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It's Ilnur Zakarin's day at the Giro as the young Russian claims his first grand tour stage win in the rain

Alberto Contador is quick to put his GC rival Fabio Aru on the ropes Wednesday in a rainy Giro d'Italia stage

Zakarin claims his first grand tour victory in a rainy, hilly stage as the GC remains unchanged

According to the Movement for Credible Cycling, Bardiani-CSF started the Giro with a rider who violated the voluntary organization's rules

Ilnur Zakarin shows his class with a brave solo move in the rain to win the day as Alberto Contador comfortably holds the race lead

Team Sky boss says he wants the race jury to be more consistent in how it applies rules after his Giro leader is penalized two minutes

The Orica-GreenEdge rider says he was merely helping his friend by giving Richie Porte a wheel late in stage 10

Richie Porte broke the rules by taking a wheel from Simon Clarke, but should the UCI have imposed such a steep penalty?

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Take a walk through the Giro d'Italia with BrakeThrough Media and soak in the spectacle's atmosphere, from the fans to the food

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Fellow pro riders, team managers, journalists, and other pundits sound off on the UCI jury's decision to penalize Porte in Giro stage 10

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On what should have been a quiet day for the sprinters, the breakaway succeeds and the GC standings get shaken up by a late-race flat

Richie Porte's bad day at the Giro gets worse as the race jury decides to penalize the GC favorite for receiving aid from an Orica rider

Two Italian riders, Alan Marangoni and Alessandro Malaguti, hatched a plan Monday, keen to be off the front in front of their home crowds

A surprise GC shakeup comes on a flat sprint stage, and an unassuming break stays away to win

GC hopeful Richie Porte suffers setback in what was expected to be a quiet stage after Monday's rest day, but he's ready to keep fighting

Sky's leader Richie Porte suffers a flat in the final 10km and loses time to Contador, while Nicola Boem sprints to win stage 10

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This week, Lennard Zinn addresses questions about attaching tubulars with tape, a cracked bottom bracket shell, and more

With the first week of the Italian grand tour in the books, three riders have emerged as the leading trio chasing the pink jersey

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Haga soaks in the much-needed respite from racing on the Giro's first rest day, a break from the zombie lifestyle of a professional racer

Alberto Contador adjusts time trial position to ease pressure on his injured shoulder ahead of Saturday's potentially decisive stage 14

Gesink rode to fifth place overall at the Amgen Tour of California aboard this celeste green Bianchi race bike

Astana had a strong first week at the Giro d'Italia, but is the squad getting ahead of itself and doing too much, too soon at the race?

With a convincing late-race attack, Paolo Tiralongo rides away to win as the three GC rivals squabble for seconds at the end of a hilly day

Giorgia Bronzini out-sprints Kirsten Wild to claim the fifth round of the women's World Cup in China

Sagan surprises everyone by staying close to the climbers on Mt. Baldy and then delivering the GC win on the final stage

Richie Porte is 22 seconds behind race leader Alberto Contador as he looks for his first grand tour victory

The Giro d'Italia's director tells VeloNews efforts to bring the Italian grand tour to the United States are back on track

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Peter Sagan foils Etixx-Quick-Step's bid to deny him crucial bonus seconds and edges Julian Alaphilippe for the Amgen Tour title

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Peter Sagan takes enough bonus seconds in the final stage to reclaim the overall title in the Amgen Tour of California

Casey B. Gibson had his Nikons at the ready as Peter Sagan tried to defend his jersey at the Amgen Tour

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Astana gets the stage win and takes back a second from race leader Alberto Contador on stage 9 of the Giro d'Italia

Paolo Tiralongo takes the stage and Fabio Aru reclaims a second on the general classification as Astana takes the fight to Alberto Contador

Tinkoff-Saxo doctor Piet de Moor says Alberto Contador gets nothing more potent than Ibuprofen and therapeutic tape to treat his shoulder

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Results from the queen stage of the 2015 Amgen Tour of California

Peter Sagan will stand on the overall podium of the Amgen Tour of California on Sunday in Pasadena. But which step will he stand upon — first, or second?

Images from an action-packed day in the mountains at the 2015 Giro d'Italia

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Alaphilippe attacks on Mt. Baldy to take Amgen Tour's stage 7 and race lead, but Sagan's strong ride leaves him just two seconds back on GC

After diagnosis of disease requiring corticosteroid treatment not allowed by MPCC, of which Liv-Plantur is a member, Polspoel leaves team

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Successful in one-week races earlier this year, Richie Porte is now trying to manage his assets and his supporting cast across three weeks

Alberto Contador is maintaining his hold on the Giro's GC lead despite a shoulder injury, but a looming TT has him feeling a bit anxious

Following a string of wet-weather crashes this spring, Team Sky is testing new tires at the Giro d’Italia

Intxausti takes breakaway win and Contador holds onto pink jersey despite aggressive riding by Porte and Aru in Giro's eighth stage

The first mountaintop finish of the Giro sees a Spanish winner, as the GC favorites mark each other closely. Contador keeps pink jersey

Images from the individual time trial at the 2015 Amgen Tour of California

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Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe (Etixx-Quick-Step) is sitting in good position among the main GC protagonists in California

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Haga slogs through the Giro's longest stage, contemplating its purpose and wishing for a bit of floss in his musette bag

Peter Sagan wins a short time trial in Santa Clarita to vault into the overall race lead with two stages remaining

Stevens rides to victory on short, fast course in Santa Clarita ahead of Lauren Stephens and 2012 Olympic TT champ Kristin Armstrong

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