Jim Cotton

Pogačar puts Strava into a tailspin with data from his mind-boggling ride into the rainbow jersey.

Prestigious Italian monument added to 2025 Women’s WorldTour calendar, UCI rolls out tweaks to U23 men’s and women’s championship racing.

Huge elevation gain and hints of high altitude on tap for historic first African road worlds in September 2025.

From Van der Poel and Evenepoel to Powless and Pidcock: Ranking the five-star uber-favorites down to the one-star dark horses for the rainbow jersey.

The contenders, the course, the narratives, the TV guide, and more: Here's all you need to know about the Zürich men's road race on September 29.

'Silly mistake on a non-technical section of the course cost me': Vine shares update after receiving stitches following brutal, bloody crash in Zürich.

Decathlon wants to become the next Nike or Specialized, and it's got equal ambitions for its cycling team: 'They want to win the world's biggest races in the next four years'

'This team is unique': Van Aert signs blockbuster deal as the peloton's 'super teams' scramble to secure the big talents.

Roglič reveals how he questioned his cycling future in the weeks before his record-equaling fourth Vuelta a España victory.

Dutchman lean after Spanish training camp and mean after Euros tune-up, but can he survive leg-zapping world championship course in Zurich?

'Ideas from other sports can keep us competitive': Can a former Olympic swim guru fill the void left by Visma's retiring Tour de France mastermind Merijn Zeeman?

Sleep is as essential to performance as nutrition and training. That's why pro cycling is going all-in on tech that helps bring the optimal snooze.

Blummenfelt and coach Bu pull U-Turn on Tour de France project, refocus on 2028 Olympic triathlon: 'We want to give it one last shot.'

Intra-team dramas and understated superstars light up world championship tune-up racing across Britain, Romandie, Italy, Germany.

Opinion: The Vuelta a España was a wide-open thrill-ride in the absence of Pogačar and Vingegaard. But grand tour racing will be all the better when they're back.

Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe brings in former F1 aerodynamicist and track trailblazer Bigham as 'head of engineering' in its quest to top the Tour de France.

Roglič rues Cuitu Negru time penalty as O'Connor proves stubbornly resilient in red jersey: 'There’s still quite some work to do.'

‘I was planning to have a rest day’: Van Aert adds polka dots to red and green Vuelta jersey collection, Kuss struggles in savage mountaintop showdown.

Visma-Lease a Bike management refuses to blame crashes and sickness for 2024 downturn as it maps out masterplan for 2025.

MVDP to hunt for mountain legs with program of low-key stage races, Euro champs ahead of underdog world title defense in Zurich.

Van Aert attacked from the start of mid-mountain stage and didn't stop until he outsprinted last man standing Pacher, GC racers hit pause.

Close to 20,000m climbing in the leg-snapper grades of the northern mountains could blow the GC apart another half-dozen times.

Paths diverge for Tour de France toppers: Evenepoel logs huge training miles ahead of end-of-season assault, Vingegaard calls time on 2024.

Israel-Premier Tech's 21-year-old rookie becomes first Brit to earn prestigious victory at Tour de l'Avenir after only recently pivoting away from MTB, CX.

Kuss helps lead Van Aert to Belgian's second victory of La Vuelta, O'Connor defends red through series of late GC skirmishes.

Weird and wacky new solutions combine with old-school strategies as the peloton faces a first-week furnace at the Vuelta a España.

DSM Firmenich-PostNL's rising sprinter scoops career-topping win in photo finish as Roglič rides home safe resplendent in red.

Roglič sprints into eight-second GC lead atop the gruesome Pico Villuercas summit as race explodes on first climbing test of La Vuelta.

'It’s been a long way coming back, here we are again': Most unfortunate rider of 2024 missed Roubaix and the Tour de France, and is out of the Vuelta a España just three race-days later.

Dutch phenom rebounds out of Olympic MTB devastation with Tour de France Femmes white jersey and the promise of a lot more to come – across all three disciplines.

'Landismosaurus Rex' leads Quick-Step into Vuelta with momentum from Tour de France top-5 and good vibes from new jersey: 'It's a really cool design.'

UCI president David Lappartient accuses Richard Plugge of spreading 'fake news' in social media spat over tests to reduce in-race radios.

Bettiol leaves EF Education-EasyPost after five and a half years, Ellingworth returns to Bahrain to focus on its Tour de France objectives.

Analysis: The absence of the Tour de France dominators creates a power vacuum at the top of a wide-open classification pack that should bring wild, dynamic racing.

Can Sepp Kuss strike twice? A wildly unpredictable GC field and a mass of mountaintop finishes will determine his title defense.

No Pogačar or Ayuso for season dominators, but heavyweight team including a fleet of top climbers and Mexican prodigy Del Toro will line out as favorites.

Uncertainty remains over whether Roglič will face off against former teammate Sepp Kuss at La Vuelta after Slovenian star cracked his back at the Tour.

Who will deny Demi Vollering in the race toward the infernal bends of Alpe d'Huez? Here's all you need to know about ASO's showstopper stage-race.

Kuss and Van Aert confirmed as leaders for Vuelta a España in crucial 'last chance saloon' on 2024 for both riders and the Visma-Lease a Bike team.

Alaskan star becomes first U.S. woman in 40 years to win road race gold after audacious 3km attack from heavy-hitter group of four.

Videos emerge from wild Olympic road race of Politt seeing VIP treatment after an emergency pee stop, Van Aert flipping over his bars in dramatic crash.

Even bike change at 4km to go can't stop Evenepoel masterclass as Belgian claims historic TT-road race double.

Dan Bigham blasts direction at Ineos Grenadiers; team signs veterans to mentor young talents while rivals snap up proven winners and leaders.

Will a Dutch 'triple threat' of Vos, Vollering, Wiebes run riot in Paris on Sunday? A whole rabble is raring to ruin Team NL's party. We rate them all.

French supermarket giant Carrefour celebrates Vuelta sponsorship anniversary in 2024 with wacky PR stunt.

Can Van Aert usurp Van der Poel? Will Alaphilippe deliver panache to Paris? We rate the five-star favorites and wildcard outsiders for Saturday's road race.

'We won't go to cycling to retire. We go to make a difference': Norwegian megastar's trainer outlines plans to win the Tour in 2028 amid rumors of deal with Jayco-AlUla.

From Dygert and Van Dijk through Ganna and Evenepoel, here are all the start times for Saturday's fast and furious 34km 'race of truth.'

Uncertainty over Vuelta a España after an off-key debut with Red Bull 'super team' leaves 34-year-old at risk of losing the wheels of the Pogačar era.

'Primož is only training a bit on the home trainer': Team pours water on statements that Roglič will race Vuelta a España after Slovenian veteran abandoned the Tour.

'My bike is 1kg too heavy': Guillaume Martin didn't use a power meter at the Tour for fear of adding extra weight to his Look 795 bike frame.

History was made and records were broken, but this year's Tour de France wasn't all awesome. Here are the disappointments and duds of a three-star three weeks.

Brutally tough Tour de France takes its toll as question marks also linger over summer schedules of Cavendish, Roglič.

'We came here, we did what we set out to achieve.' Record-breaking sprinter survives time cut on Mount Couillole to all but guarantee he sees the finish of his final Tour de France.

'This is one of the best versions of me': Pogačar makes new mark on high-altitude Isola 2000 climb, and he's not the only one shattering records at this Tour de France.

Campenaerts' stage-smashing fueling pushes thresholds further than ever before in a Tour de France 'arms race' of nutrition, tech, aerodynamics.

From crank lengths and interval selection to breakfast choices and frame bolts, Pogačar and UAE Emirates left no stone unturned in their pursuit of grand tour perfection.

Visma-Lease a Bike vows to keep pressuring Pogačar all the way to Nice after Wednesday's offensive onslaught brings morale-sapping losses.

No fairytale finish for Cavendish in last Tour de France sprint before retirement, Girmay crashes in final to blow green jersey battle wide open.

Teams are tapping into artificial intelligence and consulting data analysts in the hunt for any hidden breakthroughs.

'He doesn’t think much. He just races': The Uno-X Mobility 'snowplow' is on a mission to attack the Tour de France his own way.

Bike manufacturing monolith XDS buys into Vinokourov's team for 'long term investment and significant changes.'

A four-hour ride and a few intervals? Sure. We explore the art, science, and oddities of the Tour de France rest day.

Le Court wins final stage from breakaway, Longo Borgini blazes toward Tour de France Femmes via career-first victory at home tour: 'I need time to realize this.'

Yellow jersey Pogačar explodes away in final 4km of summit finish to move two minutes clear on GC as Evenepoel slides to third after punishing day in the Pyrénées.

'Our priority has to be the health of our riders': Pidcock out, Thomas battles on with 'mild symtoms' as threat of coronavirus continues to stalk the race.

Van Gils fined 1,500 CHF, Capiot banged up after stage 13 in latest round of crash-filled, beef broiling finals in the 'wild west' of Tour de France sprints.

Pogačar, Evenepoel, Vingegaard finish together after GC heavyweights Roglič and Ayuso abandon ahead of mountaintop doubleheader this weekend.

Longo Borghini retains three-second lead over Kopecky ahead of big GC battle Saturday on the Blockhaus summit.

Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe confirms Slovenian GC heavyweight will not start stage 13 after heavy crash and time losses on Thursday.

Injuries and illness start to bite at the Tour de France peloton as 10 riders leave in the space of 48 hours.

Updated: Cavendish's leadout man Michael Mørkøv among many to exit Tour de France with sickness in recent days as health fears rattle through the peloton.

Vingegaard denied Pogačar for sensational stage victory Wednesday to change the tone of Le Tour, and he might only just be getting started.

Van Aert cleared of fractures but suffers wounds to forearm and leg ahead of pivotal final phase of the Tour de France.

Evenepoel faces 'moment of truth' in the Pyrénées after making bulldozing start to his Tour de France debut.

From ketones and carbs to cheat meals and candies, we break down the 8,000-calorie food plans that fuel the Tour de France.

Defending champion defends negative racing in stage 9's gravel rumble, insists title defense isn't over: 'I'm getting better and better.'

Pogačar couldn't crack his rivals before meeting his kryptonite high mountains during an exhausting opening week on the attack.

'Visma only focused on me': Pogačar irrepressible but can't make the difference in all-attacking assault on controversial gravel stage.

The GC riders were braced for carnage over Sunday's 32km of fine white dirt, and it happened as early as the second sector.