Road Racing

At 34, Ivan Basso is back at the Giro where he's won twice before. He hopes he's even better with age

American Taylor Phinney discussed his Giro d'Italia stage 1 win with BrakeThrough Media and VeloNews

Stage 1 of the 2012 Giro d'Italia through the lens of Graham Watson

Twenty-one-year-old wins time trial, becomes just third American to wear Giro leader's jersey

Week in tech: 3T Garmin-compatible stem; supercomputer to design aero bike; SRAM Chain Catcher

After A string of disappointing rides against the clock at grand tours, Rodriguez hopes he can stem that tide in Milan in three weeks

We look at five key stages during this year's Giro d’Italia, which begins in Herning, Denmark on Saturday

Sky's Ben Swift dislocates shoulder training, out of Giro; countryman Jeremy Hunt called up to replace fast man on the eve of the race

Mark Cavendish thinks there are six stages he could win at this year's Giro, and hopes his teammates will also have chances for their own stage wins

Italians hoping for another home win at Giro d'Italia; face stiff foreign challenge

Several Tour de France favorites including Evans spent the week putting in recon miles on the upcoming Tour’s course

Olympic time trial champ solidifies lead ahead of time trial; Sutherland defends his jersey

Italian says he will attack his wide-open home tour, which opens Saturday in Denmark

Tech editor Nick Legan also answers readers' questions about using DOT fluid on carbon and new bike nervousness

Cancellara feels like a cycling tourist; Van den Broeck recons Tour stages; Fränk Schleck aims for Giro top-five

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Sutherland, Armstrong tops in Gila opener

Veteran Volodymir Gustov replaces the injured David Tanner in Saxo Bank's Giro lineup

Lennard Zinn responds to readers' comments from previous columns and offers tools to make your bike fits match

Giro organizers will award Italian the 2011 maglia rosa on Thursday

Michelin Pro4 vs. Kenda Kountach. One of these clinchers corners like a racing tubular, other versatile enough for training and racing

Knee injury keeps Dekker out of Giro; Kreuziger recons pivotal Giro stage; Dehaes out with elbow fracture; Meersman stage hunting at Giro

Struggling through a knee injury and sickness, Australian is ready to break his early-season winless streak in Italy

Our tech editor rounds up a number of items passing through his office, including Barfly’s new Garmin mount and Mavic’s ultra-bright Vision vest

Van Gilder, Murphy lead overall standings after two events

Bradley Wiggins overcomes a mechanical to win the final time trial in Romandie and the overall title

Fränk Schleck to lead RadioShack at 2012 Giro d'Italia

Sprinting star Alessandro Petacchi left off Lampre-ISD's Giro squad, will focus on getting prepared for a return to the Tour

Raleigh has been bought by Dutch company Accell Group; Gold spokes on new Obermeyer wheels?; Split downtube on new Merckx aero frame

Mark Cavendish says he will be hungry to embellish his impressive career-victory tally at the Giro d'Italia

Sanchez is now just 1sec behind Wiggins, who failed to finish in the top ten of the stage

Newly crowned 2011 Giro d’Italia champion Michele Scarponi will be Lampre-ISD’s leader at this year’s edition of the Giro in May.

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Series-leading Spaniard opens second round of the NRC with a stage win

Our tech editor answers questions on bottom bracket height, pressure gauges, budget wheel choices and balancing your hoops

Jonathan Hivert won Thursday's uphill sprint, Bradley Wiggins retained the overall lead

Colnago youngster takes pragmatic stage win in Turkey and hopes for same chance in Italy next month

BMC Racing is aiming for the Giro d'Italia's time trials next month with Taylor Phinney and its leader, Marco Pinotti

Wiggins surprises in bunch sprint to take overall lead in Switzerland

While the advantages of aerodynamic bikes and equipment cannot be denied, Caley Fretz debunks the still-prevalent myths

Two former Giro champions talk Lampre leadership ahead of Italian tour

Goss, Tuft, Haedos among early names headed to Italian grand tour

Team Sky puts three riders into the top-five

Also, bottom bracket paranoia and feet rubbing on the crankarm

American will go back to the Giro to support Hesjedal, build for the Tour after a one-year break

German sprinter returns to podium after tough classics run; Australian wrestles control of the GC

Dutch and French squads among four wildcards for Tour of Spain

Disc brake technology hits the mud circuit in a big way for 2012-13

Luna rider's Sea Otter-winning Orbea big-wheeler

Kazakh wins La Doyenne to give Astana two wins out of three at Ardennes week

Bos triumphant in Tour of Turkey return

SRAM launches latest assault on tri and TT worlds, for budget-minded buyer, with Vuka Alumina aero bars

Rotor introduces a new lightweight crankset with almost universal compatibility, along with new ovalized rings for four-arm MTB spiders

Sven Nys and his team will race new Formula Di2-compatible road disc brakes on 'cross bikes; quick test is very promising

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Tech editor Nick Legan answers questions on technical innovation in the WorldTour, bottom bracket replacement, gearing for wheel changes

New fork-mount repair stand offers light weight, convenience and affordability

Mathias Frank assumed the overall lead from teammate Taylor Phinney at Wednesday's mountainous Trentino stage

Spaniard calls first classics win his best day

American wins first career World Cup atop the Mur de Huy

The Velo tech crew reports early impressions of Bianchi’s electronic-equipped top-end road model

Tech writer Caley Fretz puts Ultegra electronic to the test and measures it against big brother Dura-Ace, with surprising results

Lennard Zinn responds to the pounds of me he received after last week’s story of tire cleaning-gone wrong

Emotional win for Movistar one year after tragic death of Xavier Tondo

Freire escapes late, but Gasparotto pushes the favorites aside on the Cauberg to open Ardennes week

Javi Moreno (Movistar) rode into a 24-rider lead group to take the overall victory at Vuelta a Castilla y León

Americans first to podium at U23 Liège-Bastogne-Liège

Spaniard wins stage 2 and assumes control with Sunday's finale looming

Fitness giant Icon Health & Fitness sues Garmin, Strava and more over patent infringment; new wheels from Enve; new classics bike roundup

Friday the 13th brought good luck to Manuel Cardoso, who delivered a big win in Friday’s opener at the Vuelta a Castilla y León

Canadian levels on a quiet spring and being patient ahead of the hilly classics and a run at the Giro overall

Also: draining water from rims

Company cites complex design requirements in fourth release delay

Thomas Voeckler piloted his Colnago C59 to eighth at the Tour of Flanders and a win on Wednesday at De Brabantse Pijl

Frenchman wins Ardennes prelude with bold solo attack

The UCI should rewrite the technical rulebook to free up innovation and benefit riders, manufacturers and fans

Startlist for the 2012 Giro d'Italia