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On his 40th birthday, we look back at the career of Olympic gold medalist and two-time world champion Paolo Bettini

With many of the top classics riders sitting out, the sprinters — and Peter Sagan — take center stage at De Panne

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Sausage and beer, pre-race in the bus, the band plays on the Kemmelberg — it's race day at Gent-Wevelgem

With Boonen and Cancellara fit and motivated for a monumental win, will 2014 mark the final full-steam showdown in a decade-old rivalry?

Peter Sagan puts one over on Omega Pharma as the cobbles masters get their first real taste of the stones ahead of the Tour of Flanders

WADA director general David Howman sits down with Matthew Beaudin and talks about the current state of doping in sport

Tejay van Garderen nips Romain Bardet for the stage win and riders suffer in the cold, wet weather in Catalunya

Buckle up for a massive weekend of racing as Belgian classics season kicks definitively into gear with E3 Harelbeke and Gent-Wevelgem

Aided by Tom Boonen and Co. Niki Terpstra goes for a long-range solo raid on day 1 of the cobbled classics season at Dwars door Vlaanderen

With the biggest week of the classics just 10 days away, we look back at a collection of our favorite Tim De Waele images from the cobbles

Luka Mezgec makes it two-in-a-row with a soggy stage win at the Volta a Catalunya Tuesday

UCI president says track cycling could fit into Winter Olympic program and warns other sports over doping

Luka Mezgec delivers a stage win and the overall lead after Wilco Kelderman's late breakaway falls short

Rain, freezing temperatures, and 294 kilometers take their toll and BrakeThrough Media captures the weathered faces of the Sanremo peloton

Fabian Cancellara held tight when Vincenzo Nibali jumped on the Cipressa and said he's not interested in attacking just to put on a show

Sometimes the most generic convenience store can provide lasting memories based on what it takes to get there, with a familiar soda to boot

The season's first major classic is the longest and most unpredictable, and while Sagan is the favorite, no one knows who will win on Sunday

Milano-Sanremo enjoys a winners' list full of star sprinters and we look at the last 10 editions to end in a bunch gallop

John Vande Velde is on the development team for the league, which will compete at a new facility in Pittsburgh

Builders at NAHBS show off the eye-catching paint jobs of their bikes, which range from bright and colorful to downright creative

After spending the weekend at the North American Handmade Bicycle Show, our tech team came up with its best of list

Photos from the final stage of Paris-Nice, which saw Arthur Vichot win the stage and Carlos Betancur take the GC

Alberto Contador won the fourth stage at Tirreno-Adriatico and is now 16 seconds out of the race lead

1. Elizabeth ARMITSTEAD, Boels Dolmans, in 3:51:03 2. Anna VAN DER BREGGEN, Rabo-liv, at :02 3. Shelley OLDS, Ale Cipollini, at :29

See how Tom-Jelte Slagter was able to win the seventh stage at Paris-Nice

Check out the scene from the sixth stage, a 221.5km route from Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon to Fayence.

Four people were on board the aircraft when it went down shortly after taking off during the second stage of the race

Betancur, Jungels, and Fuglsang charge away for a stage win at Paris-Nice

With 25 riders separated by less than 30 seconds, the final half of Paris-Nice should be open and aggressive — just as ASO hoped

U.S. federation asks its members to assist in the CIRC investigation of doping in cycling between 1998 and 2013

A crafty breakaway lands a stage win and overall lead for Tom-Jelte Slagter and Geraint Thomas

A small Catholic university in Indianapolis is collecting national titles and producing alumni ready for success in the peloton and beyond

The Dutch team uses every inch of the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours motor track to deliver John Degenkolb to the overall lead at Paris-Nice

The classics and spring stage races are underway and Velo’s international road season preview is on newsstands now

Nacer Bouhanni defends yellow and Moreno Hofland takes the stage at Paris-Nice

Plaxton gets a big-money win in Texas, Boonen and Stannard split the opening weekend in Belgium, and Johansson rings up a couple of podiums

Ernesto Colnago has a favorite restaurant near his Tuscan paint facility, and to dine there is an hours-long event

Mirsamad Pourseyedigolakhour has an eight-second lead in the GC entering Saturday’s final stage

A new-look Paris-Nice offers aggressive, open racing and the overall winner with no time trial or summit finish is anyone's guess

The 2014 Paris-Nice marks the 30th anniversary of the punch heard across France and we look back at some of the sport's memorable protests

Tabriz Petrochemical defends its overall race lead, despite a late crash in Malaysia

With pro cycling deeply affected by the struggling European economy, Strade Bianche and Roma Maxima will provide a lift this weekend

An audit concluded that the UCI’s anti-doping practices are working, but changes will be made

The Belkin rider holds off the field in a furious bunch sprint to claim victory

Kirill Sveshnikov tested positive at the Russian track championships in January, according to RUSADA

Van Hummel repays Gianni Savio with a stage win in Malaysia

American Brad White attacks the breakaway to win a stage in Malaysia

Omega Pharma's breakthrough Polish rider has started 2014 where last year left off, and appears on the verge of notching a major win

Theo Bos and Graeme Brown navigate a tricky approach to Taiping to take a victory in Malaysia

It's time to switch from cyclocross tread to skinny tires, unless you are in Alaska, where fat tires are winning races

The breakaway upsets the peloton's sprint hopes on day one in Malaysia

Classics season starts Saturday at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Andrew Hood previews the double weekend, which wraps at Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne

You love the classics, so why wouldn't you visit the motherland during spring — and bring your bike?

The world's biggest teams know the right spots for training and you should follow them there

Sky shows a new look in Oman, but it's the same old Froome, and no matter which way they play the game, they're going to be hard to beat

Team Garmin-Sharp has been getting ready for the races season this week at a team camp in Mallorca

The U.S. mountain bike season kicks off in Arizona, Sagan descends to win in Oman, and Kwiatkowski wins two in Portugal

The big names come out with a flurry of attacks and Peter Sagan nails the win and overall lead in Oman

The climbers attack, but André Greipel survives the mountains to win a sprint and regain the overall lead

Leigh Howard misses the win again, but takes the leader's jersey in Oman

Giro d'Italia owner RCS Sport hopes to convince local officials to allow the new Pompeiana climb in the late-March classic

André Greipel nabs stage 1 in Oman with a bike throw over Leigh Howard

UCI president Brian Cookson acknowledged the limitations of the CIRC, while encouraging those with knowledge of doping to come forward

From mountain bike stage races to 200-plus-mile road rides to alpine tours, these are the events and rides you need to put on your priority list

Pantani's biographer says that much of the media coverage surrounding the Italian's death has been self-indulgent and profit-oriented

Giant-Shimano and Omega Pharma-Quick Step had a big week, except for Mark Cavendish, who still has some work to do

On the 10th anniversary of the Italian's overdose, we look back at our 2004 cover story on the rocky journey from Tour de France champion to drug-addled death

Arnaud Demare crashes the party in Qatar for a stage win

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The big names have found racing kilometers in Italy instead of France in recent years, but can a new route for Paris-Nice bring them back?

German champion punches through for his first win in Qatar

Belgian classics king wins second stage in a week with a bike throw

Track rider was former national champion in multiple disciplines

Money is woven through ever fiber of professional cycling, and we dedicate an entire issue to its many sides

Niki Terpstra extends his advantage in Qatar as Michael Hepburn surprises with a stage win

Garmin neo-pro says his overall podium at the Dubai Tour is the perfect way to open his professional career

Omega Pharma delivers Tom Boonen to a 21st career stage win in Qatar

Cycling's Middle East tour continues Sunday with the Tour of Qatar, which will tell us a lot about the classics riders' preparation for the cobbles

From Ryan Trebon's laceration at cyclocross worlds to Omega Pharma's Flanders training day, we recap the week that was in bike racing