Andrew Hood

'I don’t know if I will achieve it, but I wake up every morning believing that I can be the best:' Bernal flying high early in the Vuelta a España.

UAE is still chasing its first grand tour not won by Pogačar. All the team's GC hopes now lie with João Almeida: 'Losing time is not what you want.'

'It’s really upsetting for us as a team, upsetting for the riders:' IPT riders reeling after protesters block team time trial at Vuelta a España.

The Maryland Cycling Classic will return September 6 with its most stacked men’s field yet: 'Cobblestones, technical sections, and punchy climbs will ensure an exciting race.'

Some 23 riders head to Kigali for Africa's first road cycling world championships, but several big names are sitting this one out.

Matteo Jorgenson balances GC ambitions with loyalty to Jonas Vingegaard at the Vuelta a España in a rare Pogačar-free grand tour: 'This is a good opportunity.'

'Not an easy decision, but one I made after careful consideration and for legitimate reasons': Rising Canadian star breaks silence as contract dispute with Israel-Premier Tech heats up.

Former US champion Quinn is racing his first grand tour since a knee surgery this spring and roared into Monday's main breakaway to win most combative prize.

Full results and standings from stage 3 at the 2025 Vuelta a España.

‘I went down pretty hard:’ Vingegaard confirms legs and ambition to win after surviving potentially disastrous high-speed spill in Vuelta a España crash chaos.

Frenchman Axel Zingle crashed, dislocated his shoulder twice, saw his bike go missing, yet still finished: 'If you can climb a climb like that with a dislocated shoulder, then it’s all good.'

Derek Gee was absent from IPT's Vuelta a España roster, but officials confirm the team is pushing the Canadian to respect his contract through 2028.

Led by Kuss and Jorgenson, eight North Americans line up for the 2025 Vuelta a España aiming for super-sized impact in the season's final grand tour.

UAE Emirates-XRG chases its first grand tour win without Pogačar as Ayuso and Almeida promise to bury the hatchet to take on Vingegaard: 'We had small clashes, but things are quickly resolved.'

'Worlds don't fit in': Vingegaard confirms he will skip Rwanda worlds to stay focused on winning the 2025 Vuelta a España.

No power vacuum this year: Visma enters the Vuelta a España with the strongest team and Vingegaard as the undisputed GC leader.

Vermaerke will make his Vuelta debut before leaving the team for UAE Emirates-XRG in 2026: 'In a grand tour, every day is a challenge but also an opportunity.'

Can red-hot Uno-X sprint to WorldTour promotion in 2026? Four teams racing for one spot: 'We have a big chance.'

Tour de Hoody: Let's take 'silly season' to a new level with these audacious, closer-to-the-truth transfers that would blow up cycling's hierarchy.

'It's nice to get the win': US sprinter ace Lamperti roars to his sixth pro win and his second since joining the WorldTour level with Soudal Quick-Step last season.

Winner of the 1948 Vuelta a España and third in the 1952 Tour de France, the pioneering Spanish rider had a front-row seat to Fausto Coppi’s golden era.

Pidcock to skip MTB worlds clash with Van der Poel to face off against defending champ Tadej Pogačar at Rwanda road worlds.

UAE Emirates-XRG is redefining super team dominance in 2025, winning across every terrain with unprecedented depth and firepower. How much is enough?

Ferrand-Prévot speaks out for first time since big win: 'My weight loss was controlled and intelligent. It was not a disease.'

'The change I need to take the next step': Vermaerke will race alongside world No. 1 in biggest move in American cycling so far in 2026 transfer season.

Form-check on the 2025 Vuelta a España favorites with less than two weeks to go: Who's been hiding off the radar and who's lighting it up?

Monday’s signings underscore a trend that's emerging in the transfer market: The richest teams like UAE and Lidl-Trek aren’t just chasing the next big thing — they’re signing them to stay for the long haul.

If McNulty converts Sunday, UAE Emirates-XRG could sweep both Burgos with Del Toro and Poland in the same weekend. Pidcock wins at the Arctic Race.

Quick-Step is deploying money saved from Evenepoel's €5.5m salary and seven-figure buyout to sign riders like Van Baarle, Stuyven in classics revival.

Van Aert joins Van der Poel in skipping Africa's first worlds, and many favorites are undecided about the climb-heavy Rwanda route.

Vollering says she won’t sacrifice health to win another yellow jersey: 'I don’t want to force my body to become something it’s not.'

Estimated at €8 million per season, the new Red Bull deal launches Evenepoel up cycling's salary rankings. You'll be surprised who is behind him.

The stage 3 crash at the Tour de Pologne left a trail of concussions, spinal injuries, fractures, and even one yellow card.

Tour de Pologne officials briefly stopped stage 3 at 15km to go to attend to injured riders. Ben Turner kicked to victory after the reset.

Analysis: Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe just made cycling's biggest gamble. The pressure is on to see if Remco Evenepoel can deliver the yellow jersey jackpot.

Andrew Hood and Shane Stokes join Mike Levy to talk about the biggest headlines and insights from the Tour de France Femmes on the Velo Podcast.

The Belgian superstar breaks his contract with Quick-Step to join Red Bull for 2026 in a deal that will make him one of the world's highest-paid cyclists.

The legendary Spanish team is keen for a new marquee rider to recapture its glory days, but is facing headwinds as salaries rise and top riders are locked in to longterm contracts.

Unibet Tietema Rockets signs Dutch WorldTour sprinter ace on two-year deal in one of the surprise signings of the transfer window.

The most complete rider in cycling? Multi-discipline queen Ferrand-Prévot just proved it at the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift.

The incident was captured on video, and officials promptly kicked them out of the race held on the French-territory Caribbean island.

UAE had the numbers, but Ciccone had the legs to win first race since crashing out of the Giro d'Italia.

Tour de Hoody: Remco Evenepoel needs two key changes to even have a chance against Pogačar or Vingegaard, and even that might not be enough.

Belgian classics specialist Stuyven inks deal in 'Wolfpack' reboot, Vanthourenhout joins Red Bull in more Evenepoel hints.

Visma's attacks fizzled as UAE's cool tactics delivered Pogačar the yellow jersey: 'Tactics are easier when you have the best rider in the world.'

Remco Evenepoel’s on-again transfer deal to Red Bull headlines a wild 2025 rider market full of trade rumors, mergers, and team takeovers.

Lidl-Trek rider Van Dijk says crashes and injuries tipped the balance: ‘I realized I don’t want this anymore.’

American and Canadian riders raced with grit in the Tour de France, earning respect in France and giving fans at home something to cheer for.

The sudden departure of performance director Rolf Aldag is only heightening speculation about the imminent arrival of Remco Evenepoel: 'Now is the moment to take a new path.'

UAE Emirates-XRG won the lion's share of the prize money during the 2025 Tour de France, with some surprising names at the bottom of the list.

With four yellow jerseys within six years, Pogačar is on top of the cycling world, but how long can it last? 'There are always doubts.'

Tour de Hoody: Sure, Montmartre might look good on TV, but the best way to wrap up the Tour de France is with a drag race down the Champs-Élysées.

Pogačar was a man down and the level was even higher with the emergence of new rivals: 'One of the toughest Tours I've ever done.'

'Why am I still here?' Pogačar admits week-three fatigue has him yearning for Paris and the finish line of the 2025 Tour de France.

Trade rumors have simmered for more than one year, but sources say negotiations have accelerated for Evenepoel to join Red Bull for 2026.

Two iconic summit finales escape Pogačar but he's putting a stranglehold on yellow with only three stages left to Paris: 'Our priority was yellow.'

Is Tadej Pogačar the peloton's new strongman or simply the strongest? 'Some can stay quiet in their opinion.'

'Nobody likes it.' Peloton braces for hectic Montmartre circuit that replaces the traditional Champs-Élysées sprint finale.

'We don’t want to end the Tour with any regrets': Vingegaard and Co. vow to keep pressing Pogačar all the way to Paris.

Jorgenson slaps back at critics of Visma's Tour de France playbook: 'We were looking to see if we could find a weak spot.'

Mathieu van der Poel is out of the Tour de France with pneumonia as a wave of colds sweeps the peloton with one week to go.

Kuss and Jorgenson confirm to Velo they'll race the Vuelta a España, with Vingegaard expected to start in what could be a rematch with Pogačar just weeks after the Tour.

The 24-year-old Lipowitz is the revelation of this Tour de France, and Red Bull believes it's found its next star: 'He's getting better and better.'

Pogačar rides into rest day with a formidable lead. Not even the sniffles can stop him now at the Tour de France.

Jorgenson tumbles out of top 10, Kuss raid falls short, Vingegaard can't crack Pogačar in final bitter pill of Pyrénées: 'One of the hardest mountain stages I've ever done.'

With 21 stage wins and counting, Pogačar is zeroing in on some of cycling's most hallowed records: 'I'm at the best moment of my career.'

From here to Paris, he'll be looking over his shoulder if he hopes to match his breakout 2024 Tour debut: 'I hope I can get myself together for tomorrow.'

The Tour de France isn't always won by the strongest. These innovations (and failures) helped shape the narrative of some of the most famous yellow jersey battles in race history.

‘Tadej had a big X on this stage’: UAE teammates rally around banged-up Pogačar to deliver stunning blow to rivals in first major mountain summit.

Johannessen swept right and took out Pogačar’s wheel, but post-stage vitriol has him 'scared from the amount of threats in my inbox.'

Tolhoek — whose lone pro win came in 2019 — tested positive for anabolic steroids in November 2023 in an out-of-competition control.

Climate-crisis protest group Extinction Rebellion claims responsibility for the action, and the protester was arrested by French police.

'Visma will try to attack us — that’s normal, but Tadej is very confident:' Top UAE sport director pushes back against chatter that Pogačar is buckling to stress.

Modern Adventure Pro Cycling promises to have minimum of 50 percent US riders. So far, none of the committed riders are from the WorldTour.

Pogačar wants to roar back into yellow with big GC gains in Tour's first major mountain suffer-fest finales: 'We are ready to attack.'

'We have to be realistic': Red Bull redoubles podium push after off-radar Roglič survives the first half of the Tour without crashing.

'It might take 50 years, but a French rider will win again:’ Cofidis boss says money, not lack of trying, is culprit for French Tour de France malaise.

Crash highlight reels trigger safety debate at the Tour de France: 'No matter what ASO says, they love crashes.'

'Sorry, Mathieu, no friends today': Best training bud Evenepoel ruins party to chase down Van der Poel.

Water bottle incident in feed zone is latest flare up in UAE-Visma super team rivalry: 'I also read the whole peloton hates us now.'