear with 10 wins since the Giro d'Italia and now he's fast-tracking toward the Rwanda world championships.

Van der Poel needs to post clean descents, uphill watts and overcome a fifth-row start to win MTB world title: ‘If he’s stuck in a bottleneck he has no chance.’

Start list, maps and profiles plus listings of how to watch this weekend's GP Québec and GP Montréal in North America's only WorldTour races.

Full stage results and standings from stage 17 at the Vuelta a España: Riccitello climbs with the GC elite in key mountain stage.

Vinegaard and Almeida show fatigue on stage 17 of Vuelta a España, Pidcock defends third in grueling summit finale hammered by strong winds.

Environmental groups are now promising to protest Saturday’s stage that finishes atop the Bola del Mundo climb in the mountains north of Madrid.

10 Canadians and 10 US riders line up for North America's only men's WorldTour races at Friday's 14th edition of the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec.

Visma boss Richard Plugge expresses growing safety concerns amid Vuelta turmoil: 'That has an impact on the outcome.'

The scale of ongoing protests at the Vuelta that are targeting the Israel-Premier Tech team and the larger war in Gaza is unprecedented in cycling history.

Visma 'Dream Team' down to six before closing red jersey deciders: 'We have to be ready for everything.'

With a climb-heavy road worlds course, Jasper Philipsen could be the latest European road star to target the UCI Gravel World Championships.

'The white jersey is a target:' Rising grand tour star Riccitello determined to finish protest-riddled Vuelta with breakout top 10.

Week 3 drama: Vingegaard’s lead is slim, Almeida’s growing, Pidcock fights for the podium, Kuss is back and Madrid isn’t a guarantee.

BREAKING: Police brace for protests all the way to Madrid and Vuelta officials deny reports the race will end Saturday.

American Sheffield slips out to miss shot at win, protester knocks over two riders in the chasing group with about 55km to go.

It's the first time US riders won the elite XC marathon rainbow jerseys since the discipline began in 2003.

UAE Emirates-XRG has won 50 percent of all stages contested so far in this Vuelta a España and Matteo Jorgenson nudged back into the top 10.

'I love these steep climbs': Kuss and Riccitello blaze up the GC after lighting up the Vuelta's hardest climb.

‘I didn’t lose too much time’: Pidcock fights to defend third overall on Spain's most feared climb, but Hindley poses a new threat in fourth.

The setback closes out a post-Olympic year for Faulkner, and she promises she will return stronger when the 2026 calendar opens.

Two years after the Angliru made him a Vuelta winner, Kuss is back to ride for Vingegaard: 'There's nowhere to hide.'

Protesters turned out again and the peloton is on edge: 'There's a lot of uncertainty and no one knows how to best handle it.'

Vuelta officials say they have their hands tied but are urging Israel-Premier Tech to leave the race: 'They are not making it easier for the safety of everyone else.'

'It's disappointing. I think I had a good chance to win:' Pidcock frustrated at missing chance on Vuelta win after protesters force neutralization of finale.

Riders say their safety is being threatened by protesters targeting Israel-Premier Tech at the Vuelta a España.

Tensions could be high in Wednesday's 11th stage across Spain's Basque Country as local left-wing political parties are calling for activists to protest.

Explainer: Why pro cycling’s biggest contracts are breaking — money, ambition, ownership shifts, and the race for the yellow jersey.

Vermaerke joins UAE in 2026 to team up with Pogačar in a blockbuster move for the American rising star: 'I’m ready for a new environment to push me further.'

The budding Spanish star was signed until 2028, but breaks the contract to find a new team that 'shares my same vision.'

'I wouldn't have been there': Ayuso drops 21 minutes on Valdezcaray while UAE teammate João Almeida fought alone to limit the Vuelta GC losses.

Ciccone blows up after trying to follow Vingegaard acceleration: 'Jonas was too fast for me.'

The British superstar kicks to second ahead of frustrated Almeida to prove GC credentials: 'This gives me confidence going into the hardest stages to come.'

Ben O’Connor pushes back at critics of Vuelta GC logjam: “No one has the right to comment on how we should race. Every day is full-on to win.”

'We'll have a different strategy in the second and third week': Visma is in no rush to crush the Vuelta a España.

Pidcock is keeping his powder dry with the Vuelta's brutal second week looming: 'People are racing smart. Everybody knows what’s to come.'

Media reports link Spanish star Juan Ayuso in a move to join Lidl-Trek.