Chris Froome

The Garmin-Sharp rider makes it into an early break, drives it to the finish, and while he misses the podium on the day, wins the overall

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Contador attacks in the final 2km to snatch the lead from Froome with one stage remaining as Westra overhauls two Katushas to win the stage

Belgian Jan Bakelants (Omega Pharma) won stage 6 of the Dauphiné Friday as Chris Froome (Sky) finished a bit bloodied and bruised

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Nibali is trailing Chris Froome by nearly a minute at the Critérium du Dauphiné, the pair's final Tour tuneup race

Chris Froome stays in yellow and holds a 12-second advantage over Alberto Contador and Wilco Kelderman

The Russian navigates the fast, twisty descent into Gap to earn the stage win for Katusha

The Sky rider was seen using his inhaler before the final climb during stage 2 at the Critérium du Dauphiné

Chris Froome put his stamp on the Criterium du Dauphine's second stage, attacking multiple times to take the stage victory

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Alberto Contador matched Chris Froome’s every move in Monday’s Dauphiné stage 2, but Froome won the stage — and padded his race lead

Sky boss Brailsford says he's not picked his Tour team yet, but concedes that he's building it around Froome

Contador seems the primary challenger to Froome as the two square off at the Dauphiné, final proving ground for the 2014 Tour de France

The top favorites for the Tour de France will square off for the first time all season at the Dauphiné across the French Alps

The 34-year-old says in order to ride in another Tour, he may have to leave Sky at the end of this season

Team Sky on Monday said star riders Chris Froome and Bradley Wiggins have been selected in separate Tour de France warm-up races this month

Chris Froome, Mark Cavendish, Michal Kwiatkowski and more preview the Tour's upcoming cobble stage

Sky's Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome have had a contentious relationship ever since the 2012 Tour de France, where they finished first and second overall

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The Sky rider recently completed attitude training and said neither he nor the other Tour contenders there were tested

The British rider is preparing to release an autobiography that talks about, among other things, his feud with teammate Bradley Wiggins

After winning the Amgen Tour of California, where does Bradley Wiggins go from here? Is a Tour de France start in his future?

Chris Froome secures his second straight Tour de Romandie victory with a win in the finishing time trial

The Tour de France champion comes from behind to take the overall victory in Romandie

Several riders on the British squad have been sidelined because of crashes, illnesses, and even anti-doping issues

The Sky rider headlines a strong field at the six-day race in Switzerland that begins Tuesday

Froome is suffering from a "mild chest infection" and will rest ahead of the Tour de Romandie, while Costa abandoned following a crash

With an historic route for its 100th edition, Sunday's Liège–Bastogne–Liège promises an explosive finale to the Ardennes classics

Kenyan-born Briton will ride the spring's final classic, his Sky team confirms

Tour de France champion faces scrutiny over revelations of alien DNA found in UCI biological passport

Chris Froome and Alberto Contador will clash for the first time this season during this week's mountainous Volta a Catalunya in Spain

The absence of Chris Froome makes for a more unpredictable GC in Italy

Tour de France organizer angered after Sky moves the defending Paris-Nice champion to Italy to replace Chris Froome, who is dealing with back inflammation

The Sky rider says he wants to challenge those who question his accomplishments in a more diplomatic way

Tour de France champion will sit out sprinter-friendly classic in Italy and says he hopes cycling's reform commission helps turn the page on the EPO era

Several leg-breaking climbs are on the schedule, including three Cat. 1s and a Cat. 2 on the final day

Critic behind the "Not Normal" study in 2013 sees reasons for optimism and defends his numbers against those who say he lacks information

Sky shows a new look in Oman, but it's the same old Froome, and no matter which way they play the game, they're going to be hard to beat

Froome says he's as good as last year, if not better, while van Garderen is reassured as he builds toward leading BMC at the Tour

After a stellar 2013 Vuelta the son of Stephen Roche will be a team leader as the Giro starts in Ireland, then work for Contador in France

The Team Sky leader is 26 seconds clear of Van Garderen ahead of Sunday's final stage, which finishes on the Corniche at Muscat

American is close on the overall and says Chris Froome isn't playing any poker in Oman

The Tour de France champion is making his season racing debut in Oman, but he does so with less pressure than last season. So he says

Reports that the Pompieana climb might be excluded from Milan-Sanremo have prompted differing reactions from Chris Froome and Mark Cavendish

Briton aims to kick off his Tour de France defense with a Tour of Oman victory

Froome's Tour defense begins as soon as he clips in in Oman, which is the first race of the season to assemble an all-star cast

Tim Kerrison helped Sky win two straight Tour de France titles and says Chris Froome learned a lot from Bradley Wiggins

Matthew Beaudin lays out his thoughts on the 2014 cycling season, and they include a Richie Porte win at the Giro d'Italia

The Spaniard says he will challenge Chris Froome at the Tour de France

Andrew Hood reviews his 10 biggest stories of the year, from Horner to Froome, and everything in between

Froome says he has plenty of room for improvement and would love "to be up there with those legends, the true greats," like Merckx

Froome racked up 13 wins this season, including the Tour de France

Nine other Sky riders signed new deals with the team for next season

The Astana rider is targeting next year's Tour de France and says his squad needs to mimic Sky's training methods

The Briton was diagnosed with the illness in 2009 and doctors said it could have been in his system for four years

Young Colombian is hoping to assist Chris Froome into a second consecutive Tour de France title come July

Tour champ Froome says a repeat victory would help bring some credibility back to the sport

Less than two years after a history-making performance at the Tour de France, Bradley Wiggins' role on Sky is still unknown for 2014

Once dominated by a series of powerful, charismatic athletes, pro cycling has in recent years been producing one-off grand tour winners

According to David Walsh's new book, Bradley Wiggins only paid Chris Froome his 2012 Tour bonus in September 2013

Michele Scarponi has joined Vincenzo Nibali at Astana, and says his main goal for 2014 is to guide him to a Tour victory

Tour champion talks to reporters in Nairobi and says cycling is likely the cleanest endurance sport due to out-of-competition testing

The Colombian and his team say he is undecided between racing the Giro and the Tour in 2014, but a story claims his mind is made up

Tour champ is headed for quiet time in Kenya before refocusing for 2014 at Sky's December camp in Mallorca

If Froome is close to his old self, the 2014 Tour de France course suits him even better than did the 2013 edition, which he won handily

The Astana captain is "a fighter, aggressive, and never gives up," says Brailsford in naming Nibali Froome's main rival for 2014

After the Italian tour, he will return to his domestique role and assist Chris Froome in the Tour de France

The Sky rider was dogged by doping questions after his Tour de France win, but he understands the skepticism

The inclusion of cobblestones during a Tour de France stage next summer could potentially blow apart the GC leadership

The favorites have weighed in on the 2014 Tour route and Andrew Hood digs into the race's 21 stages

The 2013 champion says the stage 20 time trial will play to his advantage

Sky's Rod Ellingworth says Sky will look at 2014 Tour roster after route presentation on Wednesday

The 22-year-old American finishes his season with a seventh-place result in the Japan Cup

The Colombian had an electrifying Tour de France debut this year, winning two jerseys and a stage in the mountains

The 30-year-old notched just one victory in 2013 — what lies ahead for the Spanish star?

"Purito" matches Bettini's mark atop the world ranking, though a look back at the traditional points system has Froome taking top honors

The Tour de France champ is suffering from an inflamed sacroiliac joint, according to the team doctor

Rodriguez, Valverde, and Nibali are seeking a victory after coming up short in the worlds road race