Russian rider Aleksandr Vlasov of Astana won Friday's stage 2 at le Tour de la Provence, which took in a series of picturesque climbs along the Mediterranean coast before the summit finish to La Ciotat. Photographer James Startt was there to capture the early-season action.
2019 was Sebastian Molano’s first season on the WorldTour, with UAE Team Emirates, after racing with the now-defunct Manzana Postobon pro continental team, in Colombia.
Opening a bike shop, leading tours, and even some gravel racing see the Canadian easing into next chapter, after 17 years as a professional cyclist.
The veteran Italian and Dutchman Mollema head to Portugal to open their respective 2020 calendars against a stacked field.
The U.S.-based recipients of the previous round of grants included the Amy D. Foundation, Boulder Junior Cycling, NICA, Star Track, and USA Cycling Foundation.
Inside the DIY life of gravel pro and WorldTour refugee Pete Stetina.
A video series titled “HERoes” will be released throughout the year, profiling women cyclists, teams and staff as they tell their real and unfiltered stories about the sport.
The Dutch star outlines an ambitious schedule in her world champion debut, after seamless winter preparation.
The three-time UCI World Champion Women’s Team Pursuit squad will be looking to earn another rainbow jersey.
Ecuador's Jonathan Caicedo retains the leader's jersey when his EF Pro Cycling squad won Tuesday's opening team time-trial.
On the heels of complaints from riders and teams, the cycling governing body demands more transparency on unpaved sectors in road races.
EF Pro Cycling's Jonathan Caicedo leads the Tour Colombia 2.1 after the squad's impressive performance in the team time trial. Caicedo has charted a path from rural Ecuador to the WorldTour.
Rally Pro Cycling turned heads at the Tour Colombia 2.1, beating WorldTour squads UAE-Team Emirates, Israel Start-Up Nation, and Movistar in the opening team time trial.
The prolific sprinter will miss a shot at racing for the Olympic gold medal in the Madison this summer, but insists he is back in top shape for the road season.
Sea Otter’s festival guide will reach 7 million cyclists, triathletes, cycling brands, and cycling industry professionals, as well as millions more through the brands' online and social network audience.
SD Worx will join the team as a co-sponsor for the 2020 season. From 2021, the women's team will continue under the name SD Worx Cycling Team.
Illness will force Dutch star to miss Tirreno and San Remo, while Froome on track to race this month in high-profile comeback.
The 2019 Tour de France winner is on the back foot, after losing three-quarters of a minute in the opening team time trial.
A dislocated shoulder means the veteran sprinter will likely need surgery and could be off the bike for three months.
Team Movistar ended a long-running contract dispute with the Costa Rican, opening door for Amador to bolster Ineos's bench.
New regulations create stricter rules for transgender females hoping to compete against cisgender female riders.
The new-look route features wind-blown, flat stretches of road, and climbs exceeding 18 percent.
Fernando Gaviria opened his season with a bang, winning three stages at the Vuelta a San Juan. The Colombian sprinter now eyes Milano-Sanremo, Paris-Roubaix, and the Tour de France, where he hopes to improve on his 2019 setbacks.
The Deceuninck-Quick Step star remains motivated to try for another successful year.
WorldTour all-stars offer that elevation—which will be no less than 8,500 feet during every stage—to be the greatest challenge for this early season stage race.
With the exit of three of its marquee riders and signing of a host of rookies, the Spanish team faces a transitional season in 2020.
EF Pro Cycling brings a powerful team to Tour Colombia, including a host of Latin American talent and northern Americans van Garderen and Craddock
Missing the Olympics helped advance Coryn Rivera’s European racing career. Now, Rivera wants a spot for Tokyo 2020.
Riders are still finding their legs, and teams are still adjusting tactics and execution, which means crashes are all but inevitable.
Haig slots into the overall lead, ahead of Pogačar, with Valverde in third.
World champion used sunny Australia as a low-key runway into his season that includes a likely Tour de France debut.
Officials unveil routes largely unchanged for the Flemish monument in April.
The 21-year-old racing for UAE-Emirates, launched a last-minute attack to come around the favored Spaniard.
The newly-licensed UCI continental team has signed El Mehdi Chokri of Morocco, who will be the first Arab Muslim rider to ride for the team.
Lorena Wiebes burst onto the scene in 2019, ending the season as the No. 1 ranked rider in the world. That's when things got tricky for Wiebes.
Sivakov accepts he will have to wait in long queue of GC talent at Ineos before his own opportunity to challenge for yellow jersey.
On this week's episode of The VeloNews Podcast we check in with Ironman racer Cameron Wurf who has rejoined the WorldTour with Team Ineos. Before that, we discuss the CADF report on Astana.
Jumbo-Visma's star sprinter Dylan Groenewegen wins the opening stage ahead of Fabio Jakobsen of Deceuninck-Quick Step.
Bonifazio capitalizes on late move from Haussler, goes on to hold off chasing sprint teams.
Mathieu van der Poel and Chloé Dygert chase Olympic gold, and Boels-Dolmans chases new title sponsors. These are the 10 biggest stories to follow in the 2020 international road cycling season.
Italian veteran to race with Croatian Continental team in 2020.
CADF confirms it acted on whistleblower information about possible activities of banned Dr. Ferrari, but that it chose not to forward the findings to UCI for further action.
World champion to stay with Trek-Segafredo through 2022 as team shows confidence in his classics abilities
In its ninth year, BWR is expanding its mixed-surface race outside of California.
Brandon McNulty is already turning heads in his first races with WorldTour squad UAE-Team Emirates.
After two weeks of racing Deceuninck-Quick Step already has six victories, with Remco Evenepoel, Zdenek Stybar, and others taking big wins.
Mitchelton-Scott starting as favorites in both men’s and women’s races.
Fuglsang releases statement on Instagram denying allegations, CADF yet to comment on leaked reports suggesting Danish rider had links with Dr Ferrari
The 2019 Tour de France winner crashed, chased back onto the lead group and sprinted to second place, ahead of Daniel Martinez.
The Kazakh-registered team firmly denies any connections with the physician who had previously worked with Lance Armstrong.
Astana denies reports linking the banned Italian doctor to two of its riders in a secret CADF dossier.
VeloNews caught up with Wurf about his return to WorldTour racing and how he hopes it will boost his chances at Ironman Kona.
Munro takes third while teammate Gonsalus places eighth in strong performance from the U.S. team.
The move will align cycling with a growing international anti-doping community, but some wonder if it could backfire.
New WorldTour status for the women's race and heated competition on the men's side see the CEGORR finding its spot on the calendar
An expanded Cyclocross World Cup series, rider safety regulations, and outsourcing doping controls to an international agency, came from a two-day meeting of the UCI Management Committee.
Australian already held a number of connections to Ineos, will fill void left by workhorse Kiryienka.
Brodie Chapman and Sam Bennett won the Australian one-day Race Torquay.
Vasil Kiryienka announced his retirement from professional cycling, following medical advice regarding a cardiac issue.
Powless enjoying greater opportunity and unique culture at EF Pro Cycling having lead the team at Tour Down Under.
Nate Brown's move into a road captain role is just what the grand-tour-seasoned veteran, and Rally Cycling, need right now.
The 2019 Vuelta a España winner opens up about his meteoric rise in cycling, a fondness for beer, and sharing team leadership with another grand tour winner.
Greipel failed to hit the mark in Tour Down Under but remains optimistic for his first year back in the WorldTour.
Citing stomach troubles, the Frenchman withdrew before the start of Tuesday's time trial.
Reijnen and Pedersen worked in support of race-winner Porte at Tour Down Under as Trek-Segafredo continue momentum gathered at the end of last season.
The story of Primož Roglič’s unimaginable rise to the top of Grand Tour racing.
The 2020 Tour of Hainan has been cancelled due to fears of coronavirus.
The Tour Down Under has stuck to a tried-and-tested format for many years, but with a new race director in 2021, that template could change.
Porte gets off to strong start after difficult 2019 season as he hopes to stay clear of last year's health issues.
Matt Holmes won atop Willunga Hill having doubted his ability to match up in the WorldTour just 24 hours earlier.
With just two seconds separating Richie Porte and Daryl Impey, Tour Down Under will go to the strongest on Willunga Hill in Sunday's final stage.
The 2020 USA Crits series is comprised of 10 races.
Breakaway specialist Robin Carpenter has come oh so close to winning a big event in Europe. Carpenter heads back this year with Rally Cycling to try and capture that elusive first European victory. We caught up with Carpenter to talk about the team's ambitions in 2020.
Rally Cycling will further commit itself to European racing in 2020, with key riders and managers moving full-time to Europe. The team's loss of GC start Brandon McNulty will see it refocus on stage wins and one-day races.
One of most notorious figures of EPO era vows he's changed as he returns to cycling in team management.
UCI president David Lappartient says controversial Dane Bjarne Riis has the right to come back to pro cycling with Team NTT.
Behind-the-scenes movement could set stage for conflict between governing bodies and grassroots organizers
How will the UCI reforms to women's WorldTeam benefits and salary affect the 2020 season? Teams and riders are hopeful for greater exposure, even if the reforms aren't dramatically changing the status quo.
Rob Power eyes podium slot at Tour Down Under as Sunweb enters first season without figurehead Tom Dumoulin.
Season opener is proving ground for new riders, new equipment across WorldTour.