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Victor Campenaerts takes advantage of some TV time during the Giro d'Italia to ask a girl on a date. And it works.

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The Giro d'Italia's GC favorites are biding their time. Most are patient enough to wait and challenge Dumoulin in the third week.

Tom Dumoulin approaches this Giro d'Italia with the mindset of a true GC contender. So far, he's proven up to the task in Italy.

American Tejay van Garderen is no longer in the hunt for the maglia rosa. So, BMC Racing recalibrate its Giro d'Italia goals.

There is a technical solution to the head injury problem. It already exists and is both proven and commercially available.

Peter Sagan extends his record number of Tour of California wins with a victory in Morro Bay on stage 3.

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Geraint Thomas has a strong showing in the Giro d'Italia's time trial, but he is still well behind in the overall due to Sunday's crash.

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Time trials are always an essential element in grand tours, but will they play an outsized role in the 2017 Giro d'Italia?

Steven Kruijswijk commanded the 2016 Giro until an untimely crash, but this year he's struggling to find form in Italy.

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Tom Dumoulin puts the Giro d'Italia's climbers on notice with a brilliant time trial victory in stage 10, taking the overall lead.

Lennard Zinn addresses questions about pedal thread direction, compact vs. standard framesets, and more.

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We talk to American Howes, Haga, Rosskopf, Stetina, and Dombrowski on the Giro d'Italia's second rest day.

Rafal Majka sprints out of a breakaway group to win stage 2 of Amgen Tour of California. The Pole also takes the overall lead.

Two riders from Canyon-SRAM race on disc brake equipped bikes in the Amgen Tour of California.

The Giro d'Italia's first 10 days featured tricky stages on Sardinia and Sicily, plus two mountains: Etna and Blockhaus.

Nairo Quintana's Movistar team says that Tom Dumoulin is likely to take the pink jersey in the Giro's stage 10 time trial.

Nairo Quintana's rivals licking their chops over Giro d'Italia's stage 10 time trial, likely their best chance to take the pink jersey.

After Geraint Thomas and Mikel Landa lose time in the Giro d'Italia, Team Sky wants answers following stage 9 disaster.

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German sprinter Marcel Kittel picked up his eighth win of the season and first at the Amgen Tour of California in the race opener Sunday.

Former world champ Giorgia Bronzini takes final stage, but reigning Olympic champion claims overall win at Amgen Women's Tour of California.

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An inopportune crash, everything on the line, and no one waits for the fallen; that’s the law of the jungle at the Giro d’Italia.

Chaos ensued on stage 9 at the Giro d'Italia and the gang at VeloNews 'roundtable' to discuss who's to blame and how it impacts the GC.

Disaster struck Team Sky as the peloton sped toward the base of the decisive Blockhaus climb in Sunday’s summit finale in stage 9 at Giro.

The Giro d'Italia is somewhat different this May with organizer RCS Sport putting all its weight to celebrating its 100th edition.

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American Coryn Rivera (Sunweb) tops third stage at Amgen Women’s Tour of California after bunch sprint finish in Sacramento on Saturday.

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Will Team Sky try to make the Giro d’Italia so hard that Nairo Quintana will be worn out for July’s Tour de France?

A week in, and after a indecisive summit finish to Mount Etna and sprint stages, the stars predict a significant change starting Sunday.

BMC is playing it lean and mean in bid to keep Tejay van Garderen in the running at the Giro until the final decisive week in the Dolomites.

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American Katie Hall beats Olympic champion Anna van der Breggen in stage 2 of the Amgen Tour of California to take the GC lead.

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The Giro d'Italia's long stage 7 offered little in the way of racing action, but for a weary peloton, the respite was appreciated.

Team Sky cautiously confident in GC leader Geraint Thomas. It says his Giro d'Italia success hinges on strong time trial results.

Among this week's lineup of tech news are Campagnolo's new disc brakes and a push to help end childhood hunger in the U.S.

The Italian will retire after this season and plans to work as an agent for pro cyclists starting next year.

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American Megan Guarnier rides into the overall lead in stage 1 of the Amgen Tour of California with victory in stage 1.

After two of his teammates were kicked out of Giro for doping violations, Simone Andreetta gets some redemption in stage 6 breakaway.

Mike Woods comes close to a Giro d'Italia win with a fifth-place result in stage 6. The Canadian is on top form in his grand tour debut.

Tom Dumoulin has focused his Giro d'Italia ambitions squarely on the overall title. He knows the race's two time trials will be crucial.

Salt's caps are handmade in Colorado and are a fun accessory for everyday riding.

Adidas’s Vario photochromic lenses are some of the best we’ve tested and the Zonyk frames are stylish and fun.

We use this jacket more than any other piece of outerwear in our closet and it’s saved us from foul weather more than a few times.

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Vincenzo Nibali admits that his relations with rival Nairo Quintana are frosty. He looks ahead to the next summit finish, Blockhaus in stage 9.

Giro d'Italia leader Bob Jungels and other riders complain that fans are endangering the racers by pushing too close to the roadway.

Nairo Quintana's strategy is to ride the Giro d'Italia conservatively so he can save energy for the Tour de France in July.

Vincenzo Nibali was welcomed to his hometown, Messina, Italy, in the Giro d'Italia's stage 5, but he was short one teammate.

Orica-Scott's strongman Svein Tuft celebrated his 40th birthday at the Giro d'Italia, but he's not showing his age at all.

The Giro d'Italia's first mountaintop finish was a dud. We explain why. Plus, an interview with Andrew Talansky about Tour of California.

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Felt makes its Olympic track bike, the TA/FRD pursuit bike available to the public. The price is high, but you are buying a lot more than the bike.

Cuore has created a racer’s bib, light and thin with low-profile chamois padding, in the Gold short.

Tenspeed Hero will make the racers happy with this trim-fitting, super-light jersey.

Giro d'Italia organizers take a calculated risk by adding the tough Etna stage early in the 2017 route.

Bahrain-Merida rider Javier Moreno is kicked out of Giro d'Italia for apparently pushing Sky's Diego Rosa off the road.

Lennard Zinn provides detailed instructions on using Shimano's Synchro Shift for Di2 drivetrains.

Due to injuries from a crash Sunday, Australian Rohan Dennis pulls out of Giro d'Italia during stage 4 to the summit of Mount Etna in Sicily.

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Chris Froome earned a stunning victory in stage 8 of the 2016 Tour de France, but was it due to superior aerodynamics on the downhill.

On the Giro d'Italia's first rest day, we catch up with Pete Stetina, Alex Howes, Chad Haga, Joey Rosskopf, and Joe Dombrowski.