Road Racing

The Amgen Tour of California's best battles involved riders on U.S. domestic teams as they battled against the sport's biggest stars.

At VeloSwap, riders tested their legs on a punishing Zwift course while riding the new Saris H3 direct drive smart trainer on the Saris MP1 trainer platform.

In this week's Technical FAQ, a reader weighs in about using a warm hat and how it impacts helmet fit; plus, is it OK to reuse your cables and housing after trimming away the fray?

Van der Poel continues to manage multi-discipline approach in a way never seen before. But with ambitions growing by the year, can he keep it up?

World champion van der Poel was back on the top step in his first 'cross race of the season while Alvarado took her second win of the Superprestige series.

23-year-old Italian beat previous time set by American Ashton Lambie.

U.S. women's team kick off the 19-20 season with record-breaking win at team pursuit, with Jennifer Valente picking up more medals in the points and scratch races.

In today's Week in Tech, we look at Abbey Bike Tool's new Team Issue Toolbox, Zwift's Movember fundraiser, Strava's new topographic maps, and more.

The first round of the DVV Trofee series got underway in Oudenaarde, with 777 dominating the women's and Iserbyt taking another win in the men's.

Check out Ben Delaney's author page.

In this week's Technical FAQ, Lennard fields questions about mixing Shimano GRX components with XT; plus, a reader who applies cleaning wax to his bike discovers a problem with braking on carbon rims.

A wheeled bike travel case that is still small enough to let you dodge airline fees. Just be prepared to break down your bike extensively.

VeloSwap, the country's largest used bike swap and expo, is taking place this Saturday at the National Western Complex in Denver, Colorado. It's a meeting of the bike tribe, as collectors and aficionados meet to buy and sell antique and used bikes, components, apparel and accessories. Every year, the swap provides a unique look at awesome bikes and gear from the recent and distant past. We've assembled a gallery of some of our favorite images from recent swaps.

The third round of Superprestige saw Yara Kastelijn top a strong team performance and Eli Iserbyt continue to win with ease.

Early summit finishes, a mid-race time trial, and a succession of huge mountain stages in the final week highlight the 2020 'corsa rosa.' We dive into some key stages.

Racing the Giro will break the monotony of a schedule Sagan has followed for years - but Italy's gain is Calfornia's loss.

The 2020 Giro d'Italia route packs a huge punch in week three, and features three individual time trials. What do we make of this course that bucks the current trend for short and punchy stages? Let's roundtable!

Giro organizers have unveiled the route for 2020, with a three-stage spell in both Hungary and Sicily, almost 60km of time trials, and a brutal final week all on the menu.

Phinney's talents on the bike were matched by his ability to express himself off it. We trace the key threads that ran through his career, as he told them to us.

Here’s how good the Ultimate CF Evo Disc from Canyon is: I could only find two faults with it.

This week Lennard gets to the bottom of a broken spokes dilemma and offers advice on replacing spokes, but not nipples

VeloNews asked a local rider on his take of the Col de la Loze and Grand Colombier. The verdict: drama and pain

The Chinese race wrapped up with a sprint finish and overall victory for Enric Mas, the first stage race victory of the 24-year-old's career.

Hosking wins final women's WorldTour race of the year in a sprint finish.

Epic four-climb stage in the Alps rumored along with possible return to Monte Zoncolan and first-ever finish on unpaved gravel road.

GC leader Enric Mas finished safely in the bunch to retain leader's jersey with one stage remaining.

Trombones, hard intervals and riding bikes where bikes were not meant to be ridden. Come along for some cyclocross!

The third round of the Cyclocross World Cup series saw Iserbyt extend his series lead with a third win, and Worst go solo from the start to take victory.

Mas takes the first climbing stage of the race and secures his first win of the season.

After placing second in stage 1 and 2, German sprinter hits the top step and retains leader's jersey.

A radical Millennial Tour de France: What Gus would do (gravel!), what the organizers have done (epic climbs), and what Bobby thinks about all of this (make it fresh but keep it classy).

The C7 Race Jersey offers a highly compressive and comfortable fit racers will love on most of their training rides.

Poc and MIPS team up to improve helmet safety, while Sidi overhauls its Genius road shoe. Oh, and now there's an e-bike-specific chain lube.

Ackermann takes overall race lead after placing second.

The high point of next year's race at 2300m could prove decisive in the highly unconventional route

German sprinter sees few pure sprint opportunities in 2020 Tour's unconventional parcours.

Mitchelton-Scott sport director sees 2020 Tour providing fireworks throughout.

A 2020 Tour de France short on time trials and packed with surprises leaves French GC hopefuls motivated to raise their nation's hopes.

2020 sees an atypical Tour route packed with opportunities and risks for the GC riders - and here are five stages that could prove crucial.

Comfortable, compressive, and race-cut, the C7 Race Bib Shorts hit the nail on the head for racers and aggressive riders

Will the route end the Ineos stranglehold? What is the impact of a mountain TT? We roundtable a Tour de France route that destroys the rulebook.

Our grand-parents would not recognize the unconventional and surprising Tour route revealed Tuesday in Paris

Race organizers reveal dynamic route packed with innovations, new climbs, and fewer long stages.

It was a lucrative weekend for Sofia Gomez Villafane, who won the fat tire crit and the backcountry race, en route to winning the Epic Rides series overall.

Andri Frischknecht, son of mountain bike legend Thomas Frischknecht, won Sunday's Oz Trails Off-road round of the Epic Rides series in Bentonville, Arkansas.

2020 Tour set to be packed with medium and high mountain stages while enabling sprinters to stay in the mix throughout.

Honsinger wins a tactical battle, as Brunner goes on a long solo attack to victory on day two at the Shimano/Floyd’s of Leadville U.S. Open of Cyclocross.

Iserbyt continues winning streak while Alvarado holds of world champion Cant at a boggy edition race in Gieten

Katie Compton (KFC Racing p/b Trek/Knight) and Lance Haidet (Donnelly Aevolo) were victorious on day one of the U.S. Open of Cyclocross.

Dutchman attacked on the penultimate climb of the day and capitalized on the chase group's indecision to win last monument of the year.

Gravel has its day once again with new pedals from Time and adventure bags from Bontrager

2020 route could contain plenty of unusual twists including early mountain tests, a Planche des Belles Filles time trial, and a final phase in Jura and Vosges mountains.

Over the last decade, Lennard Zinn worked with retired rugby player Ian Thompson to design a high-end road bicycle for heavy riders. The project produced plenty of broken parts and lessons learned.

Tour de France winner capitalized on a crushing performance by teammates, who shredded the field on the final climb.

Woods launched attack after attack on the summit finish to take the 100th edition of Milano-Torino.

Right out of the box, Sidi's new Wire 2 Carbons feel like they're broken in and conformed to your foot.

Roglic capitalizes on a powerful group being taken out of the race to back up his win at Giro dell'Emillia on Sunday

Lennard Zinn delves into the impact of motorized bikes, and discusses tubeless tire issues and solutions in the latest edition of Tech FAQ

Maghalie Rochette, Clara Honsinger, Kerry Werner, and Curtis White each grab pro wins at early-season UCI cyclocross race in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Vuelta winner Roglic back to winning ways after worlds abandon, 22-year-old Vollering out-kicks Longo Borghini

Get trained by QBP and Park Tool. Get fast with SLF Motion's aero oversize pulleys. Get SRAM eTap AXS with Viathon's G.1. Get light with Lazer's G1 helmet.

Florian Senechal (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) unleashed a wild punch to the helmeted head of Max Walscheid (Team Sunweb) during the post-race press scrum

The RX8 cuts down on weight and banks on a snug fit for gravel race performance

What does Chloé Dygert Owen's effort to win two rainbow jerseys mean for the 2020 Olympics? Nicola Cranmer of the TWENTY20 Pro Cycling Team joins Bobby and Gus to talk through Chloé's goals for 2020 Tokyo.

Vittoria combines low rolling resistance and exceptional grip on this chunky, enduro-inspired tire that's just as at home on trail bikes

Re-thought manufacturing method and road-specific sealant claimed to make Specialized’s new tubeless tire the rubber to beat

Lots of interesting tire talk in this latest edition of Tech FAQ with Lennard Zinn

Industry Nine's Hydra Hubs boast 690 points of engagement for optimum power transfer. Your fellow riders will certainly hear you coming, thanks to the hub's extra loud buzz.

23-year-old beat Matteo Trentin and Stefan Küng to the line after a day of near-constant rain, becoming the first Danish male world champion in the process.

Van Vleuten led home a Dutch one-two with van der Breggen in second and Australian Spratt taking third. U.S. rider Dygert Owen's attacking ride left her unrewarded in fourth place.

Italian Samuele Battistella declared the winner of the U23 world championship road race after initial winner Dutchman Nils Eekhoff disqualified.

Plus new 100% shades, Strava features, Hunt carbon hoops and more.

Californian takes home rainbow jersey in junior women's road race, besting Julie de Wilde of Belgium and Lieke Nooijen of The Netherlands in late race sprint

Top of the line Swiss engineering meets mid-level pricing in these tubeless-ready carbon hoops

Durango, Colorado rider takes 56-second solo victory over Italian Alessio Martinelli, with fellow American Magnus Sheffield snagging bronze in Yorkshire

For years, America has sent its best young cyclists to Europe to develop in the breakneck Belgian youth leagues. Shifting dynamics in the U.S. youth system could change this pathway.

The EverBrite screen with cycling-specific base maps elevates the power-nerd training tool.

Belgian wunderkind Remco Evenepoel and Italian Filippo Ganna round out podium in England.

The 2019 UCI Road World Championships from Yorkshire, UK are here and the PYSO crew previews the Individual Time Trial events.

American Chloé Dygert Owen dominated the women's time trial world championships, beating Anna van der Breggen by more than a minute and a half.