Chris Froome

Geraint Thomas will wear Romandie's first leader's jersey as Team Sky beats Orica-GreenEdge by less than one second

The 2013 Tour de France champion and his Sky teammates will kick off the six-day Swiss race with Tuesday's team time trial

Froome, Nibali, and Quintana all tested their legs at the midweek Ardennes classic

2013 Tour de France winner Chris Froome finishes Flèche Wallonne over twelve minutes behind race winner Valverde after a late crash

This summer's Tour de France will have a stage finish on the infamous Mur de Huy, along with a cobbled stage the next day

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Flèche Wallonne organizers added a new climb near the finish of Wednesday's race, but the race could still be decided on the Mur de Huy

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The Volta a Catalunya is drawing an elite field, but a lack of decisive climbs this year could see a tight general classification

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The Colombian showcases his fighting spirit by winning the annual race across Italy after bouncing back from surgery and a crash

Another win for Sky, with Wout Poels riding away from the favorites at Tirreno-Adriatico, confirms the team is off to a fast start in 2015

The 50th edition of the "Race of the Two Seas" draws big names for an early-season showdown

The Sky rider was slated to start the stage race on Wednesday alongside his main Tour de France rivals

Bradley Wiggins will fine-tune his form at Paris-Nice in advance of a run at Paris-Roubaix later this spring

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The stage is set for the first major showdown between GC heavy-hitters, in early March, at Tirreno-Adriatico, a one-week WorldTour race

Vuelta a Andalucia offers a first glimpse of what promises to be a thrilling season-long battle between Chris Froome and Alberto Contador

Chris Froome takes the Ruta del Sol title after finishing the final stage in the same time as rival Alberto Contador

Chris Froome tests his legs and finds them fully operational with a successful attack on Alberto Contador at the Ruta del Sol

In a battle of Tour de France champions, Chris Froome gets the better of Alberto Contador on the steeps of stage 4 at the Ruta del Sol

The Italian says not being in top condition right now "means nothing"

Tinkoff-Saxo's Alberto Contador tightens his grip on the Ruta del Sol general classification with a clear mountaintop victory in stage 3.

Chris Froome says his legs felt good in opening-day time trial in Andalucia, despite losing time to Contador on GC

Movistar's Moreno notches his first win of the season in Ruta del Sol's stage 1b time trial. Contador takes overall lead after first day

Alberto Contador's winter training has gone to plan, but with the Giro/Tour double looming, he has dialed back the early season intensity

The two GC riders will square off in southern Spain for the six-day race that starts Wednesday

Chris Froome says he is motivated to have a strong 2015 season after crashing out of last summer's Tour de France

A trimmed-down Richie Porte looks to bounce back after an illness-shortened 2014 season that saw his confidence take "a fair ol’ beating"

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The Italian stage race has reason to celebrate its 50th edition, with Nibali, Contador, Quintana, and Froome all slated to test their form

Team Sky refuses to rest on its laurels, bringing on new riders, setting new challenges as it enters its sixth year on the road

Chris Froome hopes to put the frustrations of 2014 behind him with a single-minded focus on winning the Tour for a second time in 2015

The 2015 Tirreno-Adriatico route will offer a mix of time trials, climbs, and flat stages, and should attract Contador, Nibali, and Froome

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The race will be Froome's "main focus" for next year

The 2013 Tour champ was originally put off by the 2015 Tour's climbing-centric route, but Froome may aim for the yellow jersey anyhow

The season was filled with dramatic moves on the road, but five moments stand out above the rest

The 2013 Tour de France champion is still undecided about the 2015 race despite the mountainous parcours

The Sky rider says the Tour's focus on climbing may turn him off and force him to race the other two grand tours

The Russian businessmen and owner of Tinkoff-Saxo admits his offer will not hold water with the top grand tour riders

The Frenchman says the UCI WorldTour calendar provides ample time to recover between the grand tours

Tinkoff-Saxo issued a statement detailing its "Three Grand Tours" proposal, which would pit top GC riders against one another for a €1 million prize

Tour de France champion says the strain of three grand tours is too much, and that he and his rivals don't need the money

Oleg Tinkov offers a purse of $1.3 million to be split between four of the sport's best riders if they ride each grand tour — can it work?

Contador wants to race — and win — the first two grand tours of 2015

Chris Froome says he needs to use time trials to win 2015 Tour. The Briton plans to work for teammate Ben Swift at worlds

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Great Britain brings a squad that relies heavily on talent from team Sky to contest worlds in Spain

With the Vuelta in the rearview mirror, the 2015 Tour de France could see an epic clash of the GC titans

Contador's dramatic Vuelta victory against Chris Froome revives the debate that he is one of the greatest grand tour riders in history

Alberto Contador confirms his Vuelta a España title as Adriano Malori wins a short, wet final time trial in Santiago de Compostela

Despite his success at the Vuelta, the Spanish champion insists he will not join his countrymen in Ponferrada for worlds

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Contador matched Froome's aggression Saturday to win the stage and secure overall victory at the Vuelta with just one stage to go

One final climb remained for two riders who exited the Tour de France with injury, and returned for redemption in Spain

Chris Froome hasn't given up the fight for Vuelta GC, and his Spanish rivals have taken notice, now that the Sky leader is second overall

The contenders come out to play, and Chris Froome attacks his way into second place on GC. Aru wins, and keeps his fifth-place overall

The day belongs to Astana's Aru, but it was Chris Froome did the most damage, moving into second overall

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Global Cycling Network checks in with Chris Froome on the final rest day before the Vuelta's denouement

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The peloton faces the Vuelta's queen stage, and Contador shows everyone why he's comfortably wearing the red leader's jersey

In a rivalry for the ages, Froome and Contador go head-to-head, but so far, the Spaniard has the upper hand

Alberto Contador defends his red leader's jersey with panache, winning stage 16 of the Vuelta ahead of Chris Froome

Instead of working together in Sunday's finale, Spain's top rivals missed a chance to eliminate Sky's Froome as a GC threat

It is Niemiec's day atop the final climb to Lagos de Covadonga, as the GC favorites see Contador's true form

The 2013 Tour champion is inconsistent at this Vuelta, one day challenging the mountain goats, the next, ceding time against the clock

Cavendish was injured during the first stage of the Tour de France this summer

With the exit of Nairo Quintana, the Vuelta lost the one rider who could truly put a fright into Alberto Contador

Alberto Contador surged into the overall lead on day when archrivals Chris Froome stalled and Nairo Quintana crashed

Tuesday's time trial will reshuffle the GC deck, and perhaps eliminate a few contenders, but it likely will not crown the overall winner

At Monday's press conference, Contador publicly admitted for the first time that he can compete to win the race for a third time

Nairo Quintana took command of the Spanish grand tour Sunday, but his rivals — including Alberto Contador — are right on his heels

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Froome dodged a bullet Friday, and confidence is growing within Team Sky that their man could have a real shot at Vuelta victory

The peloton suffers through a hot day of aggressive, crash-filled racing. De Marchi prevails, and Froome battles back from fall to gain time

De Marchi rides alone to win in Alcaudete, while a cagey Chris Froome gains a little more time on GC rivals

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