Road Racing

After years of coming close, Alejandro Valverde finally wins a rainbow jersey. His checkered past makes it a complicated race for cycling fans.

This bike is all about speed, and it quickly became one of our favorite bikes of the year.

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Valverde wins the sprint from the front, denying Bardet, Woods and Dumoulin in attritional race that fractured on leg-breaking final climb.

American Kaitie Keough rode to her first career World Cup win in muddy conditions at Jingle Cross in Iowa City.

For the second week in a row, Toon Aerts and Wout Van Aert face off, and Aerts again beats the reigning world 'cross champion.

Van der Breggen takes it for the Dutch after dominating long-range attack, while Spratt fights for second and Guderzo takes third

Slick, muddy conditions don't stop dominant displays from Wyman and Sweeck

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Tumbling prices makes smart trainers a more realistic possibility for everyday riders, but the opportunities to spend big remain

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Marc Hirschi wins the under-23 road race at Innsbruck worlds ahead of Bjorg Lambrecht and Jaakko Hänninen

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Remco Evenepoel of Belgium doubles up on junior world titles, while Austria's Laura Stigger wins women's road race for the home crowd

It was billed as a duel between Dumoulin and Dennis, but the Australian handily beats the defending world champ to take the title.

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Continuing her run of 2018 victories, Annemiek van Vleuten wins her second world TT title in a row, leading a Dutch sweep of the medals.

The former soccer player switched to cycling in 2017 and has quickly found success.

Once heralded as cycling's wunderkind, Jan Ullrich never got accustomed to the glare of the media spotlight.

Danish time trial star Mikkel Bjerg wins his second worlds in a row in Innsbruck. Ammerlaan earns rainbow jersey in junior women's TT.

The 2019 Giro d'Italia will begin in Bologna with a short time trial. The Italian tour will have two more stages in Emilia-Romagna as well.

Seven-time world cyclocross champion Marianne Vos wins the Waterloo World Cup after a battle with young American Ellen Noble.

Toon Aerts wins his first World Cup, dueling with fellow Belgian and world champion Wout Van Aert.

Quick-Step Floors prove their reputation by taking a convincing win over major rivals Sunweb and BMC

Canyon-SRAM put in a dominant second-half performance to beat favorites Sunweb and Boels-Dolmans

Richards and Hermans victorious amongst a prestigious international field on a wet, windswept course

Photos from Reno Cross and the show including a carbon kids strider, new Thule rack, and more.

Canadian Rochette wins with long-range solo ride, and Haidet out-foxes his former teammate Driscoll on last lap in Reno race's debut.

Our team on the ground shows off some of what it came across on the second day of the annual trade show.

Was it a good edition of the Vuelta? What does it mean for Yates? How do we rank this year's grand tours? We unpack the action from Spain.

The bike that Denise Mueller-Korenek set a bicycle land speed record on just a few days ago

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The 23-year-old rode to second place overall at the recent Vuelta a Espana.

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Always one of the season's best races, the Vuelta delivered lots of surprises, and we have three key takeaways from the 2018 race.

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Lennard Zinn has a lengthy answer for what is far from a simple question regarding stack height.

Erica Zaveta wins back-to-back at Nittany Lion Cross in Pennsylvania, while Matthieu Boulo wins men's race with French flair.

Thanks to a winning performance in Saturday's team time trial, Sunweb took first and second place in the Madrid Challenge.

The Spanish team fell short of its goals to place at least one rider on the podium, although it won two stages and the team prize.

Peter Sagan's three-year reign as world champion will likely come to an end soon, and he was unable to win a stage at the Vuelta.

Simon Yates won the Vuelta a Espana, his first grand tour victory, but he's still bitter about losing the Giro d'Italia.

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After many years of promise, Yates secures first grand tour victory having taken a different path from Team Sky's big-budget approach

Vuelta boss believes in nurturing the sport from the bottom up rather than imposing limits

Yates balances aggression and moderation to banish Giro demons and become the first Brit to win a grand tour outside of Team Sky's structure

Zaveta banishes fear of losing to take the win while Werner wins on home turf

Yates played it perfectly in both dangerous penultimate stage and throughout the Vuelta, proving lessons have been learned from Giro sting.

Yates's Vuelta victory marks a generational shift, with youthful pair Lopez and Mas completing the Vuelta podium.

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He prefers to race with aggression and it pays off for Simon Yates in stage 19 as he takes more time in the overall with one test to go.

The Spanish duo of youngster Enric Mas and veteran Alejandro Valverde see hopes of winning their home tour ride up the road in Andorra.

As chains have become narrower, have they also become weaker? We ran a series of tests on breaking loads and chain elasticity.

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Alejandro Valverde plans to apply pressure in final mountain stages as Simon Yates clings to 25-second advantage in Vuelta overall.

After an outburst was caught on TV in stage 17, Fabio Aru begs for forgiveness, making a personal call to the venerable bike manufacturer.

Analysis of Kate Courtney's monumental world championship win. Plus: Can Yates hang on? Is Valverde too old? Vuelta questions galore.

Once a climbing superstar expected to win the Tour de France, Nairo Quintana comes up short again, this time at the Vuelta.

With two decisive mountain stages left, the Vuelta's GC scenario is eerily similar to that of the Giro. Can Simon Yates hang on?

Michael Woods's breakthrough victory in Vuelta a España takes on deeper significance has he reveals details of family tragedy.

The squad will fold at the end of the season, which has given its riders at the Vuelta a España more motivation to ride hard.

With a fourth-place result in stage 16 time trial, Steven Kruijswijk is head and shoulders above rival climbers and gaining ground.

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A reader is wondering why his chain comes off the biggest cog on a 1x mountain bike cog, and how to refurbish cassettes.

Without overall ambitions, Kiel Reijnen takes it easy on stage 16 so he can be fully rested to support Mollema and Nizzolo's stage hunting.

Bauke Mollema is an outsider on the Dutch team because Tom Dumoulin will headline the squad, but he has a shot at winning gold.

Alejandro Valverde and Nairo Quintana were second and third in the Vuelta entering Tuesday's time trial.

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The Vuelta GC is coming down to a matter of seconds with one week of mountainous racing remaining. What can we expect?

Each rider won Sunday's pro races to capture their second victory in as many days.

The Mitchelton-Scott rider leads the race by 26 seconds heading into Tuesday's time trial.

Months before he joins Trek-Segafredo, Richie Porte's new team is already pledging to back him in the season's top races.

Following up his win Friday in Quebec, Michael Matthews sprints to another WorldTour win at Grand Prix de Montreal.

Rochette wins solo in her first Pro CX event of the season, Stephen Hyde wins the C1 race for the second year in a row.

Yates is racing with a more calm approach than in May's Giro d'Italia thanks to less pressure on stage 16's time trial

With 43 seconds between top four riders, the Vuelta has hit a stalemate, and the red jersey fight could go to the wire.

Bookwalter pleased to finally make it into the break after several attempts, but thwarted by peloton controlling danger-man Kwiatowski.