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Organizers remove a potentially hazardous descent from Tour de Romandie stage 2 due to snowy weather.

Should we be skeptical of Alejandro Valverde's unbelievable run in the spring of 2017?

Facing rain, fog, and five categorized climbs, Michael Albasini sprints to his seventh career stage win at Tour de Romandie in stage 1.

Belgian champion Philippe Gilbert has made a quicker than expected recovery from a kidney tear and will return to racing this weekend.

Michael Albasini sprints to victory in Champéry, Switzerland at the end of a cold, rainy stage 1 in Tour de Romandie Wednesday.

We look back at the 2017 classics, pick an overall winner for the spring, and talk about Valverde. Plus: Hampsten explains his 1988 Giro win.

This sub-15-pound race bike comes with a great price, and it will be available in the U.S. this summer.

The full story of the 1988 Giro is about so much more than the freezing climb of the Passo di Gavia. Hampsten had to be willing to lose.

This special episode comes straight from the Little 500 race of "Breaking Away" box office fame.

Trek-Segafredo's Fabio Felline wins the Tour de Romandie opener on a rainy day in Switzerland.

Lennard Zinn address questions about swapping derailleur cages, grinding freehub feet, and follow-ups on rim width.

Trek-Segafredo's Fabio Felline claimed Tour de Romandie's 4.8km prologue time trial, beating Movistar's Alex Dowsett by two seconds.

Catch up on the action from the final race of Ardennes week, the first-ever Women's Liege-Bastogne-Liege.

Photographer Brad Kaminski takes a look back at the 2011 Tirreno-Adriatico when the race passed through Scarponi's Italian hometown.

Anna van der Breggen made it a perfect three-for-three in the hilly Ardennes, winning ahead of Boels teammate Lizzie Deignan.

French cyclist Yoann Offredo claimed on Monday he was assaulted by box cutter- and baseball bat-wielding attackers while on a training ride.

Liège was a bit of a snoozer this year. So we have ideas: How the peloton can beat Valverde, and how to make the route better.

The cycling world mourns Michele Scarponi's death. Alejandro Valverde and Vincenzo Nibali dedicate recent wins to the Italian.

Alejandro Valverde wins his fourth Liège-Bastogne-Liège title one day after fellow racer Michele Scarponi was killed while training.

Chris Froome returns to Romandie to tune up his form for the Tour de France. The hilly Swiss race starts Monday.

We put these bibs, which feature a thick chamois that's good for long rides, to the test.

Tayler Wiles and Evan Huffman win the Tour of the Gila overall in Pinos Altos, New Mexico.

Eric Young and Emma White clean up at the Tour of the Gila's stage 4 in Silver City, New Mexico.

With a win Sunday in the women's Liège-Bastogne-Liège, Anna van der Breggen delivered a clean sweep of the three hilly one-day classics.

Rally cycling team goes two-for-two Saturday at Tour of the Gila, with Emma White and Eric Young winning the Silver City criterium.

Take a (virtual) stroll through Sea Otter Classic to check out the cool gear and other stuff spotted at the biggest cycling festival in the U.S.

New Mexico's Tour of the Gila moved into the 26-kilometer stage 3 individual time trial with Leah Thomas and Evan Huffman taking top honors.

While journalist Andrew Hood only knew Michele Scarponi professionally, his fondest memory of the fallen cyclist will always be his smile.

Geraint Thomas dives into unknown next month at the Giro, but Tour of the Alps win gives him confidence for his first grand tour as leader.

With striking Merino wool and carbon construction, Ashmei's KOM Jersey is sure to be a hit with the skin, but does our Dan Cavallari agree?

Ashmei delivers an excellent race-inspired bib short, but at $340, our Dan Cavallari says one thing keeps them from being exactly perfect.

This week's tech highlights including a pair of punchy power meters, a disc-ready, speed-release front fork, a Strava app upgrade and more.

Lex Albrecht took stage 2 of the women's Tour of the Gila, while breakaway companion Tayler Wiles takes second to slide into overall lead.

Rally's Cycling claims second straight stage win and maintains control of leaders jersey at Tour of the Gila on Thursday.

If function over fashion is your style, the lime green Pactimo Summit RT Jersey may be just the ticket.

UCI suspends Astana cyclist Andrei Grivko for 45 days due to bloody altercation with German Marcel Kittel at the Dubai Tour in February. (Astana), who was kicked off the Tour of Dubai for punching a rival, was suspended for 45 days, May 1 to June 14, by the Disciplinary Commission of the International Cycling Union (UCI) on Thursday.

With a high-end price tag, does the 7Mesh Highline Ultralight Jersey deliver where it counts most — comfort and performance?

Tejay van Garderen says he's motivated to tackle his first Giro d'Italia, a race he expects will be "bonkers" with brutal climbing stages.

Here's your primer on the oldest major classic, "La Doyenne," Liège-Bastogne-Liège, from Martin's crash to Vandenbroucke's attack.

Tour of the Gila kicked off with a modified Mogollon stage won by UnitedHealthcare's Katie Hall and Rally's Matteo Dal-Cin.

The Spaniard accelerates near the top of the Mur de Huy and holds on for the victory.

The podium after the midweek race mirrors that of last weekend's Amstel Gold Race.

The Belgian has enjoyed a solid spring season thus far, and he has the potential to eventually win all five of cycling's monuments.

Australian Rohan Dennis (BMC) won the second stage of the Tour of the Alps, which was shortened by 40km due to heavy snowfall on Tuesday.

All 18 WorldTour teams now count at least one victory in their books for 2017. But why are the top teams winning, or not, so much?

Philippe Gilbert has been released from a hospital following a kidney injury, but his Quick-Step team has ruled him out of the Giro d'Italia.

We talk about how Amstel's new finish led to exciting race action, why Boels is back, and America's most promising young rider.

With the proliferation of expensive carbon fiber parts, every home mechanic needs a torque wrench. Here are four fine options.

The field for Wednesday's midweek classic is packed with riders who can climb the Mur de Huy to victory.

Italian Michele Scarponi shows some promising form ahead of the Giro with a win at Tour of the Alps.

Flèche Wallonne hinges on Mur de Huy, leading to suspenseful finishes and some repeat wins by Alejandro Valverde.

Watch the racing action from Amstel Gold, the first of three Ardennes races for the Women's WorldTour.

Did Kwiatkowski forget the lesson he learned at Sanremo? Has Van Avermaet found the limit of his abilities? How about that Amstel route?

The Women's WorldTour races Amstel Gold for the first time, and Anna van der Breggen claims her first victory of 2017.

Sarah Hammer rides to her 15th career world championship medal in points race behind Britain's Elinor Barker.

Gianni Moscon, 22, finished fifth in Paris-Roubaix, and his Sky squad is bullish on his future.

The Belgian won the Tour of Flanders last month, and on Sunday he rode to victory in the Amstel Gold Race.

Belgian champ Philippe Gilbert picks up fourth Amstel Gold win of his career and second Spring Classic since winning Flanders two weeks ago.

Belgian Philippe Gilbert outsprinted 2015 winner Michal Kwiatkowski of Poland to capture his fourth Amstel Gold win in a tactical finale.

Olympic champion Anna van der Breggen claimed her first win wearing Boels-Dolmans colors at the women's Amstel Gold Race on Sunday.

American Chloe Dygert won her first individual world title by a whopping 7.143 seconds in the women's individual pursuit.

Michael Woods relies on experienced Cannondale-Drapac teammates to guide him in his second run at Flèche Wallonne.

CCC Sprandi Polkowice team loses 18 bikes to burglary only days before its only WorldTour classic race of the spring season.

Peter Sagan's former director harshes the world champ's post-Roubaix mellow, and GVA is still dreaming of Flanders, despite that Roubaix win.

The big and shiny tools look great hanging from the garage wall, but what about the unsung heroes of the toolbox?

Coryn Rivera takes over the WWT lead after historic Flanders win, and she might have a chance to shine at Amstel Gold Race as well.

The Ardennes classics will highlight the peloton's toughest climbers. Here are 10 top riders to watch.

The American women's team pursuit squad wins its second championship in a row at Hong Kong track worlds.

Amstel Gold Race still has its great title sponsor (a brewery!), but the route is way different this year. Ardennes week is upon us.

Bob Mionske explains why cyclists need to stay politically active — both to promote good laws and oppose bad ones.

The 2017 Giro Rosa route includes two time trials and a final stage on the shoulders of Mount Vesuvius.

The gateway to the hilly Ardennes, Brabantse Pijl offered up a steep final climb at the finish. Sonny Colbrelli won the final sprint.

Brakethrough Media takes a look back at Greg Van Avermaet's monumental Roubaix win and his long path to get to a cobblestone trophy.

Italian Sonny Colbrelli wins the hilly midweek Brabantse Pijl race, out-sprinting defending champion Petr Vakoc.

Opinions are mixed whether "The Hell of the North" is actually a race Sagan, the two-time defending world champion, can win.

In cycling's modern era, the Ardennes classics are won with a combination of supreme endurance, climbing talent, and above all, patience.