Road Racing

Australian Richie Porte (BMC) won the penultimate stage of Paris-Nice, Saturday, while Colombian Sergio Henao (Sky) slips into yellow.

Colombian Nairo Quintana pulled on the leader's blue jersey after solo finish to win the fourth stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico on Saturday.

Reigning world champion Amalie Dideriksen (DEN) won the 152.2km Ronde van Drenthe in the Netherlands municipality of Hoogeveen on Saturday.

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Simon Yates claimed his first win of 2017, attacking alone to win a hilly stage 6 at Paris-Nice, and Julian Alaphilippe fought hard to keep the lead.

The two-time defending world champion earns the victory in a bunch sprint ahead of Elia Viviani and Jurgen Roelandts.

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Cannondale-Drapac rode a Superslice time trial bike with disc brakes in Tirreno-Adriatico's stage 1.

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"The Gorilla" André Greipel sprints to victory in stage 5 of Paris-Nice, beating Milano-Sanremo champion Arnaud Démare in Bourg-de-Péage.

Sky's Geraint Thomas wins stage 2 solo in Pomarance, Italy, earning a bit of redemption after disastrous stage 1 team time trial.

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Cannondale-Drapac showcases a new disc brake TT bike while Team Sky suffers costly technical issues in Tirreno stage 1 team time trial.

Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe wins on home turf Wednesday, beating two-time Paris-Nice champ Alberto Contador and taking the overall lead.

The seven-day race across Italy kicked off with a team time trial along the Tyrrhenian Sea's coastline in Lido di Camaiore.

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Is Tirreno-Adriatico, a one-week Italian stage race, a good predictor of Giro success? It depends, but it worked for Nibali in 2013.

Sam Bennett stunned the sprint heavies Tuesday, winning his first career WorldTour race in stage 3 of Paris-Nice.

This week, Lennard Zinn answers a question about mixing SRAM and Shimano drivetrain parts.

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The victory is the first WorldTour triumph for the 26-year-old Italian who rides for Bahrain-Merida.

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Britain's Adam Yates (Orica-Scott) won the GP Industria & Artigianato for the second time since 2014 on Sunday.

Frenchman Arnaud Démare (FDJ) outsprinted compatriot Julian Alaphilippe (Quick-Step Floors) to win opening stage of Paris-Nice on Sunday.

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Poland's Michal Kwiatkowski (Team Sky) claimed his second career Strade Bianche crown when he soloed to victory after 175km in Siena, Italy.

Italian Elisa Longo Borghini (Wiggle-High5) claims a sprint victory at Strade Bianche Women in Siena, Italy on Saturday.

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Check out this week's roundup of tech news, which includes some geography-themed cycling jackets.

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Phil Gaimon is done with pro racing, but he's got one final mission on the bike: snatching Strava KOMs, and you get to pick which ones.

Riding for American team Cylance, Sheyla Gutiérrez wins her first race of the season in Le Samyn, ahead of Amy Pieters in the Belgian race.

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With the Defy Advanced Pro 0, Giant targets riders who enjoy all-day rides on challenging terrain.

With relaxed geometry and shaped carbon tubing, the RT-1000 is a blend of aero and endurance.

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The 4km Passage du Gois was last featured in the race in 2011, when it hosted the start of the French grand tour.

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The pro cyclists association, the CPA, threatens legal action against UCI over its continued permissive stance toward disc brakes.

Chloe Dygert leads the way with gold in the individual pursuit and another in the team pursuit.

Rui Costa wins the 2017 Abu Dhabi Tour, while Caleb Ewan takes out the world's best sprinters on a rain-soaked fourth and final stage on Sunday.

Reigning two-time world champion Peter Sagan won Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne ahead of Jasper Stuyven and Luke Rowe on Sunday in Belgium.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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