Analysis

Tour de Hoody: Team boss Rod Ellingworth says Pogačar will 'lose one day' and promises UK super-team will be ready to pounce.

An in-depth look at the data from Mathieu van der Poel, Alexander Kristoff, and Quinn Simmons.

Raids appear focused solely on Bahrain Victorious so far at Tour de France, but teams worry of impact of more police action.

The tension will remain in the bunch for stage 2 with plenty of potential pitfalls for the GC riders.

Ben O'Connor loses almost a minute to defending champion Tadej Pogačar.

We take a trip to the speculation station and ponder the big questions ahead of this year's Tour.

'Ewan has to take something out of this Tour, otherwise it’s starting to look like a really disastrous season for him,' says former green jersey king.

There most definitely will be opportunities for me to fight for a 'W'.

“Imagine getting the 35th Tour de France stage in the British champs jersey, it would be pretty beautiful," Cavendish said.

From Bardet and Pinot to Alaphilippe and Cosnefroy, the home crowd has a lot of big names to shout for. We look at what they could do in the 2022 Tour.

Greg LeMond began to turn the tide on Stage 13 of the 1990 Tour de France, which he would go on to win ahead of Claudio Chiappucci.

From the cobbles to the high mountains, there is plenty for the GC riders to be cautious of in the 2022 Tour de France.

For his direct rivals, the two-time Tour winner is like an impenetrable fortress. Everyone is looking for a crack to try breach the walls.

It has been 10 years since Bradley Wiggins became the first British Tour de France winner. What happened next for the members of Sky's 2012 Tour-winning squad.

The conservative consistency of Geraint Thomas' Tour de Suisse is the antithesis answer to two firecracker Slovenian hares at the Tour de France.

Jumbo-Visma's first victory in franchise history at the Critérium du Dauphiné sends a warning shot to its rivals ahead of the Tour de France.

Analyzing the team's long-list for the Tour de France.

We take a look at the 14 riders in the frame for a shot at the Tour de France.

Previous winners of the Tour de France from 1903 to 2023.

The countdown to the 2022 Tour de France begins and the top favorites have been training at altitude and previewing stages.

A look at the power numbers of Jai Hindley, Juan Pedro López, and Thymen Arensman from the final mountain stage of this year's Giro d'Italia.

'The riders make the race but they need inspiring terrain to ensure the script isn’t predictable', writes former Giro stage winner.

Steady support, breakaway efforts, but no stage wins for the four-rider North American contingent.

Reviewing the top riders from this year's Giro d'Italia and where they go from here.

Richard Carapaz crumbled out of pink in dramatic day in the Dolomites, but what else happened in the top-10? Here's an analysis.

'On Saturday we’re going to high altitude and that’s Richard Carapaz's playground,' Australian writes in his exclusive VeloNews blog.

The second half of the stage is packed with testing climbs, notably the Kolovrat, before the short and sharp uphill finale to the Santuario di Castelmonte.

Giro di Hoody: These are hard times for sprinters facing reduced opportunities across ever more challenging grand tours.

Saturday's mountain finish at Fedaia is a real grinder and it's during the Giro's 'epic' third week that reveals a rider's true character.

Five stages on from their last thrilling battle into Cuneo, sprinters Arnaud Démare and Mark Cavendish get a final chance for glory as the Giro heads for Treviso

Stage 17 features the Vetriolo pass where Andy Hampsten wrapped up the 1988 Giro d’Italia title, followed by the testing ascent to Monterovere.

Recall a day of high drama in the high mountains as the Giro d'Italia kicks into its decisive final week.

From one-hit wonders to doomed superdomestiques, the top of the Giro crop all carry question marks heading into the race's final week.

A look at power numbers from Vincenzo Nibali, Joe Dombrowski, and Emanuel Buchmann after an epic medium mountain stage.

With five riders within 61 seconds of the pink jersey, nothing is decided, and everything is still in play.

Carapaz has the strongest team but Bora and Bahrain have cards to play, and Almeida remains a threat.

Four riders within 1:01 of pink jersey Richard Carapaz sets the scene for a scintillating third week through the high mountains.

It was a day for the break as the GC riders saved their legs for the final week of the Giro d'Italia.

Stage 15 to Cogne is not the most difficult mountain stage of the race, but it will be a tough test after the dramatic Turin stage.

Catch up on a day that saw Richard Carapaz take the maglia rosa and the general classification reshaped.

Giro di Hoody: The French climber seemed poised for more in this Giro d'Italia, and the race will miss his elegant, attacking style in the final week.

Giro di Hoody: 'Generation Pogačar' might be dominating the Tour de France, but this year's Giro is proving that experience and depth still count.

The Giro’s leading sprinters will have their sights set on victory in Reggio Emilia six days after Scalea matchup.

A look at power numbers from Mathieu van der Poel, Thomas De Gendt, and Emmanuel Buchmann in the opening stages of the corsa rosa.

Australian takes VeloNews readers into the action, and his strategy, on the summit finish.

‘Kilometers in Fuga’ and ‘Traguardo Volante’ competitions give Drone Hopper opportunities for prizes in a peloton with far deeper purse-strings.

A series of sprint chances and transition stages will keep the suspense going into the final mountain stages.

Dan Martin watches the Giro d'Italia come to life on the summit finish of Blockhaus and takes VeloNews readers inside the mind of a racer.

Richie Porte and Ineos Grenadiers at center of bruising ascent on the Blockhaus.

The first decisive summit finish in the 2022 Giro d'Italia will tell everyone who has the legs to win the pink jersey.

'For sure we'll see a big battle between GC riders.' Buzzsaw-shaped stage packs potential for ambush, attack, and sending sprinters out the back.

Cavendish: 'We knew that was going to happen. It was a bonus if we could sprint today but we had to try.'

The 'Shark of Messina' won all three grand tours and is the only rider to stop the Sky machine at its peak.

The Ineos game plan will be to stay safe and start creating fatigue in their competitors in the hope Carapaz is the strongest in week three.

Dumoulin and Nibali see their GC hopes slip away as Yates and Carapaz hold fire on the first summit finish.

A look at power numbers from Mathieu van der Poel at the Giro d’Italia.

Etna stage Tuesday brings first summit finish of the Giro. The hulking volcano will show who's hot, but may not fully erupt the race for pink.

Saturday's tight, technical TT could see a whole host of riders in the frame for the stage win and the second pink jersey of the race. Here's our picks.

Matt White and TT expert Marco Pinotti share their insight into the nature of the all-important 9.2km test.

The time gaps are small but every second counts at this stage in the Giro d'Italia.

Roglič and Pogačar won five of the seven past grand tours. Without them, the Giro could be faster and more frenetic than ever before.

From Carapaz to Carthy, Andy Schleck rates 10 potential contenders for the Giro d'Italia.

Who is lean, who has the fastest haircut, and what's it like heading into my final grand tour.

Giro di Hoody: The ever-expanding reach of the ‘Grande Partenza' are not only an important income source for Giro d'Italia organizers but push the concept of how far a grand tour can go.

‘When you are racing bikes you have to be able to lie a little,’ says the rider once known as ‘The Sheriff’.

Hugh Carthy and Magnus Cort headline American team for the first grand tour of the season.

Three US starters is the lowest number at the Giro d'Italia since 2014.

GC chasers, climbing sensations and wingmen-de-luxe are among the five young debutants that could dazzle in this year's Giro.

After riding in the shadows at Ineos Grenadiers, the Colombian climber will step into the limelight at the Giro d'Italia this month.

A look at the eight riders that Ineos Grenadiers is sending to the Giro d'Italia, from GC hopeful Richard Carapaz to debutant Ben Tulett.

Tadej Pogačar revives tradition of grand tour winners as serious cobbled classics contenders.

From Primož Roglič and Egan Bernal going on the attack to Miguel Ángel López's dramatic departure from the race, these are the moments that made the 2021 Vuelta a España.

Primož Roglič has twice lost the Vuelta a España's red jersey on purpose. Why has he done it and can he win it back when it really matters?

From Movistar's attempts to overthrow Primož Roglič in the red jersey to Ineos Grenadiers trying to bounce back from a bad first week to a new summit finish to contend with.

Jack Haig, Damiano Caruso spearhead "Plan B" as Landa slides out of GC contention in Vuelta's mountaintop showdown.

Roglič has looked faultless through the opening week while his rivals have faded – but does he have enough of a buffer to last through to the final?

Primož Roglič took the red jersey off Kenny Elissonde and took more time on his rivals as the Vuelta a España heads back into the mountains, while Hugh Carthy lost a lot of time.

Jumbo-Visma deftly plays first mountain-top finale to let jersey slip away yet mark its direct rivals.