Tirreno-Adriatico

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The stage is set for the first major showdown between GC heavy-hitters, in early March, at Tirreno-Adriatico, a one-week WorldTour race

Movistar officials confirm Quintana will race in Italy next month, setting up a clash between the Tour de France favorites

Quintana will miss a chance to race against Contador and Froome at Ruta del Sol following a heavy crash at the Colombian nationals

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The Italian stage race has reason to celebrate its 50th edition, with Nibali, Contador, Quintana, and Froome all slated to test their form

The 2015 Tirreno-Adriatico route will offer a mix of time trials, climbs, and flat stages, and should attract Contador, Nibali, and Froome

World TT champ Tony Martin has not won in three TT starts so far this year, as new challenges come from Andriano Malori and Taylor Phinney

1. Adriano MALORI, Movistar, in 10:13 2. Fabian CANCELLARA, Trek Factory Racing, at :06 3. Bradley WIGGINS, Sky, at :11

Andriano Malori beats the world's top time trialists to claim victory in the final stage around San Benedetto del Tronto

The Omega Pharma-Quick Step rider guided Cavendish to a sprint victory in Monday’s Tirreno-Adriatico stage 6

The Spaniard did things differently over the winter, which included focusing more on his fitness and less on media and sponsor obligations

Mark Cavendish promises to honor Milano-Sanremo with one last ride — and criticizes changes to the Italian monument

1. Mark CAVENDISH, Omega Pharma-Quick Step, in 4:16:15 2. Alessandro PETACCHI, Omega Pharma-Quick Step, at :00 3. Peter SAGAN, Cannondale, at :00

The Omega-Pharma Quick Step rider finishes ahead of teammate Alessandro Petacchi and Cannondale's Peter Sagan

The 42-year-old American is suffering from tendinitis in his left Achilles tendon

The American nearly holds off Alberto Contador on the 30 percent finishing climb in stage 5

Alberto Contador attacked 32km from the finish of stage 5 at Tirreno-Adriatico and was able to hold on for the win and the GC lead

Alberto Contador won the fourth stage at Tirreno-Adriatico and is now 16 seconds out of the race lead

Alberto Contador nabbed his first WorldTour victory in more than a year Saturday at Tirreno-Adriatico, a sign he is back to form

Alberto Contador wins Tirreno stage 4 summit finish ahead of Quintana, Porte, Kwiatkowski, Urán and others

BMC's Philippe Gilbert says Milano-Sanremo is an unpredictable race, but within reach

1. Peter SAGAN, Cannondale, in 5:10:16 2. Michal KWIATKOWSKI, Omega Pharma-Quick Step, at :00 3. Simon CLARKE, Orica-GreenEdge, at :00

Peter Sagan won stage 3 at Tirreno-Adriatico and dedicated it to his ailing mother; Kwiatkowski finished second on the stage and now leads

Ahead of Milano-Sanremo, Mark Cavendish could use the boost to his confidence that comes with a Tirreno-Adriatico win, says his team

Italian gets a home win by overhauling the big names in Tirreno's first bunch finish

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American says that if he were fueled by race organizers' oversights, he would have to ride "every race 100 percent"

Belgian team rides former world champion into the leader's jersey in Italy

With defending winner Vincenzo Nibali absent, Lotto-Belisol starts last in Wednesday's opening team time trial at Tirreno-Adriatico

Porte says there are horses for every course and Tirreno-Adriatico offers the most appealing route to the grand tours contenders in 2014

The absence of Chris Froome makes for a more unpredictable GC in Italy

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Tour de France organizer angered after Sky moves the defending Paris-Nice champion to Italy to replace Chris Froome, who is dealing with back inflammation

The big names have found racing kilometers in Italy instead of France in recent years, but can a new route for Paris-Nice bring them back?

American rider was originally on Sky's tentative Giro roster, but both parties decided it was "too much, too soon"

Take a ride with Garmin-Sharp sport director Charlie Wegelius during stage 6 of Tirreno-Adriatico

Tony Martin rules the short, flat time trial on the coast, but Vincenzo Nibali closes out his second Tirreno-Adriatico crown

Simon Gerrans talks about his chances at a Milano-Sanremo repeat

Sagan's diversity and the weather's role were just two of the lessons learned in Tuscany as we look ahead to the season's first monument

1. Tony MARTIN, Omega Pharma-Quick Step, in 10:25 2. Adriano MALORI, Lampre-Merida, at :06 3. Andrey AMADOR BAKKAZAKOVA, Movistar, at :10 4. Fabian CANCELLARA, RadioShack-Leopard, at :12 5. Jonathan CASTROVIEJO NICOLAS, Movistar, at :14

Tony Martin scorches the stage 7 time trial route, but Vincenzo Nibali takes the overall race victory

After a challenging 2012, Lampre's Filippo Pozzato is confident he'll perform well at the spring classics

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Taylor Phinney misses time-cut at Tirreno-Adriatico, but learns a lot about himself in the process

Giro d'Italia director says Monday's Tirreno-Adriatico stage lost the balance between racing spectacle and absurdness

Vincenzo Nibali attacks on the descent from the Sant’Elpidio A Mare while others push their bikes up the 29-percent ramp

1. Peter SAGAN, Cannondale, in 5:45:17 2. Vincenzo NIBALI, Astana, at :02 3. Joaquin RODRIGUEZ OLIVER, Katusha, at :02 4. Mauro SANTAMBROGIO, BMC Racing, at :44 5. Samuel SANCHEZ GONZALEZ, Euskaltel-Euskadi, at :44

Slovak champion wins his second stage at Tirreno-Adriatico after a GC coup with Nibali, Rodríguez

At Tirreno-Adriatico, MTN-Qhubeka is the first African team to race at the UCI WorldTour's top level

Luxembourger has finished just one race since June 2012

Twenty-four seconds separate the top four GC riders at Tirreno-Adriatico, so the race could come down to Tuesday's finishing time trial

Results from stage 5 of the 2013 Tirreno-Adriatico

Froome rides into the overall lead as Rodriguez overpowers the lead group in stage 5

The one-time star climber can't hang with the best at Tirreno-Adriatico, but team management insists he'll be ready for the Tour

RadioShack vet gives solid review to Sky's performance on stage 4

Results from stage 4 of the 2013 Tirreno-Adriatico

Froome rockets away in the final kilometer to win the stage and slip into second overall

1. Peter SAGAN, Cannondale, in 5:15:12 2. Mark CAVENDISH, Omega Pharma-Quick Step, at :00 3. André GREIPEL, Lotto-Belisol, at :00 4. Gerald CIOLEK, MTN-Qhubeka, at :00 5. Matthew Harley GOSS, Orica-GreenEdge, at :00

Slovak champion outdoes the pure sprinters in a rainy finale at Narni Scalo before Tirreno-Adriatico heads for the mountains

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Manxman protects his overall lead at Tirreno-Adriatico, but the dinner table should see some tense conversation on Thursday

1. Matthew Harley GOSS, Orica-GreenEdge, in 5:48:41 2. Manuel BELLETTI, Ag2r La Mondiale, at :00 3. Gerald CIOLEK, MTN-Qhubeka, at :00 4. Roberto FERRARI, Lampre-Merida, at :00 5. Mark CAVENDISH, Omega Pharma-Quick Step, at :00

Tasmanian takes a wet win in Tuscany as Cavendish's leadout disappoints him

1. Omega Pharma-Quick Step, in 9:24 2. Movistar, at :11 3. BMC Racing, at :16 4. Cannondale, at :19 5. Astana, at :20

Manxman takes overall lead in Italy after Belgian squad aces team time trial

The finishes in the week-long Italian race are notoriously technical and the Slovak champion could hold off the sprinters

Chris Froome is taking advice from Bradley Wiggins, but is following the Sky way to the Tour de France

With ingredients like Froome Dog, Shark, Spartacus, and Terminator, Italy's stage race is a delicious first course for March

Rui Costa says there's no limit to his potential, saying he's "a complete rider." He'll ride in Paris-Nice starting Sunday

In the wake of bad weather forcing the cancellation of two races this weekend, here's a look at cycling's on/off relationship with Mother Nature

Tony Martin rode the final-stage time trial to victory in Algarve. Next up is Tirreno-Adriatico in a calendar aimed at stage-race victories

Nibali, Wiggins, Evans, Contador, Schleck set for Italian showdown in March

African squad headed for the WorldTour, but did not pursue a grand tour, choosing instead to build realistically to impact African cycling

In our latest issue, Velo editors test four aero bikes, go inside the spring stage races and examine the disparate treatment of dopers

Anthony Tan looks past Gilbert to his true Milan-San Remo favorites, and considers what the March races told us about the Tour de France

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Spartacus ready to avenge disappointing 2011 classics after Italian wins