3 in Top 10: How the Americans and Canadians Made History at the Vuelta a España
No stage wins, but the six Americans and two Canadians set new records, hit podiums, beat personal milestones, and worked in the service of their teams.
No stage wins, but the six Americans and two Canadians set new records, hit podiums, beat personal milestones, and worked in the service of their teams.
Although Visma DS Niermann admits Jonas Vingegaard has been better, ending a two-year Grand Tour drought was important for the Dane
Full stage results and standings from stage 20 at the Vuelta a España: Kuss climbs to second on Bola del Mundo and will finish 7th in Madrid.
Matthew Riccitello secures young rider's white jersey and top 5 going into Madrid to confirm his rise as America’s next GC star: 'I went into the stage with nothing to lose.'
Full stage results and standings from stage 17 at the Vuelta a España: Riccitello climbs with the GC elite in key mountain stage.
UAE Emirates-XRG has won 50 percent of all stages contested so far in this Vuelta a España and Matteo Jorgenson nudged back into the top 10.
Vingegaard puts in his most dominant grand tour performance in years: ‘My legs felt super great’.
'We'll have a different strategy in the second and third week': Visma is in no rush to crush the Vuelta a España.
Some 23 riders head to Kigali for Africa's first road cycling world championships, but several big names are sitting this one out.
Matteo Jorgenson balances GC ambitions with loyalty to Jonas Vingegaard at the Vuelta a España in a rare Pogačar-free grand tour: 'This is a good opportunity.'
‘I went down pretty hard:’ Vingegaard confirms legs and ambition to win after surviving potentially disastrous high-speed spill in Vuelta a España crash chaos.
Led by Kuss and Jorgenson, eight North Americans line up for the 2025 Vuelta a España aiming for super-sized impact in the season's final grand tour.
'Worlds don't fit in': Vingegaard confirms he will skip Rwanda worlds to stay focused on winning the 2025 Vuelta a España.
From Vingegaard and Kuss through Pidcock and O'Connor: How the favorites, outsiders, and wildcards stack up for the 2025 Vuelta a España.
No power vacuum this year: Visma enters the Vuelta a España with the strongest team and Vingegaard as the undisputed GC leader.
Kuss, Jorgenson bounce back from Tour de France to join Vingegaard as podium-potential superdomestiques at the Vuelta a España.
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Vingegaard, Kuss, Ayuso will battle for the Vuelta's red jersey across the hardest grand tour parcours of the year.
Form-check on the 2025 Vuelta a España favorites with less than two weeks to go: Who's been hiding off the radar and who's lighting it up?
There's no Tadej Pogačar, but a stupid-deep start list is assembling for 'the last chance saloon' of the GC racers.
Remco Evenepoel’s on-again transfer deal to Red Bull headlines a wild 2025 rider market full of trade rumors, mergers, and team takeovers.
American and Canadian riders raced with grit in the Tour de France, earning respect in France and giving fans at home something to cheer for.
Idahoan fifth in Paris after helping teammate Van Aert to pulsating stage win, even if he never felt Visma were close to cracking Pogačar.
Jorgenson slaps back at critics of Visma's Tour de France playbook: 'We were looking to see if we could find a weak spot.'
Kuss and Jorgenson confirm to Velo they'll race the Vuelta a España, with Vingegaard expected to start in what could be a rematch with Pogačar just weeks after the Tour.
Jorgenson tumbles out of top 10, Kuss raid falls short, Vingegaard can't crack Pogačar in final bitter pill of Pyrénées: 'One of the hardest mountain stages I've ever done.'
Kuss says team 'riding smart’ with aggressive moves as American stars have faith in Vingegaard after Peyragudes performance.
Battling Visma leader 'back to normal' and believes Tour is far from over as he limit losses to Pogačar after Hautacam nightmare.
Vingegaard and fellow Killer Bees swatted away by Pogačar, ending their GC numerical advantage as American loses ten minutes with 'bad sensations'.
Pogačar brushes off stage 11 crash and romps to 3:31 GC lead over Vingegaard with 12km mountain assault.
'Collective decision' taken ensures bunch slow-down after Pogačar crash as respect reigns between rival super-teams UAE Emirates-XRG and Visma-Lease a Bike.
A new top team emerges at the Tour — but is it enough to beat the top rider?
Water bottle incident in feed zone is latest flare up in UAE-Visma super team rivalry: 'I also read the whole peloton hates us now.'
'We are looking forward to the real mountains': Vingegaard is the only one of the 'Big 4' with a teammate in the top-10 as Jorgenson hangs tough.
No team celebrates second, but Vingegaard taking it straight to Pogačar is just what they needed: 'Jonas is eager to take this on.'
Yellow jersey drama: Late collapse from Van der Poel prompts Visma-Lease a Bike to viciously up the pace to try in vain to keep Pogačar in the maillot jaune.
No panic (yet) from Visma-Lease a Bike's Kuss: ‘We’re not going to be talking about 1 minute in Paris.'
Former world number one Kelly tells Velo why he anticipates a huge week 3 battle in the Tour de France.
Visma searching for answers after Vingegaard bleeds time to Pogačar in TT blowout.
Promising early indicators from Vingegaard, Matteo Jorgenson and Visma Lease a Bike, with aggressive start to Tour campaign.
Van der Poel takes yellow jersey from teammate Philispen after gruelling, classics-style final, Vingegaard third after another day of aggression from Visma-Lease a Bike.
Everything you wanted to know about Sepp Kuss and Matteo Jorgenson.
Jonas Vingegaard and Visma-Lease a Bike have not one, but two new Cervélos for the Tour — the S5 aero bike and the R5 climbing bike. We got the low down straight from the source.
Tour de Hoody: Will this Tour de France be the pivot point of the Pogačar era or Vingegaard’s revenge? All I want is a race that burns into week three.
This 58 cm climbing bike comes tantalizingly close to the UCI weight limit — and that's with pedals, computer, cages, and medium depth wheels.
Five Americans and two Canadians: Stage wins or bust for North American contingent during the 2025 Tour de France.
Who has a better support crew, Pogačar or Vingegaard? Here are the stats, stakes, and hot takes underlying the biggest Tour de France team brawl of the century.
UPDATED: Neilson Powless leads a stage-hunting push for EF Education-EasyPost: 'It's the thing that's missing.'
Simmons, Barta join a relatively thin US presence at the 2025 Tour de France, but one that makes up in quality for a lack in numbers.
US stars Kuss, Jorgenson are key players in Visma's 'dream team' to support Jonas Vingegaard in bid for Tour de France supremacy.
Tour de Hoody: Pogacar’s Dauphiné domination scrambles the Tour de France pecking order. Now it's not if he will win, but rather by how much.
Pogačar humiliates rivals to take control of the Critérium du Dauphiné and telegraph a message to the peloton ahead of the Tour de France: 'He showed he is the best in the world.'
American talent Jorgenson braces for GC fight in three straight summit finales that will decide the Dauphiné and set the stage for the Tour de France: 'We want to move up.'
Evenepoel carves out stunning gaps to Vingegaard and Pogačar in the 17.4km time trial to surge into lead at Dauphiné: 'The time differences are a bit of a surprise.'
Vingegaard expected to be joined by Jorgenson, Kuss, Van Aert, Yates for box office brawl with Pogačar. UAE Emirates isn't intimidated: 'We're not afraid of anyone.'
Tour de France titans Pogačar, Vingegaard, Evenepoel face off in all-star dress rehearsal in June's Dauphiné.
The cult Youtube classic is back, now with Matteo Jorgenson.
Footage emerges of Pogačar and Vingegaard laying the founations for the next chapter in their sprawling Tour de France rivalry.
Plus, Tobin Heath is a confirmed Zwiftie, and Matteo Jorgenson is coming in hot.
T-shirts from Tadej, Fabio Jakobsen's road to recovery and Kristen Faulkner is coming in hot.
Stat attack: Tadej Pogačar smashed Strava KOMs, claimed his eighth monument and won in the rainbow jersey to join elite company, all in the fastest Tour of Flanders ever recorded.
'The Ronde doesn’t lie': Van Aert full of praise for Pogačar as last-chance saloon at 'Hell of the North' looms next.
The American star wanted more from the spring classics and will not race again until the Critérium du Dauphiné: 'It wasn’t the best classics season for me.'
After last year’s mud-splattered carnage, some began asking if the Koppenberg was too much. At least this year the iconic climb will be tackled in dry conditions.
Quinn Simmons’ brother Colby steps up to WorldTour and makes debut in Flanders: ‘Just crazy to be here’.
Can 'monster Mads' win a monument? Where's Wout? Can Ganna gonna conquer the Koppenberg? Unpicking the chasing pack of the Tour of Flanders.
Matteo Jorgenson on Dwars finale: 'We decided to go for the sprint with Wout, and that was the wrong decision.'
'I didn't think I could win until the final 100 meters': Out-numbered Powless outmaneuvers Visma-Lease a Bike in tactical nightmare.
Van Aert reveals that he didn't want his teammates to attack so they could deliver him to the line: 'I was afraid to be behind a teammate who attacked.'
US sensation Powless outsprints Van Aert after hanging tough with three 'killer bees' in 55km attack, Longo Borghini claims 50th career win with solo raid.
Another yellow card, Pogačar seeing top support in Flanders return, Jorgenson slaps back at critics: 'Wout is one of the best in the world.'
US star upright and on-form ahead of Dwars door Vlanderen title defense, Tour of Flanders as questions circle Van Aert: 'At E3 Classic we fell short. At Gent-Wevelgem we were unlucky.'
Jorgenson backs Van Aert for Flanders revival: 'I have confidence he will be ready for De Ronde.'
Wout van Aert flat when he needed to fly, Matteo Jorgenson just misses deciding move at E3 Saxo Classic: 'We were too far in the back.'
Less than one week after winning Milan-San Remo, Dutchman powers away from Pedersen for muscle flexing-victory; Van Aert goes AWOL in key monument tune-up.
Tour de Hoody: Flanders Week opens without cycling's superstar, but it's a chance to revisit the Mathieu van der Poel-Wout van Aert rivalry.
Is this the year WVA will finally win Flanders or Roubaix? Question more urgent than ever with rise of teammate Jorgenson and historic performances of arch-rivals.
Paris-Nice showed that the next generation of American cyclists is here to leave an indelible mark on the sport.
The Americans came out on top in the final stage of Paris-Nice, but let’s take a step back to see how we got here.
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