Road Racing

Will BMC ride for Tejay van Garderen, now that Cadel Evans has declared his title defense done?

Voeckler: "I lost a lot of time in the first week, and that has given me the opportunity to attack unhindered"

A little rest day burrito goes a long way for Americans on the road

Defending Tour champ says his Tour is finished after ceding big time on Wednesday

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There is one last shoot-out in the mountains for Bradley Wiggins' yellow jersey contenders on Thursday

1. Thomas VOECKLER, Europcar, in 5:35:02 2. Chris Anker SÖRENSEN, Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank, at 1:40 3. Gorka IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI, Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 3:22 4. Alexandr VINOKUROV, Astana, at 3:23 5. Brice FEILLU, Saur-Sojasun, at 3:57

Frenchman wins his second stage of this Tour after long-range attack

Olympic champ, young Optum rider jump out to early Cascade leads

Fränk Schleck denies using banned diuretic, says he'll request B Sample analysis and will file a poisoning complaint if it is positive

Garmin captain says team backers understand riders' involvement in the USADA case again Armstrong, will continue with the team

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With battles brewing on the road, in the payroll office and in the anti-doping courts, RadioShack-Nissan is a team at war

New Quarq spider allows riders to use Specialized cranks with power

After leaving the Tour, embattled Luxembourger goes to local police station on his own accord to answer questions

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Fränk Schleck's team said on Tuesday that its doctors do not used Xipamide

Elder Schleck brother returns positive test for banned diuretic

Campagnolo's Athena EPS group features top-shelf shifting performance at what should be a greatly reduced price

Mavic neutral staff details the hectic response to Sunday’s tacking

With just two days in the Pyrénées and a time trial that suits the yellow jersey, the defending champ has no choice but to attack

TrainingPeaks co-founder looks at Chris Anker Sørensen’s power numbers from his days in the breaks and the Tour’s first time trial

Images of the fans of the Tour, from BrakeThrough Media

VeloNews technical writer Lennard Zinn answers myriad reader questions about brake pads

Tour leader says it's not all about him and he'll help his countryman into yellow in the future

The ‘Silent Assassin’ has fallen quietly out of contention at the Tour for what may be the last time

Evans has two days in which to relaunch his yellow jersey, bid but he seems resigned to missing out

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Africa-born Brit has fought an obscure, waterborne disease for years and nearly didn't make the 2012 Tour roster for Sky

Sky manager stands by decision not to chase the breakaway for Cav to have a shot at the stage win

The race leader rides (and occasionally tosses) a Pinarello Dogma2 with a few personal touches the other team bikes lack

Bernie Eisel discuss tack-scattering idiots, towing the team along and the tactics involved in keeping the yellow jersey

The breakaway sat up to wait for another to bridge up to avoid being reeled in, and lots more action from the day

Already missing the Tour de France, former world champ pulls out of the Olympics

Vande Velde second from six-man breakaway after ferocious opening hour

1. Pierrick FEDRIGO, FDJ-BigMat, in 3:40:15 2. Christian VANDEVELDE, Garmin-Sharp, at 0 3. Thomas VOECKLER, Europcar, at :12 4. Nicki SÖRENSEN, Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank, at :12 5. Dries DEVENYNS, Omega Pharma-Quick Step, at :21

Who’d have known the only team that could beat Sky was Sky itself?

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July is a time for big characters and big stories — some stemming from the Tour’s own dramas, others that coincide with its spotlight

Rein Taaramae's metal-wheeled climbing steed

Pierre Rolland says he's sorry for an attack that race leader Bradley Wiggins called "uncouth"

Casey B. Gibson gives us a glimpse of stage 14 of the 2012 Tour de France

Graham Watson captures the action on a mountainous stage 14 of the 2012 Tour de France

Luis Leon Sanchez, once thought a potential GC rider, contents himself with snagging stages

Casey B. Gibson was on the scene when Cadel Evans's race was nearly ruined by some tack-flinging spectators

It's another installment of "Breakfast with Bernie."

The race director says nail-throwing spectators caused some 30 flats on stage 14

The Rabobank rider gives the slip to green jersey Peter Sagan and strongman Philippe Gilbert

1. Luis Leon SANCHEZ GIL, Rabobank, in 4:50:29 2. Peter SAGAN, Liquigas-Cannondale, at :47 3. Sandy CASAR, FDJ-BigMat, at :47 4. Philippe GILBERT, BMC Racing, at :47 5. Gorka IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI, Euskaltel-Euskadi, at :47

Orica-GreenEdge hasn't given up on its dream of taking a stage in its Tour debut

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The race leader knows that one only needs to win the race by a single second

The yellow jersey wants to silence the skeptics

Casey B. Gibson got caught in traffic on Bastille Day, but he kept snapping away regardless

Graham Watson captures the action at stage 13 of the 2012 Tour de France

1. André GREIPEL, Lotto-Belisol, in 4:57:59 2. Peter SAGAN, Liquigas-Cannondale, at 0 3. Edvald BOASSON HAGEN, Sky, at 0 4. Sébastien HINAULT, Ag2r La Mondiale, at 0 5. Daryl IMPEY, Orica-GreenEdge, at 0

The big German edges the green jersey with a bike throw at the line

Chris Froome may appear to be the stronger of the two, but team bosses say he must support Bradley Wiggins

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David Millar's road to redemption has been paved with argyle

Casey B. Gibson focuses on stage 12 of the 2012 Tour de France

U.S. Olympians will wear throwback kits in London

Caley Fretz pulls out the microscope for the details on Jean-Christophe Peraud's Tour de France bike

American team stays aggressive after early crashes destroy GC and sprint hopes in France

Bradley Wiggins said he had suffered a slight burn to his arm after being hit with a flare near the end of stage 12

Graham Watson snaps stage 12 of the 2012 Tour de France

Tour leader pushes back at doping questions with blog post outlining his history in the sport, his opposition for doping and what's at stake

David Millar said that his stage 12 Tour de France victory will be a wonderful moment to share with his battered Garmin-Sharp team

The day after losing more time in the Alps, defending champ sees more opportunity to claw back to Wiggins and Froome

Bernie Eisel says that the guys getting dropped on the brutal climbs on stage 11 were praying that the leaders let up their pace.

VeloNews editorial staff's live updates, team twitter feeds, reader's questions answered all in one place

KOM hunter abandons a Tour he called his final

1. David MILLAR, Garmin-Sharp, in 5:42:46 2. Jean-Christophe PERAUD, Ag2r La Mondiale, at 0 3. Egoi MARTINEZ DE ESTEBAN, Euskaltel-Euskadi, at :5 4. Cyril GAUTIER, Europcar, at :5 5. Robert KISERLOVSKI, Astana, at :5

Scotsman wins first Tour stage since 2003, on the anniversary of Tom Simpson's death

World champ is on bottle duty this week as more sprint chances loom

Gesink, Renshaw, Mollema, Petacchi all out of the Tour in the Alps

"Silent Assassin" dropped out of GC contention after bad day in the mountains