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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

Greipel gets his first stage win of the Giro, but the fast sprint is overshadowed by concerns that race leader Contador may be injured

Art's Cyclery gives you the lowdown on maintaining your hydraulic brakes

This early in the Giro, Contador would prefer to give someone else the honor of taking on the pink jersey's many responsibilities

Richie Porte delivers a strong performance in stage 5, but his contingent of support riders is noticeably thin on the final climb

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Fourth time is the charm for Sagan, who nets his first win of this year's Tour of California in a chaotic final sprint

Sagan is riding a custom-painted Tarmac with a prototype carbon-fiber Vision stem at the Amgen Tour of California

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Contador can't resist the urge to ride at the front and challenge his GC rivals with an attack on the Giro's first mountaintop finish

Global Cycling Network has the details on the new Merida that Polanc won to a bold stage win in the Giro d'Italia on Wednesday

Who will win the Giro? The GC picture gets a lot clearer on stage 5, and a young debutant delivers a big win for Lampre-Merida

Sprint legend Mario Cipollini questions Alberto Contador's stage 5 bike change in post-Giro TV program

Jan Polanc notches his first big win as GC favorites mix it up on the finishing climb to Abetone and Contador takes pink

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Giro favorites cross swords on first major summit finish as young Slovenian Jan Polanc escapes alone to win the day

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Hincapie Racing's Skujins delivers a stunning solo victory in San Jose, climbing away from the break and soloing to the win and GC lead

Although Jacques-Maynes is out of the race after a Monday crash, here's a look at the special 10th anniversary bike made for the Amgen Tour

Rigoberto Urán, twice second at the Giro d’Italia, watched his maglia rosa dream ride 42 seconds up the road on Tuesday

Logan VonBokel and Neal Rogers take a look at some of the new bike tech spotted in California this week

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The future is now for Davide Formolo, who notches his first professional win in stage 4 of the Giro d'Italia, also his first grand tour

A hard, hilly stage shatters the field, as a young Italian claims his first pro win, and Orica clings to the pink jersey for one more day

Orica-GreenEdge finds a way to keep the pink jersey for another day as a fresh face wins stage 4 in a solo breakaway

Lampre-Merida's Diego Ulissi returns to the Giro d'Italia, where he enjoyed success in 2014 but also ran afoul of anti-doping tests

Cannondale-Garmin's Davide Formolo claims a Giro win with a canny attack before the final climb at the end of a hot, hard day

Following Pozzovivo's dramatic departure from the Giro, Ag2r hopes Colombian sensation Betancur can rediscover his winning touch

After a night in the hospital and 20 stitches to mend injuries on his face, Domenico Pozzovivo is free to return home and recover

In this week's Technical FAQ, Lennard Zinn answers questions on tire pressure, battery mounting, and drilling holes in carbon frames