Analysis

Tirreno-Adriatico draws many of the big names in head-to-head battle for sprint stage racing supremacy

With Kevin Pauwels and Jonathan Page waylaid by mechanical issues in Louisville, what role do the wrenches play in elite ’cross?

GCN's Daniel Lloyd recaps and analyzes the week in bike racing, including WADA's New York meeting, Tour of Qatar and ’cross worlds

Eddy Merckx and his team push Qatar toward the 2016 road worlds, despite questions surrounding the courses and fan access

As the Katusha battle hits CAS this week, where will Joaquim Rodríguez land, assuming it's not with the Russian team?

“I wasn’t feeling spectacular, and I have to be feeling spectacular to beat her," says the World Cup champ

Both young men are strong and determined. On Saturday, fortune smiled on one of them

“It’s really nice to win this race,” he said, “but next week there’s another race, and I want to win also. ..."

The Americans leave their home ’cross worlds with a medal, momentum, and mixed feelings

The Belgian contingent met its home-country press Friday morning and pointed at each other to win in Louisville

The U.S. National Team members are all chasing success in Louisville, but what that means is different for each one of them

The classics stars are headed for Qatar to lay the groundwork for cobbles glory, but Mark Cavendish wants to spoil the party with his sprint

For many, one rivalry tops all in Louisville. How does Katie Compton beat Marianne Vos? And how does the Dutch phenom win another title?

An American world cyclocross championships might just be USA Cycling’s best-ever chance to grab international glory

Former world champs Tom Boonen and Mark Cavendish are two of the surest bets in the sport, but can they work together?

We handicap the favorites for UCI Elite Cyclocross World Championships

Logan Owen is an eight-time U.S. ’cross champion and is barreling toward the podium in Louisville

Questions over Riis, unnamed riders, and other sports abound, but answers may be hard to come by

Nibali, Wiggins, Evans, Contador, Schleck set for Italian showdown in March

Since its 2002 inception, the Tour of Qatar has produced all but three Paris-Roubaix winners

How the largest city in Kentucky became the first American host of the elite world cyclocross championships

The most likely characters to step up on Sunday in Louisville and prevent a repeat of Belgium's top-seven sweep at the world championships

U.S. champ Timmy Duggan checks in after surgery to repair his fractured collarbone and tibia

Sacha Modolo ripped off a win in San Luis on Tuesday and wants more at Milan-San Remo

Omega director eyes Sagan, Boasson Hagen as biggest challengers to repeat of his team's 2012 classics supremacy

Timmy Duggan missed the move on Wednesday in Australia and will refocus on a stage win

The Lotto train is the best in the business right now, setting up what should be a great season-long battle between Greipel and Cavendish

A rare Belgian-free podium, worlds in the U.S. and a new international squad may herald the globalization of cyclocross

Simon Gerrans and Philippe Gilbert enter the WorldTour season opener as the top favorites for glory Down Under

The WorldTour series may be contrived, with the peloton yet to embrace it, but for the five favorites in 2013, the points chase is on

Armstrong didn't implicate Ferrari, and Winfrey didn't press him on the matter

Blind to the damage he's caused, Armstrong leaves a sport in tatters and far too many questions unanswered

After nearly three hours of television time, the omertà remains intact, and its king, for now, still has zipped lips

George Thomas checks in with Timmy Duggan to talk about the forthcoming WorldTour opener and its kick-off criterium

We run through the key questions Armstrong addressed — or didn't — in the first portion of his confessional with Oprah Winfrey

Toby Stanton of Hot Tubes and Danny Van Haute and Stephanie Scott of Jelly Belly-Kenda talk about sustaining rider development in the U.S.

Dan Seaton previews the weekend's World Cup finale and discusses the boost Jonathan Page's national title should give his start money price

For the many victims of Armstrong's doping and PR machine, the disgraced former champion can do little to erase the damage he's done

European cyclocross champion Helen Wyman argues for a rule preventing federations from shorting their women's worlds rosters

The sport deserves better than the UCI is giving it through its restrictive review rules

Federal prosecutors have rejected an Armstrong offer for $5 million in restitution and cooperation, signaling a potential court battle

The team has burned through three general managers in four years and seen four riders test positive

The speed around the Armstrong affair picked up on Monday and stable ground is falling away from the once-unflappable Texan

Rudy De Bie faces some tough choices for the Belgian worlds selection, but will likely take Wellens, Peeters and Aernouts

After a brutal week in the cold on a tough Verona track, we predict the 22 riders set to be named later today to the U.S. worlds team

With European and U.S. cyclocross national championships set for the weekend, we'll be watching a number of storylines

Tour de France historian Christopher Thompson offers insight on the identity crises he sees for the race before its 100th edition

The Giro's nod to the locals sent a message this week that need to put up or sit out in 2014

Katie Compton earns the U.S. an extra roster spot for worlds, but who's paying Jonathan Page?

If the former world champion tells all on Oprah, it might not open him to the legal or civil action many expect

With automatic bids for the world championships and the jersey on the line, hundreds head to Wisconsin for a snowy showdown

Lawyers for the WorldTour champion press to force Joaquim Rodríguez's exit from embattled Katusha

Giro organizers meet this week to discuss four remaining invitations, but Katusha licensing case makes a decision difficult

Katie Compton on Sunday did what no American had done before her, overcoming years of setbacks to win the Cyclocross World Cup title

University of Texas department chair outlines decades of corruption at the IOC and its impact on alleged doping collusion at the UCI

UCI president reflects on his long relationship with EPO and doping in cycling and says he is the man to lead the sport forward

Katie Compton can clinch the World Cup overall on Sunday, and ’cross titans address beer-throwing fans

Sven Nys is fallible, Meredith Miller and Amy Dombroski are likely to be in Louisville, and Logan Owen is a world title contender

With junior riders owning the podium and other achieving their goals, Geoff Proctor deems his 10th Christmas ’cross adventure a success

In our editor-voted top story of 2012, James Jung recounts his experience dealing with the death of a fellow local racer in Connecticut

Rules, liability questions and who's really growing the sport have USA Cycling and the Oregon Bicycle Racing Association at odds

Winning four classics in three weeks was more than victory for Tom Boonen — it was vindication

Gilbert stormed to a world title and Contador raided the Vuelta, but neither took top spot in Andrew Hood's favorite attacks of the year

Lance Armstrong accepted a lifetime ban Thursday, changing the conversation of his career and whether the public cares about his past

Dan Seaton goes to Jeremy Powers for answers on why he and other Americans don't live full-time in Belgium

With top performances in 2012 from world champion Cavendish, breakthrough John Degenkolb and entertaining Peter Sagan, which was our top sprint?

NRC champion Carmen Small has leveraged years of teamwork and a season as a domestic leader into a European ride with Specialized-lululemon

Skins owner wants to tear the Band-Aid off pro road cycling and dig the wound of corruption out of the sport

American Jonathan Page has seen the lows of European cyclocross in 2012, but on Sunday came storming back to all but secure his worlds ticket

From the back of a press motorcycle, Chris Case sees the chaos and beauty of the Tour, and the flotilla that follows it

Columnist Dan Wuori asks for amnesty for vilifying dopers while pretending to understand the circumstances of their choices

Without a strong core, the rain of doping and other controversies will continue to fall on cycling

Our man in the Belgian mud follows up on planning to race in Belgium and recommends races to go on the bucket list

The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency is yet to set a date for Johan Bruyneel's arbitration, meaning the case will almost certainly drag into 2013

The dominant Dutchwoman nearly swept our women's awards, an indicator of her merits as the world's top rider in 2012

With few international results, the Luna rider will start shy of the front row at 'cross worlds, and is hoping for a slow start.

Specialized' Prototype clinchers are our Tech Blunder of the Year; the Trek Domane is our Cursed Product Launch of the Year

A grand depart outside the host nation provides both opportunities and challenges