Road Racing

Time running out for Thomas De Gendt and his final breakaway win at Vuelta a España: 'The legs have to cooperate too.'

The UCI Road and Para-Cycling Road World Championships will take place in Zurich, Switzerland on September 21-29.

We dive into the power numbers of Primož Roglič, Ben O’Connor, and more at La Vuelta a España.

Long-range breakaway braves wet conditions at the Vuelta but is caught close to the end by late attack: 'Win number three is special.'

Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe brings in former F1 aerodynamicist and track trailblazer Bigham as 'head of engineering' in its quest to top the Tour de France.

Van Aert returns home to recover from horrific Vuelta crash as Visma-Lease a Bike faces another setback: 'We feel for him.'

Stage win for Marc Soler and mountains jersey for Jay Vine on Covadonga see the 'super team' refusing to give up after GC chances look slim.

Despite another gutsy defense, Australian seems to accept that his chances of winning the Vuelta are diminishing by the day: 'I had no power.'

Ben O’Connor dropped on final climb but puts in huge fight to hold red jersey by several seconds.

'It's very sad': Van Aert abandons the Vuelta after winning three stages and leading both the green points jersey and King of the Mountains competition.

Double Olympic champion reveals that he has no say in who Soudal Quick-Step signs in the transfer season: 'The team knows what it is doing.'

The 2025 WorldTour transfer season sees key strategic moves, with Ineos Grenadiers, Lidl-Trek, Israel-Premier Tech, and Astana-Qazaqstan adding firepower.

A 20-second penalty to Primož Roglič gives Aussie an unexpected cushion in GC crunch-time: 'You can guarantee tomorrow he’ll go all-in to get it back.'

Roglič rues Cuitu Negru time penalty as O'Connor proves stubbornly resilient in red jersey: 'There’s still quite some work to do.'

American rider moves up three places in the overall standings following strong Vuelta display on Sunday: 'The Vuelta's been super hard.'

After Sunday's climbing chaos, it's still impossible to say who will win the Vuelta and who will step onto the final podium September 8 in Madrid.

Australian continues his long stint in the red jersey, setting a national record along the way.

Roglič’s drafting penalty after planned bike swap widens gap to O'Connor in race for red.

Enric Mas and Primož Roglič gain time on O’Connor, but Australian limits losses to stay in red jersey.

Showdown on the Cuitu Negru will decimate race, could define GC: ‘It looks crazy steep at the end.’

O'Connor and Gall try to balance ego and ambition as fight for red jersey heats up at Vuelta a España: 'We both have our goals.'

Mountain stage comes down to a big bunch sprint, with Groves and Van Aert flat out in drag race to the line.

Jeremy Whittle assesses how Decathlon-Ag2r La Mondiale needs to weigh the risk and reward of O’Connor racing for a career-first grand tour podium.

‘I was planning to have a rest day’: Van Aert adds polka dots to red and green Vuelta jersey collection, Kuss struggles in savage mountaintop showdown.

Australian continues as race leader but Roglič landed big blows Friday. ‘It is nice when you go good.’

American rider McNulty slides under guardrail and down slope, dodges serious injury in fall.

Primož Roglič launches huge attack, dropping overall leader O’Connor and inching ever-closer to the red jersey.

Visma-Lease a Bike management refuses to blame crashes and sickness for 2024 downturn as it maps out masterplan for 2025.

Australian race leader O’Connor in admirably serene state of mind despite time loss Wednesday.

'It happens a lot in cycling': Road blockage debate heats up after O'Connor deletes his Twitter account in wake of social media firestorm.

Equipo Kern Pharma rider lands team's first-ever Vuelta stage victory day after its ex-president’s death.

'I want to win a pro race': Stites will be the first American on the Spanish second-tier squad since Justin Oien raced in 2017-18.

'Yellow cards' fly after controversial blocking incident provokes spill at Vuelta a España.

‘I can’t believe it’: Perfectly-timed final kilometer surge ends run of bad luck for Dunbar and earns first WorldTour victory.

Race leader Ben O’Connor loses time following stinging attack by Primož Roglič and Enric Mas.

Vuelta a España leader is heading elsewhere for 2025, leaving a big gap in team leadership.

Reports that Mexican phenom Isaac del Toro is infected with COVID is latest in what's been a brutal, over-the-top Vuelta a España.

MVDP to hunt for mountain legs with program of low-key stage races, Euro champs ahead of underdog world title defense in Zurich.

Where does the T-Rex Quick Step team kit rank among the all time great kits?

Van Aert attacked from the start of mid-mountain stage and didn't stop until he outsprinted last man standing Pacher, GC racers hit pause.

From crit racing to the WorldTour, Sheehan hopes to cap his meteoric rise with a breakaway victory at the Vuelta: 'Good chances to go for a stage.'

The Vuelta is turning into a chaotic race where riders are trading-off having amazing days. Here's how Roglič, O'Connor, Carapaz and more have performed.

Breaking down the hardest stage of the race up to this point and taking stock of where things stand on the Vuelta's first rest day.

Plus, Shoddy asks WorldTour mechanics everything you want to know about working the final grand tour of the season.

Close to 20,000m climbing in the leg-snapper grades of the northern mountains could blow the GC apart another half-dozen times.

After a rough start, Colorado climber eyes Vuelta comeback with the hardest climbs on horizon: 'The form is there.'

Paths diverge for Tour de France toppers: Evenepoel logs huge training miles ahead of end-of-season assault, Vingegaard calls time on 2024.

Israel-Premier Tech's 21-year-old rookie becomes first Brit to earn prestigious victory at Tour de l'Avenir after only recently pivoting away from MTB, CX.

Adam Yates and Richard Carapaz on the up, but it’s a much tougher day for three key riders.

The crash-defying descent steals the show Sunday and caps a solid first week for the Movistar captain: 'The key is that the sensations are good.'

Briton races back into contention on grueling Vuelta mountain stage, as does Richard Carapaz while O'Connor keeps rivals in check.

Riders’ association president Adam Hansen in contact with riders, Vuelta organizer and the UCI over oppressive heat: 'Some riders are struggling worse than others.'

The high-profile departure will push Isaac del Toro into a leadership role as the team's hopes of a 'grand tour sweep' look finished.

Bizarre incident occurred close to finish of Vuelta’s eighth stage.

Australian race leader remains upbeat looking towards upcoming stage: ‘It should be more suited to me’.

The Portuguese rider slipped out of a virtual podium spot while defending champion Kuss ceded another minute: 'I got held up by the crash.'

Arensman suffers from heat and Woods says it's time to introduce 'extreme weather protocol' in Vuelta's oven-like conditions: 'I saw 120F on the road.'

Race leader O’Connor cracks on Vuelta's third summit finish, Almeida plummets down GC while Roglič, Mas make gains.

Stephen Barrett clear on Australian race leader’s qualities: ‘He’s come fourth in the Giro, he’s come fourth in the Tour.’

'I'm OK, just road rash': Climbing specialist is already looking toward the second half of the race to chase a stage victory after spill derails GC ambitions.

Kuss helps lead Van Aert to Belgian's second victory of La Vuelta, O'Connor defends red through series of late GC skirmishes.

'Racing doesn't have to define me': Former US champ explains how she found 'The Real Ruth' in 2024 and why the gravel scene wasn't for her.

UAE boss waves off historical milestones as Pogačar zeroes in on 'Triple Crown' marker: 'We don't race for that. We race to win.'

Crashes send three more riders home, including Colombia's Urán racing his 25th and final grand tour of his legendary career.

Rivals admit major setback at Vuelta a España after O’Connor seizes race lead: 'Five teams pulling, and he took time on all of us.'

Stage 6 breakaway talisman delivered Kuss to overall victory in 2023, will it be enough for O'Connor? '5 minutes is a lot.'

Australian rider completes grand tour treble, adding to previous wins in Giro and Tour.

Dutch rider finally back racing after lingering symptoms prevented training and racing.

Weird and wacky new solutions combine with old-school strategies as the peloton faces a first-week furnace at the Vuelta a España.

Fighting Irishman stays resilient after run of crashes: ‘You just have to roll with it.’

First of nine summit finishes leaves Vuelta GC scrambled and far from certain: 'There's still a lot of Vuelta left. Nothing is lost.'

DSM Firmenich-PostNL's rising sprinter scoops career-topping win in photo finish as Roglič rides home safe resplendent in red.

Starchyk believes controversial UCI points rule which got Tashkent City into race should remain as team’s lone finisher Kuskova reflects on 'painful' criticisms.

After Alpe d'Huez cliff-hanger, Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift faces challenges to build on the success of the past three editions, writes Jeremy Whittle.

Red Bull shakes off summer of setbacks with morale-boosting stage win and a return to red: 'There’s never a reason to doubt Primož Roglič.'

Roglič steals stage win and snags leader's jersey in Vuelta photo finish: 'You learn that as a junior that you have to sprint across the line.'

'It’s pretty cool to be up there with those guys:' Riccitello climbs to career-best grand tour 6th while defending champion Kuss limits the losses on brutally hot climb.

Roglič sprints into eight-second GC lead atop the gruesome Pico Villuercas summit as race explodes on first climbing test of La Vuelta.

'It’s been a long way coming back, here we are again': Most unfortunate rider of 2024 missed Roubaix and the Tour de France, and is out of the Vuelta a España just three race-days later.

Kuss and the other GC stars ready to test the climbing legs in first summit finale in Vuelta: 'We are not stressed about tomorrow, but we will take it very seriously.'