Road Racing

Garmin-Transitions' Jack Bobridge claimed his second individual pursuit title in emphatic style Tuesday, setting the third fastest time ever for the four-kilometer event, Cycling Australia announced.

Readers offer feedback on the subject of latex tubes and high-speed blow-outs.

Can world road champ Cadel Evans (BMC) win the Giro d’Italia or Tour de France before it’s too late? He thinks so.

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Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre-Farnese Vini) wins Stage 2 of the Giro della Provincia Reggio Calabria.

Jonathan Hivert (Saur Sojasun) wins the French season kickoff, the GP La Marseillaise.

World Cup champion Zdenek Stybar delights the home-country crowd with a commanding victory in the UCI Cyclocross World Championships in Tabor, Czech Republic.

Marianne Vos leads wire to wire to add a third world cyclocross crown to her already bulging palmares.

Results from the Southwestern Collegiate Cycling Conference

It was brotherly love, or at least appeared to be, on the podium Saturday as Pawel and Kacper Szczepaniak went one-two in the U-23 cyclocross world championships in Tabor.

Czech rider Tomaš Paprstka held off Julian Alaphilippe of France to win the world junior cyclocross title in Tabor, the Czech Republic, on Saturday. Dutchman Emiel Dolfs rounded out the top three.

The Adidas Adizero and Ryders Sprint sunglasses are lightweight, but are they great fitting?

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The team time trial will be back for the 2011 Tour de France along with the infamous submerged causeway at Passage du Gois as details of the opening weekend for next year’s race were revealed Tuesday.

If you're using tires and tubes, there are steps you can take to prevent those dangerous and frightening blow-outs on steep descents.

Stefano Garzelli still believes he can be a factor in the Giro d’Italia.

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A photo gallery from Zack Vestal's visit to the Look Cycle factory in Nevers, France.

Daphny Van den Brand collects the women's World Cup crown as countrywoman Marianne Vos leads a Dutch sweep in Hoogerheide.

Lynskey Performance Designs offering ready-to-ride packages for Truvativ Hammerschmidt drive systems.

World champion Niels Albert wins the final round of the cyclocross World Cup as Zdenek Stybar takes the series title.

Olympic champion Samuel Sánchez is the latest big name to announce he will make an all-out push for the podium at the Tour de France this summer.

Picking up where he left off two years ago, HTC-Columbia’s big German sprinter, André Greipel, has claimed his second overall victory in the 2010 Santos Tour Down Under.

After one of the most riveting stages in the twelve-year history of Tour Down Under, André Greipel (HTC-Columbia) has managed to defend his leader’s ochre jersey, and is now an assured winner in the 2010 edition of the Australia’s premier stage race.

Here’s the latest sponsorship news we’ve rounded up from across the bike racing world

HTC-Columbia’s André Greipel added to his grip on the overall lead at the 2010 Tour Down Under on Friday, winning the fourth stage, his third victory of the week-long tour.

As part of our ongoing Buyer’s Guide look at new bikes and gear for 2010, we uncovered a good bargain in the Superleggera road bike from Tommaso Bicycles.

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Manuel Cardoso (Footon-Servetto-Fuji) takes Stage 3 at the 2010 Tour Down Under. Andre Greipel (HTC-Columbia) holds the lead.

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From DH and freeride to cross-country, Easton wheelsets will get put through their paces.

Skil-Shimano is hoping to repeat its Tour de France sweepstakes this season as it prepares for an important season to confirm itself among the top ranks of the peloton. Strong performances in the 2008 and 2009 Paris-Nice helped earn Skil-Shimano one of the three wild-card invitations to the 2009 Tour. The team lived up to its end of the bargain in animating the race, putting riders into breakaways, capped by a third-place in stage 3 with Cyril Lemoine.

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Team Sky drew first blood in Sunday’s Cancer Council Classic. But two days later in the South Australian village of Tanunda, 2008 champion Andre Greipel of HTC-Columbia fired the first real warning shot of the opening event of this year’s ProTour when he claimed the first road stage and ochre leader’s jersey at the 2010 Santos Tour Down Under.

With redesigned ErgoPower levers, a reader wonders about keeping the small brass cable stop in its place. LZ also touches on why Campagnolo isn't as big in cyclocross as you might expect.

Zdenek Stybar (Telenet-Fidea) and Katerina Nash (Luna) take the wins in round eight of the cyclocross World Cup.

Britain's all-new Team Sky stormed to a one-two win in the Cancer Council Helpline Classic on Sunday, their debut race and a prelude to next week's season-opening Tour Down Under.

Team Astana’s Alexander Vinokourov said Friday that winning the Tour de France was a dream for him, but it’s not any longer.

Munich's Six-Day track event is facing permanent cancellation due to the lack of crowds despite the event's 46-year history, organizers admitted Friday.

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Zack Vestal brings readers along on a photo tour of the Time carbon fiber frame factory.

Haimar Zubeldia concedes it will be difficult to beat ex-teammate Alberto Contador in this year’s Tour de France.

The route for the Giro d’Italia’s opening time trial will take in some of the highlights of Amsterdam when the season’s first Grand Tour begins May 8.

Zack Vestal takes readers on a photo tour of three Mavic facilities in France.

From Slime to Stan's, LZ examines sealant options for road and cyclocross tires

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Spring 2010 cycling apparel from SmartWool touts that it keeps you cool when it's warm and warm when it's cool.

Production of Intense Cycles' 4x/slalom Tazer VP will be limited to one batch of frames for 2010.

A look at George Hincapie's new BMC racemaster SLX01, set up for winter training in South Carolina.

Lukas Flückiger (Trek) wins the Swiss cyclocross championship.

Hanka Kupfernagel (Radsport Rhein-Neckar) and Philipp Walsleben (BKCP-Powerplus) triumph at the German national cyclocross championships.

Lars Boom (Rabobank) and Daphny van den Brand claim the elite titles at the Dutch cyclocross championships.

Zdenek Stybar wins the Czech Republic's cyclocross championships

Francis Mourey (Française des Jeux) wins his fifth French cyclocross championship.

Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet-Colnago) wins his seventh Belgian cyclocross championship.

2010 Giro d'Italia stage 3 photos by Graham Watson

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Pedro Horrillo – the Spanish rider who survived a harrowing fall in last year’s Giro d’Italia – said he will not try to mount a comeback.

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Technical editor Zack Vestal looks at gear for those days when it's too chilly for shorts and too warm for tights.

In an outtake from the 2010 VeloNews Buyer's Guide, our tech staff takes a look at some of the new offerings from Sampson Sports, including a road group that competes on weight with SRAM Red.

SRAM and wheel builder Zipp announced their support of two-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador’s team

With most of us hanging up our `cross bikes for the year, Lennard Zinn details those steps necessary to protect your tires.

Three-time world champion Oscar Freire will ride the Giro d'Italia for the first time in his career this May.

Tom Scully (John Trevorrow Cycles-Chifley Hotel) wins Stage 3 of the Jayco Bay Cycling Classic while Chris Sutton (Skilled-Lowe Farms) displaces Graeme Brown (Urban) as overall leader.

Greg Henderson (Mazda) wins stage 2 of the 2010 Jayco Bay Cycling Classic. Graeme Brown (Urban) keeps the overall lead.

Zdenek Stybar (Telenet-Fidea) wins the Fidea Cyclocross Tervuren in Belgium.

Defending champion Graeme Brown (Urban) wins the opening stage of the 2010 Jayco Bay Cycling Classic in Geelong, Australia.

Beginning next month, Skins' full range of compression clothing will be the competitive cycling apparel used by USA Cycling racers in mountain, road, track and cyclocross.

2010 Giro d'Italia results

Bradley Wiggins, racing for the new Team Sky, will be among the big names at the 2010 Giro.

2010 Collegiate Road Season Galleries

Tips for a special, extra-sealed installation of Gore cables.

2010 Giro d'Italia, stage 14 results

2010 Giro d'Italia, stage 20 results

2010 Giro d'Italia, stage 18 results

2010 Giro d'Italia, stage 16 results

2010 Giro d'Italia, stage 15 results