Nacer Bouhanni

One of the oldest races in Europe, Paris-Tours should be an exciting finale to the European racing calendar on Sunday.

Young Julian Alaphilippe may be France's best chance at breaking an 18-year drought in the elite men's road race at worlds.

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With Cannondale-Garmin, Tinkoff-Saxo, Movistar, and others announcing news Thursday, worlds week is the time for transfers and changes.

Despite crashing out of the Vuelta with a dislocated elbow, the French sprinter still wants to race at the upcoming UCI Road Worlds.

The Tinkoff-Saxo star, the latest high-profile withdrawal from the Vuelta due to injury, says moto drivers don't take rider safety seriously

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Chris Froome was the big winner after taking the yellow and polka-dot jerseys, while several riders came up short of goals

AFP takes a look back at the French grand tour and highlights five key takeaways

Andrew Hood takes a look at what's worth remembering, and forgetting, at the Tour through the opening nine stages

Nacer Bouhanni abandons the Tour de France after a crash early in stage 5

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The Giant-Alpecin star has eight Tour de France stage wins but will miss this year's race after an illness

Auber 93's Steven Tronet wins the French road title as favorite Nacer Bouhanni hits the deck

Cofidis bets on French sprint star Nacer Bouhanni for Tour de France and brings a team tailored for the mass gallops

The Norwegian has 18 wins so far this season, but several riders will challenge him in the mass gallops to the finish line

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Nacer Bouhanni wins a bunch kick in Sisteron, France to take stage 4 of the Dauphine, padding his points classification lead along the way

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The Frenchman takes the stage victory in a sprint finish at the end of the 173km route

The Critérium du Dauphiné kicks off Sunday in Ugina, France, with several challenging ascents along the eight-day route

With the peloton's star sprinters opting out of the Giro, Greipel is in driver's seat, but up-and-coming speedsters may also have chances

Sunday's edition of the sprinter's classic pulls from past races to present an old-school route that finishes on the Via Roma

The Paris-Nice route this year will offer something for everyone in the peloton

Nacer Bouhanni built his own leadout train on Cofidis for this season, and he's hoping the squad delivers him to wins

After sitting out 2014 when the jobs went away with a vengeance, Dominique Rollin is back at work, this time for Cofidis

The Dutch rider wins by 6 seconds as Sam Bennett claims victory in the final stage

Grand tour stage winners, points classification champions, and classics superstars will take on the early-season race in Qatar

The country's economic crisis has resulted in several riders looking for work next season

At worlds, Kwiatkowski, 24, leads the way for a young cohort that is talented and promising

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Nacer Bouhanni edges Michael Matthews to win stage 8 as a battle in the wind leaves Alejandro Valverde in red and the GC largely intact

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Tinkoff-Saxo puts Garmin-Sharp in trouble in the crosswinds. Degenkolb wins a fierce sprint, drawing the ire of Bouhanni

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Nacer Bouhanni powers to the win in stage 2 as Alejandro Valverde collects the red race leader's jersey from teammate Jonathan Castroviejo

Bouhanni jumped with only a few hundred meters to go, and claimed the dangerous sprint. The GC standings remain unchanged

La Gazzetta dello Sport is reporting that Ivan Basso is headed to Tinkoff-Saxo, Carlos Betancur is headed to OPQS, and Nicolas Roche is headed to Sky

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The 24-year-old is one of France's best young sprinters and won the Giro points title this year

The French sprinter says he will most likely ride for another WorldTour team next season

The FDJ.fr rider is not included on the team's preliminary roster for the French Tour

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Nacer Bouhanni takes the sprint win on stage 10 of the Giro d'italia in Salsomaggiore Terme

A crash with less than 1km remaining splits the front group and disrupts the finish

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Frenchman wins his second stage in three days with crafty sprint

The FDJ.fr rider became the first Frenchman to win a Giro stage since 2011

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Bouhanni rode Lapierre's new aero road frame to Giro stage victory on Tuesday in Bari, Italy

Riders were unsure if they should continue racing or stop all together because of slick conditions

With rain creating a slick road surface throughout the 121km stage 4 in southern Italy, Nacer Bouhanni bolted to victory

Marcel Kittel leads the field of sprinters at the Giro, which kicks off May 9. Will he rule the mass gallops on the Italian roads?

Dumoulin wins the second half of a two-stage day at Criterium International and takes the overall lead from Bouhanni

FDJ's Bouhanni bounces back from a mid-race crash to repeat his 2013 victory in the opening stage of Paris-Nice

The Movistar rider took the overall lead in Monday's stage 4 and holds on to win in the Chinese capital

The FDJ rider wins a second consecutive stage and pads his lead in the overall

The FDJ sprinter replaces Hushovd as overall leader after winning the longest stage of the 2013 tour

Several close calls have resulted in zero victories thus far in the 2013 edition of the race

The French champion, who placed fourth in Thursday's stage 6, rides low and aero on his smooth bike

Domenico Pozzovivo will carry Ag2r La Mondiale's GC hopes, while Arnold Jeannesson will head FDJ's squad

Two-day, three-stage race in Corsica provides riders a preview of the opening stages of this summer's Tour

German sprint ace leaves it late to come around Petacchi for Paris-Nice stage win ahead of new GC leader Viviani

Nacer Bouhanni crashes out of Paris-Nice with facial injuries after crashing on a rain-slicked road

Sprinters like John Degenkolb and puncheurs like Greg Van Avermaet are favorites for this weekend's Paris-Tours

Nacer Bouhanni (FDJ-BigMat) won the opening stage Wednesday of the Etoile de Besseges