Christian Vande Velde

Biju Thomas heads to Greenville, South Carolina to experience this cycling and food destination firsthand. 

The Outer Line chats with retired pro cyclist Christian Vande Velde.

Seven months after the tragic death of Paul Sherwen, NBC Sports will slot several announcers into its Tour de France broadcast

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Some who confessed to doping have been accepted back into the sport, others have not. What's the difference?

USADA CEO Travis Tygart speaks to Matthew Beaudin about the doping fight and trying to clean up the sport for good

Some who confessed to doping have been accepted back into the sport, others have not. What's the difference?

Armstrong, Hincapie, Vande Velde, and Livingston will reunite at the October 25 Gran Fondo Hincapie

An analysis of the long-term effects of performance-enhancing drugs

A generational change coupled with four major teams folding triggers an exodus from the peloton, big names and small, willing and unwilling

Veterans such as Freddie Rodriguez and Christian Vande Velde pass on their knowledge and wisdom to younger riders

Christian Vande Velde's Cervelo R5 is built up with a Shimano Dura-Ace 9070 drivetrain, save for a Rotor crank

The American rider gets emotional during the final stage of the USA Pro Challenge, his last race on U.S. soil before his retirement

Bent on repeating its 2012 win, Garmin brings a packed roster to the USA Pro Challenge

Van Garderen, Danielson, Sky duo arrive to USA Pro Challenge on different levels

The Garmin-Sharp rider sits down with VeloNews ahead of his title defense at the race through Colorado

Sport director Charly Wegelius says the team left Paris satisfied with its performance at the 100th Tour de France

Clad in their lime green jerseys, Cannondale riders force a split in the peloton that eventually leads to a Peter Sagan stage win

American rider crashes out of what is expected to be his final Tour de France

American makes it through day 1 with significant injuries

The American, who crashed during stage 5, says the first week of the Tour is the "most dangerous week" of the entire season

Bittersweet over his final Tour de France, and 22nd grand tour, veteran American talks about getting laughed at when he went clean

In position to land the yellow jersey, American squad enters Tuesday's team time trial in Nice a favorite

Garmin squad lacks an outright leader at the Tour de France, but has several riders who can "create chaos in the race"

With incredible depth but no clear leader, Garmin brass won't cut down to nine Tour riders until after a training camp next week in Girona

Garmin-Sharp rider pulled out of the Giro d'Italia last week after falling ill

Garmin-Sharp rider says he'd glad he decided to return to racing after his six-month, offseason doping suspension

Garmin-Sharp rider will work for his team leaders at the Ardennes classics as he prepares for his first grand tour

Fourth-year pro hopes to earn a spot on the Giro d'Italia roster to help teammate Ryder Hesjedal defend his title

Vande Velde likely to need surgery on fractured hand

Peter Stetina urges fans to support Garmin's riders returning from suspension after they contributed to USADA's Postal investigation

The Catalan tour is over home roads of sorts for the three, who have their European base in Girona

Christian Vande Velde speaks about his pending return to racing with ESPN's Bonnie D. Ford

Six-month bans for Garmin riders and Leipheimer expired on Friday

Jonathan Vaughters says that although cycling is cleaner than in past years, an independent body needs to help the sport learn from its past

In Slipstream Sports, riders torn up inside over regretful decisions find a home and an emotional Tour ride

The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency has laid its overwhelming cards on the table in the Armstrong case. What does it mean for those involved?

Danielson, Vande Velde and Zabriskie address USADA case

U.S. officials have not received notification from USADA regarding suspensions for Danielson, Leipheimer, Vande Velde or Zabriskie

The Slipstream chief said the UCI had the chance to interview Christian Vande Velde, Dave Zabriskie and Tom Danielson years ago

Garmin boss says Vande Velde, Zabriskie and Danielson doped before joining Garmin

Garmin veteran says he wasn't messing around after taking too many of these races for granted in his career

Caught grinning today, Vande Velde talks of his enjoyment of the race and setting his sights on tomorrow's Flagstaff finish

After three levels of tie-breaker Vande Velde takes the yellow jersey from van Garderen after stage 3 of the 2012 USA Pro Challenge

Chris Horner says he's lacking power and may defer to supporting RadioShack's young GC riders

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

It was a black Friday indeed for Garmin-Sharp, which saw its entire squad bar one on the deck in a horrific pileup

Tour brass, UCI haven't acted on new Armstrong report and plan to leave the four Americans named as Armstrong witnesses in the Tour

Garmin director says Danielson will try to continue after separated shoulder as the team's GC hopes now lie squarely on Giro champ Hesjedal

Garmin-Sharp had a rough day on stage 3, with its GC men and sprinter all spending time on the deck

Hesjedal is the point man, but Vande Velde is ready and willing to step in if need be

Olympic hopefuls join Tour riders Vande Velde and Zabriskie, plus top 'crosser Johnson, for an Allen Lim-style tuneup

In an in-depth interview, Christian Vande Velde takes VeloNews behind the curtain of his roommate Ryder Hesjedal's ride into pink

Savio livid with Rujano, says Venezuelan's last chance has expired; Friday was reckoning for two GC hopefuls

Christian Vande Velde doesn't know what to expect from Giro d'Italia leader Joaquim Rodríguez in the big mountains

Christian Vande Velde and Peter Stetina dug deep today to put team leader Ryder Hesjedal in perfect position to steal back the pink jersey

The new Giro leader isn't on Gazzetta's list of favorites, but that can't last for long

Small cadre of Americans takes aim at the maglia rosa on Saturday, led by prologue threat Taylor Phinney

American will go back to the Giro to support Hesjedal, build for the Tour after a one-year break

Public opinion is fickle regarding convicted dopers. In Part II of three, we talk to cycling personalities about gaining acceptance

VeloNews.com caught up with the riders from Garmin-Barracuda at their 2012 team camp in Calpe, Spain

From the Garmin-Barracuda camp in Calpe, Spain

Leipheimer will have a hard time defending his title against fellow Americans

Christian Vande Velde on his USAPCC

VIDEO: Christian Vande Velde, looking for a way to win in Colorado

VAIL, Colo. (VN) – Ten miles. A vertical gain of 1,100 feet. Two completely different riders and two completely different equipment choices ended with a .58-second difference between Levi Leipheimer (RadioShack) and Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Cervélo). The two Americans sit atop the GC after the third stage on Vail Pass, but how exactly did such different circumstances lead to such a narrow stage win for the former?

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (VN) — There haven’t been many instances during his 15-year career that Christian Vande Velde has ridden a downhill prologue — and even fewer times that he’s started off a time trial stage as one of the first 12 riders out of the start house.

Christian Vande Velde didn't have the Tour de France that he was hoping for. After an injury-free run into the Tour for the first time in three years, Vande Velde crashed three times in the first stage and barely rode out of the first half of the Tour after a string of other painful spills. While other GC favorites were sent packing, the 35-year-old toughed it out and was able later to make important contributions in the final week that helped Garmin-Cervélo win the team GC prize.

PUY SAINT PIERRE, France (VN) - As teams whose top-five GC hopes have faded often do, Garmin-Cervélo is chasing the teams classification at the Tour de France. But with four stage wins, a week in the maillot jaune and an American rookie fighting for the top-10, Garmin’s Tour has been their best ever and Tom Danielson leads the squad in a run at the final podium in the final three days of the race.

Christian Vande Velde auditions for VeloNews reporter job

SUPER-BESSE, France (VN) ─ Veteran American cyclist Christian Vande Velde knows well what a rollercoaster of luck and fitness the Tour de France can be. He finished fourth overall in the 2008 Tour, 11th in the 2009 Tour and crashed out of the 2010 competition with broken ribs. Well before that, he twice rode on U.S. Postal Service squads that deliver Lance Armstrong to overall victory.

Ben Delaney chats with Christian Vande Velde soon after the end of Thursday's stage.

This year’s Tour field boasts a deep wealth of Yankee talent, including a top sprinter, a quartet of potential top-5 finishers, one of the sport’s most promising young riders, and a star-crossed veteran who will be starting his record-tying 16th Grand Boucle.

What's that bike CVV is riding at the Swiss Tour?

For stage 6 of the 2011 Tour of California, Christian Vande Velde chose a 2010 bike.

STATELINE, Nevada (VN) – Christian Vande Velde said he went through a range of emotions Friday after learning of the leak to French publication L’Equipe of the UCI’s suspicious riders list from the 2010 Tour de France.

LIÈGE, Belgium (VN) – The peloton returns to the scene of the Stockeau massacre in a race for the first time Sunday. The descent of the Ardennes climb was the site of the massive crash that led to the neutralization of stage 3 at last year’s Tour de France.