Photo Essay: Giro d’Italia 2018, week 1
The Giro d'Italia opened with three days of racing in Israel, followed by a stopover on Sicily before heading to mainland Italy.
The Giro d'Italia opened with three days of racing in Israel, followed by a stopover on Sicily before heading to mainland Italy.
The Sky rider would not reveal if he is still using the asthma drug, a substance that triggered the anti-doping case against him.
The Australian-based team has a pair of leaders — Simon Yates and Esteban Chaves — atop the GC standings.
Rapha is going a step further to make backsides more comfortable, venturing into the saddle market with three Italian-made seats.
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Sky's Egan Arley Bernal has come a long way from borrowing a way-too-big helmet to ride his first bike race at age eight
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Team Sky's blistering pace up Gibraltar rode set up Egan Bernal for a perfect stage 2 victory as well as the overall lead.
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Endurance bicycles walk the line between comfort and racing performance — a balancing act that has gone on since day one.
After wildfires and mudslides ravage Montecito, taking lives and damaging property, the Tour of California is a step toward normalcy.
So how does Quick-Step find ways to win the big sprints every year? The explanation is simple; the execution is nearly impeccable.
Russell Finsterwald enters this weekend's second round of the Epic Rides Series, in Grand Junction, Colorado, with podium hopes.
Scenes from the opening stage of the Amgen Tour of California, which took place in Long Beach.
Between his struggles in the Giro d'Italia and his ongoing anti-doping case, have we seen the last of Chris Froome's dominance?
The Team Sky leader is 2:27 down through nine stages of the Italian grand tour.
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Fernando Gaviria struck first in the sprinters' showdown at the 2018 Amgen Tour of California.
After leaving a workhorse role with Team Sky, Ian Boswell made a change over the offseason and is now looking to assert himself as a climbing force.
Fernando Gaviria emerged victorious in a chaotic sprint on the opening stage of the 2018 Amgen Tour of California.
Mitchelton-Scott deployed near-perfect tactics in Sunday’s slow-burning finale at Gran Sasso to carry huge momentum into the second half of the Giro d’Italia.
Chris Froome's reign as grand tour king is under serious fire after crashes and a "tough day" in the Giro d'Italia's Apennine Mountains.
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Mark Cavendish, Marcel Kittel, Fernando Gaviria, Caleb Ewan, Peter Sagan, and Alexander Kristoff are all set to contend for sprint wins in California
Tejay Van Garderen looking to get back on track at the Tour of California after injury-marred spring.
Chris Froome's hopes of winning the 2018 Giro d'Italia took another hit with a crash today on the wet roads in Campania.
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The Amgen Tour of California should favor balanced GC riders with TT chops, and the field of sprinter is out of sight.
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Ex-pro Thomas Dekker gives Chris Froome the benefit of the doubt but says Team Sky has been acting suspiciously in recent years.
Words by Clive Pursehouse w/Images from Haldane Morris
They may have the lead, but Simon Yates and Esteban Chaves plan to keep attacking their Giro d'Italia rivals this weekend.
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The new Super Jake is about 'cross first, with a little side of gravel for versatility.
Retired sprinter Erik Zabel analyzes the top sprinters on the start list for the Amgen Tour of California.
Chris Froome found himself down 1:10 entering Friday's stage 7 at the Italian grand tour.
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Finishing with a grueling climb up Mount Etna, the Giro d'Italia's sixth stage offered plenty of takeaways
Chris Froome content to ride out of the Giro's first summit finish without losing any further time on GC rivals.
Andrew Hood remembers his first visit to Sicily and celebrates the island's diverse flavor as the Giro d'Italia rolls on to the mainland.
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I was screaming. It didn’t feel like my own voice but it was. And there was no doubt that my legs, both seized up with knife-like cramps, were the cause.
Simon Yates leads the Giro d'Italia and Esteban Chaves sits third overall after a banner day for Mitchelton-Scott on stage 6
The pain starts early at 2018 Amgen Tour of California. On the race’s second stage, the peloton climbs Gibraltar.
Rohan Dennis knew his grip on the pink jersey was hanging by a thread, and slowly but surely it started to unravel on Etna.
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This versatile jacket now has a permanent home in the shoulder season wardrobe.
World champion Sagan’s debut book will include 2018 race season and insight on his 2017 Tour de France scandal.
The fresh-cut trails in Bentonville, Arkansas will be the newest stop for the growing Epic Rides Off-Road series, the Oz Trails Off-Road.
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Today's Daily News Digest: Another tricky stage in Sicily, Rohan Dennis' GC test, a milestone for the Gorilla, and memories of Wouter Weylandt.
Chris Froome never looked so bad at the start a grand tour, but Team Sky is remaining calm with big mountains ahead at the Giro.
Mitchelton-Scott is in a league of its own at the Giro d'Italia with a three-pronged attack to overall race for the pink jersey.
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Rohan Dennis earned the maglia rosa in Saturday's stage 2 thanks to solid racing tactics.
The Giro d'Italia is underway! We hear from our reporters in Italy, preview the Tour of California, and talk about bike patents.
Armstrong talks about the current state of pro cycling and how he feels it can be improved going forward.
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If you've been following our recent ten-part series on Switzerland, you'll know that we've traversed much of the country – from lakeside to mountaintop, on road bikes, mountain bikes and ebikes. What you haven't seen is all the cheese we ate, the crashes we had and the drones that we lost...
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Words: Clive Pursehouse
EF Education First-Drapac’s Canadian crusher Woods notched his best-ever grand tour result Tuesday in stage 4 of the Giro d'Italia.
The Chase Bike Vest really shines in long days on dirt when you don’t have the opportunity to stop and refuel.