UCI Road World Championships

Michael Kwiatkowski jumps away from a furious pursuit to first join, then drop a breakaway and ride alone to the rainbow jersey in Spain

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Marianne Vos will not wear the rainbow jersey on the road in 2015, but her rivals say one loss does not mean the Dutchwoman is slowing down

Casey B. Gibson and his Nikons are on hand for the elite women's road race at the 2014 UCI World Road Championships in Ponferrada, Spain

Trade team loyalties are often at odds with national allegiances at worlds, when the jackpot for the rainbow jersey is worth millions

Casey B. Gibson snaps the action during the junior men's road race at the UCI World Road Championships in Ponferrada, Spain

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Shelly Olds finishes a career-best sixth on the day, but the U.S. women had hoped to do better with a sprint in the offing

Results from the elite women's road race at the 2014 UCI World Road Championships in Ponferrada, Spain

As a lead group hesitates en route to the line, the race is lost, and Pauline Ferrand-Prevot surges in the final meters to take the victory

Results from the junior men's road race at the 2014 UCI World Road Championships in Ponferrada, Spain

Germany’s Jonas Bokeloh wins the junior men's road race in a sprint as a shrinking peloton overhauls a two-man break

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Dideriksen repeats for Denmark, and Bystrom wins Norway's first worlds title in Ponferrada

Sven Erik Bystrøm (Norway) attacked the peloton on the final lap to win the U23 men's road race

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Marianne Vos' form is in question after a disappointing worlds team time trial. Saturday's elite women's road race may be wide open

Amalie Dideriksen (Denmark) claims the world title in the junior women's road race

Norway strikes gold in U23 road race and scoops up a bronze medal as Skjerping sprints to third behind Aussie Caleb Ewan

In her final year as a junior, the Danish rider takes her second world title, sprinting out of a small group for gold

Though they have a long, acrimonious history, Alejandro Valverde and Joaquim Rodríguez will attempt to ride as a united Spanish squad on home soil

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Tom Dumoulin's stock continues to rise with a podium at worlds, and veterans like Wiggins recognize the Dutchman's potential

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Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain) wins the world time trial championships in Ponferrada

Though his 2014 results don't show it, Peter Sagan is one of the riders to watch in Ponferrada, but he is cagey about his chances

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Bradley Wiggins' conquers all comers on the final climbs of the world championship TT course, dethroning Tony Martin

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Bradley Wiggins' strategic approach to worlds TT pays off. He looks ahead to Paris-Roubaix and the Olympics, but won't defend TT title

British Olympic time trial champion wins his first world championship TT title, beating three-time defending champ Martin

Carmen Small is forced to withdraw from world road championships due to illness. Tayler Wiles takes her spot for the U.S.

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Rain can't spoil the German party in day two of time trials at the world championships in Ponferrada

After winning medals in the TTT and the ITT, Evelyn Stevens hopes to complete the worlds sweep with a top-three in the road race

Anna Solovey finds her cycling career, and even her safety, threatened by Ukranian conflict, but wins world time trial championships medal

Brennauer takes gold as Stevens wins bronze in Ponferrada, Spain

Germany earns its second TT gold medal on the shoulders of Lisa Brennauer, who overcame rainy conditions to win

Germany's Lennard Kamna wins the junior time trial in Ponferrada

American Adrien Costa finishes second, 44 seconds behind the German

Olympic time trial champion feels the Ponferrada course favors him, and he showed his form in the TTT on Sunday

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Images from the opening event at world championships in Ponferrada, Spain

Young riders battle rainy conditions for world championship titles in Spain

Australia's Campbell Flakemore beats Ireland's Ryan Mullen by less than a second

Australia wins gold and bronze, and Denmark's Mathiesen takes second

U23 Campbell Flakemore and junior Macey Stewart win gold in the world time trial championships

Farrar wasn't selected for the six-man squad heading to Sunday's climbing-centric world championships in Spain

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Casey B. Gibson is on hand as BMC Racing and Specialized-Lululemon win the team time trials at the UCI World Road Championships

Cycling is a team sport, but the glory goes mostly to individuals, and Tejay van Garderen was happy to finally share a podium with his boys

Results from the team time trial at the 2014 UCI World Road Championships in Ponferrada, Spain

The defending champions finish on the podium, but not on the top step, as BMC Racing wins the team time trial at the world championships

World road champion Marianne Vos, who concedes she's not a specialist in the race against the clock, struggles in the team time trial

A crash in training can't stop Specialized-Lululemon from taking the hat trick in the team time trial at the UCI World Road Championships

Tejay van Garderen has a busy week ahead of him, racing all three events at worlds and maybe talking a little football with his countrymen

Defending champs Specialized-Lululemon should see stiff competition from the deepest field ever for the women's team time trial

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Alejandro Valverde has a tough row to hoe if he is to win the rainbow jersey on his home turf, with the Aussies and Belgians gunning for him

Cycling Canada releases roster for the world road championships

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Great Britain brings a squad that relies heavily on talent from team Sky to contest worlds in Spain

Spanish team endeavors to win worlds title in front of home crowd in Ponferrada

Team director Cassani has a variety of options, but he'll likely tap familiar riders to lead Italy in Ponferrada

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Two-time defending TTT champions are still confident that their squad has a chance at a three-peat in Ponferrada

Degenkolb, recent winner of four stages at the Vuelta a España, is in the hospital, the result of a festering infection from a crash at the Vuelta

After a successful year, Alison Powers looks to the world championships in Ponferrada, Spain