Road Racing

Casey B. Gibson snaps the action at day three of the UCI track world championships.

José Joaquín Rojas finds that elusive win at the Tour of Catalunya.

Fränk Schleck climbs to victory in a wild opener at the Critérium International.

Fabian Cancellara solos to victory in the E3 Prijs Harelbeke.

APELDOORN, Netherlands (AFP) - Collated results from the third day of the world track cycling championships on Friday:

APELDOORN, Netherlands (AFP) ─ France's Gregory Bauge won the world sprint title after beating Britain's Jason Kenny 2-0 in the final of the blue riband event of the world track cycling championships Friday.

APELDOORN, Netherlands (AFP) - American Sarah Hammer launched a stunning fighback to defend her 3km pursuit title against New Zealand's Alison Shanks at the world track cycling championships Friday.

APELDOORN, Netherlands (AFP) - World record holder Jack Bobridge continued Australia's domination of the world track cycling championships Thursday when he claimed his maiden pursuit gold medal.

APELDOORN, Netherlands (AFP) - Australia's Jack Bobridge coasted to victory over New Zealander Jesse Sergent in the final of the men's individual pursuit at the world track cycling championships Thursday.

APELDOORN, Netherlands (AFP) - Collated results from the second day of the world track cycling championships on Thursday:

APELDOORN, Netherlands, March 24, 2011 (AFP) — Britain won the women's team pursuit gold medal after dominating the United States in the final at the world track cycling championships on Thursday.

The positive clenbuterol test of Tour de France winner Alberto Contador has consumed the cycling world since its announcement in September. While he's never tested positive before, Contador's career has been affected almost from its start by doping allegations — often against others.

Time trial follow cars, just how qualified IS my local bike mechanic, and what the heck is an 'ice sock?'

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Alessandro Petacchi's Wilier

APELDOORN, Netherlands (AFP) - Australia produced a team pursuit master class to beat Russia and defend their crown here at the 2011 world track cycling championships Wednesday.

ROME (AFP) — Italian Claudio Corioni (Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo) claimed the 194km second stage of the Settimana Coppi e Bartali to Rovigo on Wednesday as compatriot Roberto Ferrari (Androni Giocattoli-Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni) claimed the overall lead with a third place finish.

The devil is in the details: Nick Legan tries Arundel's bottle cages and seat bag

ROME (AFP) Italian Emanuele Sella of the Androni team is the leader of the Settimana Coppi e Bartali following the first two stages in Riccione on Tuesday.

PARIS (AFP) - Britain, France and Australia will be among the nations expected to give an early glimpse of their Olympic potential for London 2012 at the track cycling world championships this week.

MADRID (AFP) - Latvia's Gatis Smukulis of HTC-Highroad won the first stage of the Tour of Catalonia, a 166.9-kilometre (103.5-mile) ride that started and ended in Lloret de Mar on Monday.

France's FMB makes, by hand, the tires prized by the cobbled classics stars.

Caley Fretz snaps the action in Boulder and Laramie as the Rocky Mountain Collegiate Cycling Conference gets its 2011 season under way.

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Thomas Voeckler wins the 34th edition of Cholet-Pays de Loire, round two of the Coupe de France.

Korea’s Park Sung Baek sprints to victory in the Taipei City Criterium, stage one of the Tour de Taiwan.

Adam Phelan wins the prologue in the Tour de Taiwan and dons the leader’s yellow jersey.

Lieuwe Westra wins the Classic Loire-Atlantique.

Matthew Goss outkicks Fabian Cancellara and Phillipe Gilbert to win Milan-San Remo in a thrilling eight-up sprint.

A close look at the new Specialized Venge aero bike Cavendish and others will ride Saturday

Classics wheels, roof-rack hierarchy and team car inventory

Specialized jumps into the aero road bike fray with a new bike to debut under Mark Cavendish at Milan-San Remo

Why the latest Cancellara mechanical doping story is even more stupid than the first

Geert Steegmans (Quick Step) took a much-needed confidence-boosting victory Wednesday at the Nokere-Koerse semi-classic in Belgium.

Vibration relief, wide-range gearing options and nano health

SAN BENEDETTO DEL TRONTO, Italy (VN) - World time trial champion Fabian Cancellara (Leopard-Trek) capped a week in Italy with a stage win on the final day of Tirreno-Adriatico Tuesday. Cadel Evans (BMC Racing) defended his maglia azzura with a solid ride to earn his place atop the final podium.

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Cadel Evans weathered a late storm to consolidate his Tirreno-Adriatico lead with an impressive victory on stage 6 of the Italian race on Monday.

Or maybe not. The UCI clarifies its rule on time trial shifters, causing some team mechanics to get creative

AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France, March 11, 2011 (AFP) - German Tony Martin of HTC-Highroad hammered home his victory intentions in the Paris-Nice by winning the sixth stage time trial to take command of the race lead on Friday.

Vuelta a España officials said they will release their wild-card invitations to the 2011 edition in May and suggested it may follow the lead taken by the Giro d’Italia, which recently invited five extra teams to the corsa rosa.

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Frames from five manufacturers are the first to get UCI approval

Nick talks about flying with bikes and takes a few questions about shoes and cleats.

RadioShack’s Andreas Kloden positioned himself for overall victory at Paris-Nice after taking a stage victory in Thursday’s 193km fifth stage ahead Samuel Sanchez.

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A day after just falling short in a breakaway effort, French national champion Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) got in right with victory in Wednesday’s 191km seven-climb fourth stage at Paris-Nice when a four-man breakaway stayed clear of the fast-chasing peloton.

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Denis Menchov's Team Geox Fuji

Lennard takes questions on the safety of breathing carbon fiber dust and premature bottom bracket wear

Matt Goss (HTC-Highroad) snagged the yellow jersey after he sliced his way past a crash to win Tuesday’s third stage at Paris-Nice.

Tejay Van Garderen (HTC-Highroad) will eventually get to the Tour de France, but the question now for the second-year pro is when.

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AMILLY, France (AFP) - New Zealand's Greg Henderson of the Sky team won a sprint finish on Monday to take the second stage of Paris-Nice.

Angelo Zomegnan wants the 2011 Giro d’Italia to be bigger than ever and it will be, at least this year.

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RadioShack sweeps the GC podium as RadioShack's Jesse Sergent wins the Three Days of West Flanders.

Alberto Contador calls the Giro d’Italia his first major goal of the season as he waits to learn whether he'll be able to try for a fourth Tour de France title July 2-24.

Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (HTC-Highroad) wins stage three of the Merco Credit Union Cycling Classic as Alison Starnes (Peanut Butter & Co.) holds the overall lead.

Rocky Mountain Bicycles is recalling about 325 'cross bikes because the steerer tube can fail.

HTC-Highroad's John Degenkolb sprints to victory in stage one of the Three Days of West Flanders as Jesse Sergent and two RadioShack teammates top the overall standings.

PARIS (AFP) — Britain's Mark Cavendish has been given a potential boost by organisers of the Tour de France after they announced changes Friday to the rules concerning the race's points competition.

Amanda Miller is on a hot streak. The new HTC-Highroad rider scored her second win in a week Thursday in stage 1 of the Merco Credit Union Cycling Classic near Merced, California. A half hour later, Robert Britton led a Bissell podium sweep in the men’s race.

The varying roles for race follow cars, pros changing their own tubies, and Nick's favorite workstand, revealed.

New cyclocross and road gear from the component giant

Hutchinson explains why Lance's tires were probably UCI-compliant and Lennard answers more questions about stack-and-reach, Di2 brakes and more

Coach Neal Henderson answers a reader who wonders if, in the age of wattage meters, training by heart rate still makes sense.

No fewer than nine defending champions will line up for Australia at the world track cycling championships later this month in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, Cycling Australia announced Tuesday.