Alberto Contador

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

The Danish investment bank fills a hole of 6 million euros as the team continues to look for more sponsors

Retirements and the nation’s financial crisis are having a devastating effect on the peloton

Riders 30 years old and above could start to phase out of contention in the worlds road race moving forward

The pair was among several riders to crash and/or abandon the worlds road race in Florence

If a Spanish rider wins Sunday's men's road race, he will have overcome the race within his own team as much as the foreign competition

The worlds kicked off with Sunday’s TTT, and the upcoming week is packed with drama — on and off the bike

The American puts out some impressive numbers on the race's steep climbs

Saxo boss says Contador relationship is fine, reflects on a down Tour

With Vincenzo Nibali in prime position to win the Vuelta, he’s got a bigger goal in mind: next year’s Tour de France

Several grand tour winners will compete in the Québec City and Montréal Grands Prix Cyclistes

Roche has been close before, but Sunday's stage win is a thriller, coming at a race the Irishman deems very important for him

The squad's exit leaves just two professional teams from Spain in the peloton

The 2013 champ says Saxo-Tinkoff has other riders who can contend at the Vuelta

The Italian missed the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France this year

From Alberto Contador’s determination to BMC Racing’s disappointment, Matthew Beaudin relays his Tour takeaways

It's back to the drawing board for Contador and Riis, who saw Froome and Sky counter their every move

A number of riders that finished the Tour de France will line up for Saturday's one-day classic in Spain

The 28-year-old's Tour victory, combined with the top performances of other 20-somethings, confirmed there is a new breed of racers

Team manager Bjarne Riis confirms that talks with Tinkoff Bank are over

With podium finishes in all three grand tours, all that remains for Purito is to win one

"It is not specifically in WADA's mandate to accept specific team or individual requests," WADA says in a statement

Officials run checks on some top riders' bikes at the finish on Thursday — and all six hit the 6.8kg limit on the nose

Spanish, British teams set furious pace to distance Contador, securing yellow and white, and opening the GC podium for their riders

Belkin rider loses time in the GC and nearly crashes close to the finish during the race against the clock

Contador, Rodriguez, and Valverde are hitting top form as the Tour heads into the high mountains

Some riders go on feel, others on data, and equipment decisions play a big part in Wednesday's hilly TT at the Tour de France

Alberto Contador and Roman Kreuziger vaulted onto the Tour podium in the stage 18 time trial, but must keep an eye on Belkin as they target Chris Froome

After being beaten back in the time trials and on the climbs, Alberto Contador is taking an aggressive fight to the yellow jersey at the 100th Tour

Overall leader says Spaniard willing to take too many risks on final descent to Gap

Despite late mishap, Froome defends yellow into Gap ahead of Wednesday's tough climbing time trial at the Tour de France

Two-time Tour de France winner says he cannot compete with Froome in the Tour's final week

Contador says there is still "a lot of racing to come, we'll just see what happens." But he's running out of road

Rising high above Provence, Mont Ventoux is awaiting the 100th Tour and its steep, exposed shoulder will see a violent duel on Sunday

Inside the split-second decision and ensuing dogfight that helped Alberto Contador claw back time in the Spaniard's first move of the Tour

Manxman delivers the stage win after the GC contenders take the race to Sky and make big gains in the overall

The time is near for Chris Froome's rivals to start racing against each other for the podium and he can take advantage

American rider finished 12th in the race against the clock, which bodes well for the stage 17 time trial

German rider starts his day well before the GC riders and takes the early lead

Chris Froome's rivals, however, look to the upcoming mountain stages to make up time on him

Spaniard looks back to 2012 Vuelta for an indication of how the Tour's third week will play out

After its usual nervous opening week, the Tour de France heads to the Pyrénées on Saturday for a first-round spar among the GC contenders

Valverde and Contador are poised to make a move this weekend in the Tour's first mountain test

U.S.-based squad lost decisive seconds in the team time trial and is now on the offensive

Sky captain is the big winner in Nice and a number of his rivals find themselves on a back foot before the Pyrénées

Top Tour favorite is happy to avoid defending a handful of seconds

"El Pistolero" will roll a custom-painted Specialized rig at the Tour and the California company will sell a limited run of 250 bikes

Thirty-five riders are in the Best Young Rider competition entering Saturday's Tour start in Corsica

The winner of the 2011 Tour de France says he's content with being out of the spotlight as the Tour prepares to get under way

Spaniard and two-time Tour de France champion has yet to notch a victory this season

Spaniard says Sky's Chris Froome will be the man to beat in the three-week race

Richie Porte says he understands “the pecking order” on Sky, which has him working for Chris Froome at the Tour de France

Spaniard won in 2007 and 2009 before being stripped of his 2010 title for doping

Garmin-Sharp rider wants to learn about the race and finish; in the future, he'll set more lofty expectations

Rodriguez has only raced in one Tour de France (2010), in which he won a stage and finished seventh in the GC

We look at three Specialized bikes from two different teams at the Criterium du Dauphine and break down the build for each one

Contador continues to downplay his somewhat flat performance, but hopes for a strong finish on Sunday

American rider solos up the final climb, only to be caught with 200 meters left

A look at Alberto Contador's Specialized Shiv he rode during the stage 4 time trial at the Criterium du Dauphine

British rider attacks with 200 meters left to take the yellow jersey away from Rohan Dennis

Spaniard drops almost three minutes to Chris Froome in time trial at the Critérium du Dauphiné, signalling possible trouble for Tour run

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Chris Froome and Alberto Contador are the two favorites at the eight-day Criterium du Dauphine, which has a mountainous route throughout

Tejay van Garderen won the Amgen Tour of California over the weekend, while Cadel Evans is in contention at the Giro d'Italia

Italy's grand tour has made progress in recent years to gain value and respect among the peloton

Only seven riders in history have won both grand tours in the same season, for a total of 12 times

After steamrolling through the first part of 2013, Chris Froome appears to be the man to beat at the Tour

The new Côte de Colonster is wider, longer, and more moderate than the Roche aux Faucons, but there isn't a lot of agreement on what that means

Eight-day race from June 2-9 ends less than three weeks before the Tour de France

Contador had been unsure of his condition, but sport director Philippe Mauduit says he's ready to race

Contador plans to take a break t recover before deciding what's next on his racing calendar

GCN's Daniel Lloyd recaps the action from the Tour of Flanders and the first stage of the Tour of the Basque Country.

Sky rider wins stage 3 and slides into the GC lead with three days of racing left

Sky captain said he feels no pressure at this week's Tour of the Basque Country as he keeps the podium in his sights

Contador is looking for his first GC win of 2013 while Porte is enjoying the form of his career

Talansky, van Garderen, Horner head for a wild, mountainous showdown in northern Spain

Two-day, three-stage race in Corsica provides riders a preview of the opening stages of this summer's Tour

Spaniard ill after Tirreno-Adriatico and will resume racing in the Basque Country in April

Twenty-four seconds separate the top four GC riders at Tirreno-Adriatico, so the race could come down to Tuesday's finishing time trial

With ingredients like Froome Dog, Shark, Spartacus, and Terminator, Italy's stage race is a delicious first course for March