Alaphilippe, van Aert, van der Poel and Tom Pidcock share their jubiliation and dejection after an all-attacking, fervently supported worlds road race.
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Alaphilippe defends 2020 title with solo move after blasting van Aert, van der Poel and stellar group of favorites off his wheel in final 20km.
At estimated 500,000 fans lined the finishing loops in and around Leuven for the elite men's road race Sunday.
Rachel Langdon (Instafund Racing), and Thomas Gibbons (Automatic Racing) capture 2021 USA CRITS overall titles.
Kaia Schmid shines for USA and Ruth Winder calls time on pro career as bike-mad crowds pack the streets.
2015 world champion Lizzie Deignan says, “if you give the Italians a sniff of a sprint in a World Championships, they’re going to take it”
The three-time world champion came second behind Elisa Balsamo in the 2021 road race, taking her sixth career World Champs silver medal.
Whitney Allison endured heat, wind, and a long day by herself to win Belgian Waffle Ride Utah.
Peter Stetina escaped with the win at Belgian Waffle Ride Utah after battling with Griffin Easter.
Elisa Balsamo was almost invisible until the last few-hundred metres, beating Marianne Vos in the sprint to take the rainbow jersey in style.
Coryn Rivera won't comment on rumors she's heading to Jumbo-Visma, and lauded retiring teammate Ruth Winder as racing 'like 10 women.'
Anna van der Breggen has no regrets as she ends her illustrious career playing a team role at the world championships in Flanders.
The former U.S. national road champion calls it a career, after relentlessly attacking ‘without fear or pressure.’
Van der Breggen talks retirement, Vos discusses disappointment, Kopecky celebrates home crowd after Elisa Balsamo wins world tile.
Front suspension reduces vibration energy by a claimed 46 percent, averaged across the spectrum of frequencies encountered in gravel riding.
The 23-year-old Balsamo delivered after a huge ride from the Italian team in the final to score another medal for 'the Azzurri.'
The Danish men's road race squad at the world championships comes with what Magnus Cort believes is 'historically strong' for the nation.
The peloton lacks development, and a U23 race would help close the gap between juniors and elites.
Silver medal is bittersweet for Lux's successful junior racer.
Here's the news making headlines for Saturday, September 25.
Casey B. Gibson was on-site in Belgium and captured the exciting racing in the junior men's and under-23 men's cycling road world championships.
Backstedt and Schmid attacked together at 30km to go before the Brit went one-better than the silver she scored in Tuesday's TT.
It has been 41 years since Beth Heiden won the rainbow jersey in Sallanches. Can Leah Thomas, Ruth Winder, Coryn Rivera, Kirsten Faulkner, Lauren Stephens, or Tayler Wiles end the drought?
Peter Sagan is usually a favorite in every world championships, but his condition remains a mystery as he quietly targets a history-making fourth rainbow jersey.
Peter Stetina, Whitney Allison, Eddie Anderson headline the 2021 edition of the Utah race.
Biniam Girmay rides to second in the U23 men's road race at Flanders Worlds.
Wout van Aert, Mathieu van der Poel, Julian Alaphilippe, and plenty of other big names are set to battle for the rainbow jersey on Sunday.
Nineteen years after Mario Cipollini was crowned world champion in Zolder, Belgium, we managed to get hold of not just his custom-painted world champion's bike but also the bike that took him to victory.
USA Cycling sees its top-10 stripped away after UCI jury disqualifies rider.
On Saturday Van der Breggen will race her bike for the final time
The 21-year-old Eritrean hopes that his silver medal in the U23 men's road race will turn to gold in years to come.
David Lappartient was re-elected to a four-year term as UCI president during the UCI Congress while junior and U23 riders endured endless crashes.
Biniam Ghirmay delivers Eritrea's first worlds medal in second, and Olav Kooij (Netherlands) kicks to third.
He’s the record holder for most grand tours completed consecutively, but his life outside of racing is even more interesting.
Remco Evenepoel pushes back against Eddy Merckx's accusations of selfishness, pledges to race for van Aert in Sunday's road race.
After a recon ride with Team USA, the U.S. national champion shares her thoughts on how the race could shake out.
Riders give big thumbs down to integrated women's elite and U23 race, while Lizzie Deignan slaps down Patrick Lefevere for comments on women's cycling.
The Norwegian took the rainbow bands under cloudy skies after an aggressive finale to the men's junior road race in Leuven, with USA's Colby Simmons in 15th.
2011 world champion Cavendish crushes last-minute climbing camp as sprinters eye possibility of men's road race being decided by a bunch kick.
Here's the news making headlines of Friday, September 24.
Custom made details and a hybrid 12-speed SRAM/Shimano 1x drivetrain.
There could be U23 women's road title on offer at Wollongong Worlds, although there won't be a separate event.
In between the world championship time trials and the road races, the VN crew checks in from Mechelen, Belgium.
Cargo bikes may have dominated this year's Eurobike show, but we tracked down a smattering of gravel bikes and accessories heading your way in 2022.
A closer look at the route and the favorites.
The UCI has confirmed that Kigali will host the 2025 Road World Championships, marking the first time Road Worlds will be held in Africa.
After two years with Trek-Segafredo, Vincenzo Nibali has signed a deal to join Astana next season.
The world championships provide the dramatic backdrop to release decisions often made behind closed doors months before.
Here's what's making cycling tech news on Thursday, September 23.
D'hoore will end her career at the inaugural Paris-Roubaix on October 2nd.
The four-time world time trial champion did not want to risk another dangerous crash, and retired Wednesday with the gold medal in the mixed relay.
Time away from training is critical in order to allow your mind and body to rebuild and replenish.
Here's the news making the headlines on Thursday, September 23.
Ineos Grenadiers boss Dave Brailsford shoots down suggestions that Egan Bernal will break his contract with two years remaining on the UK team.
The quadruple Individual Time Trial World Champion bowed out on top, after a long, lustrous career.
From the Dutch going for five in a row to unpredictable racing and a whole load of attacking.
The mixed team relay got its second outing at the worlds in Flanders on Wednesday. It got a resounding thumbs up from the pros, who say it's harder than a traditional TTT.
Lotte Kopecky is the home favorite for the World Championships. Can she bring the rainbows to Belgium?
A UCI-sanctioned gravel racing circuit and world championship event are coming next year.
Carbon and alloy versions with some big differences
Elite racers like Lauren Stephens, Ian Boswell and race organizers like Amy Charity, Kimo Seymour, and Amanda Nauman weigh in on UCI's involvement in gravel.
The Netherlands and Italy rounded out the podium in second and third.
One junior woman was taken to the hospital with suspected injuries.
More companies are figuring out how to do flared bars without wrecking lever position, and it’s about time.
Tony Martin of Team Germany took home gold in the final race of his career.
And Abby and Amy finally disagree on something.
COVID-19 rules to stay in place until February, and UCI orders more studies on use of ketones.
Although she had all but ended the 2021 gravel season, senior editor Betsy Welch keeps getting pulled back into gravel races — and there are plenty more on the calendar.
When you're Filippo Ganna you get wheels and tyres that don't even exist.
BMC calls this new model an adventure bike, a solo riding bike, and an all-road bike. The Swiss brand insists, however, that it's not a gravel bike.
I love most everything about this highly capable bike.
A motivated German team featuring a retiring Tony Martin knocked back the Dutch and Italians to win the gold medal in the new discipline.
The booming gravel discipline will see its first UCI-sanctioned race series and rainbow jersey next season.
France's first world champion since 1997 discovered the rainbow jersey comes packed with expectations and burdens.
If the UCI decides this week to award the 2025 World Championships to Rwanda, will it constitute a bold step forward in cycling’s internationalization, finally putting sub-Saharan Africa squarely in the sport’s limelight, or will it be a turn towards sportswashing?
Here's what's making news on Wednesday, September 22.
Asma Jan and Kanza Malik were the first women from Pakistan to compete in an international cycling event when they competed in the elite time trial in Bruges.
Sure, van Aert is top favorite, we all know that. But who are the riders likely to shade him into silver at this weekend's men's road race? We've ranked them all.
Specialized’s second 3D-printed saddle has a more traditional shape and even more cushioning than the S-Works Power Mirror.