Road Racing

Global Cycling Network takes a ride up Colle delle Finestre to preview the 2015 Giro d'Italia's penultimate stage

Astana suggests the Italian could try his luck in the Spanish grand tour after he fell out of contention at the Giro this week

The BMC Racing rider was 1:25 outside the top 5 entering Friday's mountainous stage 19

Here's the low-down on Shimano's new kicks, PowerTap's lighter G3, a raffle for a good cause, and Hammerhead's simplified navigation unit

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Damiano Cunego, winner of the 2004 Giro d'Italia, withdraws from the race due to injuries suffered in a crash Thursday

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A crafty Philippe Gilbert attacks out of the breakaway to win as Contador extends his overall lead

Alberto Contador puts more time into Astana rivals on stage 18 after Aru and Landa are distanced by crash at base of climb

Ryder Hesjedal's Cannondale was checked for a motor by the UCI following Thursday's stage, along with four other bikes

Contador strikes again, gaining more GC time as Philippe Gilbert claims his second stage win in this year's Giro

Philippe Gilbert wins with an audacious long-range attack out of a large breakaway, and Contador climbs away from GC rivals

Chad Haga rides his TCR long and low, with a Pioneer power meter and wide Dura-Ace gearing

Art’s Cyclery shows us how to set up and install brake levers on top of the handlebars, a fairly common practice in cyclocross

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USA Cycling announces its team for the 2015 Pan American Championships to be held in Toronto, July 10-26

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The Giro wends around Lake Como and finishes across the border in Switzerland with a fast sprint finish

David Brailsford says that Richie Porte has proven himself as one of the world's top stage racers even though he abandoned the Giro

After some heavy mountain stages, the sprinters have their day, and all is quiet on the GC front

Outspoken Tinkoff-Saxo owner feels that cycling needs to change to offer better, safer racing, especially at the grand tours

Italian sprint star Sacha Modolo claims his second Giro stage win as Contador keeps GC lead after the race's shortest day

Art's Cyclery demonstrates the proper way to set up and install tubeless road tires

Astana and Katusha say they didn't know Alberto Contador flatted leading into a decisive climb in Tuesday's stage 16

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Perennial nationals contender Reijnen aims to defend title at the Philadelphia International Cycling Classic after podium in Chattanooga

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With Fabio Aru's fading form, Astana looks to young Basque climber Mikel Landa to take the helm as Contador proves unflappable

Androni-Sidermec team manager clashes with BMC's Ochowicz's over assertion that Pro Continental teams should not be invited to big races

Ryder Hesjedal wants Tinkoff-Saxo to let the breakaway go, says the team's tactics only lead to isolation for its leader, Contador

Giro leader Alberto Contador overcomes flat tire and surprise attack from Astana, Katusha to blast up Mortirolo and extend GC advantage

Landa lands another stage win as the Contador extends GC lead with masterful climbing on the Mortirolo

Mikel Landa notches two stage wins in a row as Alberto Contador proves unflappable on steep Mortirolo climb

Lennard Zinn addresses reader questions pertaining to cog and chain wear, mixing parts, and more

Bookwalter and his BMC Racing teammates ride this Dura-Ace equipped setup

Global Cycling Network compares using a standard crankset vs. a compact one on this demanding climb featured in the Giro

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Matthew Busche rides away from Joe Dombrowski and a small group of chasers to win the 2015 national championship race

Megan Guarnier and Evelyn Stevens deliver an impressive one-two punch to set up Guarnier to win her second national championship title

With Contador sitting pretty in the pink jersey, it seems Astana won't be able to present a real challenge for overall GC supremacy

The Spaniard talks about his chances of winning his second Giro title

The Sky rider entered the race as a favorite to win, but a crash, injuries, and a time penalty squashed his hopes for pink

Cannondale-Garmin's veteran mechanics share their tales of strange, surprising, and humorous happenings from the European circuit

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Alberto Contador looks at his best when the odds are against him, and Sunday in the Dolomites proved no exception

Tim De Waele captures the action in stage 15 of the Giro d'Italia

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Good legs, bad luck: Ryder Hesjedal chases alone to 13th overall after a late crash splits the Giro d’Italia peloton

Astana gets a stage win but fails to dislodge Alberto Contador from the top of the standings in the Giro d'Italia

Andrew Talansky says it will be an honor to wear the U.S. champion's colors at the start of the Tour de France

Astana rode itself inside out for Fabio Aru on Sunday, but Alberto Contador remained unruffled and extended his lead at the Giro d'Italia

Despite lingering aches and pains from a spill on Friday, and sitting well down on the overall, Richie Porte continues in the Giro d'Italia

Paint-stripped bikes, wide gears, and extreme integration for the Giro's long time trial

Scenes from an impactful race against the clock in the Giro's 14th stage

26-year-old Andrew Talansky earned himself a year in the American TT champion's jersey, while his teammate Ben King took runner-up honors

Results from the Giro's 14th stage, a 59.4km individual time trial

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Olympic gold medalist and former world champion Kristin Armstrong takes national time trial title in Chattanooga

Avoiding a challenging final week in the mountains, several sprinters are leaving Italy to recuperate in preparation for later season goals

Richie Porte falters in Giro time trial but teammate Vasil Kiryienka earns stage win, while Alberto Contador retakes pink from Fabio Aru

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Alberto Contador loses overall lead, but it seems likely he'll soon return to the maglia rosa with a long, difficult time trial looming

It is day for the sprinters, albeit a rainy, treacherous one that shook up the GC standings with a crash late in the race

Giro GC gets shaken up by another late crash on a rainy day for the sprinters

The Tinkoff-Saxo rider aims to take back the pink jersey from Fabio Aru before entering the Giro's final, mountainous stretch

Alberto Contador loses 36 seconds and pink jersey to rival Fabio Aru in Giro stage 13 but says he feels okay despite hitting the deck

Thursday's stage 12 at the Giro d'Italia featured a steep finishing climb and lots of cold rain

Rapha invades your eardrums, Strava gets local, Zipp unveils new 404 Firestrike options, and Brooks takes it easy on your sensitive areas

Both riders wet down in Thursday's wet stage, with Kung hospitalized with a compression fracture of his T9 vertebrae

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Riders at the back of the Giro's stage 12 were delayed in the finish as fans crossed the barriers and blocked the roadway

Global Cycling Network teams up with Caley Fretz to see what tiny tech details Giro teams are minding to get an advantage in the race

Rigoberto Uran rode into the Giro as a GC favorite, but now he's clinging on to the front group, hoping the TT is his ticket to the podium

Philippe Gilbert was not to be denied his first win of the season on a punchy finale that perfectly suited the Belgian strongman