UCI Road World Championships

Simon Gerrans shows his late-season form with a pair of wins in Canada, indicating that he will be a rider to watch at worlds

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Despite his success at the Vuelta, the Spanish champion insists he will not join his countrymen in Ponferrada for worlds

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Indicating some disagreement within the Spanish ranks, Contador has been named to the preliminary world championships roster

Evelyn Stevens looks ahead to worlds following her victory at the Boels Rental Ladies tour.

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Two-time Tour de France champion withdraws his name from consideration for Spanish team, saying he is not suited for the course

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Bookwalter, van Garderen, Howes, Reijnen, Marcotte, and Talansky will represent the U.S. in Ponferrada at world championships

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France announces its preliminary roster for road world championships

The U.S. looks to build off its two bronze medals and 10 top-10 finishes from 2013 at this year's world championships

Four of the biggest favorites for Ponferrada are at this Vuelta: Fabian Cancellara, Philippe Gilbert, Tom Boonen, and Peter Sagan

The 29-year-old is targeting a victory in the road race at the upcoming world championships

The worlds road race course may serve up an unexpected outcome with deceptively difficult climbs and technical descents

After a first glimpse at the world's website, it seems the courses for the road race and the time trial do not break any new ground

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The Portuguese held his fire until the final kilometers of the men's world championship battle, then blew his rivals out of the water

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The young Slovak crashed, chased back on and still managed to finish sixth, ahead of more experienced riders

Graham Watson surfs the storm to bring home images of the men's race at the 2013 UCI World Road Championships

Results from the men's road race at the 2013 UCI World Road Championships

The Portuguese didn't show himself until the final few kilometers, but when he did, it was to steal the rainbow jersey from Rodriguez

Chris Horner, Chris Froome, Bradley Wiggins and Cadel Evans were among those to quit the race, run in horrendous conditions

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RIchmond 2015 organizers talk with the U.S. elite men's team in Florence about the world championships and the roads they took to get there

Team USA worked hard, but Abbott had bad legs and bike troubles, and Stevens was outnumbered in the finale

Graham Watson snaps two road races — junior men and women — at the 2013 UCI World Road Championships

Vos said the Italians and Americans made defending her world road title a tough job — but she managed to get it done anyway

The American had high hopes for this world championships and says he'll try again in the under-23 ranks

Results from the women's and junior men's road races at the 2013 UCI World Road Championships

The indomitable Dutchwoman launches on the final climb and time trials to her third world road title

Casey B. Gibson shoots the junior men's race at the 2013 UCI Road World Championships

The Dutchman adds a road title to his pair of world cyclocross titles with a solo escape in Italy

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RIchmond 2015 organizers talk with the U.S. elite women's team in Florence about the worlds and their paths to racing

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USA Cycling confirms the dates and locations of 14 national championship events for 2014

Cancellara ordinarily would bail on the Vuelta and tackle the time trial championships. But his menu of choices is bigger this year

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Eddy Merckx and his team push Qatar toward the 2016 road worlds, despite questions surrounding the courses and fan access

Announcement is contingent on Spanish organizers following through on guarantees

Carmen Small, Tayler Wiles, and Gillian Carleton join the now-11-strong Specialized-lululemon team for 2013

Race organizers of the 2013 world championships in Italy have unveiled Pinocchio as the official race mascot

A midsized city, the regional government and private donations are expected to underwrite the $15 million event

Italian national team manager put the tactics in his young riders' hands late in Valkenburg and hopes it pays in Florence

With Spain's deadline for its financial guarantee for the 2014 world championships approaching, the UCI has begun searching for a new host

A new crop of young Americans are motivated to contend for world championship glory and made big strides in Limburg

After a frustrating spring turned into two Vuelta stage wins, Philippe Gilbert's win on the Cauberg was almost inevitable

Valverde saves Spanish pride, but Freire unhappy with teammates in final race

Casey B. Gibson captures Philippe Gilbert's worlds-winning attack and the energy around it in Valkenburg

Manx Missile goes out of rainbow season with fanfare, hints at new things in the future

1. Philippe GILBERT, (BEL), at 6:10:41 2. Edvald BOASSON HAGEN, (NOR), at 4 3. Alejandro VALVERDE BELMONTE, (ESP), at 5 4. John DEGENKOLB, (GER), at 5 5. Lars BOOM, (NED), at 5

Belgian king of the Ardennes erases his disappointing classics campaign with a fierce move to close the Limburg worlds

Slovenian wins world junior title

Defending world champion Mark Cavendish has withdrawn from the road race in Valkenburg after working for Great Britain early

Marianne Vos jumps away to a home-country world title and Casey B. Gibson captures the action

The startlist for the 2012 elite men's race at the world road championships

With Rodríguez, Valverde, Contador, Freire and Sánchez, will a wealth of options benefit the Spanish or destroy their chances in Limburg?

Alexey Lutsenko leads the espoirs men home in a bunch sprint above Valkenburg and Casey B. Gibson captures the action

Neben turns from workhorse to the Americans' medal hope as Vos blows up the women's worlds road race

1. Marianne VOS, (NED), in 3:14:29 2. Rachel NEYLAN, (AUS), at 10 3. Elisa LONGO BORGHINI, (ITA), at 18 4. Amber NEBEN, (USA), at 33 5. Anna VAN DER BREGGEN, (NED), at 55

1. Alexey LUTSENKO, (KAZ), in 4:20:15 2. Bryan COQUARD, (FRA), at 0 3. Tom VAN ASBROECK, (BEL), at 0 4. Hugo HOULE, (CAN), at 0 5. Luka PIBERNIK, (SLO), at 0

Dutchwoman runs away with her ninth elite world title — and second of the year — on the Cauberg

Scot roasts the UCI and Hein Verbruggen and says the USADA-Armstrong case could be 'the best thing' for cycling

Kazakh wins world championship out of a four-man group on the Cauberg

1. Lucy GARNER (GBR), at 2. Eline Gleditsch BRUSTAD (NOR), at 0 3. Anna STRICKER (ITA), at 0 4. Sophie WILLIAMSON (NZL), at 0 5. Jessy DRUYTS (BEL), at 0

Boonen and Gilbert are two of the strongest men in the worlds field and both are Belgian. How will they play off one another in Valkenburg?

Bettini, Nibali excited with a young Italian squad in the Netherlands, point to Spain, Belgium as favorites

Briton is first to repeat repeat junior world champ since Nicole Cooke in 2000 and 2001

Cyclocross on hold for Czech star as he aims for a result in his first road worlds

Marco Pinotti is headed home after a collarbone fracture suffered as he fought for bronze in the worlds TT

With unpredictable racing and no need to hold back, Tejay van Garderen says he'll keep trying at the world championships

Casey B. Gibson captures Tony Martin's winning ride, plus strong performances by the Americans and a surprise bronze for Belarus

Taylor Phinney and Tejay van Garderen prove once and for all that the future is here for U.S cycling

Tony Martin overcomes the most difficult final kilometer of his career to double up in Valkenburg

1. Tony MARTIN (GER), in 58:38 2. Taylor PHINNEY (USA), at :6 3. Vasil KIRYIENKA (BLR), at 1:45 4. Tejay VAN GARDEREN (USA), at 1:50 5. Fredrik Carl Wilhelm KESSIAKOFF (SWE), at 1:51