Road Racing

The Double winner has put in the work and believes in his prospects: ‘If we were afraid of Tadej, we wouldn’t be here’.

Rider diary: The Canadian is in search of redemption at the Tour de France after multiple setbacks this season.

From tiny handlebars and huge gears to performance engineers and AI: Aero is everything and data's the king in a race being redefined by science.

Tour de Hoody: Will this Tour de France be the pivot point of the Pogačar era or Vingegaard’s revenge? All I want is a race that burns into week three.

Defending Tour champ Pogačar talks Netflix drama, competition, respect, rivalries. ‘I hope I can live up to the expectation’.

Van der Breggen has opportunity to equal all-time record but faces rivals such as Longo Borghini and Reusser.

4,000 bidons, 80 meters of bar tape, 40 bikes, and a whole lot more: A team's Tour de France packing list is insane. We break down the quantities and costs that power the peloton.

Five Americans and two Canadians: Stage wins or bust for North American contingent during the 2025 Tour de France.

Former winner Geraint Thomas pledges his full support for teammate in what is his swansong Tour.

With other nations now in the ascendancy, Thomas is the last man standing from a nation that once dominated the Tour de France podium.

The Tour de France offers the biggest purse in pro cycling, but the reward for yellow is like pocket money in other sports. We break down what's up for grabs this summer.

The Canadian was late to cycling, but was always inspired by the Tour de France. Then he became a stage winner. He writes about his relationship with the race in the first of his Tour rider diary entries.

Everything you need to know about the 2025 Tour de France: GC favorites, maps, start list, TV times. Who brings home yellow?

Cofidis, XRG-Astana, Lotto, and Total Energies are the latest teams to confirm their 'Tour 8' start list ahead of the July 5 start in Lille.

The Tour de France peloton eats more than ever before, both on and off the bike. It has fueled an upward spiral of training, recovery, and racing performance.

Who has a better support crew, Pogačar or Vingegaard? Here are the stats, stakes, and hot takes underlying the biggest Tour de France team brawl of the century.

Evenepoel cautious calling out ambitions in underdog chase for the yellow jersey against Pogačar and Vingegaard: 'I want do a good GC while taking it one day at a time.'

Every rider comes into the Tour with different goals — their vastly different training plans reflect that.

Simmons, Barta join a relatively thin US presence at the 2025 Tour de France, but one that makes up in quality for a lack in numbers.

Preparing for the Tour de France has become a precision science that's made 'racing to train' obsolete.

A summary of some of the major national road race championships being settled across Europe and elsewhere.

The opening half of this year’s race is angled towards the sport’s fastmen, making for very intense rivalries.

Andrew Hood, Jim Cotton, and Mike Levy get together to discuss the key storylines, big players, and more about the Tour.

2024 King of the Mountains Carapaz hit by illness while training for Tour, Jonas Abrahamsen makes remarkable recovery from fracture.

Bobby J will work as performance manager of USA's newly launched team. He gives the inside story of how the project turned from bike-ride chatter to pro cycling reality.

After a few crash-marred DNFs, the Red Bull super team is tempering its ambitions with its star Slovenian: 'Roglič is focused, motivated, in top form.'

UAE Emirates-XRG confirms powerhouse backing band for Pogačar's quest for a fourth yellow jersey: 'I’m ready to give everything.'

More teams confirm Tour lineups: Girmay dreams of green repeat, no miracle return for Froome at stage-hunting IPT.

Watch the 2025 Tour de France live on television or streaming via NBC Sports, Flobikes, Discovery+, and more.

Del Toro shocked the cycling world by nearly winning the 2025 Giro d’Italia. Velo uncovers the remarkable journey of Mexico’s new cycling star, from mountain biking in Baja to the pink jersey.

Nike's iconic 'Swoosh' nudges back into men's cycling after long absense in lifestyle apparel deal with super team of Vingegaard and Van Aert.

Here's what we have planned for the Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes this July.

Power data reveals who’s really ready for the 2025 Tour de France. Pogačar leads, but his direct rivals are refusing to buckle.

Long-running French squad Arkéa faces closure in 2025 after backers bail, SD Worx packs stars to Giro Women but won't chase the pink jersey.

Pogačar, Vingegaard, Evenepoel or Roglič? These are the stages of the Tour de France that will blow up the GC battle and blow you off the couch.

US stars Kuss, Jorgenson are key players in Visma's 'dream team' to support Jonas Vingegaard in bid for Tour de France supremacy.

João Almeida climbs the Tour de France power rankings after an impressive Tour de Suisse comeback confirms his podium possibilities.

'I realize my behavior put fellow riders at risk': Riesebeek apologizes after becoming the first pro suspended under UCI’s yellow card rule after double violation.

Modern Adventure Pro Cycling promises to have minimum of 50 percent US riders, aiming to ride Tour de France within a half-decade.

Is it possible to bring a rider to the level of Pogačar? Performance gurus across the WorldTour are still searching for the solution on the eve of the Tour de France.

Almeida overcomes huge deficit to win big Tour de France warmup race, but others also have reason to smile.

Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe rider Meeus won at the Tour de Suisse Friday, then exited the race.

Confusion about the recent UCI bar width rule brings new diagrams but no actual change despite the effect on smaller riders.

Simmons riding strongly again Saturday, Matthew Riccitello forced to leave race due to injury.

Bobby Julich delves deep into professional rider trading cards, a relic from cycling’s past traditions and intriguing history.

Decathlon-Ag2r rider De Bondt and EF Education-EastPost staffer under scrutiny after cross-team pull for Richard Carapaz on the Colle delle Finestre.

Michael Woods, Jonas Abrahamsen lose out as the peloton chases a Tour de France peak while risking injury and illness in 'necessary evil' racing at the Dauphiné, Suisse.

Remco Evenepoel enters the Tour de France with questions over his form and little support from an injury-plagued Quick-Step squad. Can he turn it around in time?

Bobby J muses on which of Critérium du Dauphiné and Tour de Suisse works best, and recounts some juicy intra-team rivalries in the chase for Tour de France selection.

Decked out in the U.S. national champion's jersey, the former junior world champion soloed to the biggest win of his career.

Roglič will be the Tour's ultimate wild-card while Uno-X leaves veteran sprinter Kristoff off its Tour 8 in a bid for a stage win: 'Hardest selection we’ve ever made.'

Tour de Hoody: Pogacar’s Dauphiné domination scrambles the Tour de France pecking order. Now it's not if he will win, but rather by how much.

Remco Evenepoel identifies two factors behind challenging Critérium du Dauphiné performance.

Tour de France favorites Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard drop other GC riders on final climb.

Drained Vollering unable to hold Swiss rival, wants to ‘jump in a lake’ and take a break from racing.

US road race champion goes on the attack at the Tour de Suisse as her form continues to improve.

Closer time gaps between Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard as the Dauphiné’s climbing battles rage.

Pogačar again drops Jonas Vingegaard but Danish rider limits his losses compared to Friday’s first summit finish.

Neilson Powless soloed to victory at GP Gippingen in a preview of Tour de France form: 'It was good old-school bike racing.'

Pogačar humiliates rivals to take control of the Critérium du Dauphiné and telegraph a message to the peloton ahead of the Tour de France: 'He showed he is the best in the world.'

Matthews' absence will leave a hole in Jayco-AlUla's Tour de France lineup built around O'Connor and Groenewegen.

American talent Jorgenson braces for GC fight in three straight summit finales that will decide the Dauphiné and set the stage for the Tour de France: 'We want to move up.'

Governing body pushes back at high-profile new project backed by Saudi Arabia.

'It's nothing, just some skin off': Race leader Evenepoel comes down in sprint 'safe zone' and pedals to finish, retains GC lead ahead of mountain triple-header starting Friday.

Warning signs are blinking red after Pogačar gives up big swaths of time to Evenepoel and Vingegaard, but was there something else to it than ‘pacing’? Ex-pro Tom Danielson raises some interesting points.

French attacking specialist Bardet aiming to light up the Critérium du Dauphiné in final flourish: 'It’s time to finally unpack my suitcase.'

Evenepoel carves out stunning gaps to Vingegaard and Pogačar in the 17.4km time trial to surge into lead at Dauphiné: 'The time differences are a bit of a surprise.'

After missing last year's Tour de France, Kuss needs to shine this weekend in the Critérium du Dauphiné: 'The hardest stages of the Tour are still some weeks away.'

Vollering, Thomas, Niewiadoma, Powless headline Tour de France primers as officials roll out long-sought safety feature: 'We can fly to the moon, but we don’t know where a cyclist is.'

Romeo attacks out of power-packed breakaway to thwart top favorite Van der Poel; Pogačar, Evenepoel, Vingegaard cool their jets in the peloton.

In a rare superstar alignment, Pogačar, Vingegaard, Evenepoel square off only for the sixth time in their careers in pre-Tour de France tug-of-war of egos and form. Here's why it matters.

Critérium du Dauphiné: Lidl-Trek's Milan is dropped, battles back to beat Mathieu van der Poel and snatch yellow to prove he's ready for the Tour de France.

Dutch superstars in the headlines: Van der Poel still chasing the fat-tire rainbow and Vollering handed a rare relegation in too-early celebration.

Opening day of Critérium du Dauphiné gives strong encouragement to Pogačar’s Tour de France rivals as well as Van der Poel.

Lorena Wiebes seizes final stage as Wollaston snags overall victory with a superbly-timed surge to the line.

Pogačar outsprints Vingegaard and Van der Poel as the race’s top names steal the win from the sprinters.

Huge battle with Pogačar and Vingegaard in store, with Remco Evenepoel in a determined mood: ‘I’m here with ambition.’

Tour de France champion Pogačar speaks on eve of Critérium du Dauphiné, talking Vingegaard, Evenepoel, reinvention and form.

Van der Poel cleared to race Dauphiné despite wrist injury from MTB crash, Picnic-PostNL loses two key riders for Tour de France as relegation battle heats up.

Inside the incredible power numbers from Simon Yates and Co. in one of the biggest GC reversals in the history of the Giro d'Italia.