Analysis

With a virtually bottomless pocket, Team Sky's new sponsor Jim Ratcliffe and his company Ineos should allow the team to continue its dominance.

As the spring classics begin in earnest, all eyes are on Deceuninck-Quick-Step to see if it can again dominate on the cobbles.

The 2019 Tour of California route is dominated by Mount Baldy on the penultimate day, but there are plenty of other intriguing storylines to follow.

Early season races in Australia and South America afford important opportunities for domestiques to win, and these results have a broader impact as well.

Andrew Hood takes a look at the results sheets from the year's first races in Australia and discovered five riders who showed big promise for the season.

Andrew Hood examines what has made this annual event in Australia so successful.

If Team Sky can't survive, the bidding war for Chris Froome will be intense, right? In fact, he may not be right for most WorldTour teams.

The route that was unveiled this week is old school — at least by Vuelta standards, writes Andrew Hood.

Egan Bernal, 21, is under contract at Sky through 2023, but the team's sponsor woes could force him to look elsewhere next year.

Can a single national bike industry event replace Interbike? Maybe not, but a number of smaller options help to fill the void.

Andrew Hood argues that the season's final grand tour will end up being a better race minus the two Sky leaders.

Take a closer look at the power data of EF Education First-Drapac captain Simon Clarke and Mitchelton-Scott captain Mat Hayman.

Despite coming nearly 100km from the finish, the Muur still greatly impacts how the Tour of Flanders finale plays out.

Here are five riders who will look to pounce at Flanders while all eyes are on Peter Sagan, Greg Van Avermaet, and the Quick-Step block.

Here are 10 top riders with a chance at winning the most exciting day of bike racing, the Tour of Flanders.

Chris Froome faces a hors categorie legal battle and his defense strategy will be very difficult based on scientific data.

Assembling a list of the top Milano-Sanremo contenders is perilous — it's cycling's most unpredictable monument classic.

Milano-Sanremo has unpredictable, exciting finishes. Here are five favorite editions from the modern era, and what fans can learn from each.

Strade Bianche may only be in its 12th edition, but that hasn't stopped it from emerging as one of the sport's best one-day events.

Tour of Alberta leaves behind a massive $1.6 million debt with 80 creditors owed including many Continental and Pro Continental teams.

Omloop Het Nieusblad is the official start to cobbled classics season, and it looks to be a good one.

We highlight four young riders who had big seasons in 2017 and who we expect to continue their success next year.

Two Ironman pros weigh in on Andrew Talansky's transition to Ironman triathlon.

Cycling fans around the world missed the action in the final kilometers of the men's worlds race. Here are two key things that happened.

The world's best female cyclists will face off in Bergen, Norway. Here are 10 favorites to watch on Saturday.

UCI World Road Championships head to Bergen, Norway this weekend. Here are our top-10 picks for Sunday's 267.5km elite men's road race.

After five stages the GC battle for this year's Vuelta a España is beginning to take shape

In the modern era, Twitter, Facebook, and other social media influence the Tour de France just as much as the riders and teams.

Nairo Quintana seems to have picked the wrong year to attempt the Giro-Tour double with Chris Froome looking vulnerable.

The Tour de France has a long history with the Col d'Izoard. However, 2017 is the first year the climb will serve as a mountaintop finish.

When Chris Froome has a mechanical in stage 15, Romain Bardet's team races on. The time for waiting on the yellow jersey is past.

The 2017 Tour de France has a monster mountain test on offer in stage 12 when the race finishes on Peyragudes in the Pyrenees.

Sunday’s final stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné got it right. Whether the Tour can repeat that drama remains to be seen.

Stage 16 of the Giro d'Italia features the famous Stelvio climb. This year's queen stage is a monster in more ways than one.

The Oropa climb has been used in five previous editions of the Giro d'Italia. Here's what to expect in stage 14.

The Giro d'Italia finishes atop the famous Blockhaus climb in stage 9. What can history teach us about this climb's significance?

The Giro d'Italia takes on Mount Etna early in the race, on stage 4. Here's what we can learn from the 2011, 1989, and 1967 races.

Nairo Quintana will attempt the elusive Giro-Tour double in 2017. Here's why it is so difficult to win two grand tours in a row.

We name 10 top riders to watch in the 2017 Giro d'Italia. Quintana, Nibali, Pinot, and others will fill out a stacked field for Italy's grand tour.

Andrew Hood breaks down how Alejandro Valverde was able to win his fifth La Flèche Wallonne title.

Can a new, Cauberg-free finale spice up the oft-predictable Amstel Gold on Sunday? The list of favorites just got a lot longer.

The 2014 edition of Paris-Roubaix proved that the team with the most cards to play has a huge tactical advantage.

Four-time winner Tom Boonen will be a marked rider at Paris-Roubaix. Here are four keys to his bid for a record fifth Roubaix title.

Here's your guide to Paris-Roubaix, whether you're a rank beginner or a cobblestone aficionado.

The 2017 Paris-Roubaix route features 29 cobblestone sectors that span 55 kilometers. Here's your detailed guide to the Hell of the North.

Mapei swept the 1996 Paris-Roubaix podium in unbelievable fashion, but the race's outcome wasn't decided on the road.

Can an all-day breakaway survive at Paris-Roubaix? It did in 1988, when Dirk Demol won his first race as a professional.

On one of Roubaix's muddiest days, the numbers game pays off and an unheralded domestique wins the day.

Johan Museeuw was lucky to survive with his leg after a terrible 1998 crash, making his 2000 victory all the more astonishing.

The spring classics come to a climax at Tour of Flanders for the Women's WorldTour peloton. Here's the complete preview.

What can we learn from the five best editions of Flanders (in recent memory)? A look back at Boonen, Museeuw, and Durand's all-day break.

The 1985 edition of the Tour of Flanders featured such heavy rain that only 24 riders finished the race.

Take a look back at the 1992 edition of the Tour of Flanders, which featured a 212km breakaway.

Tom Boonen won his first Tour of Flanders in 2005, arguably one of the biggest seasons of his storied career.

The best sprinters in the women's peloton have their chance at Gent-Wevelgem, and Lotta Lepisto wins her first career WorldTour race.

Movistar just hacked team time trials, maybe accidentally. In fact, the team may not even realize the powerful TTT tool it just invented.

What do Peter Sagan, Greg Van Avermaet, Philippe Gilbert, and Tom Boonen have in common? Great riders, but none have won Milano-Sanremo.

Sean Kelly's 1992 Milano-Sanremo win was one of the most memorable in race history, a daring downhill attack off the Poggio.

Fabian Cancellara takes matters into his own hands, attacking an uncooperative breakaway, and fending off a charging sprint field.

Here's a quick recap of what took place during the 2012 edition of Milano-Sanremo.

With Milano-Sanremo only days away, we are taking a look back at some of the most memorable editions of “La Primavera.”

Tirreno-Adriatico and Paris-Nice each feature crucial uphill finishes on Saturday. Here's what fans should be watching for.

Orica – Scott has a wealth of young GC talent for grand tours, and it finds a way to balance ambitions of Chaves and the Yates twins.

Pro road racing begins to head up in February. Here's what to expect from the early season stage races and a few classics appetizers.

Tour de France names four wildcard teams. Here's what to expect from Cofidis, Direct Energie, Wanty – Groupe Gobert, and Fortuneo – Vital Concept.

Andrew Hood takes a closer look at Peter Sagan's new contract with German team Bora – Hansgrohe.

The heat, as well as potential for backroom drama, should make 2016 Qatar worlds one to remember — or perhaps forget

Through the first four stages, the Vuelta a España has, for the most part, been dominated by fresh faces, riders new to the grand tour game.

The dusty lenses of time and nostalgia change our interpretation and our memory. Like a good wine, this Tour will get better with age.

Froome enters the final stages with a smaller gap than in either of his prior Tour wins, a gap that could absolutely be wiped out.

No one left the Giant of Provence satisfied after Tour de France stage 12. Cycling has another black eye, and riders were the ones paying the price.

Maybe you missed it in stage 12's chaotic finish, but Chris Froome pulled a fishy move earlier that day at the Tour de France.

Though stage 12's Mont Ventoux finish is shorter, it will still be hard. The Tour de France, however, is now lacking something iconic.

Nairo Quintana seemed to be in good shape on Sunday, but for one reason or another, he didn't try to take attack Chris Froome

It won't be easy for Richie Porte to overcome the time he lost to an unfortunate puncture in the Tour's first week

The Tour's first mountaintop finish is Sunday. Here are five things we expect to know about the race for yellow after Arcalis.

There’s no winning without the legs, but Cav proves that a sprinter doesn’t have to hit the highest speed to be first.