Road Racing

Giro race director Mauro Vegni expects the 2017 edition of the grand tour to attract top stars, and he hopes Chris Froome is one of them.

Nibali throws down the gauntlet to Tour de France champion Chris Froome on Tuesday, challenging the Briton to ride the Giro.

The Giro d'Italia's 2017 route is announced. Here are eight key stages that will decide the 100th edition of the Italian grand tour.

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DT’s carbon XMC 1200 Spline 29 is a full-on cross-country racing wheelset. Although pricey, it delivers light weight and impressive stiffness.

Brim Brothers announces it has ceased operations, leaving investors without promised wearable power meters, and out of their money.

The 2017 edition will visit 17 of the country's regions and includes five summit finishes and more TT kilometers than the Tour de France.

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Mark Cavendish bests Giacomo Nizzolo and Elia Viviani in the fourth and final stage of the Abu Dhabi Tour as Tanel Kangert takes the GC win

Mathieu van der Poel nabs his first World Cup win of the season with a hard-earned victory in Valkenburg

De Jong kicks off the European leg of the World Cup with a Valkenburg victory

Davide Villella nabs his first pro win in Utsunomiya, Japan

Tanel Kangert leaves the field behind on the Jebel Hafeet climb to win stage 3 and take the overall race lead at the Abu Dhabi Tour

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The British rider will wear the leader's jersey during Saturday's stage 3.

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The Italian holds off John Degenkolb and Mark Cavendish and will wear the leader's jersey Friday.

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Should we be excited about the new mountainous route for La Course? It may be exciting, but it isn't enough for women's cycling.

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With an unconventional 2017 route, take a close look at five key stages that may decide the Tour de France.

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La Course, the Tour de France's one-day women's race, will move to the mountains for 2017, leaving the Champs-Élysées behind.

The 2017 Tour starts July 1 in Dusseldorf, Germany and concludes July 23 in Paris.

The route that starts in Germany will feature less climbs than in recent years and contains two individual time trials.

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Mathieu van der Poel claims a hotly contested Superprestige win at Zonhoven, outdueling Wout Van Aert in the final meters of the race

Sanne Cant nabs her second Superprestige win (convincingly), claiming victory at Zonhoven

Peter Sagan sprints to a second world title out of a small group in Doha

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20-year-old Amalie Dideriksen sprints past Kirsten Wild in a photo finish to take the rainbow jersey in the women's road race in Doha, Qatar

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Rapha remembers Peace Race, SRAM expands eTap gear range, an inventor creates a goo to stick GoPros to bikes, and Scapin wins.

Italian Elisa Balsamo wins junior women's worlds in Doha, Qatar, sprinting home ahead of American Skylar Schneider.

Jakob Egholm finishes 7 seconds ahead of a large group of riders to claim the gold medal in Doha.

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The Robin Williams bike collection is being auctioned off for charity. We picked five of our favorites from the trove of cool bicycles.

Is there room for an alloy wheel in a world of carbon fiber? We found the Mavic Ksyrium SL Pro wheels to be exceptionally reliable.

The 165.7km race ends in a massive sprint finish in Doha, Qatar.

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Tony Martin breaks with tradition to race on clinchers, not tubulars, and win time trial world championships.

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Details of the 2017 Giro route are becoming clearer, with stages likely to Mount Etna, Stelvio, and Mount Terminillo.

The German cranks out an impressive time and finishes 45 seconds ahead of silver medalist Vasil Kiryienka.

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Lennard Zinn addresses reader questions about injuries caused by disc brakes, breaking chains while riding, and other topics.

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Devinci applied its experience as a mountain bike company to build a gravel bike that's far more capable of rough trails than most.

Take a tour of Fizik's Italian factory to see how its saddles are produced, mostly by hand, in a 70-step manufacturing process.

Germans go one-two in the under-23 time trial world championships in Qatar, while American Neilson Powless can only manage sixth.

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Gaviria gets creative at Paris-Tours, jumping clear of the pack with 500 meters to go to surprise his rival speedsters and take the victory

World champ Wout Van Aert takes victory in Ronse after race-leading Mathieu van der Poel suffers late mechanical

Etixx – Quick-Step outduels BMC Racing to win the team time trial at the Doha world championships

Thalita de Jong powers to a no-doubt victory at the first round of the IJsboerke Ladies Trophy series in Ronse

Boels – Dolmans takes a convincing victory in the women's TTT at worlds in Doha, Qatar

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