Road Racing

Team Astana’s Alexander Vinokourov said Friday that winning the Tour de France was a dream for him, but it’s not any longer.

Munich's Six-Day track event is facing permanent cancellation due to the lack of crowds despite the event's 46-year history, organizers admitted Friday.

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Zack Vestal brings readers along on a photo tour of the Time carbon fiber frame factory.

Haimar Zubeldia concedes it will be difficult to beat ex-teammate Alberto Contador in this year’s Tour de France.

The route for the Giro d’Italia’s opening time trial will take in some of the highlights of Amsterdam when the season’s first Grand Tour begins May 8.

Zack Vestal takes readers on a photo tour of three Mavic facilities in France.

From Slime to Stan's, LZ examines sealant options for road and cyclocross tires

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Spring 2010 cycling apparel from SmartWool touts that it keeps you cool when it's warm and warm when it's cool.

Production of Intense Cycles' 4x/slalom Tazer VP will be limited to one batch of frames for 2010.

A look at George Hincapie's new BMC racemaster SLX01, set up for winter training in South Carolina.

Lukas Flückiger (Trek) wins the Swiss cyclocross championship.

Hanka Kupfernagel (Radsport Rhein-Neckar) and Philipp Walsleben (BKCP-Powerplus) triumph at the German national cyclocross championships.

Lars Boom (Rabobank) and Daphny van den Brand claim the elite titles at the Dutch cyclocross championships.

Zdenek Stybar wins the Czech Republic's cyclocross championships

Francis Mourey (Française des Jeux) wins his fifth French cyclocross championship.

Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet-Colnago) wins his seventh Belgian cyclocross championship.

2010 Giro d'Italia stage 3 photos by Graham Watson

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Pedro Horrillo – the Spanish rider who survived a harrowing fall in last year’s Giro d’Italia – said he will not try to mount a comeback.

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Technical editor Zack Vestal looks at gear for those days when it's too chilly for shorts and too warm for tights.

In an outtake from the 2010 VeloNews Buyer's Guide, our tech staff takes a look at some of the new offerings from Sampson Sports, including a road group that competes on weight with SRAM Red.

SRAM and wheel builder Zipp announced their support of two-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador’s team

With most of us hanging up our `cross bikes for the year, Lennard Zinn details those steps necessary to protect your tires.

Three-time world champion Oscar Freire will ride the Giro d'Italia for the first time in his career this May.

Tom Scully (John Trevorrow Cycles-Chifley Hotel) wins Stage 3 of the Jayco Bay Cycling Classic while Chris Sutton (Skilled-Lowe Farms) displaces Graeme Brown (Urban) as overall leader.

Greg Henderson (Mazda) wins stage 2 of the 2010 Jayco Bay Cycling Classic. Graeme Brown (Urban) keeps the overall lead.

Zdenek Stybar (Telenet-Fidea) wins the Fidea Cyclocross Tervuren in Belgium.

Defending champion Graeme Brown (Urban) wins the opening stage of the 2010 Jayco Bay Cycling Classic in Geelong, Australia.

Beginning next month, Skins' full range of compression clothing will be the competitive cycling apparel used by USA Cycling racers in mountain, road, track and cyclocross.

2010 Giro d'Italia results

Bradley Wiggins, racing for the new Team Sky, will be among the big names at the 2010 Giro.

2010 Collegiate Road Season Galleries

Tips for a special, extra-sealed installation of Gore cables.

2010 Giro d'Italia, stage 14 results

2010 Giro d'Italia, stage 20 results

2010 Giro d'Italia, stage 18 results

2010 Giro d'Italia, stage 16 results

2010 Giro d'Italia, stage 15 results

2010 Giro d'Italia, stage 13 results

2010 Giro d'Italia stage 17 photos

2010 Giro d'Italia stage 13 photos

2010 Giro d'Italia stage 16 photos

This holiday season, VeloNews is bringing you three galleries of some of photographer Graham Watson's best shots from the 2009 Grand Tours. Last week we brought you Watson's Vuelta a Espana gallery and earlier this week we presented his Giro d'Italia gallery. Today you can unwrap a gallery from the Tour de France. Enjoy.

Don't sweat it: Deuter's Race EXP Air is engineered to not only carry agua and gear, but to keep you from getting too sweaty.

This holiday season, VeloNews is bringing you three galleries of some of photographer Graham Watson's best shots from the 2009 Grand Tours.Last week we brought you Watson's Vuelta a Espana gallery and today you can unwrap a gallery from the Giro d'Italia. Watch for the Tour de France gallery in coming days. Happy Holidays.

Xavier Tondo, joins Cervélo to provide Carlos Sastre with the type of support he was so sorely missing in last year’s Giro.

World champion Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) takes the lead of the Superprestige cyclocross series from Sven Nys Landbouwkrediet-Colnago) after the Belgian champion suffers a mechanical and drops out of the race.

Team RadioShack’s riders spent part of their Tucson training camp getting familiar with each other and with their new 2010 Trek Madone 6-Series bikes.

Kevin Pauwels (Fidea Telenet) and Marianne Vos (DSB Bank) won the seventh round of the UCI’s World Cup cyclocross series in Zolder, Belgium, on Saturday.

AFP rates the return of Lance Armstrong and his often-tense relationship with teammate Alberto Contador as the top story of the year.

A gallery of the new RadioShack team bikes

This holiday season, VeloNews is bringing you three galleries of some of photographer Graham Watson's best shots from the 2009 Grand Tours. Today you can unwrap a gallery from the Vuelta a Espana. Watch for galleries from the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France in coming days. Happy Holidays.

Mark Cavendish says his goals next year will be much as they were this year: win and win a lot.

Cyclocross veterans Sven Nys and Daphny Van den Brand scored wins a rough and snowy pre-Christmas UCI World Cup race in Kalmthout, Belgium, on Sunday.

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Danny Summerhill (Garmin-Transitions) wins the U23 race at the Lichtervelde cyclocross.

Spaniard Carlos Sastre, winner of the 2008 Tour de France, will compete in the 2010 Giro d'Italia.

With their low cost and wee stature, mini multi-tools offer enough trailside function to help get you home — and they'll fit into that bike fiend's stocking real easy.

Italy's anti-doping prosecutor on Thursday asked the Italian Olympic Committee's anti-doping tribunal to hit former Giro d’Italia winner Danilo Di Luca with a three-year ban. Di Luca tested positive for the banned blood-booster EPO twice during May's Giro, in which he finished second behind Russian Denis Menchov.

Riders and teams reacted with enthusiasm to the route chosen for the 2010 Vuelta a España.

Officials announce 2010 Vuelta route and unveil new red leader's jersey.

It's not too late to shop for (or ask for) a few special somethings for Christmas. Here are some new products we've come across.

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Details of the season’s third grand tour will be revealed Wednesday during a ceremony in Sevilla, Spain.

Reigning world champion Cadel Evans has confirmed that he will ride the Giro d’Italia for the first time in eight years next May.

Lennard Zinn offers a few more thoughts on the subject of brake chatter on cyclocross bikes.

VeloNews technical editor Zack Vestal tries out Gore's latest version of its Ride-on cables, and shares installation tips in a video.

When it comes to choosing the right kit for a cold cyclocross race, Ryan Trebon makes a few basic items go a long way.

UCI World Cup leader Katie Compton (Planet Bike) won her sixth straight cyclocross national championship and Tim Johnson (Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com) collected his third during the USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships Sunday in Bend, Oregon.

When the ’crossing gets cold, Katie Compton turns up the heat with soft, warm and versatile clothing.

Summerhill wins U23 title as nearly 500 riders compete across six divisions on penultimate day of USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Championships

Two-time world champion Sarah Hammer set a new U.S. record in the individual pursuit Friday, clocking a 3:27.5 in qualifying rounds at the World Cup track event in Cali, Columbia.

Juniors and masters lined up to compete at cyclocross national championships in Bend, Oregon, on Friday.

More than 500 competitors opened the USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships on Thursday in Bend, Oregon, in conditions no less than 100 degrees cooler than when the USA Cycling National Road Championships took place in Bend last July. Things warmed up to nearly freezing however before five national titles were awarded in the 55 and over master men’s age divisions on the first of four days of competition.

Giro d'Italia race director Angelo Zomegnan met Thursday with Washington mayor Adrian Fenty about possibly starting the cycling classic in the U.S. capital in 2012.