Road Racing

Angel Vicioso Arcos (Andalucia Cajasur) wins the 61st Grand Prix Llodio.

Tech editor Zack Vestal unearths some road goodies from the recently concluded Sea Otter.

UnitedHealthcare's Rory Sutherland takes the prologue at La Vuelta de Bisbee.

Alberto Contador might not be racing much between Sunday’s conclusion of Liège-Bastogne-Liège and July’s Tour de France, but that doesn’t mean he won’t be busy.

Vinokourov takes overall at Trentino

Singletrack.com's Zack Vestal brings you a few last bits of choice tech from this year's Sea Otter Classic.

Bertolini surprises sprinters at Trentino

Cervelo TestTeam's Emma Pooley won the Fléche Wallonne Féminine in Belgium Wednesday, finishing with an eight-second gap ahead of three-time winner Nicole Cooke (Great Britain) and Emma Johansson (Redsun Cycling Team).

Ricco wins stage at Trentino

BMC's Cadel Evans wins 2010 Flèche Wallonne

Astana's Alexander Vinokourov won the first stage of the Giro del Trentino in northern Italy on Tuesday.

Lennard Zinn tries out the new budget-friendly SRAM Apex group on the roads of Laguna Seca.

Francois Parisien (Spidertech-Planet Energy) powered away from a four-man breakaway in the final 300 meters of stage 2 at the Vuelta Mexico Telmex Monday to take his first UCI win of 2010. Parisien dropped his break companions, who included new overall leader Francisco Mancebo (Rock Racing) and Valeriy Kobzarenko (Team Type 1), on the upper reaches of the steep finish ramp in the town of Xalapa.

2010 Air Force Academy weekend results

About 15 miles past the halfway point of the 124-mile Tour of the Battenkill in Upstate New York, Caleb Fairly peered down at his mud-splattered Holowesko Partners kit and thought to himself how cool it looked.

Italy's Giovanni Visconti won the Presidential Tour of Turkey Sunday, triumphing in an eight-stage, 1,232-kilometer race from Istanbul to the Mediterranean resort of Alanya.

Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) shoots away from an elite group to win the Amstel Gold Race.

Astana's Alberto Contador kept his pre-Tour de France preparations on track by winning the Tour of Castilla y Leon for the third time in his career Sunday.

Fly V Australia’s Ben Kersten and Roosters' Nichole Wangsgard prevail in the hard-fought Sunny King NRC race in Alabama.

Rookie Elia Viviani (Liquigas) snagged his second pro victory Saturday at the Tour of Turkey after a finish-line crash derailed the HTC-Columbia train.

Alberto Contador (Astana) did what he didn’t do in Friday’s summit finish, winning Saturday’s 15.1km individual time trial at the Vuelta a Castilla y León and taking the overall leader’s jersey.

Greipel won his fourth stage in six days at the Turkey tour, out-kicking Italians Davide Cimolai (Liquigas) and Manuel Belletti (CSF) to snatch the sprint victory after a wild finale in the 194km stage from Fethiye to Finike. American Tejay Van Garderen finished seven seconds back, but remains second overall, now 23 seconds in arrears

It’s been a long time coming, but Basque climber Igor Antón finally scored another mountaintop victory on Spanish roads in Friday’s summit finish at the Vuelta a Castilla y León ahead of pre-race favorite Alberto Contador (Astana).

André Greipel sprinted to victory in Thursday’s fifth and longest stage at the Tour of Turkey while HTC-Columbia teammate Tejay Van Garderen remains second overall.

Theo Bos (Cervélo) sprinted to his second consecutive victory in Thursday’s longest stage at the Vuelta a Castilla y León in northern Spain.

RadioShack’s Sébastien Rosseler won Wednesday’s Brabantse Pijl out of a three-man breakaway in Belgium.

Tejay Van Garderen just missed victory in Wednesday’s 207km fourth stage at the Presidential Tour of Turkey and slotted into second overall at 16 seconds back.

Theo Bos (Cervélo) kicked to victory in the opening stage of the 25th Vuelta a Castilla y León in a windy, cool stage across the meseta of northern Spain.

Tech editor Zack Vestal looks at the bikes of Paris-Roubaix before they were subjected to a beating on the cobbles.

If moderate heat doesn't pose a problem for carbon fiber, how about cold and big temperature fluctuations?

2010 Colorado College weekend results

The battle for Rocky Mountain Conference individual and team omnium points was in full swing this weekend at Colorado College’s Classic Criterium and Cheyenne Canyon Hill Climb.

In the last weekend before conference championships, the Atlantic Conference traveled to Clarksburg, West Virginia, for races hosted by West Virginia University.

HTC Columbia's Andre Greipel takes a stage 2 sprint win and retains his overall lead at the Tour of Turkey, while young American Tejay Van Garderen finished safely in the pack to retain second place.

Jonathan Cantwell (Fly V Australia) punched his ticket Sunday at the Dana Point Grand Prix, taking the bunch sprint in the $15,000 National Racing Calendar criterium.

VeloNews technical editor Zack Vestal spends Paris-Roubaix with the Mavic neutral support crew.

Mavic neutral support works to keep riders on the road during the Hell of the North.

American Lawson Craddock takes third in the juniors race at Paris-Roubaix.

Cervélo's Thor Hushovd finishes second and Brit Roger Hammond beats out two-time winner Tom Boonen for fourth — a good Paris-Roubaix, the team says.

An ill-timed crash on the cobbles undoes Tyler Farrar's Paris-Roubaix.

Lennard talks to a reader skeptical that lower tire pressure could improve rolling resistance

Crashes and close calls mark Paris-Roubaix for nine North American riders competing in Sunday’s “Hell of the North.”

Fabian Cancellara wins Paris-Roubaix.

Anna Barensfeld won Sasturday's Tour of the Battenkill Pro/Am womens race, outsprinting Silke Wunderwald (Kenda Systems) to win the 100-kilometer race in 3:08:33. Arielle Fillberti was third 26 seconds later.

American Tejay Van Garderen slotted in second behind his HTC-Columbia teammate Andre Greipel at Sunday's Tour of Turkey prologue.

Uberti, Klofta qualify for NVGP with Hillsboro wins

The riders of Team Sky are among a fortunate few whose bike sponsor attacked early in the season to equip them with brand new bikes for Paris-Roubaix

When the cameras roll on Sunday at Paris-Roubaix, keep your eyes peeled. Lazer Helmets and Oakley eyewear both have new accessories that will appear on sponsored riders.

Brad White (UnitedHealthcare) stomped up the Cove Road grade Saturday morning to open the Dana Point Grand Prix weekend with a time trial win.

RadioShack riders will be lining up on bikes uniquely prepared for the world’s toughest single-day bike race.

There’s no question Thor Hushovd would like to be in with a chance to win Paris-Roubaix on Sunday. By all accounts his Cervélo TestTeam has done everything possible to make his ride as successful as it can be, starting with his bike.

After knocking on the door all season long, Luís León Sánchez (Caisse d’Epargne) finally got the stage-race victory he’s been looking for.

Chris Horner survived Friday’s wild rollercoaster across the Basque hills to set himself up for an exciting, final-day time trial showdown against Alejandro Valverde with the overall title of the grueling Vuelta al País Vasco (Tour of the Basque Country) on the line Saturday.

Specialized is letting a new Roubaix bike be seen under Saxo Bank star Fabian Cancellara this week in Belgium.

Singletrack.com's Zach White has no complaints when it comes to Fox's Ventilator Shorts — and he loves to complain.

Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (HTC-Columbia) on Thursday took her third straight win in the Drentse 8 van Dwingeloo in Holland, the first event in the Drenthe race series.

A look at Paris-Roubaix bikes tested at Scheldeprijs this week by HTC-Columbia, Milram, Saxo Bank and Garmin-Transitions.

Euskaltel's Samuel Sanchez won the fourth stage of the Tour of the Basque Country on Thursday.

Before the midday start in Antwerp, we got a (very) quick look at his Felt F1. With only a few minutes to spare, team mechanic Andrea Bisogno set Farrar’s bike apart for a few photographs.

2010 Classics bike galleries

Francesco Gavazzi (Lampre) wins the third stage of Vuelta a País Vasco.

Garmin-Transitions' sprinter Tyler Farrar has won the 98th edition of the Scheldeprijs Vlaanderen in Belgium.

The heavy favorite for Sunday’s Tour of Flanders did everything right and his Eddy Merckx EMX-5 bicycle, free of mechanical problems, followed suit.

Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d’Epargne) won Tuesday’s stage at the Vuelta al País Vasco, this time without a protest, at least not from his part.

Luís León Sánchez (Caisse d’Epargne) came up first in the opening stage of the Circuit de la Sarthe on Tuesday in France.

Chipped clear-coat, tire blow-outs and more; Zinn fields question on a host of common issues encountered by riders.

2010 UCLA Race results

Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Transitions) sprinted to fourth as Oscar Freire (Rabobank) darted to an apparent victory in Monday’s opener Tour of the Basque Country (Vuelta ciclista al Pais Vasco in Spanish) in northern Spain, only to see judges award the win to Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d’Epargne).

Riccardo Riccò (Flaminia) wins a second stage as Michele Scarponi (Androni) wraps up overall victory at the Setmana Lombarda.

Juan José Haedo (Saxo Bank) pips André Greipel (HTC-Columbia) in the Rund um Köln.

Dean Podgornik (Loborika) wins the 23rd Tour du Maroc in a closely fought battle with Team Type 1's Valeriy Kobzarenko.

Replay of live coverage for 2010 Tour of Flanders

Fabian Cancellara was obviously the strongest man in the Tour of Flanders, and his Specialized Tarmac SL3 was equally up to the task, despite one small technical difficulty.

Grace Verbeke (Lotto) wins the women’s Tour of Flanders.

Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank) solos to victory in the 2010 Tour of Flanders.

A couple of days before the Tour of Flanders, a few ProTour teams pulled into Kortrijk, Belgium to set up camp and begin preparing for the race.

The VeloNews crew spots two pairs of Bontrager wheel prototypes in the team parking lot.

Just a few days in advance of the Tour of Flanders, BMC Racing Team chief mechanic Ian Sherburne assembled a new race bike for team captain George Hincapie. Friday marked Hincapie’s first look at the new rig, the bike he hopes will take him across the Flanders finish line first.

Bbox has enjoyed an excellent four-week run, with a stage victory by William Bonnet at Paris-Nice, a stage victory and the overall at Critérium International with Pierrick Fédrigo and two stage victories to open the Three Days of De Panne this week.

We can barely keep pace with the ongoing roll out of new cycling products. Fortunately the manufacturers are telling us about gear that’s available in bike shops right now (or very soon), so you can get tricked out and on the road for spring pronto.