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Jack Bauer says that moving to Quick-Step Floors has helped him find that "added kick" heading into the 2017 season.

American Logan Owen collects the first win of 2017 for his Axeon Hagens Berman team Saturday in stage 4 of Volta ao Alentejo in Portugal.

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Tactics worked against Nairo Quintana on Saturday in the Abu Dhabi Tour, but he appears the sharpest of the stars with the Giro in sight.

Olympic champ Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing) won Omloop Het Nieuwsblad on home soil during the opening classic of the season on Saturday.

Dutchwoman Lucinda Brand (Team Sunweb) soloed to victory in the 12th edition of the women's Omloop Het Nieuwsblad in Belgium on Saturday.

Rui Costa claims the queen stage and lifts the red leaders jersey with one day to go in the 2017 Abu Dhabi Tour.

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Classics riders in Belgian, grand tour climbers in Abu Dhabi and mostly domestic teams in the south of France all face their biggest early targets of the 2017 season this weekend.

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Armstrong's battle against a $100 million lawsuit brought by the U.S. government is set to go to trial on November 6, 2017.

There is no training tool more powerful than a power meter, when it's used properly. But which one you should buy?

The 25-year-old has the potential to be one of Sky's big climbers down the road, but he would be fine with missing the Tour this year.

The German edged Caleb Ewan by less than half of his front wheel to claim his fifth victory of the season.

A day after one rider at the Abu Dhabi Tour claimed he was cut by a disc rotor, Marcel Kittel rolls to the start line with caliper brakes.

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Will disc brake rotors cut shoes? Leather? Cardboard? Watch as we channel our inner "MythBusters" in the VeloNews workshop.

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American Travis McCabe out-sprints bunch in Langkawi to claim second win in February, crediting teammate Greg Henderson.

Cavendish says he's confident with his early season form, and a stage 1 sprint victory in star-studded Abu Dhabi Tour backs that up.

Sky's Owain Doull is caught in a finish crash at Abu Dhabi Tour, and he says Marcel Kittel's disc brake rotor cut his shoe apart.

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With cobbles season about to begin, we pick favorites for Omloop and Kuurne, discuss latest Lance Armstrong news, and more.

The British sprinter avoids several crashes, including one in the final kilometer of racing.

The 33-year-old returned to Quick-Step Floors this season after previously racing on the team from 2009-2013.

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Despite starting the semi-classic Omloop race 14 times, Tom Boonen has never won it. And this may be the wrong year for him to try.

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Finding pro cycling on TV isn't always simple for fans. We compiled a list of the major events and what networks will broadcast them.

Abu Dhabi Tour rivals even the Tour de France with its stacked start list of sprint stars. The race is now a WorldTour event.

Esteban Chaves already has two grand tour podium finishes, and this summer he will shoot for another one in France.

The spring classics kick off with Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. Here's everything you need to know about this cobblestone appetizer.

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The French are back. And they’re hungry to reclaim their rightful place in cycling's upper echelon.

Romain Bardet is cycling's most unlikely star, and he could end France's Tour de France drought after finishing second in 2016.

Lennard Zinn goes deep into tire tech to test a product that may help riders easily travel with bikes that have tubeless.

Alexey Vermeulen finds footing in the WorldTour in second year with LottoNL. The young American hopes to become a GC leader.

The squad formerly known as Lampre had a tumultuous winter with sponsors, but its budget is secure for four years.

The 2017 Liège-Bastogne-Liège route is announced, including new climbs, and ASO invites seven wildcard teams.

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Michael Barry says he doesn't think Team Sky doped outright but that its use of painkiller tramadol was unethical.

Alejandro Valverde won his 100th career pro race, one of the few riders to do so, with a combination of tactical acumen and otherworldly talent.

Paris-Roubaix organizer ASO announces seven wildcard teams for 2017 race, including four French squads, two from Belgium, and one Dutch.

Rigoberto Urán wants to race well in the Ardennes classics before heading to the Tour de France this summer.

The Dimension Data rider earned the best young rider's jersey at the Tour of Oman over the weekend.

The big winners Sunday in the four stage races being contested this past week were Ben Hermans in the Middle East, Alejandro Valverde in Spain, Primož Roglič in Portugal and Arthur Vichot in France.

Manuel Antunes won the fifth and final stage of Volta ao Algarve on an uphill finish in Portugal, and Primoz Roglic took the overall victory.

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Tim Wellens won the final stage of Ruta del Sol as Alejandro Valverde held on to his narrow lead over Alberto Contador to win the overall.

Tom Boonen leaves Tour of Oman winless but feels his preparation is on track for the looming spring classics.

Alexander Kristoff nets his third sprint win at Tour of Oman in stage 6 as Hermans is crowned overall winner in Muscat.

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André Greipel claims his second victory of 2017 at Volta ao Algarve on Saturday in Tavira, Portugal, beating countryman John Degenkolb.

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Direct Energie’s Bryan Coquard won the fourth stage of Ruta del Sol, outsprinting Daniel Hoelgaard and Hugo Hofstetter on the road to Sevilla.

Ben Hermans seizes the opportunity to lead BMC team at Tour of Oman and expects more chances in Ardennes classics.

BMC's Ben Hermans defends his overall lead in Tour of Oman on the queen stage, winning his second stage of the week ahead of Fabio Aru.

A busy week of racing heads into its final weekend as the professional peloton is scattered between the Tour of Oman, the Ruta del Sol in Spain to the Volta ao Algarve in Portugal.

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So, who is Primož Roglič? Until now, the 27-year-old Slovenian is best known for winning the rain-affected Chianti time-trial stage at last year’s Giro d’Italia, where his background as a Nordic ski jumper made for an unusual side note.

Louis Meintjes is a pure climber with tons of potential — how far can the South African go in the Tour de France?

Tom Boonen shrugs off a big crash in Oman. What will Armstrong do if he loses his trial? And spring classics routes are getting a shake-up.

Tour of Oman offers another bunch sprint, and Alexander Kristoff wins his second stage of the week.