Lieuwe Westra

Longtime Vacansoleil and Astana racer helped pilot Vincenzo Nibali to Tour de France title and scored 13 victories of his own.

The retired pro wrote in a new book that he faked injuries in order to gain access to banned substances through the use of TUEs.

Lieuwe Westra snatches the GC title from Alexander Kristoff with a strong showing in Driedaagse De Panne's final time trial.

Contador attacks in the final 2km to snatch the lead from Froome with one stage remaining as Westra overhauls two Katushas to win the stage

Belgian Jan Bakelants (Omega Pharma) won stage 6 of the Dauphiné Friday as Chris Froome (Sky) finished a bit bloodied and bruised

Rodriguez holds off Contador and van Garderen to take the final victory in the Volta

The Dutch-based squad is losing its main sponsor after this season and will fold

Kazakh squad loads up for 2014, but with some controversy

"Spartacus" nabs his eighth time trial national title

The Belgian, who says he is familiar with the five-day route, left the Amgen Tour of California to attend the birth of his second child

The 24-year-old American rides strong up the punishing Mount Diablo climb and takes a 1:47 lead into Sunday's finale

TrainingPeaks examines riders' power data from the opening days of the 2013 Amgen Tour of California

Dutch squad will lose both of its title sponsors at the end of the season

Team loses second naming sponsor and overall lead in California, but will keep hunting stages

The bunch is denied a mass gallop to the line as Westra steals a march in the final kilometers

Van Garderen quietly confident ahead of GC battle, while 23 riders sit less than a minute off the yellow jersey's time

Damien Gaudin takes a surprising victory in a twisting, turning prologue

Preview: Tejay van Garderen, Andrew Talansky, and Robert Gesink are headed for a likely dust-up at the "Race to the Sun"

Lieuwe Westra is building towards that magical form that saw him nearly win Paris-Nice in March

Devolder: 'Pay attention to Lieuwe'; Vansummeren caught without a helmet; Cav starts sports scholarships; Meares/Pendleton rivalry still fierce

Westra, De Gendt and Larsson lead Dutch squad from the Riccò embarrassment to the podium

De Gendt solos to victory while Leipheimer crashes three times, Wiggins holds lead

Dutch TT specialist thrilled with mountaintop win, looks ahead to final-day time trial

Wiggins narrowly holds onto lead

Lieuwe Westra wins the Classic Loire-Atlantique.