Jim Cotton

Pogačar is on a mission to be even more Merckxian while his rivals can only bow their heads: 'He makes me feel like I'm doing something wrong.'

Visma-Lease a Bike bullish Vingegaard can return to top of grand tour hierarchy, but accepts it won't be easy: 'We need to step up in all areas.'

Can fresh access to a space-age performance center and an F1 expert bring Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe level to Pogačar and UAE Emirates?

Cross country world champion to mix disciplines in two-year deal with Aussie road team and Giant Factory Racing.

Not-so security service: Strava sleuths identify locations of high-power politicians via the activities uploaded by their personal bodyguards.

FDJ and Suez commit to French 'super team' through 2028, reports that bike behemoth Specialized will follow Vollering to the team rumble on.

Cyclists are increasingly encouraged to add running to their training program to promote bone health – and it turns out they're pretty rapid.

Pidcock appears at Ineos Grenadiers' end-of-year camp to draw a close to long-running speculation he would split from the struggling 'super team.'

Roglič accepts he needs to adapt to Pogačar and his 'completely different way of cycling' – but time is running out for Red Bull's veteran leader.

You know it's off-season when the year-end Asian exhibitions begin. Expect kimonos, martial arts, and very little racing.

'We can be a major player': Cancellara’s Tudor Pro Cycling project was the winner of the transfer market. Next? Crush the classics and take on the Tour de France.

The Tour goes 'back to the future' in 2025 with leg-sapping mountain sufferfests and few modern gimmicks - is that a good thing?

Next year's Tour is loaded with climbs where Vingegaard stomped on Pogačar – but Visma-Lease a Bike accepts it needs to 'close the gap'.

No cobbles or gravel, but plenty of drama should be delivered in a route heavy on uphill finals and explosive breakaway stages.

Visma-Lease a Bike not forcing US sensation in any direction after breakout first season.

Will Van der Poel renew his rocky relationship with cross-country? Struggles at the Tour and a vert-packed road worlds are tempting him to shift disciplines.

Former U.S. champion joins team of Cancellara, Hirschi, and Alaphilippe in 2025 after facing uncertainty over his racing future.

Two-time Tour de France champion already back on the bike and ironing out the wrinkles ahead of a 2025 showdown with Tadej Pogačar.

European cyclocross season has started, but where are the sports biggest stars? 'We also have to consider preparing for the road.'

Tadej Pogačar hints at targeting all three of the Giro, Tour, and Vuelta in one season, but it won't be any time soon.

British startup Body Rocket is on a mission to make aerodynamic optimization as available and commonplace as power training.

Rosa Klöser to balance life as gravel privateer with contract to race on the road alongside Tour de France Femmes champion Kasia Niewiadoma.

Wish-list of 'super team' expands beyond Tour de France after it failed to hit a top-10 in all five monuments: 'That statistic makes my hair stand on end.'

Can't wait for the official route reveal to see what Pogačar will face in the 2025 Tour de France? We dug through the French press to find out what's coming.

Forget the chatter about Tom Pidcock. These are the most dynamic-shifting transfers already confirmed for the off-seaon.

Olav Aleksandr Bu, the pioneer of 'double threshold’ and coach of Blummenfelt and Iden, will join Uno-X this winter. Can he change cycling training methodology?

Roglič hints at return to Giro d'Italia in 2025 as Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe looks to satisfy 'super team' status: 'Improvements are possible in all areas'

Visma-Lease a Bike confirms Van Aert will ride short, select CX campaign after nasty knee injury in build back to spring classics.

Sodium bicarbonate was once seen as a gut-crushing gain for short-form athletes. Fresh studies and a wave of new products are changing that.

Preview: No Roglič or Alaphilippe, but Evenepoel, Pidcock, Jorgenson look to pull the impossible and prevent Pogačar’s fourth-straight win in Italian monument.

'The manhole covers even came loose': Italian classic canceled after peloton comes to a halt after 58km of racing through torrential downpours.

Downturn in form at end of sensational 2024 puts Evenepoel's chances for end-of-year showdown with Pogačar at Il Lombardia in jeopardy.

Marianne Vos used a redeveloped Gravaa regulator when she won gravel worlds. Will it help push tire pressure pumps onto the pavé of the spring classics?

Teams refuse to comment on bombshell rumors over Brit superstar's future, but links with Pinarello and reports of rifts at Ineos could make it a possibility.

Thought Stava was only for the kudos? New A.I.-powered feature promises to analyze and interpret workout data and provide guidance for the future.

Analysis: Tadej Pogačar wants to win it all, but San Remo, Roubaix, and the Vuelta could prove stubborn prizes.

Belgian Hall of Famer reels back comments that 'Pogačar is now above me' as Slovenian prepares to debut rainbow jersey this weekend in Emilia.

'It's really surreal': Newly crowned junior road and TT champion continues meteoric rise at Binche-Chimay-Binche with fourth win in five race-days.

The physiological phenom shared his wild training stats and open nutrition philosophy with Peter Attia. We break down the key points and explore why they matter.

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.