Jack Burke, a Canadian well-known on the North American circuit, has been smashing Strava records across Europe. Now he wants to join the WorldTour: 'Let’s hope some kind of opportunity comes from this.'
Manxman has been vague about intentions, while Astana-Qazaqstan team indicates its position.
In this second “Tales of the Unexpected,” John Wilcockson tells the startling stories of Italy’s Tour de France winners, including the three being honored at this year’s opening stages.
Back in 2010, the Giro ventured across the 'sterrati' in one of the epic stages of modern racing. Cadel Evans won the stage, but the race would soon be turned upside down.
Here's what's making headlines this weekend.
After a parenthesis in 2022, South African manager returns with a new ProTeam squad, world-class backers, and WorldTour ambitions.
Former Dimension Data and Qhubeka boss launches 23-rider ProTeam squad featuring two US riders, one Canadian.
Tour de France champion Vingegaard tops veterans Chris Froome, Vincenzo Nibali in ASO's exhibition race.
UAE sport director Fabio Baldato bullish on Italy's cycling future: 'The Italian cyclists are coming, they are young, they are good. We don't need to be afraid.'
Never have so many marquee, top-level pros all retired in the same season.
Top riders from across the peloton will race on Singapore's Formula 1 circuit on October 30.
Vincenzo Nibali, Alejandro Valverde and Philippe Gilbert are three of the pros who have raced their last race.
Pogačar and Mas go to finish line together after lighting up final with series of attacks on Civiglio and Battaglia climbs.
Sharks, stars, and grand tour colors flash through Nibali's last ride – a custom Wilier 0 SLR.
Nibali: 'Valverde and I approach Lombardia with the desire to leave a mark.' Can the two old dogs deliver one final victory?
Race officials confirmed Thursday that retiring star Gilbert will be part of a deep start list for the autumn French classic on October 9.
Giro boss: 'The last monument of the season is a bit more special than usual.'
Sponsor ties see the veteran Italian connected to Ryder's new pro squad.
A winner in 2010, Nibali hoping to go out with a Vuelta bang: 'The road will tell me quickly where I am at.'
The return of ex-champions Nibali, Froome, Valverde, Yates, Quintana, and Roglič marks a record for the Spanish grand tour.
From Vincenzo Nibali to Tom Dumoulin, and Alejandro Valverde, Richie Porte and Philippe Gilbert, a fleet of champions leaves at the top of the game.
The Bahrain Victorious climber pounced with just under 1km to go along the ramparts of the Burgos castle to fend off the peloton's top names.
A look back at the winners, losers and dramas from modern Tour stages over the pavé.
The last hurrah Tour glory for mechanical before almost certain extinction.
Reviewing the top riders from this year's Giro d'Italia and where they go from here.
The Italian will likely finish the race in fourth place overall but he wanted to bow out with a stage victory.
The American said the 'Giro is really starting' this week as GC fight ramps up.
Giro di Hoody: Nothing ever goes to script at the Giro d'Italia, and that's why this week should be one of the best of the season.
From one-hit wonders to doomed superdomestiques, the top of the Giro crop all carry question marks heading into the race's final week.
A look at power numbers from Vincenzo Nibali, Joe Dombrowski, and Emanuel Buchmann after an epic medium mountain stage.
'Maybe I arrived at the Giro d'Italia a little behind the others but not too far,' says veteran rider.
Giro di Hoody: 'Generation Pogačar' might be dominating the Tour de France, but this year's Giro is proving that experience and depth still count.
A series of sprint chances and transition stages will keep the suspense going into the final mountain stages.
Aging war horses carry Italian pride into the second week of a Giro d'Italia that's so far without an Italian stage winner.
Astana-Qazaqstan climber rides into another breakaway that was doomed by the GC teams: 'It's always the peloton that decides.'
Dario Cataldo, Jacopo Guarnieri, and Salvatore Puccio laud Nibali's career and his decision ‘to retire at the top.’
The Giro boss says that the Italian, who is retiring at the end of the year, was a "once-in-a-generation" rider.
The Shark of Messina made the announcement as the Italian Grand Tour arrived in his hometown.
The 'Shark of Messina' won all three grand tours and is the only rider to stop the Sky machine at its peak.
Two-time Giro d'Italia winner confirms the news at the end of stage 5.
The Ineos game plan will be to stay safe and start creating fatigue in their competitors in the hope Carapaz is the strongest in week three.
Astana reeling after early exit for López and losses for Nibali in first mountain summit of the Giro d'Italia.
Dumoulin and Nibali see their GC hopes slip away as Yates and Carapaz hold fire on the first summit finish.
Two-time Giro champ plays down expectations: 'It is still very early to talk about any goals in this race.'
Burgos-BH rider takes a blatant 'sticky bottle' and gets away with it to finish 12th overall at the Vuelta a Asturias in northern Spain.
With its distance, its prestige and hard-to-predict nature, there is no race like it on the international calendar.
Italian will miss both Strade Bianche and Tirreno-Adriatico.
The omicron variant is catching out riders and teams at a much higher pace than during the first two seasons of the pandemic.
Alexander Vinokourov and his crew are gearing up for the 2022 season – and what better way to get it started than with some hip-hop.
The five-day Spanish race will see the riders go off-road with a race-defining summit finish on the Alto Antenas del Maigmó Tibi.
Astana Qazaqstan outlines the grand tour calendars for its major GC captains, with Miguel Ángel López also racing the Giro-Tour double.
Paris-Roubaix and Tour of Flanders are still on the table for the Italian as he plans out his 2022 season.
The Kazakhstan-based team includes American Joe Dombrowski.
Here's a look at which men's teams have spent big to transform their rosters for 2022 — and how it will impact the peloton.
Sicilian veteran looks to expand ambitions in what could be final pro season, discusses struggles adapting to life at Trek-Segafredo.
Here's the news making the headlines on Wednesday, October 20.
From Peter Sagan's move to Team TotalEnergies to Sam Bennett's return to Bora-Hansgrohe to Vincenzo Nibali heading to Astana, here are the latest transfers in the men's peloton.
Vincenzo Nibali wins the final stage and takes the overall victory at the Giro di Sicilia.
Here's what's making headlines on Friday, October 1.
After two years with Trek-Segafredo, Vincenzo Nibali has signed a deal to join Astana next season.
Here's the news making the headlines on Thursday, September 23.
Antonio Nibali is the embodiment of Sicilian family values. He speaks about living in reference to his brother Vincenzo and life away from his nine-month-old daughter.
There are only a few five-star favorites for the 2021 men's Olympic road race. We ranked 68 riders for Saturday's event.
Tour de France stars, last-chance veterans and rising phenoms headline the three teams to watch in Tokyo on Saturday.
Here's the news making headlines for Monday, July 12.
Both Trek-Segafredo and Cofidis mixing GC ambitions and stage hunting at the Tour de France.
Sicilian veteran battling for Olympic selection as Filippo Ganna moves toward center of Italian cycling's future.
Here's what's making the headlines on Tuesday, June 1.
Veteran domestique has ridden into second on GC without anyone noticing – and he won't let go of his once-in-a-career opportunity easily.
Peloton creaks at the seams after huge pile-up on stage 15, with riders' resilience set to be tested further in frozen high-altitude stage Monday.
'It’s a mini Strade Bianche but tougher and more technical.' Some 35km of white roads feature in high-stakes 11th stage.
Ineos Grenadiers in driver's seat at Giro d'Italia as the Colombian surges into the 'maglia rosa.'
Sicilian veteran hands leader's baton to Giulio Ciccone in what could be his last-ever Giro.
Nibali crossed the finish missing patches of bib-shorts while Hindley lost a few more seconds in the fight for pink.
From memes to movie parodies, teams are upping the ante in how they engage fans and reward sponsors, and building friendly rivalry along the way.
Jumbo-Visma captain ceded important time to his direct GC rivals in cold and wet conditions Tuesday.
Tuesday's stage 4 of the Giro d'Italia saw this year's pink jersey hopefuls attacking each other on a climb for the first time.
Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier is one of many promising stage racing talents to come out of Eritrea over the last decade.
Is Egan Bernal back? Will the UCI go super-tuck crazy? Will the gravel stage doom a GC star? We analyze 15 storylines for the Giro d'Italia.
The Giro d'Italia serves up a rare treat of seeing one of the sport's legends square off against one of the peloton's rising stars.