‘The Gap is So Big to the Best Guys’: Can Giro d’Italia Breakaway Sensation Derek Gee Do it Again?
The unknown Canadian burst into prominence with no less than seven breakaways in the 2023 Giro d'Italia: 'That left me hungry for more.'
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‘It’s Not Like We Disappeared’: Ben Swift Insists Ineos Grenadiers Still at Top of Peloton
Veteran rider says UK super team isn't resting on laurels: 'We are still there, we are still challenging. We want to win the Tour de France.'
Does January Success Guarantee Summer Dominance? How Young Guns, Early Pressure, Points Chase Are Shaping 2024
What do the winter races tell us about summer success? There might not be a straight line from January to July, but a strong start pays dividends later.
‘I Could Really Fight:’ Resurgent Julian Alaphilippe on Strong 2024 Debut
With debut Giro d'Italia and Paris Olympics two motivations, Frenchman's early momentum will help in bid to return to his best.
Why Is Tom Pidcock Still Racing Three Disciplines? ‘It Fits into the Bigger Picture of Trying to Win the Tour’
Pidcock's coach is convinced a multi-discipline approach is no waste of time as the Brit wrecking ball quests for Tour de France fame.
Geraint Thomas Targets ‘Only Live Once’ Giro d’Italia-Tour de France Double in 2024
'A massive challenge': Soon-to-be-retired warhorse to make Strade Bianche debut and join Pogačar in targeting cycling's most troubling double in 2024.
Confirmed: Magnus Sheffield in Line for Grand Tour Debut in 2024
'It's part of the plan': The 21-year-old American could be heading to the Giro d'Italia in what could be a breakout season.
Santos Tour Down Under stage 3: Sam Welsford Again, Luke Plapp Crashes Hard
Mexico's Isaac del Toro defends lead as Welsford continues to impress to confirm his status as an emerging sprint star.
‘I Think I Can Be Even Better:’ Ruth Edwards Returns With Ambitions
After a two-year hiatus, US star is hoping to pick up where she left off: 'I didn't want to return to the peloton to ride bikes and have fun. I want to compete.'
‘I Want to Get out of My Comfort Zone:’ Wout van Aert Rolls Dice in All-or-Nothing Cobblestone Quest
Van Aert shuns Italian classics in hunt for glory at Flanders, Roubaix; backs Visma's classics core as 'even stronger' in 2024.
How Quinn Simmons Nearly Quit Racing After Gino Mäder’s Tragic Death
US national champ stunned by tragedy: 'I was pretty convinced I was never going to race a bike again.'
Is Mathieu van der Poel’s Dominance Making Cyclocross a Snooze-Fest?
Face off: MVDP has won eight from eight this winter, is he taking the stoke out of cyclocross? Velo's editors argue it out.
Pogačar’s Grand Slam Dream in 2024: ‘Tadej will Focus on Winning Every Race’
UAE star is targeting the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France, but it doesn't stop there: 'Tadej will focus on winning his first race of the season, and the last.'
Velo’s Predictions for 2024: The Year Cycling’s Record Books will be Rewritten
In this latest installment of Velo's predictions for 2024, European editor Andrew Hood looks into cycling's crystal ball for sweeps, doubles, triples, and other new historic markers.
Larry Warbasse ends 2023 with a Mammoth Strava KOM Record
American rider pips seven-year record set by Phil Gaimon on Hawaii's Mauna Kea volcano.
Why Tadej Pogačar is Taking On the Giro-Tour Double: Ambition, Capacity, and Chasing History
Explainer: A lot of factors lined up for Pogačar to confront the elusive challenge of the Giro-Tour double for 2024. 'He's Tadej. There is no other rider like him.'
UAE Delivers Tour de France ‘Dream Team’ with Tadej Pogačar, Yates, Ayuso, Almeida
UAE will load up all of its firepower behind Tadej Pogačar after he races the Giro d'Italia for the first time in ambitious calendar with Olympics, worlds also on his docket.
In Memoriam: The AG2R Brown Kit Joins a Long List of Questionable Bygone Pro Team Bibs
Love them or hate them, the AG2R brown bib shorts were certainly unique. They’re in good company for controversial fashion choices.
Julian Alaphilippe to Begin Crucial Comeback Season at Tour Down Under
Frenchman looking to reboot as he rides Australian race for only the second time.
Tom Pidcock’s Limited Cyclocross Program Due to ‘Bigger Goals,’ Says Coach Bogaerts
2022 world champion ‘highly likely’ to miss worlds, will square up against Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert in as few as four events.
SD Worx’s Dominance Is Dangerous for Cycling says Van Vleuten
The retiring Dutch star joins Bobby & Jens.
All Eyes on Flanders and Roubaix: Wout Van Aert Set to Cut Spring Races in Search of Cobbled Monument
The Belgian looks increasingly set to make his debut at the Giro d'Italia and a ride at the Vuelta a España is also on the cards.
Triumph, Transition, Trouble: Grading the Teams of the Women’s WorldTour – Part 2
Lidl-Trek, DSM-Firmenich, and Jayco-AlUla are the next Women's WorldTour squads up for scrutiny. How did they fare in 2023 and what's on the cards for 2024?
From Van Der Poel’s Worlds Smash to Jackson’s Roubaix Romp, the Best Moments of 2023
Here are the best moments of one-day racing in 2023, as selected by Velo's editorial team.
These Are the 5 Stages That Will Decide the 2024 Tour de France
A savage start, some crushing climbs, and yes, some gravel, will decide the Pogačar-Vingegaard-Roglič-Evenepoel battle.
Does Gravel Belong at the Tour de France? Favorites Fear Disaster in the Dirt
'It's the day when you can lose the Tour': Is race organizer's hope for 'chaos' on the 2024 Tour's gravel stage a risk too far?
Tadej Pogačar Says Gravel in 2024 Tour de France is ‘Pretty Risky’
UAE star rates the 111th Tour route a 'nine of out 10,' but says the gravel stage is 'not ideal' for the GC favorites.
Green Wave: EF Education-EasyPost Taps into Irish Boom for Future Success
Trio of Healy, Rafferty and Ryan important part of American team’s future strategy and a boost for Irish cycling.
Face-Off: Can Anyone Break the SD Worx Stranglehold in 2024?
The Dutch team took 60 wins in 2023, three times as much as any other team, and won more than half of the Women's WorldTour races on the calendar.
Tom Pidcock Says Tour de France Dates Won’t Derail Olympic Ambitions: ‘It’s on the Limit’
CX will play a limited role this winter, and Ineos Grenadiers star believes time is on his side in a bid for the Tour de France: 'I need to be patient.'
Zdenek Štybar confirms his WorldTour road career is over
The former cyclocross world champion won 18 races across his road racing career, including Strade Bianche, E3 Saxo Bank, and stages at the Tour de France and Vuelta a España.
Bentonville, Arkansas is About to Turn Rainbow Bright
Cross-country MTB world champion Tom Pidcock and newly-crowned gravel world champion Kasia Niewiadoma are bringing their rainbow stripes to Little Sugar MTB and Big Sugar Gravel next week.
Kristen Faulkner Joins Veronica Ewers, Alison Jackson at New EF Education-Cannondale Squad
The Alaskan is the 14th rider snapped up by the new US Continental team.
In Their Own Words: The Elite Women Take Us Inside the Gravel World Championships
At the finish line on Saturday, Kasia Niewiadoma, Lauren Stephens, Demi Vollering, Sarah Sturm and others tell us about the day.
Primož Roglič Gaps Tadej Pogačar with Crushing Giro Dell’Emilia Sprint
Roglič wins Italian classic for third time, Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig goes solo in women's race.
Litespeed Titanium Debuts the Toscano Gravel Bike
Litespeed introduces the Toscano, a new flagship high-performance titanium gravel bike.
Kristen Faulkner back to racing after being hit by car during training in June
The 30-year-old American will line-up at the Tour de Romandiethree months after fracturing her knee in the training incident.
Rider transfer ticker: Jake Stewart to Israel-Premier Tech, Jayco-AlUla adds four more from Liv Racing, Jumbo-Visma women make first two signings
Follow all the main moves of the 2023 'transfer window' for the men's and women's pelotons.
Is this Vuelta a España cursed? Crashes, deluges, tacks, and frayed nerves mark opening stages
Improving weather should ease tension after an uneven and sometimes bizarre start to the 2023 edition.
Tom Pidcock and the obstacle of awesome ambition
Pidcock continues to thread the needle between three disciplines – but his Tour de France mission may force him to reconfigure.
Is 6 hours too long? Why distance matters in the world road cycling championships
Tour de Hoody: The world championships are among the hardest, longest days of racing for a reason, and that's a good thing.
Power analysis: The 2023 world championships was modern cycling’s hardest ever
We dive into the power numbers of Jasper Stuyven, Neilson Powless, and more at the UCI Cycling World Championships road race.
Mathieu van der Poel, the one-day racer of his generation? ‘This almost completes my career’
Road race world title sees the Dutch ace step closer to owning one of the most complete one-day palmarès of the modern peloton.
Power Analysis: How Demi Vollering won the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift
The SD Worx rider had almost 0.5w/kg more to give when she attacked on the Col du Tourmalet.
Tour de France Femmes stage 6: Emma Norsgaard blitzes out of break after crash derails sprinters
Chasing sprinters caught in pileup 900m out; US star Veronica Ewers crashes 50km out, loses almost ten minutes to GC favorites.
Marta Cavalli wants to write a new Tour de France Femmes story after 2022 crash
The Italian says she has 'nothing to lose' as she goes into this year's race with few expectations.
The Lost Boys: Simmons and Evenepoel, a tale of two prodigies
Weighing up the career and potential of the US national champion.
Double trouble: Ineos Gen-Z aces Pidcock and Rodríguez on the rise at the Tour de France
Action man Pidcock climbs up the standings, enjoying challenge of racing for GC and exploring limits.
Riders on edge ahead of Tour de France: ‘The worst-case scenario is really scary’
Riders pushing for more safety measures after Gino Mãder tragedy: 'I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little scared.'
Bobby & Jens: Jakob Fuglsang
He’s 38 and still motivated to be a top cyclist.
Puck Pieterse, Fenix-Deceuninck break new ground with huge deal stretching through 2027
Multi-discipline dazzler signs longest-known contract in women's cycling as investment in the sport continues to snowball.
Demi Vollering continues to crush 2023 with Vuelta a Burgos mountain stage and GC victory
SD Worx captain dominates steep mountaintop finish of final stage, tops GC for her first stage-race victory of the season.
Who is Derek Gee? Giro d’Italia sensation is a track Olympian with birds on the brain
Canadian completes hat trick of second-places in breakout grand tour debut: 'Coming into this Giro, I thought I had no chance, I was just trying to survive.'
VN ticker: Nizzolo wins Tro Bro Léon; Pidcock, Ferrand-Prévot on MTB high
Here's all the news making headlines on Monday, May 8.
Giro d’Italia: How Strava and VeloViewer revolutionized the old-school grand tour recon
The WorldTour increasingly taps into online data to prepare for grand tours, but the age-old reconnaissance mission will always rule.
Adil Moroj dreams of becoming Saudi Arabia’s first pro and racing Paris-Roubaix
The 24-year-old is spending this season in Europe as she targets a pro contract. She recently spent time with Jayco-AlUla at the Amstel Gold Race.
Vuelta Femenina ticker: SD Worx names mixture of youth and experience to back Vollering, Longo Borghini out with bug
Follow all the headlines from La Vuelta Femenina, which starts May 1.
Same day as the men or something different? What race format is better for the women’s peloton
The Tour of Flanders, Paris-Roubaix, and Liège-Bastogne-Liège take different approaches to their men's and women's races. What works and what doesn't?
Liège-Bastogne-Liège scrapbook: Lefevere’s paternal pride, white shorts are alright, Hirschi’s late lunch, and more
Here's your ultimate collection of stats, stories, and scraps from a big day with 'La Doyenne' for the men's peloton.
Tom Pidcock closes out classics with first monument podium: ‘The Ardennes suit me best’
Two podiums and victory at Strade Bianche confirm Pidcock's spring classics pedigree: 'It's promising for the future.'
Has the peloton closed the gap to Annemiek van Vleuten in 2023?
With no wins in nine races, Van Vleuten hasn't waited longer for a first season victory since 2016. What's up with the world champion?
Demi Vollering destroys rivals on the Mur de Huy: “Oh, nobody’s here?”
She started the day feeling nervous about her form, but finished it with an emphatic win on the Mur de Huy
Riders admit the race is on for second behind Tadej Pogačar: ‘Someone has to be first among the mortals’
What can anyone do against Pogačar? 'With the way he is racing right now, second is a victory for everyone else.'
Tom Pidcock on Tadej Pogačar: ‘When he goes, he goes hard’
Ineos Grenadiers star hangs on for third after struggling in final 10km: 'I just had nothing left there in the end.'
After Paris-Roubaix upset, normal service resumes for SD Worx at Amstel Gold Race
After a gripping Paris-Roubaix with an entirely unexpected outcome last weekend, SD Worx is back to its old tricks
Paris-Roubaix just the start as tire pressure regulator pioneers brace for wider WorldTour future
'Now we've passed that test, the world of cycling is open.' – Gravaa and Scope pack ambition after breakout ride through 'Hell of the North.'
Amstel Gold Race: Could this weekend see the first US winner?
A slew of podium options roar into the hilly, technical course across the hilly country of the Limburg region.
Bobby & Jens: How do you pronounce Toms Skujiņš?
The Latvian rider checked in with the show from the middle of his classics campaign.
Tadej Pogačar and his bucket-list season turns to Amstel Gold Race
UAE superstar wants to add Dutch classic to his palmarès: 'Tadej wants to win all the races, not just the Tour.'
No Brabantse Pijl title defense for Magnus Sheffield
Amstel Gold Race and Liège-Bastogne-Liège are likely before a break and a possible Tour de France start.
Peter Sagan pivots to Tour de France after Paris-Roubaix crash
The soon-to-be-retired superstar will recover following crash-marred classics: 'It wasn't the farewell I would have liked at Paris-Roubaix.'
Lotte Kopecky on SD Worx dominance, what really happened at Strade Bianche: ‘Demi and I were never mad at each other’
Belgian says that she would do the same thing at Strade Bianche if SD Worx found itself in the same situation.
No pressure for Lotte Kopecky ahead of possible Flanders-Roubaix double: ‘Of course you want to win again’
The Belgian believes that the Koppenberg should be put later in the Flanders course after carnage on the cobbles.
Elisa Longo Borghini wants teams to do more to break SD Worx dominance
The Trek-Segafredo rider says she felt terrible all day at Tour of Flanders, despite finishing third.
Lotte Kopecky: To win the Tour of Flanders was a dream, to do it twice is very special
The Belgian becomes only the second woman to win back-to-back Tour of Flanders titles after her solo victory.
Tour of Flanders ticker: SD Worx with triple threat, Trek Segafredo ready, Pidcock bounces back, Simmons sits out
Follow all the men's and women's headlines going into Sunday's Tour of Flanders.
Tour of Flanders preview: Van der Poel, Van Aert, Pogačar resume spring rivalry
After thrilling contests at Milan-San Remo and the E3 Saxo Classic, cycling's 'Three Kings' are back at it again at Flanders' Finest.
Tour of Flanders preview: Can Annemiek van Vleuten take a history-making third title?
21-year-old rising star Megan Jastrab leads big North American contingent at De Ronde.
Tour of Flanders: Picking the podium — who will win and how?
The VeloNews editors pick their favorites for the men's and women's races. Who's your tip?
Turning the tables at Tour of Flanders: How the outsiders hope to crack the ‘big three’ at De Ronde
A handful of chasing teams hung tough this spring against the Pogačar, Van Aert, Van der Poel onslaught. Can they rewrite the script Sunday?