Analysis

Vuelta organizers hope the 2012 edition serves up action, unpredictability and a potentially explosive fight to the finish.

Miller, an economist and union organizer, helped give major league baseball players a power voice that pro cyclists still lack

One is ascending into the sport's spotlight, the other is its dethroned king. The Vuelta showdown could be the battle of the season

A mix of emotions, from the high of Sir Chris Hoy and Laura Trott to the controversial low of Victoria Pendleton

Hoy aims for keirin repeat as Brits chase three golds in the final day of track racing

Baugé, Kenny likely heading for a final showdown in Monday's match sprint program

After two days inside the Olympic Velodrome, Team Great Britain has left no doubt who is hosting this track party

Italy's top grand tour rider is leaving for Kazakhstan, but familiar surroundings, stability and more money await

Was Britain's team sprint crash cheating or cunning? The UCI says it wasn't the former, but the IOC calls for a look at the rules

Officials relegate two medal-qualifying squads and while Germany wins the women's team sprint, no one else benefits

Wiggins looks to celebrate his historic season with a tonic, says he would be honored by knighthood, if not a little uncomfortable

The track events open Thursday in London and we preview all 10, with a look at the key match-ups

Rivals weigh in on what makes Wiggins, Armstrong so good against the clock

Bradley Wiggins is the top favorite for Wednesday's Olympic time trial, but a young American is looking to spoil

Defending Olympic champ Armstrong heads the list of women's time trial gold medal hopefuls after jumping a succession of hurdles since Beijing

In this excerpt from the March 2012 issue of Velo, we detail the London Olympics, with a focus on the home country favorites

If he can get over the Box Hill climb, which many feel he can, Mark Cavendish is the top favorite for Olympic gold on The Mall

The Tour de France champ, in his own words

The story of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, as told in the September 8, 2008 issue of VeloNews

Big money doesn't necessarily mean big results, as we've seen from BMC Racing and RadioShack-Nissan, but Sky has proven that it doesn't hurt

First British Tour winner hits the apex of GB cycling history, but Sky boss won't reflect until he's through the London Games

Gregor Brown and Matthew Beaudin examine stage 20 and where Sky's strongmen may be next year

The peloton chastised English speakers until late in the 20th century. Now, Great Britain owns the Tour de France

World champion has dreamt of sprinting on the Champs Elysees since childhood and is the top favorite to win his fourth Tour finale in a row

Matthew Beaudin and Gregor Brown on Bradley Wiggins' performance and their picks for the finale in Paris

Wiggins was clearly pleased to have helped bring Cav his amazing win

The final pre-Olympics TT test; Daniel Lloyd previews the Tour's stage 19 time trial at the 2012 Tour de France

Pau is a frequent stop on the Tour de France, and more than once has been the bearer of bad tidings

Four monster climbs greet the peloton on Wednesday and Daniel Lloyd previews the 2012 Tour de France's first big day in the Pyrénées

VeloNews editors say that Sky is comfortable with the relationship between Froome and Wiggins and that the only thing likely to mix up the GC would be if Froome chased an attack and gained time

We revisit some of the top storylines of the Tour de France, by way of our contributors' in-depth analysis

Sunday's road tacking was shocking — which is an amazing thing, given cycling's long history and proximity between riders and fans

At 2:23 back, the Shark of Messina still has a shot at yellow, but needs a lot of luck to go his way in the Pyrenees

Matthew Beaudin and Gregor Brown recap stage 14 of the 2012 Tour

Matthew Beaudin reviews stage 13 of the 2012 Tour de France and previews Sunday's leg into the mountains

Matthew Beaudin and Caley Fretz discuss stage 12 of the 2012 Tour de France

Tour organizers are betting on shorter distances increasing the turmoil on the road — and they're winning

Gregor Brown and Matthew Beaudin on the fallout from stage 11 of the 2012 Tour de France.

Peiper, Demol and Ochowicz strategize on how to beat back Sky's suffocating offensive

French hero sees the depths as fans boo him roadside as he rides to third career Tour win

Stage 10 didn't shake things up much and now there are only a few more chances to dramatically change the general classification

Wiggins and the Brits have put their rivals in a position to attack and attack they will

Channeling his obsessiveness, Bradley Wiggins continues to beat the best in the world at his specialty

Andrew Hood and Matthew Beaudin say the stage-9 ITT may define the 2012 Tour de France

Daniel Lloyd previews the stage 9 time trial at the 2012 Tour de France

Monday's stage to Besancon is the first of two major tests against the clock in this Tour. Which GC contenders will tell the boldest truth?

Andrew Hood and Matthew Beaudin go over stage 8 into Switzerland

Andrew Hood and Matthew Beaudin look back at stage 7 of the 2012 Tour de France

Sean Kelly blames more risk taking for increased crashes, plus a look at the long injured list

Much has been made of what five former teammates' testimony means to the USADA case against Armstrong, but what will it mean for them?

Blood-doping expert Michael Ashenden details how USADA could build a case against Lance Armstrong

A Tour rookie, Kiwi veteran ecstatic after pulling Greipel to two stage wins; Sky working at the front for Wiggins

VeloNews reporters take a look at the stories of stage 5 of the 2012 Tour de France from Farrar to Greipel to Armstrong

Peter Sagan is the next Peter Sagan. But who is that?

We go inside the stage 4 of the 2012 Tour de France after a mostly calm day that ended with a massive crash in the run-in to the sprint

The ins and outs of what’s covering Tour riders’ noggins

Tour green jersey is a paradoxical figure, one moment attacking, stone-faced, and putting on a show the next

Sitsou suffers fractured tibula, Riis says he’ll chase Morkov down if he attacks on Wednesday and van Garderen is enjoying the white jersey

We break down the Tour's third stage, while riders nurse wounds and Liquigas teammates tell Sagan to "Run, Peter, run"

Fabian Cancellara is back where he belongs, but is Peter Sagan ready to take his torch?

Fabian Cancellara should back off and take notes from Cavendish's tactical stage 2 win

The world champion came into the Tour quiet and reserved. He exposed himself with a brilliant sprint on Monday

The new soft-spoken, modest and lean Mark Cavendish is world champion for a reason

Protagonists say cycling has changed despite latest allegations against sevent-time Tour champ

Team Sky manager David Brailsford is hoping to have the last laugh this year if Bradley Wiggins manages to win the Tour de France

We can take a few things away from the Tour's opening weekend; an idea for the GC competition isn't one of them

Andrew Hood and Matt Beaudin pore over stage 1 of the 2012 Tour de France

Hesjedal, Horner among the Canadian and American riders to tackle the 99th edition of the Tour de France

Three men are key to Brad Wiggins' 2012 Tour de France hopes

From Evans to Sanchez, Wiggins to Menchov, we run down the favorites for the 2012 Tour de France

Sports law attorney Michael McCann says embattled Tour champ unlikely to face federal charges in the wake of USADA's allegations

Highlights of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency letter to Lance Armstrong, Johan Bruyneel and others

Embattled Tour king said he wouldn't fight doping charges, but Wednesday proved that was far from certain

Sagan within one of German sprinter's lead in the wins tally for top-level pros

Gesink and Valverde are among the Tour hopefuls taking aim at top form in Switzerland starting Saturday

Rivals left to reflect in the rain after Wiggins wins the Dauphine TT and extends his overall lead

Andy Schleck's time trial ride on Thursday at the Dauphine was as far from what he'd hoped as possible

Quiet Norwegian all-rounder scores a win after working for Wiggins

In a look at our archives, Wiggins and Leipheimer revive 2011 Tour hopes with strategic stage race victories

In our midseason report card for the sprinters, Cav is still the king of speed, but many are nipping at his heels