Jim Cotton

Dutchman crumbles out of grand tour comeback empty handed and empty legged after stage 14 abandon.

López loses grip on maglia rosa after 10 defiant days of Giro d'Italia debut.

Italian stalwart brings wealth of experience but old-school approach to nutrition and tech in push for career-topping Giro result: 'He's not the most up-to-date.'

Bernal spotted training on the Giro d'Italia course as part of multi-angled rehab program.

Mountain bike ace Zwiehoff turns full attention to career on the road: 'I'm a road cyclist now, not a mountain biker.'

Belgian pocket-rocket trades time conquering climbs for Quick-Step with life working the family farm.

Merlier linked to move to Quick-Step in 2023 while out-of-contract Cavendish hunts options to prolong career.

‘Kilometers in Fuga’ and ‘Traguardo Volante’ competitions give Drone Hopper opportunities for prizes in a peloton with far deeper purse-strings.

Richie Porte and Ineos Grenadiers at center of bruising ascent on the Blockhaus.

Hindley emerges from season lost to sicknesses and saddlesores to vault into GC contention in race where he first flashed his grand tour potential.

Rising Dutch star learning from French foil in final season before shift to Ineos Grenadiers in 2023.

Bora-Hanshrohe plans to keep Kelderman, Hindley, Buchmann and Këmna all in GC range for multi-rider threat.

Eritrean ace goes toe-to-toe with Mathieu van der Poel to score a fifth top-5 in stunning grand tour debut.

Second-youngest rider in the race Ben Tulett entering 'unexplored territory' with key role in very first grand tour.

Longtime friends and training buddies pull off barnstorming breakaway victory three days after team GC ambitions collapsed on Etna summit.

Cavendish and trainer Vasilis Anastopoulos not considering Tour preparation program as they go all-in for three full weeks at Giro d'Italia.

'For sure we'll see a big battle between GC riders.' Buzzsaw-shaped stage packs potential for ambush, attack, and sending sprinters out the back.

‘With 120km to go, we were wondering if we would wake up in time for the finale.’ Démare emerges from slumber to deliver sizzling sprint victory.

EF Education-EasyPost GC contender back in grand tour action and perfectly poised after flaming out early in 2021 Vuelta a España.

Cavendish: 'We knew that was going to happen. It was a bonus if we could sprint today but we had to try.'

Groupama-FDJ took a true gang of giants to the Giro to launch Arnaud Démare to sprint success. The problem with being massive? All those mountains.

Team releases further information about López's latest grand tour disaster: ‘Today I just could not push the pedals normally’

Kämna kicks to second grand tour win as he reaps rich run of form after a 2021 derailed by health problems: 'I'm even better than I expected myself'

Colombian climber under pressure to claw back GC time and keep top-three goal alive on high-stakes fourth stage summit finish.

‘We have something to build on.’ Bardet comes out of Budapest test in range and looking for more in pink jersey push.

Etna stage Tuesday brings first summit finish of the Giro. The hulking volcano will show who's hot, but may not fully erupt the race for pink.

'I blew myself up.' Dutch TT ace misses the win but sits perfectly poised on GC, within range of closest rivals Van der Poel and Yates.

From Mathieu van der Poel and Biniam Girmay to Tom Dumoulin and Richard Carapaz – here's when riders roll down the ramp for Budapest TT.

Saturday's tight, technical TT could see a whole host of riders in the frame for the stage win and the second pink jersey of the race. Here's our picks.

Roglič and Pogačar won five of the seven past grand tours. Without them, the Giro could be faster and more frenetic than ever before.

Gilbert takes the top step to end 966-day drought and guarantee one last win in retirement season.

GC chasers, climbing sensations and wingmen-de-luxe are among the five young debutants that could dazzle in this year's Giro.

BikeExchange Jayco confirms ‘Giro eight’ after seeing Yates score two huge solo wins at Vuelta a Asturias, Lawson Craddock gets call-up.

Former Tour de France green jersey kicks back from a bleak 12 months and return some big favors from Bora-Hansgrohe.

Leadout ace Mørkøv called in to replace injured teammate Van Wilder, reuniting him with Cavendish after they crushed 2021 Tour de France.

Team cites heat as cause of Yates losing nearly 12 minutes on mountain stage of Vuelta a Asturias in crucial pre-Giro tune-up.

German sensation Kämna returns for first grand tour since 2020 as part of what could be one of the Giro's strongest squads.

UAE Team Emirates to center around Almeida's pink jersey quest while Gaviria hunts for stages in a stacked sprint field.

Evenepoel keeps focus on Vuelta a España, discusses learning to handle social media storms, and home pressure.

How did Egan Bernal recover so quick? Here's how riders like Bernal, Van der Poel, and Evenepoel come back from injury faster and stronger than ever before.

A torn hamstring derailed Jorgenson's return to Giro d'Italia and looked set to smoke his season — until it opened opportunity for prestigious Tour debut.

Alaphilippe's cousin and coach Franck says world champ will come back stronger from injury and illness affected start to season.

Qhubeka-NextHash alumni Barbero and Janse van Rensburg join injury-riddled Belgian squad in make-or-break relegation season.

Romain Bardet, Jérémy Cabot, and Rigoberto Urán recall horror pile-up, call for collective responsibility for safety in the peloton.

UCI in discussion with teams over measures to level the financial playing field: ‘There has to be a balanced battlefield.’

American talent continues to stand out in hilly classics with eighth in Liège after five teammates abandon in mass crash.

Pinot and Bardet end years of hurt with stage win and GC victory at Tour of the Alps to rekindle hopes of long-expecting French fans.

'La Doyenne' sees a lot of detractors. But the redesigned route and today's crop of multi-faceted super-talents make this Ardennes race very ace.

UCI chief believes absence of Tadej Pogačar's team from Tour de France series will limit Netflix show's reach, appeals for reconsideration.

Dutch YouTube star turned pro racer finishes outside the time limit and rolls into velodrome dead last: 'It really was the 'Hell of the North.''

Peloton braces for an ever-evolving 'Hell of the North' as teams, riders, and broadcasters adapt to the calendar's youngest classic.

Turner continues to tear through debut classics season with 11th-place finish in Roubaix velodrome and a hand in teammate van Baarle's cobblestone trophy.

Mohorič dazzled all day long at Paris-Roubaix but made one attack too many to be best for the second-place sprint.

Brand on the podium and van Dijk in the top-10 rounds out dominant day for Trek-Segafredo after Longo Borghini's solo escape.

Italian star channels frustration of a lost spring to go all-in with solo raid over cobblestones of Roubaix, hails ‘perfect’ new Trek Domane.

Trek-Segafredo team loses major opponent after Vos ruled out of Paris-Roubaix Femmes on morning of race.

Sport scientists, team staffers and chefs lift the lid on the old-school feasts and high-tech fuelling of the 'Hell of the North.'

UCI gives green light to Scope Atmoz hub-based pressure control system. So how does it work, and how might it help in Roubaix?

Who might win? What are the most significant sectors? Will it be wet? Here's all you need to know about the 2022 Paris-Roubaix.

US rider out of Roubaix and without a set race schedule after coming down sick last month.

Problem with muscles behind knee put the handbrake on Roglič's Itzulia defense, officials hopeful for speedy recovery.

Alaphilippe and Evenepoel are on track to ace the Ardennes, but that may only paper over the cracks of Quick-Step's failings in Flanders.

Former world champion stakes claim alongside Alexander Kristoff and Stefan Küng as rivals to Mathieu van der Poel in a reshaped 'Hell of the North.'

Don't expect intra-team tensions inside the Jumbo-Visma bus at the Tour de France: Roglič and Vingegaard are cycling's biggest bromance.

Brace for chaos in Wednesday's classic: 'It's traditionally a sprinter’s race, but there may be an added factor as it looks like there will be a lot of wind.'

Evenepoel on a mission to 'give something back' in Itzulia after 'Wolfpack' leaves cobblestone classics with tails between legs.

We speak to van der Poel's physio and dive into his training data to understand the Dutchman's fast-track from back problems to De Ronde.

Tour de France champion misses podium after animating the final hour of racing of De Ronde debut.

From Tadej Pogačar to Wout van Aert, pro cycling's sickbay has been busier than ever. We speak to medics and riders to find out why.

Van Aert cools his engine while Pogačar plans to test cobblestone capacity at Wednesday's race: ‘It’s a bit of a step into the unknown.’

Stuyven was haunted by memories of a string of high-profile near-misses as he rode toward Wevelgem. Now he has another ghost to grapple with.

Elder statesman of South American stage racers refuses to buckle beneath pressure of new generation of talent at Volta a Catalunya.

Van der Poel comeback victory at Coppi e Bartali on same day van Aert crushes E3 Classic promises resumption of epic rivalry at De Ronde.

All you need to know about the men's and women's Gent-Wevelgem, including routes, riders, and must-know narratives.

Jumbo-Visma believes the depth and experience at Ineos Grenadiers means the former Tour de France powerhouse can't be ruled out.

'Sepp has a very special training program that's quite different from others,' said his team director. We dive into what Kuss is doing and why.

The switch of dates between Amstel Gold and Paris-Roubaix forces top teams to rip up decades-old scripts for spring racing.

Dumoulin looking to rediscover racing rhythm ahead of highly anticipated grand tour return after tricky start to season.