Road Racing

Lennard Zinn presents a few must-have items for the hardmen of cycling.

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Jeremy Powers (Rapha-Focus) wrapped up a weekend of winning in Bend on Sunday, taking the final race of the Deschutes Brewery Cup weekend and taking home the 2011 Exergy U.S. Gran Prix of Cyclocross title.

Katerina Nash (Luna) did the double in Bend, sweeping the Deschutes Brewery Cup weekend and taking home the 2011 Exergy U.S. Gran Prix of Cyclocross title.

Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet) won a thriller on Sunday at the Vlaamse Druivencross in Overijse.

Katie Compton (Rabobank-Giant) won her second race of the weekend on Sunday, taking a muddy Vlaamse Druivencross in Overijse.

Former teammates Jeremy Powers (Rapha-Focus) and Tim Johnson (Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com) fought a battle royal at day one of the Deschutes Brewery Cup, with Powers taking the victory on Saturday in Bend, Oregon.

Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet) soloed to victory in the Fidea Scheldecross Antwerp on Saturday.

Katie Compton (Rabobank-Giant) fought her way back from a pair of early mechanicals to win the Fidea Scheldecross Antwerp on Saturday.

As a cyclist shaving your legs is a right of passage. For men, it’s a commitment to your sport

The best winter gear from Mavic, Rapha, and Pearl Izumi

Plus: loud freewheels, how the pros keep their shoes fresh and clean and if pros train fixed in the off-season

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Hiding Campy electric's battery, BB compatibility and more on spoke tension.

The French island of Corsica will host the first three stages of the centenary edition of the Tour de France in 2013.

American Sarah Hammer won a pair of medals last week during the second round of the UCI Track World Cup in Cali, Colombia.

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Laura Van Gilder (C3-Mellow Mushroom) and Luke Keough (Champion System-Keough Cyclocross) on Sunday clinched the overall titles in the inaugural Shimano New England Professional Cyclocross Series presented by Verge.

Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb-Revor) finally shed himself of rival Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet) and soloed to victory on Saturday as the cyclocross World Cup came to Igorre, Spain.

Andrea Smith (LadiesFirst Racing) and Luke Keough (Champion System-Keough Cyclocross) each won by a whisker on Saturday as the final weekend of the Shimano New England Professional Cyclocross Series kicked off with a bang.

The trick is in the b-tension screw

Michelin says it's created a tire that not only corners better and rolls faster, but is also more durable.

Shimano Dura-Ace mechanical is going 11-speed, sources confirm.

Lennard Zinn takes questions on Belgian Tape, wide rims for tubulars and carbon braking surfaces.

Shoes are a vital contact point between rider and bike, and cheap ones rarely make the cut. Scott Road Teams do, but only just.

Laura Van Gilder (C3-Mellow Mushroom) and Dylan McNicholas (Cyclocrossworld.com) picked up big UCI victories on Sunday at the finale of the Bay State Cyclocross Weekend.

Tim Johnson (Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com) finally got that elusive win on Sunday at the finale to the three-race Jingle Cross Rock weekend — and he got it aboard a disc-brake-equipped bike.

If Kevin Pauwels had hoped to use the Superprestige at Gieten to avenge himself for Saturday's World Cup defeat at the hands of Sven Nys, he was in for a disappointment.

World champion Marianne Vos (Nederland Bloeit) turned the tables on Daphny van den Brand (AA Drink-Leontien.nl) on Sunday, winning a muddy Superprestige race at Gieten after finishing second to her countrywoman at Saturday's World Cup in Koksijde.

Teal Stetson-Lee (California Giant-Specialized) and U.S. national champion Todd Wells (Specialized) won round two of the three-race Jingle Cross Rock weekend on Saturday in Iowa.

Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet) used his brains as well as his legs to win the World Cup stop in Koksijde on Saturday.

Daphny van den Brand won the World Cup stop in Koksijde on Saturday.

Jamey Driscoll and Meredith Miller won day one of the three-day Carousel Volkswagen Jingle Cross Rock on Friday at the Johnson County Fairgrounds in Iowa City, Iowa.

Quick-change saddle device, windproof tights and a mechanic's mistakes.

Tour de France officials confirmed Thursday that the centenary edition of the French race will begin on Corsica in 2013

Lennard Zinn takes questions on spoke tension, dish and lubing spoke threads.

U.S. cyclists earned 24 medals — nine gold, 11 silver and four bronze — during the eight-day Parapan American Games.

With Oakley’s Transition lenses tech editor Nick Legan has found the solution to his epic-ride eyewear issues.

Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb-Revor) exploded out of a lead group with just over two laps remaining to win round four of the Superprestige series on Sunday in Gavere.

While most locals were probably not finished with breakfast, Dutchwoman Sanne Van Paassen was busy winning another of the crown jewels of Belgian cyclocross, the famously difficult — for its hills and mud —fourth round of the Superprestige series in Asper-Gavere.

Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb-Revor) edges Zdenek Stybar (Quick Step) to win the GVA Trofee Hasselt and confirm his overall lead in the series.

A look at Campagnolo's 20-year effort to bring electric shifting to market

Cleat lube, dream wheels, fixie conversions and more.

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Jeremy Powers (Rapha-Focus) did the double at Derby City on Sunday, winning back-to-back in Louisville, Kentucky.

Katie Compton (Rabobank-Giant) won her second Derby City Cup on Sunday, sweeping the weekend's racing in Louisville, Kentucky.

World champion Zdenek Stybar (Quick Step) rode a huge group of favorites off his wheel and soloed to victory in the Superprestige Hamme-Zogge on Sunday.

Kristin Gavin (Team CF) and Weston Schempf (C3-Athletes Serving Athletes) soloed to victory on Saturday in round 10 of the Mid-Atlantic Cyclocross Series.

Jeremy Powers (Rapha-Focus) won a thrilling two-man battle with Ryan Trebon (LTS-Felt) to claim the Derby City Cup on Saturday in Louisville, Kentucky.

Katie Compton (Rabobank-Giant) overpowered the field to claim the Derby City Cup on Saturday in Louisville, Kentucky.

Francis Mourey (FdJ) and Lucie Chainel-Lefevre (CC Etupes) won the 34th Nommay Cyclocross on Friday in France.

With everyone talking that the 2012 Tour de France is a route ideal for time trialists who can climb, there's one name that's missing from the early hype: Fabian Cancellara.

The VeloNews tech crew and the Selle Italia saddles they like

Team tactics, chain lengths, choosing a new bike and more

Still riding the vapors of its most successful Tour de France ever, Garmin-Cervélo will take on next year's grande boucle with even higher ambitions.

Inside and out. On the road and on the workstand: Lennard's in-depth look at Campy's electric groups.

Campy surprises with two electric groups, with one-push cassette sweep.

Nick shares his favorite handlebars for various shift lever designs.

We’ve seen what the system looks like on the Movistar Pinarellos, but we don’t know many details.

We're just two storms into winter here in Boulder and I’m already a big fan of the Winter IIs.

Emily Batty (Subaru-Trek) and Chris Sheppard (Rocky Mountain-Shimano) grabbed the gold in the elite women and men’s categories at Saturday’s Canadian national cyclocross championships.

Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb-Revor) bested world champion Zdenek Stybar (Quick Step) at the Cyclocross GVA Trofee Ronse on Sunday.

Ryan Trebon (LTS-Felt) and Katie Compton (Rabobank) rode to victory in day two of the Cincy3 Cyclocross Festival, on a course that was very much different from Friday's opener.

Katie Compton and Jeremy Powers are becoming synonymous with the Cincy3 Cyclocross Festival, both notching day-one wins on Friday's rain-softened UCI-C2 course in Devou Park.

LEON, Spain (VN) — The route for the 2012 Vuelta a España will likely return to Spain's Basque Country as well as the Pyrénées.

Team income, degreaser tips, wide q-factors and more.

This racing may be more accurately compared to the spring’s Tour of Flanders more than a Belgian cyclocross race

Pedal platforms, Belgian tape & more

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Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) and Sanne Van Paassen (Brainwash) won the Superprestige stop in Zonhoven on Sunday.

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Cannondale unveils its new SuperX disc prototype frame

Three food/drink manufacturers have new products out that have caught Nick Legan's attention

Trek is recalling approximately 27,000 bicycles because of faulty seat clamp bolts on affected seat posts.

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Carbon handlebar lifespan, long-lasting tires, mechanical sabotage & more

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PARIS (AFP) — The UCI announced Wednesday that no doping positives have emerged from the Tour of Spain after samples from the entire peloton underwent scrutiny.

Lennard zinn takes a look back at some of the coolest bikes at Italy's Padua bike show this fall.