Road Racing

Alberto Contador keeps squeezing his GC rivals for seconds on the Giro's tough transition stages, sitting comfortably in race lead

Philippe Gilbert earns first win in seven months, sprinting up steep final climb in the rain. Contador extends GC lead

UCI president Brian Cookson says jury's ruling to dock Porte two minutes in the Giro was a fair decision, that Sky should know the rules

Philippe Gilbert unleashes brilliant sprint in the Giro's stage 12 finale, and Alberto Contador is close behind, extending GC lead

Zipp is late to the game with a disc-brake compatible wheel, but the company is a viable contender with a simple and durable hub design

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It's Ilnur Zakarin's day at the Giro as the young Russian claims his first grand tour stage win in the rain

Alberto Contador is quick to put his GC rival Fabio Aru on the ropes Wednesday in a rainy Giro d'Italia stage

Zakarin claims his first grand tour victory in a rainy, hilly stage as the GC remains unchanged

According to the Movement for Credible Cycling, Bardiani-CSF started the Giro with a rider who violated the voluntary organization's rules

Ilnur Zakarin shows his class with a brave solo move in the rain to win the day as Alberto Contador comfortably holds the race lead

Team Sky boss says he wants the race jury to be more consistent in how it applies rules after his Giro leader is penalized two minutes

The Orica-GreenEdge rider says he was merely helping his friend by giving Richie Porte a wheel late in stage 10

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Take a walk through the Giro d'Italia with BrakeThrough Media and soak in the spectacle's atmosphere, from the fans to the food

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Fellow pro riders, team managers, journalists, and other pundits sound off on the UCI jury's decision to penalize Porte in Giro stage 10

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On what should have been a quiet day for the sprinters, the breakaway succeeds and the GC standings get shaken up by a late-race flat

Richie Porte's bad day at the Giro gets worse as the race jury decides to penalize the GC favorite for receiving aid from an Orica rider

Two Italian riders, Alan Marangoni and Alessandro Malaguti, hatched a plan Monday, keen to be off the front in front of their home crowds

A surprise GC shakeup comes on a flat sprint stage, and an unassuming break stays away to win

GC hopeful Richie Porte suffers setback in what was expected to be a quiet stage after Monday's rest day, but he's ready to keep fighting

Sky's leader Richie Porte suffers a flat in the final 10km and loses time to Contador, while Nicola Boem sprints to win stage 10

Mavic's carbon clinchers aren't as fast as some competitors in the wind tunnel, but we're impressed by their durability and versatility

Handmade builders will offer painted-to-match pumps from the iconic brand

This week, Lennard Zinn addresses questions about attaching tubulars with tape, a cracked bottom bracket shell, and more

With the first week of the Italian grand tour in the books, three riders have emerged as the leading trio chasing the pink jersey

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Alberto Contador adjusts time trial position to ease pressure on his injured shoulder ahead of Saturday's potentially decisive stage 14

Gesink rode to fifth place overall at the Amgen Tour of California aboard this celeste green Bianchi race bike

Astana had a strong first week at the Giro d'Italia, but is the squad getting ahead of itself and doing too much, too soon at the race?

With a convincing late-race attack, Paolo Tiralongo rides away to win as the three GC rivals squabble for seconds at the end of a hilly day

Giorgia Bronzini out-sprints Kirsten Wild to claim the fifth round of the women's World Cup in China

Richie Porte is 22 seconds behind race leader Alberto Contador as he looks for his first grand tour victory

The Giro d'Italia's director tells VeloNews efforts to bring the Italian grand tour to the United States are back on track

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Peter Sagan takes enough bonus seconds in the final stage to reclaim the overall title in the Amgen Tour of California

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Astana gets the stage win and takes back a second from race leader Alberto Contador on stage 9 of the Giro d'Italia

Paolo Tiralongo takes the stage and Fabio Aru reclaims a second on the general classification as Astana takes the fight to Alberto Contador

Tinkoff-Saxo doctor Piet de Moor says Alberto Contador gets nothing more potent than Ibuprofen and therapeutic tape to treat his shoulder

Images from an action-packed day in the mountains at the 2015 Giro d'Italia

Alaphilippe attacks on Mt. Baldy to take Amgen Tour's stage 7 and race lead, but Sagan's strong ride leaves him just two seconds back on GC

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Successful in one-week races earlier this year, Richie Porte is now trying to manage his assets and his supporting cast across three weeks

Alberto Contador is maintaining his hold on the Giro's GC lead despite a shoulder injury, but a looming TT has him feeling a bit anxious

Following a string of wet-weather crashes this spring, Team Sky is testing new tires at the Giro d’Italia

Intxausti takes breakaway win and Contador holds onto pink jersey despite aggressive riding by Porte and Aru in Giro's eighth stage

The first mountaintop finish of the Giro sees a Spanish winner, as the GC favorites mark each other closely. Contador keeps pink jersey

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Peter Sagan wins a short time trial in Santa Clarita to vault into the overall race lead with two stages remaining

Stevens rides to victory on short, fast course in Santa Clarita ahead of Lauren Stephens and 2012 Olympic TT champ Kristin Armstrong

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Specialized releases a new version of vaunted Stumpjumper, Trek offers alloy Emonda, win a ride in the Mavic car, and sign up for Zwift

A huge bike for a rider that puts out huge watts. Zirbel will ride this Serios TT bike in the Amgen Tour's stage 6, which should suit him

With mountains on the horizon, a banged up Contador endures the Giro's longest day in the saddle to retain pink and to fight another day

On the longest stage of this year's Giro at 264 kilometers, Lampre-Merida notches another stage win with a surprise sprint winner

After a 264 kilometers in the saddle, the peloton slugs it out in a sprint finish as Contador soldiers on despite injured shoulder

On a day marked by uncertainty over Alberto Contador's condition, Ulissi surprises with a sprint victory at the end of 264km stage 7

Canadian Ryder Hesjedal knows his best days are to come in the Giro's final week, and his Cannondale-Garmin team gives him full support

Claudio Castellano sewed a custom pink jersey to accommodate Alberto Contador's injured shoulder

Art’s Cyclery visits the Tour of California and chats with one of Cannondale-Garmin’s top mechanics

The BMC rider talks to VeloNews about making it into breaks, a demanding and competitive task in grand tour racing

Contador defiantly starts Friday’s seventh stage proudly dressed in the pink jersey despite a heavy crash in Thursday’s finale

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Mark Cavendish does it again, delivering his third stage win of the Amgen Tour of California in driving rain at the end of stage 5

Check out the bike that Cannondale-Garmin's young all-rounder, Alex Howes, rode into the break in stage 5 of the Amgen Tour of California

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Alberto Contador and the Tinkoff-Saxo team are hopeful that with a bit of care, his dislocated shoulder will not keep him from the race

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On a stage that was perfect for the sprinters, Greipel delivers a big win and Contador crashes, putting GC ambitions in jeopardy

Giro d'Italia leader Alberto Contador hits the ground in a large crash at the finish of stage 6, injuring his left shoulder

A close look at the Felt DA1 time trial bike that Carmen Small rode to victory in Leon, Mexico. She'll also ride it at the Amgen Tour TT

Greipel 'The Gorilla' grabs his first stage win in this year's Giro with a fierce sprint kick