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This week, Lennard Zinn answers readers' questions about valve stem lengths, migrating wheels, and more

Sky rider out-muscles Michael Matthews and Gianni Meersman at the line

David Veilleux keeps his GC lead and now has a 1:56 advantage over Gianni Meersman

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Rain shortened the women’s event and took a fair amount of the fire out of the men’s field at the USA Crits event

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Constantly working behind the scenes at the Giro d'Italia are team chefs, who are tasked with keeping riders and staffers well fed every day

The company's latest offering is starting to make swapping out lenses a thing of the past

Racing isn't the only thing worthwhile at the Giro d'Italia and BrakeThrough Media captures the best of Italian cuisine along the corsa rosa

German company unveils new designs to its forks and disc brakes as part of the Mission Performance project

Swiss builder officially launches frame used by Cadel Evans, Tejay van Garderen this month, and its new proprietary design software

UCI chief to serve four more years on Olympics panel

The 2013 Giro d'Italia culminated with an exciting stage 21 finish amid a sea of pink in Brescia

This week, Lennard Zinn answers questions about oversized helmets, bottom bracket drop, and more

Aussie pads his National Criterium Calendar lead

Weeks after signing a contract, "Fast Freddie" Rodriguez shocks the field in Chattanooga to reclaim the record for U.S. pro titles

Optum goes 1-2 in Chattanooga with Jade Wilcoxson taking a stars-and-stripes solo flyer and Lauren Hall sprinting for second

With a clean record and history of speaking out against doping, Vincenzo Nibali's Giro win welcomed after Di Luca's positive EPO test

ASO partners with national center of monuments in France to create a light and sound show around the dusk arrival of the centenary peloton

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Nibali passed several pitfalls to bring the maglia rosa to the final podium in Brescia's Piazza della Loggia

Nobody can beat the Manxman in a straight-up sprint for the moment, says sport director Brian Holm

The final gallery from the 2013 Giro d'Italia

Results from the 21st and final stage of the 2013 Giro d'Italia

World champion Schurter recovers from a poor race in round one as Zakelj wins her first elite World Cup event

The Manx speedster adds another stage to his palmares, plus the red jersey, as Nibali crosses safely with the bunch to confirm his title

Zirbel and Small open the weekend's racing with victories in the race against the clock

Riders with chattering teeth, exposed skin turning mottled pink and white from the cold, finished in a maelstrom of fans, press and officials

Betancur takes over the white jersey while Uran moves ahead of Evans into second overall

Photos from the final mountain stage of the 2013 Giro d'Italia

Results from stage 20 of the 2013 Giro d'Italia

The race leader bides his time before attacking to claim victory in the final mountain stage in the 2013 Giro

1998 race winner feels sorry for riders in the snow, but if he can remember a race, "it's all good"

Dutchman drops out of Giro, citing illness

Di Luca's positive sends the Giro into chaos, but teams and riders are paving a path forward that is hard for some aging pros to navigate

Global Cycling Network and Caley Fretz look at the super-light tech adorning Giro pro bikes for the mountains

An out-of-competition test before the race detected the illegal blood booster

Bad weather on the re-routed course in the mountains forces race organizers to make the decision Friday morning

With an eye toward the Tour, Cadel Evans sees positive in his runner-up position at the Giro

From super-light wheels to taped-on elbow pads, teams were in search of custom answers to the Giro's tough climbing time trial

Giro organizers skip Gavia, Stelvio on Friday due to snow

Global Cycling Network takes a look at gear choices for Thursday's stage 18 TT at the Giro

1. Vincenzo NIBALI, Astana, in 44:29 2. Samuel SANCHEZ GONZALEZ, Euskaltel-Euskadi, at :58 3. Damiano CARUSO, Cannondale, at 1:20 4. Michele SCARPONI, Lampre-Merida, at 1:21 5. Rafal MAJKA, Saxo-Tinkoff, at 1:25

Sicilian lands the stage win he wanted to complement the maglia rosa he's worn for more than a week

The Androni Giocattoli rider's bike is built up with a Campagnolo Super Record EPS group

Ramunas Navardauskas has taken the reins of the Garmin squad at the Giro since the departure of Ryder Hesjedal

Team soigneurs handle everything from filling bottles and preparing musette bags to giving daily massages and going grocery shopping

TrainingPeaks examines the power data from Juan Antonio Flecha and Alison Powers after they rode the Amgen Tour's TT

Dutchman lost valuable time in stage 14 but sits 10th entering Thursday's mountain time trial

Italian sat out three months for working with Michele Ferrari on what he claimed was training, not doping

1. Giovanni VISCONTI, Movistar, in 5:15:34 2. Ramunas NAVARDAUSKAS, Garmin-Sharp, at :19 3. Luka MEZGEC, Argos-Shimano, at :19 4. Filippo POZZATO, Lampre-Merida, at :19 5. Danilo HONDO, RadioShack-Leopard, at :19

American team is hoping for big things to close out a mixed Giro that saw its defending champion abandon and a young domestique win a stage

Italian makes it three in a row for Movistar after a well-timed attack and a brave descent to Vicenza

Hard climbs, crashes, and poor weather have a lasting affect on the riders at the Giro d'Italia

German sprinter tops Tom Boonen to take red in a Tour de France dress rehearsal

Garmin-Sharp rider pulled out of the Giro d'Italia last week after falling ill

TrainingPeaks examines riders' power data from two of the climbing stages at the 2013 Amgen Tour of California

As the road turns skyward, lighter wheels, compact cranks and giant cassettes are the norm at the Giro d'Italia

Cold and snow may force organizers to alter Friday's and Saturday's routes

Claudio Corti is hoping to deliver Colombia a second mountain stage win of the 2013 Giro on one of the two big remaining tests

Basque rider comes through at the Giro almost two years to the day since his friend, Xavier Tondo, died in his arms

Daniel Lloyd reviews the Giro's second week, the MTB World Cup Opener, and Amgen Tour and goes behind the scenes on rest day no. 2

Belgian champ says he won't take part in the 100th Tour and he may not start the race again

Estonian grew up racing with Rein Taaramae and is finding his legs as a top domestique for Vincenzo Nibali at the Giro d'Italia

American steps away from the Giro after two weeks of suffering

A virus has swept through the peloton and race entourage at the Giro and the race's top doc and team staff talk about the illness

Frenchman could receive a two-year ban, but can avoid sanction if he can prove accidental ingestion

1. Benat INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA, Movistar, in 5:52:48 2. Tanel KANGERT, Astana, at :00 3. Przemyslaw NIEMIEC, Lampre-Merida, at :00 4. Ramunas NAVARDAUSKAS, Garmin-Sharp, at :14 5. Cadel EVANS, BMC Racing, at :14

After wearing the maglia rosa earlier in the Giro, Spaniard takes three-up sprint in aggressive stage 16 finale at the Giro d'Italia

In this week's Technical FAQ, Lennard Zinn answers questions about resurfacing brake tracks, disc/caliper combos, and more

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Giro organizers are monitoring the weather in northern Italy as a weary peloton prepares to face more rain and snow over the race's final week

"The Shark" is ready to strike again when the road tilts up in northern Italy

Aussie won't speculate on Tour de France leadership after Tejay van Garderen's Amgen Tour of California victory

On the Giro's second rest day, Blanco's mechanics are busy gluing tires, swapping out components, and a whole lot more

Evan Rudd enjoys a moment with Thomas De Gendt's Bianchi Oltre XR

Caley Fretz gets a peek at Rigoberto Uran's Pinarello, which in the absence of Bradley Wiggins gets the star treatment

Photos from the Giro's assault on a snowy Col du Galibier