Analysis

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

Briton won every major objective on his 2012 calendar, including Tour yellow and Olympic gold

Peter Sagan is our Most Exciting Racer of the Year, while Moreno Moser is our International Rookie of the Year

Evelyn Stevens is Velo's North American Woman and International Women's Climber of the Year

Kristin Armstrong is our International Women's Time Trialist of the Year

The Specialized Roubaix is our Blessed Product Launch of the Year; SRAM XX1 is our Tech Innovation of the Year

Sky, Specialized-lululemon are our Best International Men's and Women's Teams; Edvald Boasson Hagen is our Best Support Rider

Tom Boonen is our International Classics Rider of the Year

Joaquim Rodríguez is our International Men's Climber of the Year

Giro d'Italia winner Ryder Hesjedal is our North American Man of the Year for 2012

Mark Cavendish is International Men's Sprinter of the Year, John Degenkolb is our International Breakthrough Rider of the Year

Our Belgian cyclocross correspondent shows the summertime impacts of muddy ’cross racing and reminisces on ’cross in the States

The feds are after Armstrong and have requested a mountain of information on the dethroned Tour champ and his team

Matthew Beaudin reviews Velo's 2012 Story of the Year: USADA's takedown of Lance Armstrong

Magni, Coppi and Hampsten are among the men making up the most memorable Giro moments, as voted by the cycling press

The Russian Katusha team is planning to appeal its exclusion from the WorldTour to the Court of Arbitration for Sport

Specialized owner Kristy Scrymgeour is driven to eliminate the financial uncertainty that forced her out of the sport

The inclusion of Saxo-Tinkoff in the WorldTour means Alberto Contador can begin preparations for his assault on the 2013 Tour