UCI Road World Championships

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After missing out on a selection for the worlds time trial, up-and-comer Adrien Costa chooses to end his season and gear up for 2017.

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Caley Fretz envisions two scenarios playing out in Doha at the road worlds, both dependent on the wind.

Here's a list of the riders who will race for the rainbow stripes in Doha, Qatar at world championships in October.

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Mark Cavendish and Lizzie Deignan (formerly Armitstead) will lead the British team at world championships in Qatar this October.

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USA Cycling named 30 riders Monday who will wear the Stars and Stripes in Doha, Qatar at UCI World Road Championships, October 9-16.

In little more than three weeks, the elite international peloton will converge on the barren, windswept peninsula of Qatar for the 2016 worlds.

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The scuffle over team time trial world championships looks to be over as AIGCP, the pro teams' association, and the UCI have reached a compromise.

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The men's pro peloton agrees that the 2016 Doha world championships course favors sprinters, but it won't be an easy race.

This year's world championships will take place in the Persian Gulf state in October, and the road race circuit is a maze through the city.

Qatar's course for the 2016 UCI world championships includes more than a few twists and turns

The Austrian city of Innsbruck will host the 2018 UCI road world championships

Not surprisingly, Richmond was the venue for several awards-worthy performances, from sportsmanship to breakthrough results.

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Two-time junior world champion Chloe Dygert has some impressive numbers from her fruitful races in Richmond last week.

The UCI Road World Championships concluded with Sunday’s men’s road race, which saw Slovakian Peter Sagan seize the gold medal.

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Haga shows his European teammates the ropes ahead of Richmond worlds and turns in a top-five performance in the TTT.

The elite women's road race at Richmond worlds had plenty of action — attacks, cobblestones, and an exciting finale.

What's behind the last-minute roster change for the U.S. women at worlds? Caley Fretz explains it goes back to the Carter Administration.

Belgium leads the overall gold medal count in the UCI Road Worlds road race, but it failed to earn one this year.

Peter Sagan rode quietly until the last kilometers at worlds before he unleashed an attack no one could counter. Here's the bike he rode.

The 2015 UCI Road World Championships conclude in Richmond with Peter Sagan's solo victory in the men's road race.

The Tinkoff-Saxo owner reacts to Peter Sagan's triumph in Sunday's road race at the UCI Road World Championships.

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Betting on a sprint cost Matthews the pot

"I’m no good at strategy. I can just do what I did," says new rainbow jersey Peter Sagan

Americans were on the attack throughout as the world came to Richmond

Peter Sagan makes the most of the final 3km, winning the men's road world championship

An economical Sagan makes one move, and it sticks, blazing the descent to the final Governor Street climb and the rainbow jersey

What appears to have been a broken steerer sent Austrian rider Patrick Gamper tumbling during Saturday's men's junior world championship road race.

A break nearly slipped away to the win, but in the end it was a battle of the favorites for the rainbow jersey

No one seemed to know what to expect at the start of the men's road race, but everyone agreed it should be a challenging day on the bike

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Lizzie Armitstead wins Great Britain's first rainbow jersey of the 2015 world championships in Richmond.

The elite men’s road race will be a wide-open affair; with three short, steep climbs in the closing 5km and a chance of showers, almost anything can happen

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American Megan Guarnier booked a ticket to the 2016 Rio Olympics with a third-place finish in the women’s road race at the world championships Saturday.

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For some riders at worlds, the opportunity to show off a flag that many fans may not recognize is one that doesn’t come around every day

Great Britain's Lizzie Armitstead won the women's world road championship Saturday in Richmond; American Megan Guarnier finished third

Austria's Felix Gall masters a three-up sprint to claim junior men's world title.

Austria's Felix Gall out-sprints two rivals to claim the rainbow jersey in the junior men's race in Richmond.

Chloe Dygert overcame a knee injury in 2014 to become a double world champ in Richmond, crediting a strong support team at worlds.

French team plays the tactical game to perfection in wet and slippery under-23 men's road race in Richmond, winning and taking third.

Alexander Kristoff acknowledges the potential for an attacker to steal the day. But he's expecting — and hoping for — a sprint finish.

If nothing else, for Team USA the U23 road race was a reminder of how frustrating and unpredictable a sport cycling can be.

When John Degenkolb raised his arms across the final finish line of the Vuelta, his missing confidence returned. Now, he says, he's ready for the worlds.

Junior American women go one-two in the road race, matching their results from the TT earlier this week in Richmond.