Road Racing

Meet the artist who designed Specialized's Paris-Roubaix Femmes bike

Riders manage to ride safely to a stop after carbon rims break in half.

A refresher in Isaac Newton's laws of physics as they pertain to materials used in bicycle fabrication.

A look back on a frenetic day of racing over the cobbles where Dylan van Baarle emerged victorious inside the famed Roubaix velodrome.

From Mathieu van der Poel and Lotte Kopecky to Elisa Longo Borghini and Dylan van Baarle. VeloNews rates the cobbled classics contenders.

Another year, another stunner of a race.

Here's everything you need to know about the men's and women's mid-week Belgian classic.

Dutch YouTube star turned pro racer finishes outside the time limit and rolls into velodrome dead last: 'It really was the 'Hell of the North.''

From Christophe Laporte's collapsing wheel to Trek-Segafredo's entire team not finishing except one, the 2022 Paris-Roubaix produced drama, heartbreak, and elation.

Here are 11 riders the Belgian team boss could sign to strengthen his cobbles squad.

Van der Poel sets sights on the Italian grand tour: 'Everyone always says that you get better from a grand tour, so I'm curious.'

Slovenian star wraps up his spring campaign with a return to the Ardennes in final races until June and Tour de France defense in July.

The best photos you're likely to see from the women's Paris-Roubaix.

Can Alaphilippe take a fourth win? Will Pogačar take his first win? Will someone else triumph?

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Riders give their thoughts on how best to stack the men's and women's races in the big Classics.

After seven years of Anna van der Breggen, who can win atop the Mur de Huy on Wednesday?

While most cameras focused on the riders on the podium, we pointed our lenses at their bikes in the Roubaix velodrome.

Here's how you can watch the men's and women's mid-week classic that takes on the iconic Mur de Huy.

Van Baarle delivers with anticipation and execution, Ineos and Intermarché shine, as Lampaert suffers, and Van der Poel runs out of steam.

Flèche Wallonne on Wednesday and Liège-Bastogne-Liège on Sunday provide the Belgian team a last chance to 'save' its uneven spring season.

The British rider is taking each race as it comes after spending a year out of racing and recovering from COVID-19 in February.

Dylan van Baarle delivers elusive victory in the 'Hell of the North' for the UK super-team.

Wout van Aert confirms debut at Liège-Bastogne-Liège.

Peloton braces for an ever-evolving 'Hell of the North' as teams, riders, and broadcasters adapt to the calendar's youngest classic.

Dylan van Baarle’s solo victory at Paris-Roubaix takes the Ineos Grenadiers into the last stretch of their phenomenal Spring Classics.

Plus new things from CeramicSpeed, eyewear from KOO and PitViper, a 3D-printed bike, and a retro find.

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CO2 canisters, MTB derailleurs, and good old double-wrapped bar tape. All the tech from the Roubaix start village.

Ineos Grenadiers are rewarded with a Monumental Paris-Roubaix victory as Dylan van Baarle goes solo with 19 km to go.

The incident summed up Quick-Step's trials and tribulations during this year's northern classics campaign.

Van der Poel content on injury comeback after top-10s at Milan-San Remo and Paris-Roubaix and victory at Tour of Flanders.

Wout van Aert on comeback podium: ‘Every classic is hard, but Roubaix is utter chaos and a suffer-fest until the finish line.'

Turner continues to tear through debut classics season with 11th-place finish in Roubaix velodrome and a hand in teammate van Baarle's cobblestone trophy.

Silver in last year's world championships was all the Dutch rider needed to convince himself he could go the monument distance and win.

Mohorič dazzled all day long at Paris-Roubaix but made one attack too many to be best for the second-place sprint.

Ineos Grenadiers wins its first Paris-Roubaix after Dutchman attacks late to distance elite group.

As the dust settles on the Paris-Roubaix Femmes we take a look at all the tech from the start and finish.

Elisa Longo Borghini steals the show, Trek Segafredo's masterclass, and SD Worx unravels.

Paris-Roubaix Femmes-winner Elisa Longo Borghini and her Trek-Segafredo teammates race on an unreleased new Trek Domane RSL.

'The last will be first'.

"It’s like going through Dante's Hell and then being in the paradise".

Longo Borghini may have rode into the velodrome alone, but she says her team support was the reason she was there at all.

Longo Borghini makes it two from two for Trek-Segafredo at Paris-Roubaix Femmes with a spectacular solo effort.

Brand on the podium and van Dijk in the top-10 rounds out dominant day for Trek-Segafredo after Longo Borghini's solo escape.

‘I'm sure that during the upcoming years I’ll come close or maybe get the victory,’ says Kopecky.

Italian star channels frustration of a lost spring to go all-in with solo raid over cobblestones of Roubaix, hails ‘perfect’ new Trek Domane.

Italian wins via long-range attack as Kopecky and Brand complete podium.

While chasing back from a flat tire, Balsamo took help from her team car — and was thrown out of the race.

Trek-Segafredo team loses major opponent after Vos ruled out of Paris-Roubaix Femmes on morning of race.

Veteran mechanic Jac-Johann Steyn explains his team's gearing and tire configurations, and the thinking behind them.

Michal Kwiatkowski says he feels like a neo-pro as he makes his second appearance at the monument.

Van Aert 'not in pre-Tour of Flanders form' after COVID case but intent on going down swinging at Paris-Roubaix.

By all accounts a return to autumn Roubaixs would cause a rider revolt.

We dig into the new gravel shoe from top to bottom

The team is finally fully fit with time running out to score a big one this spring.

Bib shorts, cargo bib shorts, and a standout swing-season cycling jersey.

From van Baarle to van der Poel, we highlight the key riders to watch in Sunday's final spring classic of the season.

She might be a favorite for Saturday's race, but the World ITT Champion isn't in love with the cobbles.

After barely a half a year since the previous edition, it's again time for the ‘Hell of the North.'

Sport scientists, team staffers and chefs lift the lid on the old-school feasts and high-tech fuelling of the 'Hell of the North.'

We trawled through 16 editions of the Hell of the North and the data shows there is only one clear favourite this weekend.

Dutch rider plays down her status as a favorite after crashing heavily in the 2021 edition.

Australian underwent double surgery this week and will miss Sunday's Paris-Roubaix.

Lotto Soudal in a race for points as the team tries to avoid demotion from the WorldTour at the end of 2022.

Jumbo-Visma is glad the Belgian star is back in time to race Paris-Roubaix: 'Wout starts in a free role.'

A look at the buildup to the cobbled monument that finishes in a velodrome after taking on 55km of cobbles in the men's ‘Hell of the North.'

Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl boss pushes back on notion of moving such races as Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix to the fall.

From Hornaing through the Carrefour de l'Arbre and onto Roubaix, the 29 kilometers of pavé that help make up the 2022 Paris-Roubaix Femmes.

Ahead of the weekend's racing, the Grubers joined the riders on their course recons.