Road Racing

Odd TTTs and impressive climbing from the sport's future stars.

A beginner's guide to understanding whether a gravel bike is ready to ditch the inner tubes.

Laura Tomasi and Lonneke Uneken round out the podium, but nobody can match Wiebes.

Frenchman to undergo further scans on Thursday but initial assessment offers hope.

Evenepoel hit a pre-Vuelta training camp in Calpe to get used to Spain's summer heat and humidity.

World champion's exit leaves Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl down to six riders to defend red.

The peloton sizzles in the heat of southern Spain.

Evenepoel is in pole position to become Belgium's first grand tour winner since Johan De Muynck won the Giro d'Italia in 1978.

Race leader Remco Evenepoel loses a key helper after world champion transported away in an ambulance.

McNulty on bad luck: 'It's been a really good season. it's hard now, but I hope to get back to winning soon.'

As was the case in the Tour de France, Dutchman again gets unexpected opportunity.

Bora-Hansgrohe rider says he has 'no way of knowing' how he got infected but describes being able to smell the breath of fans as the peloton rides by.

The BikeExchange-Jayco rider is the 16th to leave with COVID-19 since the race began.

It's a day for the sprinters by the looks of it.

The Belgian expands his lead at the top of the overall classification.

Newly-crowned European champion beats Karlijn Swinkels and Audrey Cordon-Ragot in Lelystad.

Team tactics said to be shifting as points scoring more important than trying to win the biggest races in relegation survival.

Bennett returned a positive test with just an hour until his stage 10 time trial effort.

Zinn dives into SRAM electronic groupset inter-compatibility and tries to get to the bottom of one of the most frustrating sources of flats.

Yates climbs into fifth overall while Craddock hits his second top-10 of the 2022 Vuelta.

Ineos Grenadiers gets three into top 10 in stage 10 time trial after strong showing in Alicante.

With his first career grand tour stage win in the bag, Evenepoel and Quick-Step turn their attention to finishing off the 2022 Vuelta.

Three-time defending champion moves up, but cedes 48 seconds and drops to 2:41 back.

The Belgian expands his lead at the top of the overall classification.

The Irishman pulled out of the Spanish grand tour ahead of his time trial start.

Colombian climber struggling to meet expectations: 'I feel like I let the team down.'

Vuelta a Hoody: Putting Evenepoel’s stunning performance into context.

So far, 14 riders have abandoned the Vuelta a España after catching COVID.

'I’m just taking it one day at a time and if I can make it to Madrid that would feel like an awesome achievement,' says grand tour debutant.

Here's how to watch the race for the red jersey from a desktop computer, handheld or mobile device, TV, or smart streaming app.

Words: John Wilcockson; Images: Jordan Clark Haggard

The race's only ITT doesn't have a particularly hard course.

The women's WorldTour heads to the Netherlands for six days of racing, starting Tuesday.

It's a little CX-y, but perhaps not in the best ways.

Riders inside the top-10 will be aiming to limit their losses and then hope the Belgian cracks later in the race.

UAE Team Emirates pairing of João Almeida and Juan Ayuso say Remco Evenepoel is 'almost unbeatable' at the moment but there's a lot more to come at the Vuelta.

"I ask for turns. I asked for turns from Enric but I have advice from within the team to just stay calm if they don’t want to work,' says Vuelta leader.

Floris De Tier will kick off the second week of racing at 13:52 CEST while Remco Evenepoel sets off last at 16:55 CEST as he looks to put more time into his rivals.

Movistar climber vows to go down swinging: 'We don't know if Remco will blow up or not.'

Who are the GC winners and losers after nine days of the Vuelta a España?

Meintjes is the second South African ever to win a Vuelta stage: "It’s something really special, I think it will really take some time to set in."

Young Spaniard holds firm as Tao Geoghegan Hart loses time in a crash.

Movistar climber defends second but it proves costly: 'I went too deep trying to follow Remco.'

Evenepoel tightens grip on red jersey: 'I had the legs to go full throttle.'

DS Niermann on Roglič: 'He is not 100 percent but he is close and still in the fight.'

South African takes first grand tour stage win, race leader tightens grip on red.

Young Spanish national champion is impressing so far in his Vuelta debut.

Kuss piloted Roglič through the Slovenian's three rides to red jersey and helped tow Jonas Vingegaard to top of the Tour de France.

Giro d'Italia champ loses another minute on GC on stage 8, Bora-Hansgrohe co-captains Higuita and Kelderman drop further out of range of red.

Quick-Step workhorse Serry's departure leaves Vuelta leader Remco Evenepoel short of key climber.

A very tough final climb to conclude the first 'week' of racing.

Australian takes second stage win in three days and dominates King of the Mountains standings.

After winning stage 6 in thick mist, all Jay Vine was missing was photographic evidence, so he went out to get it on stage 8.

The American Criterium Cup visits Indianapolis for the penultimate stop of the 10-race series.

Can Remco Evenepoel defend red once again? A second severe stage in the Asturias will test weary Quick-Step legs to the limit.

Amber Kraak took second behind the Spanish national champion with Grace Brown rounding out the podium.

Spanish grand tour rookie Carlos Rodríguez is leading the powerful Ineos Grenadiers lineup after a week of racing.

Are motorbikes having too much influence on bike races? Luke Durbridge thinks so.

Evenepoel: 'We showed today what a real GC team is all about.'

Evenepoel leads home Primož Roglič and Enric Mas at close of stage 8 to further separate the Vuelta's 'big three' from chasing pack.

Evenepoel's stock is rising among his direct rivals as Ineos Grenadiers loses two of its GC options Saturday.

Australian dominates the day's climbs to take over king of the mountains competition.

For every winner, there are plenty of regrets and frustration across the peloton.

Seven positives in four days will worry organizers.

Breakaway to win the stage? Or the GC men? Hard to say!

Dare to be different, regining Olympic champion unveils two custom painted Factor bikes celebrating her Tokyo 2020 gold medal.

Irishman extends lead in green jersey competition on a day he expected to lose out.

New climb the Colláu Fancuaya brings explosive Asturian stage to punishing conclusion with 19 percent grades and stepped profile.

Matteo Tosatto says 'the legs will decide' who will be the GC leader at British squad.

Trek-Segafredo put in a lot of work over the day's only climb on stage 7, but it wasn't enough to bring back the break.

Evenepoel says he hopes to carry red into next week's individual time trial.

Less than a minute in it as the breakaway takes the win, despite a determined chase from the peloton.

Grace Brown and Michael Matthews seem Australia's best chances of a rainbow jersey on home soil.

American climber plays down losses to Remco Evenepoel in decisive GC salvo.

Bennett finished stage 6 in the grupetto, which finished almost over 36 minutes behind the day's winner Jay Vine.

AG2R-Citroën loses two riders after Jaakko Hanninen and Andrea Vendrame test positive for COVID-19.

We didn't get to see Jay Vine take his first pro win, but it was a sensational ride to a long-awaited victory.

Froome impressed with Valverde's consistency: 'He can sustain a high level all season long.'

Trek has issued a 'stop ride' notice and recall for its Bontrager Aeolus RSL VC-R handlebar.