UCI Road World Championships

The United States will have the maximum of nine starters for the elite men's road race on September 25 in Copenhagen.

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Fifteen years after the last Tour DuPont passed through its streets, Richmond is hoping to reunite with the international cycling community. Richmond stands alongside the sultanate of Oman as one of two bidders for the 2015 championships.

The UCI has confirmed that the Spanish city of Ponferrada will be the only candidate to organize the 2014 world road cycling championships.

PARIS (AFP) - Quebec on Friday withdrew its bid to host the 2015 UCI road world championships.

Richmond, Virginia, is competing with Oman and Quebec to host the 2015 UCI road world championships, the UCI announced Tuesday. At the Tour of Oman last week, the Sultanate of Oman announced its bid to host the event; Richmond announced its bid in December.

Eddy Merckx has added his support to Oman's bid to host cycling's annual world road race championships in 2015.

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VeloNews chats with Team Sky's Dave Brailsford after the men's road race at worlds.

Thor Hushovd describes his successful quest for the rainbow jersey.

The 32-year-old classics specialist, outmanned by the bigger Euro teams, uses his experience to win the day.

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Relentlessly attacking in the final laps of Sunday’s elite men’s road race, defending world champion Cadel Evans did everything he could to become the sixth back-to-back rainbow warrior.

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• 1. Thor Hushovd, Norway, 257.2km in 6:21:49 (40.417kph)
• 2. Matti Breschel, Denmark, s.t.
• 3. Allan Davis, Australia, s.t.
• 4. Filippo Pozzato, Italy, s.t.
• 5. Greg Van Avermaet, Belgium, s.t.

Thor Hushovd claimed Norway's first-ever men's elite title at the world road championships in Australia on Sunday.

UCI chief Pat McQuaid talks about the new "unified" pro calendar for 2011 and the Contador affair.

Post-race news conference with gold medalist Giorgia Bronzini and the other podium finishers

From Gilbert to Cavendish, a look at the favorites for the elite men's road race.

Philippe Gilbert, Oscar Freire and Simon Gerrans all like their chances in Sunday's elite men's race.

Stuart O'Grady says he's looking forward to joining his new, as-yet-unnamed team.

The Belgium favorite says Fabian Cancellara will have his every move marked in Sunday's worlds road race

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• 1. Giorgia Bronzini, Italy, 127.2km in 3:32:01 (35.997kph)
• 2. Marianne Vos, Netherlands, s.t.
• 3. Emma Johansson, Sweden, s.t.
• 4. Nicole Cooke, Great Britain, s.t.
• 5. Judith Arndt, Germany, at 0:01

Giorgia Bronzini kept the women's rainbow jersey in Italian hands when she sprinted to victory in the 127.2km event at the world road championships on Saturday.

Changes over the past year will make the Geelong world championship road course tougher than expected. So who might be favored to win it?

Fly along the worlds road race course in Geelong, Australia, with a little help from Google Earth

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Cadel Evans assesses Sunday's road course, shares his favorites and reacts to Alberto Contador's positive doping result.

For a while in the U23 world road championship, we saw Ben King on the attack, chased by Ben King, who was pursued by Hong Kong’s King Lok Cheung.

All four (yes, FOUR) of the men's U23 road race podium finishers at a post-race news conference.

Start list for Saturday's elite women's road race

Start list for Sunday's elite men's road race

With a record of making history, Taylor Phinney hits another milestone by becoming the first joint winner of a medal in the history of any world road championships.

Race schedule for the world road race cycling championships to be held in Geelong, Australia, from September 29 to October 3.

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• 1. Michael Matthews, Australia, 159km in 4:0123 (39.522kph)
• 2. John Degenkolb, Germany, at
• 3. Taylor Phinney, USA, s.t.
• 3. Guillaume Boivin, Canada, s.t.
• 5. Arnaud Demare, France, s.t.

Australian Michael Matthews produced a powerful finishing sprint to claim the under-23 men's crown at the world road race cycling championships on Friday. Phinney shares bronze.

The brand new world time trial silver medalist, who has his own doping past, says he supports Alberto Contador

Podium finishers at the elite men's time trial talk about their rides at a post-race news conference

Evans, Cancellara and Farrar say the race radio ban at Sunday's road race is a bad idea

The team leader says the U.S. has fielded one of its strongest world championship teams ever.

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• 1. Fabian Cancellara, Switzerland, 58:09.19
• 2. David Millar, Great Britain, at 1:02.75
• 3. Tony Martin, Germany, at 1:12.49
• 4. Richie Porte, Australia, at 1:19.00
• 5. Michael Rogers, Australia, at 2:24.94

Olympic time trial champion Fabian Cancellara rode into the history books Thursday by winning a fourth world title in the discipline at the world road championships in Australia.

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UCI officials in Australia announced the decision Wednesday.

Fly along the worlds time trial course in Geelong, Australia, with a little help from Google Earth

Start times for Thursday elite men's world time trial championships in Geelong, Australia (Hint for U.S. fans: set your alarm clock)

British rider Emma Pooley on her world championship time trial ride

The American talks with Anthony Tan about his breakthrough season, his hopes for the world championships and his future in the sport.

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American Taylor Phinney talks about his latest world championship win at a post-race news conference

Dave Brailsford says Cavendish could win if circumstances are right. But he's got a Plan B, as well

Dave Brailsford says new world champ Emma Pooley is the perfect mix of brains and brawn — and still has room for improvement

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• 1. Emma Pooley, (GB), 22.9km in 32:48
• 2. Judith Arndt, (Ger), at 15.17
• 3. Linda Melanie Villumsen, (NZ), at 15.80
• 4. Amber Neben, (USA), at 37.66
• 5. Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli, (Fra), at 43.94

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• 1. Taylor Phinney, (USA), 31.6km in 42:50.29 (44.259kph)
• 2. Luke Durbridge, (Aus), at 1.90
• 3. Marcel Kittel, (Ger), at 24.01
• 4. Nelson Oliveira, (Por), at 27.96
• 5. Rohan Dennis, (Aus), at 46.87

Britain's Emma Pooley claimed her first world title when she won the time trial at the world road race cycling championships on Wednesday.

American Taylor Phinney added another world title to his growing list with victory in the men's under-23 time trial at the world road race cycling championships on Wednesday.

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Robbie McEwen may not have got picked for Australia's worlds team, but he did ride the course for the cameras.

Robbie McEwen may not have got picked for Australia's worlds team, but he did ride the course for the cameras.

Fabian Cancellara says he's driven to make cycling history this week by winning a fourth world time trial title.

VIDEO: Team USA manager Jim Miller on the mix of young and old on the women's team, Dave Zabriskie's idiosyncrasies and the plan for the men's elite race.

VIDEO: Team USA's Evelyn Stevens says her goals for the world championships are simple: Suffer and suffer some more.

"I feel like I’ve been given a God-given ability and the opportunity to race,” the 2008 world time trial champ says.

The defending champ predicts that the Belgian and French teams will make sure the pure sprinters don't make it to the finish at the front.

The British sprinter says he's revising his goals after seeing the worlds course in person