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We discuss Peter Sagan's historic third worlds win, a Belgian beard ban, and whether Tom Dumoulin can challenge Chris Froome at the Tour.

Bob Stapleton, who serves on the USA Cycling board and the UCI's management committee, wants the playing field leveled.

Three years after calling it quits, Jens Voigt is busier than ever as he and other retired riders try to win at retirement.

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Australian women’s cycling is looking back on a turbulent few weeks, between team selection dramas, question marks over development paths and uncertainty about exactly what a sharpened focus on Olympic medal performance will mean for road cycling support. It's the type of turmoil you often see when things are at a low ebb, in need of a drastic shake-up to address a slide in performance. However, that just doesn’t fit with the reality for women’s cycling right now. Quite simply when it comes to Australia’s women’s cycling performance, there is plenty of cause for celebration.

Belgian team Sport Vlaanderen bans riders from wearing beards to preserve "the elegance of cycling" says director Walter Planckaert.

Ruth Winder joins her compatriot Coryn Rivera on the Dutch Sunweb team for her first full-time European campaign.

The newly retired Alberto Contador spoke with a Spanish radio station about his controversial ban and what's next for him.

Lennard Zinn spent some time checking out the e-bikes on display at Interbike. Here's what he learned.

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Interbike's Outdoor Demo was smaller than ever, but there were still interesting trends to watch. Here are three we noticed.

Did Peter Sagan's third world title salvage his 2017 season? Let's roundtable!

Alexander Kristoff finished a close second to Peter Sagan in Sunday's elite men's road race.

Peter Sagan won an unprecedented third consecutive worlds title on Sunday in Bergen, Norway.

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Peter Sagan (Slovakia) made history on Sunday, winning his third successive world road championship on a beautiful day in Bergen, Norway.

Australia's Michael Matthews was left ruing a tactical blunder as he had to settle for bronze at the world road race championships.

Mathieu van der Poel rode along wire-to-wire to take the win at the second round of the Telenet UCI Cyclocross World Cup in Waterloo, Wisconsin on Sunday.

Sanne Cant (Beobank-Corendon) dominated the women's UCI Cyclocross World Cup in Waterloo, Wisconsin on Sunday.

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Gianni Moscon (Italy) was disqualified from the 2017 world road championship for taking an extended tow from his team car.

Peter Sagan (Slovakia) won the 2017 world road championship over Alexander Kristoff (Norway) and Michael Matthews (Australia).

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A year ago, Chantal Blaak was left off of the Dutch Olympic squad, but now she is world champion.

The elite women were treated perfect weather on Saturday, as Dutchwoman Chantal Blaak captured the road race world championship.

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The 2017 world championship on Sunday once again suits classics riders with a sprint, but the weather may play a factor.

Chantal Blaak (Netherlands) soloed to the elite women's UCI world road championship. Katrin Garfoot (Australia) earned silver and Amalie Dideriksen (Denmark) earned bronze.

Lennard Zinn went on chain lube hunting at the 2017 Interbike tradeshow in Las Vegas.

Julius Johansen (Denmark) soloed to victory in the junior men's road race at the 2017 UCI World Road Championships on Saturday in Bergen, Norway.

Reigning world champion Peter Sagan has admitted he has no intention of reconning the circuit in Bergen, Norway before Sunday's road race.

Michael Matthews already stripped Peter Sagan of the Tour de France green jersey earlier this year and now he has his eye on the rainbow one.

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Former world champion Lizzie Deignan is unsure of her form ahead of the Worlds road race after having had emergency appendix surgery less than a month ago.

Benoit Cosnefroy of France captured the UCI Under-23 World Road Race Championship in damp conditions on Friday in Bergen, Norway.

German one-day classics specialist John Degenkolb has been hospitalized with a breathing problem, Trek-Segafredo revealed on Friday.

The day after he was elected UCI president, David Lappartient said he would like to see women's cycling grow.

This 10-gram unit screws onto the rear tire valve and calculates speed, cadence, and power.

Giro d’Italia officials are hopeful the focus will remain on bike racing when the Italian grand tour starts in Israel for its 2018 edition.

Elena Pirrone (Italy) soloed to victory in the junior women's road race at the 2017 UCI Road World Championships in Bergen, Norway.

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Lennard Zinn documents his ride from Boulder City, Nevada to Las Vegas during Interbike.

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We're live from Interbike! So, of course, it's time to play some games. We quiz TJ Eisenhart, Alison Tetrick, and the Clif Bar team.

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The 37-year-old Australian will serve in a helper role to the team's GC riders and its young up-and-comers.

Laurens Sweeck (ERA-Circus) and Katerina Nash (Clif Pro Team) took victories on Wednesday at the 2017 Cross Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Wednesday’s men's elite world time trial championship will rank among the best and most exciting races against the clock we’ll likely ever see.

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Tom Dumoulin won the 2017 Men's UCI World Individual Time Trial Championship on Wednesday in Bergen, Norway.

Sepp Kuss will make his WorldTour debut in 2018 after signing a two-year deal with LottoNL-Jumbo.

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The Italian grand tour is hoping Chris Froome decides to race next May, especially in the wake of his Tour-Vuelta double.

Peter Sagan will attempt to win an unprecedented third straight world road race title this weekend.

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Annemiek van Vleuten rides to a rainbow jersey in the 2017 Bergen, Norway world time trial championships.

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Annemiek van Vleuten storms to world championship title in elite women's TT. The Dutch go one-two with Anna van der Breggen second.