Olympics

Bradley Wiggins confirmed he'll end his career with two track cycling events — the Six Days of London and the Six Days of Ghent.

Italian Elia Viviani won the Olympics men's track omnium Monday despite a crash in the points race caused by sprint rival Mark Cavendish.

A handful of the top pro road cyclists are also vying for Olympics medals. Elia Viviani, Fernando Gaviria, and Mark Cavendish are racing the omnium.

Jason Kenny wins men's sprint as Becky James, Lasse Norman Hansen break records in women's sprint, men's omnium

With three golds medals so far in the Rio velodrome, Great Britain is hoping to outdo it's London haul of seven titles on the Olympic track

Great Britain sets a new world record in beating the U.S. to a women's team pursuit gold, while Elis Ligtlee wins the women's keirin

Laurine van Riessen gets creative to avoid a crash in Rio

Yes, that's a motorcycle on the track. Don't worry, it's supposed to be there. This race is called the keirin.

China and Great Britain deliver big in the Rio velodrome

Caley Fretz takes a stab at explaining what's going on at the velodrome in Rio de Janeiro on Friday.

The British quartet of Katie Archibald, Laura Trott, Elinor Barker, and Joanna Rowsell-Shand set a new world record in the women's team pursuit

Fabian Cancellara rode with poise and discipline to claim his second career Olympics gold medal at Rio ahead of Dumoulin and Froome.

Photos from the Rio Olympics women's time trial. American Kristin Armstrong won her third consecutive gold medal in the event.

Take a close look at the wild left side-drive superbike that Felt made special for the U.S. women's pursuit team to ride for gold at the Rio Olympics.

Fabian Cancellara wins gold in the final Olympic Games of his career with a convincing victory ahead of Tom Dumoulin and Chris Froome.

Dan Craven unexpectedly races the Rio Olympics time trial. He's proud to be a role model for Namibians and is one of cycling's unique personalities.

The 42-year-old finishes the race with a 5.55-second buffer over her closest competitor.

Taylor Phinney reflects on the tough training he's endured to be Olympics ready, on the meaning of training, and how important a Rio medal really would be.

The full list of men's and women's racers for the Rio Olympics cycling time trial race.

It's an honest course for the race of truth, and there will be no hiding in the Olympics time trial. Here are the favorites for the difficult Rio route.

This week, Lennard Zinn takes a closer look at American Mara Abbott's near-miss in the women's Olympic road race.

Katerina Nash's 20-year Olympics run began with an unexpected start at the first MTB race of the Games in Atlanta.

The American track program was revamped for the Rio Games, with the team pursuit squad winning the 2015 world title.

The Australian women's team pursuit squad crashes while training Monday at the Rio Olympics, casting doubt on their odds for a medal.

With a wealth of experience, Bradley Wiggins and Mark Cavendish buoy Great Britain's Olympics track team in Rio.

Peter Sagan tests his mountain biking form ahead of the Olympics at a race in Pierre's Hole, Wyoming.

The Olympians weren't chasing KOMs in Rio but in their pursuit of gold, they did clock some smoking fast times.

Spaniard Joaquim Rodríguez finished fifth in Saturday's Olympic road race and then stepped away from the sport.

American Mara Abbott was 150 meters from winning gold in the women's Olympic road race before she was caught by three riders.

Anna van der Breggen triumphs at the end of an intense — and, at times, scary — women's road race at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics

Lizzie Armitstead content with fifth-place finish in Rio

A high-speed crash at the women's road race in Rio leaves Annamiek van Vleuten with a concussion and three spinal fractures

Van der Breggen claims gold in Rio after her race-leading Dutch compatriot Annemiek van Vleuten crashes hard on the final descent

Taylor Phinney's mustache and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry stood out at the start line Saturday in Rio

The full start list for the Olympic women's road race, which gets underway Sunday in Rio

Scenic coastal roads — and brutal coastal climbs — welcomed Greg Van Avermaet and the rest of the men's peloton Saturday in Rio

The Rio men's road race was the best. Race. Ever. Or certainly, it was the best of the season, with riveting, unpredictable action.

In a rare turn as team leader in one of the world's biggest races, Brent Bookwalter lands a respectable 16-place finish

A crash inside the final 20 kilometers of the men's Olympic road race leaves Vincenzo Nibali with a broken collarbone

Greg Van Avermaet delivers the ride of his career on a challenging Rio parcours to claim Olympic gold ahead of Jakob Fuglsang and Rafal Majka

Brian Babilonia only started riding in 2012. Now, he's Puerto Rico's lone representative in the Olympic road race.

Rwanda's Adrien Niyonshuti hopes his achievements on the international stage draw more young people from his home country to cycling

A full list of the men's racers in the Rio Olympics 2016 men's road race, including bib numbers.

The Rio Olympics course looks like a hard day in the saddle. Here's the map, elevation profile, and reactions from top riders.

The Olympics road race will be a tough, unpredictable, climbers' race. Who has the best shot at winning gold?

With his third Tour win in the bag, Chris Froome is hoping to keep on rolling with an Olympics victory. Can he match Bradley Wiggins's success?

A collection of the best tweets and photos from top Olympic cyclists as they gear up for the Rio road races this weekend.

Pauline Ferrand-Prévot stands by her criticism of Lizzie Armitstead over missed anti-doping tests ahead of Rio Olympics.

After illness and a crash scuttled his 2016 plans, former world champ Michal Kwiatkowski looks to Rio Olympics for redemption.

The American team says the Olympics road race course is one of the hardest they've ever seen. Rio races should be very unpredictable.

World champion Peter Sagan proud and honored to have a chance to race the mountain bike competition at Rio Olympics.

Mara Abbott is one of four American women headed to the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. How does she see the race going down?

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Although Chris Froome will be a big favorite for the Olympics road race, he insists he'll play the team role to ensure Team GB wins gold.

Fabio Aru is set for his debut Olympics on a road race course that should suit the Sardinian climber and his strong Italian team.

Ready to watch some Olympics? Here's a complete list of when all the cycling events will be broadcast in the U.S. on NBC's family of networks.

Rio's road course is long on climbs, which provides a rare opportunity for climbers like Nibali and Valverde to go for gold at the Olympics.

Cycling fans are left with many questions and only a few murky answers as to why Briton Lizzie Armitstead missed three doping tests.

Lizzie Armitstead is cleared to race the Rio Olympics, despite three missed anti-doping tests over the course of the last 12 months.

When it comes time to select American teams for international competition, including the Rio Games, things get messy. Here's why

Megan Guarnier wants to bring home a medal from the Rio Olympics — preferably a gold one.

Vincenzo Nibali is a top favorite at the Rio Olympics, which he says may be his last chance to win a gold medal on a course that favors him.

The UCI confirmed that three Russian cyclists will be barred from racing the Rio Olympics due to prior doping offenses.

Time trial gold medal favorite Tom Dumoulin was given the all-clear to go to the Rio Olympics, just four days after fracturing his wrist

Chris Froome is eyeing the Tour-Vuelta double, which gets more difficult with the Olympics sandwiched in between.

Team Colombia will be without star climber Nairo Quintana at the upcoming Rio Olympics

Chris Froome sets his sights on Rio and possibly the Vuelta, downplaying talk of a potential Giro start next year

Fabian Cancellara withdraws from his final Tour de France. He is aiming to rest up for a run at the Rio Olympics in August.

Sky boss David Brailsford hints that he would support a ban of all Russian athletes from the Rio Olympics.

After Pete Kennaugh announced he will not race the Rio Games, Stephen Cummings was added to the British team's roster.

Will top Russians like Ilnur Zakarin be permitted to race the Rio Games? That's up to the IOC, and Zakarin is staying focused on the Tour.

Amber Neben and Carmen Small have lost their arbitration cases against USA Cycling for the 2016 U.S. Olympic cycling team.

Lea Davison took the biggest result of her career with second at mountain bike worlds. Now she's ready to challenge for a medal in Rio.

Carmen Small is appealing USA Cycling's Olympic roster. We caught up with her to discuss her decision.

Facing another arbitration process ahead of the Rio Olympics, USA Cycling plans to change selection process. Derek Bouchard-Hall supports return of Olympic trials.

Officials say the Rio velodrome is ready for action. Riders tested the track over the weekend, but several details of the track venue remain unfinished.

Team GB reveals its 26-rider Rio lineup, with Froome, Wiggins, Cavendish, and Trott among the many stars set to race