Analysis

The season's first major classic is the longest and most unpredictable, and while Sagan is the favorite, no one knows who will win on Sunday

With 25 riders separated by less than 30 seconds, the final half of Paris-Nice should be open and aggressive — just as ASO hoped

A new-look Paris-Nice offers aggressive, open racing and the overall winner with no time trial or summit finish is anyone's guess

With pro cycling deeply affected by the struggling European economy, Strade Bianche and Roma Maxima will provide a lift this weekend

Omega Pharma's breakthrough Polish rider has started 2014 where last year left off, and appears on the verge of notching a major win

Classics season starts Saturday at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Andrew Hood previews the double weekend, which wraps at Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne

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

Pantani's biographer says that much of the media coverage surrounding the Italian's death has been self-indulgent and profit-oriented

On the 10th anniversary of the Italian's overdose, we look back at our 2004 cover story on the rocky journey from Tour de France champion to drug-addled death

The big names have found racing kilometers in Italy instead of France in recent years, but can a new route for Paris-Nice bring them back?

Cycling's Middle East tour continues Sunday with the Tour of Qatar, which will tell us a lot about the classics riders' preparation for the cobbles

There is no one like him in cycling; Taylor Phinney is a world-class bike racer, but is embarrassed if he misidentifies a man's fragrance

Will 2014 be the season that Cavendish returns to the top or Kittel comes back to the field? A new race in the United Arab Emirates this week will give the first indications

Reigning champions Sven Nys and Marianne Vos — and American Katie Compton — are at the head of the favorites for the cyclocross world championships in The Netherlands

After spending a week in Argentina, Neal Rogers provides a final analysis of the Tour de San Luis

Nairo Quintana appears secure in San Luís, but nine men will battle for the overall podium on the race's last day in the mountains

Has Phil Gaimon locked up the overall victory in his first race for Garmin-Sharp? That depends on who you ask

Jeremy Powers set the four fastest lap times of the 2014 U.S. cyclocross nationals on Sunday

With USA Cycling set to announce its cyclocross worlds team on Monday, we project the riders who will make the cut

Katie Compton is the class of the elite women's field at ’cross nationals, but a nine-woman podium battle is in the offing

Who would three-time winner Todd Wells put his money on in the men's elite race at U.S. cyclocross nationals?

Former masters world championship medalist Chris Case examines the key portions of the U.S. nationals course at Valmont Bike Park

The 2014 Giro d'Italia wraps up with three big days in the mountains and an uphill time trial

A time trial for the specialists and two tough days in the mountains mark the second week of the 2014 Giro d'Italia

The 2014 Giro d'Italia opens in Belfast and the first weeks closes with a summit finish in Sestola, Italy

There's a wealth of new talent in the UCI WorldTour, but these five riders stand out from the rest

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

Sir Chris Hoy was the mild-mannered lion of the track

A lethal sprinter and a strong breakaway rider who's always in the right place at the right time, on the road or in a 'cross

Team Sky made winning look inevitable, and they couldn't have done it without the selfless sacrifices by Porte

Nys, Compton and Powers ride (and run) away with Velo's cyclocross awards

Athlete attorney says USADA's U.S. Postal case is unlike any he's seen prosecuted previously

The "Queen of the Classics" was the most dramatic day of international racing on the 2013 calendar

The pair wins U23 Rider of the Year, Most Improved Awards for 2013

Should Armstrong confidante Bruyneel press his case against a lifetime ban, the question of proportionality may get another hearing

The wily German pulled a move he's been known for since men rode wooden rims, and it still worked — he won stage 5 of the 2013 Amgen Tour

Craddock and Brown are evenly matched, even in their video-game skills. As they're best friends and roommates, we decided to honor them both

Martin has won three straight world time trial titles, while Van Dijk is the new powerhouse in the women's race against the clock

He attacks on the descents. He attacks on the climbs. The Italians call it “grinta,” or determination, and Nibali had it in spades in 2013

The Australian attacked, passed everyone, and won a stage at the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah in dramatic fashion

These two fast finishers turned many heads this season to earn Velo's Men's and Women's Sprinter of the Year Awards

The young Slovak wins almost at will and is our Most Versatile Men's Rider of the Year for 2013

White and polka dot jerseys winner Nairo Quintana is Velo's Breakthrough Rider and Climber of the Year for 2013

Flanders/Roubaix winner Fabian Cancellara is Velo's Classics Rider of the Year for 2013

With a grand tour win at 41 years old, Chris Horner is Velo's North American Man of the Year

Russian billionaire Oleg Tinkov now owns Contador's team — how long will the partnership last?

On the strength of her Comeback of the Year, Mara Abbott rides away from 2013 as Velo's Women's Stage Racer and Climber of the Year

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

Five riders will start the Giro in May with real hopes of upsetting the Italians in their home tour

With discovery in three separate cases coming, pressure is increasing on Lance Armstrong to settle before he is forced to testify

Given USADA's reasoned decision, America's national championship results from 2006 to 2009 are strange at best

The Dutch team's boss says Americans Lawson Craddock and Chad Haga fit the development mold at Argos perfectly and will race a lot in 2014

Popular and endearing, Chris Horner has both racing acumen and tactical savvy. But at 42, a contract is proving elusive

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Two Wall Street Journal reporters unveil new details about the Texan's past

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 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 shuttering of Euskaltel-Euskadi is indicative of the move toward big-money bike racing, but bigger isn't necessarily better

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

From a stage win at Tirreno-Adriatico to a repeat at Lombardia, we look back at Joaquim Rodríguez's campaign for the 2013 WorldTour title

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 rush to judge Alejandro Valverde's worlds shortcomings diminishes the true quality of Rui Costa's perfect ride for rainbow stripes

Look ahead to the weekend's New England Cyclocross World Championships, the GP of Gloucester

Brian Cookson wins UCI presidency after months of controversy and last-minute drama in the halls Machiavelli once walked

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

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A contentious fight for president of the UCI comes down to a series of votes on Friday and no candidate is celebrating yet

Omega Pharma-Quick Step edges Orica-GreenEdge by less than a second to defend its title

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

Peter Sagan sat out the post-Tour criteriums and the Vuelta a España with one thing on his mind: the rainbow jersey in Florence

After Chris Horner's Vuelta a España victory, pro cycling remains a faith game

Starting Thursday, a final, brutish push through the mountains of northern Spain will determine the winner of the 2013 Vuelta a España

How one SMS saved the Spanish team from oblivion

Sicilian takes the GC lead, but three men still hold hope of upsetting the Giro d'Italia champion in Madrid

Vuelta GC battle takes form after selective first half, but it's only now getting good

Tony Martin's epic, heartbreaking solo ride on Thursday left him without the Vuelta stage win, but boasting a big day of training for worlds

Cookson, McQuaid attempting to rally support with the controversial UCI election less than one month away

Chris Horner says he isn't fazed by losing the Vuelta jersey after the jury calls a split at the finish