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Steeped in pink history, the Passo dello Stelvio is arguably the most mythical of the Giro's major climbs

One of Liège–Bastogne–Liège's most historic climbs lies at a crossroads of WWII heritage and delicious eats

Perhaps no climb in the U.S. has as much history as the Manayunk Wall in Northwest Philadelphia

Halfway between Annecy and Aix-les-Bains, France, lies one of the best little secrets in France's Rhône-Alpes region

For Lennard Zinn, traveling to ride is old hat. Follow his tips for avoiding midnight wakeups

Going French for your next cycling vacation? We have the tips to take your trip to the second level

Casey B. Gibson captures the action and emotion across 12 months of racing

With junior riders owning the podium and other achieving their goals, Geoff Proctor deems his 10th Christmas ’cross adventure a success

In our editor-voted top story of 2012, James Jung recounts his experience dealing with the death of a fellow local racer in Connecticut

Rules, liability questions and who's really growing the sport have USA Cycling and the Oregon Bicycle Racing Association at odds

Winning four classics in three weeks was more than victory for Tom Boonen — it was vindication

Gilbert stormed to a world title and Contador raided the Vuelta, but neither took top spot in Andrew Hood's favorite attacks of the year

Lance Armstrong accepted a lifetime ban Thursday, changing the conversation of his career and whether the public cares about his past

Dan Seaton goes to Jeremy Powers for answers on why he and other Americans don't live full-time in Belgium

With top performances in 2012 from world champion Cavendish, breakthrough John Degenkolb and entertaining Peter Sagan, which was our top sprint?

A handful of anti-doping players weigh in on how, when and why fans should believe in cycling

NRC champion Carmen Small has leveraged years of teamwork and a season as a domestic leader into a European ride with Specialized-lululemon

Skins owner wants to tear the Band-Aid off pro road cycling and dig the wound of corruption out of the sport

American Jonathan Page has seen the lows of European cyclocross in 2012, but on Sunday came storming back to all but secure his worlds ticket

The lab draws a three-month suspension after a tech mixed two athletes' samples, yielding a false positive

From the back of a press motorcycle, Chris Case sees the chaos and beauty of the Tour, and the flotilla that follows it

The sole exception will be the road team time trial, underwritten by a contribution from the UCI WorldTour’s reserve and solidarity fund

Columnist Dan Wuori asks for amnesty for vilifying dopers while pretending to understand the circumstances of their choices

Without a strong core, the rain of doping and other controversies will continue to fall on cycling

Our man in the Belgian mud follows up on planning to race in Belgium and recommends races to go on the bucket list

1. Sven NYS in 1:00:15 2. Niels ALBERT in 1:00:17 3. Tom MEEUSEN in 1:00:19 4. Francis MOUREY in 1:00:20 5. Philipp WALSLEBEN in 1:00:20

The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency is yet to set a date for Johan Bruyneel's arbitration, meaning the case will almost certainly drag into 2013

Currently in prototype testing, the new Fix-it-Sticks multi-tool offers an innovative system for picking and choosing tools for the road or trail

Kenda rider suffers fractured scapula after a car strikes him near Santa Cruz, California

The dominant Dutchwoman nearly swept our women's awards, an indicator of her merits as the world's top rider in 2012

With few international results, the Luna rider will start shy of the front row at 'cross worlds, and is hoping for a slow start.

Specialized' Prototype clinchers are our Tech Blunder of the Year; the Trek Domane is our Cursed Product Launch of the Year

The banned Italian sports doctor Michele Ferrari says he never worked on doping with Lance Armstrong

A grand depart outside the host nation provides both opportunities and challenges

Briton won every major objective on his 2012 calendar, including Tour yellow and Olympic gold

Peter Sagan is our Most Exciting Racer of the Year, while Moreno Moser is our International Rookie of the Year

Evelyn Stevens is Velo's North American Woman and International Women's Climber of the Year

Kristin Armstrong is our International Women's Time Trialist of the Year

Organizers recap the second Haute Route multi-day cyclosportive

The Specialized Roubaix is our Blessed Product Launch of the Year; SRAM XX1 is our Tech Innovation of the Year

Sky, Specialized-lululemon are our Best International Men's and Women's Teams; Edvald Boasson Hagen is our Best Support Rider

Tom Boonen is our International Classics Rider of the Year

Joaquim Rodríguez is our International Men's Climber of the Year

Giro d'Italia winner Ryder Hesjedal is our North American Man of the Year for 2012

Mark Cavendish is International Men's Sprinter of the Year, John Degenkolb is our International Breakthrough Rider of the Year

The Dutch ProTeam will ride under the Blanco name as it searches for new sponsorship

New cycling video network is set to launch in 2013

Our Belgian cyclocross correspondent shows the summertime impacts of muddy ’cross racing and reminisces on ’cross in the States

The feds are after Armstrong and have requested a mountain of information on the dethroned Tour champ and his team

Matthew Beaudin reviews Velo's 2012 Story of the Year: USADA's takedown of Lance Armstrong

Magni, Coppi and Hampsten are among the men making up the most memorable Giro moments, as voted by the cycling press

The Russian Katusha team is planning to appeal its exclusion from the WorldTour to the Court of Arbitration for Sport

Specialized owner Kristy Scrymgeour is driven to eliminate the financial uncertainty that forced her out of the sport

The inclusion of Saxo-Tinkoff in the WorldTour means Alberto Contador can begin preparations for his assault on the 2013 Tour

The Schleck Brothers are our Disappointment of the Year, while Shelley Olds had the Mechanical (Failure) of the Year

Geoff Proctor is set to take nine juniors to Belgium this month to put their feet to the elite European ’cross flames

Stage 17 of the Vuelta is our Most Dramatic Day of Racing, while Alexander Vinokourov made our Comeback of the Year

Joe Dombrowski is our International U23 Rider of the Year, while Allan Peiper is our Best Team Director

Timmy Duggan's national championship win is our Ride of the Year, while Erica Allar is our Women's Crit Racer of the Year

Francisco Mancebo and Carmen Small are our Men's and Women's Stage Racers of the Year, Ken Hanson is Men's Crit Racer of the Year

The USA Pro Challenge is our Best Race of the year; Rory Sutherland's win atop Flagstaff Mountain is our Most Dramatic Day of Racing

The early start to the Pro XCT series will force some elite MTB riders to shorten their off-season, and puts 'cross worlds berths in doubt

Optum-Kelly Benefit Strategies is our Best Men's — and Women's — Domestic Team, while Jade Wilcoxson is our Breakthrough Rider of the Year

Georgia Gould is our North American MTB Woman of the Year

Aaron Gwin is our North American MTB Man of the Year

Nino Schurter and Julie Bresset are our International MTB man and woman of the Year

Jeremy Powers and Sven Nys are our North American and International CX Men of the Year

Telenet-Fidea's Amy Dombroski is confident of earning a selection to 'cross worlds in Louisville in February

Katie Compton is our North American Cyclocross Woman of the Year

The federation in Brazil has suspended its road manager after he made doping accusations against riders

'The Bullet' Lauren Hall is Velo's 2012 Domestic Breakthrough Rider of the Year

Liquigas invested $65 million into its team over eight years and claims that the brand recognition gained is worth at least $325 million

Three-time Olympian Inga Thompson says the only way to keep kids coming into cycling is to ride the sport of all former dopers

After her crash and spinal cord injury, Tara Llanes ultimately had to give up on her previous life to embrace and build a new one

With Compton and Powers absent, the Deschutes Brewery Cup is shaping up to be a wide-open affair

Can anyone step up to end Sven Nys' six weeks of domination in Overijse or Antwerp?

Despite his string of bad crashes and major recovery time, Craig Lewis says walking away from cycling would be a harder way to live

Leipheimer addresses former coach's confession, though the pair haven't spoken much in years

Riders' association president Gianni Bugno must now take the CCN summit's proposals to the principle players — the riders

Timmy Duggan faced down the odds and rode his way back from a horrifying 2008 crash to become the 2012 U.S. professional road champion