Vincenzo Nibali

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Tejay Van Garderen lost the Dauphiné's yellow jersey on Friday to a bold, early-stage attack by Vincenzo Nibali, but vows to keep fighting

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The Astana rider finishes second in stage 6, enough to put him into the yellow jersey as Rui Costa wins in final kilometer

The Astana rider is satisfied with his squad's performance in Tuesday's team time trial at the Critérium du Dauphiné

The squad finishes the 24.5km stage four seconds ahead of second-place Astana

Nibali confident in his plan to retrace the 2014 schedule that saw him take his last win, the general classification at the Tour de France

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The Critérium du Dauphiné kicks off Sunday in Ugina, France, with several challenging ascents along the eight-day route

The race across the French Alps features a talented cast of riders looking for a final tuneup ahead of the Tour de France

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Early June's Critérium du Dauphiné offers Tour de France GC riders another chance to test form ahead of July

The weight of a nation rests on Fabio Aru's shoulders as the young Italian rides, for the first time, as Astana's GC leader in the Giro

The early season has given away little about the condition of the 'fab four' GC kings who have shown equal parts brilliance and mediocrity

Italians once dominated the Giro, but now, the tifosi may have to wait another year for a native son to claim the pink jersey

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The 2013 Tour de France champion and his Sky teammates will kick off the six-day Swiss race with Tuesday's team time trial

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With the threat to Astana's WorldTour license lifted, Nibali is giving his full attention to his pursuit of a big one-day victory

Sunday's Liège-Bastogne-Liège could cap the spring classics season in dramatic fashion, pitting young guns against experienced veterans

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Froome, Nibali, and Quintana all tested their legs at the midweek Ardennes classic

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Flèche Wallonne organizers added a new climb near the finish of Wednesday's race, but the race could still be decided on the Mur de Huy

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The Italian finishes 1:20 behind winner Michal Kwiatkowski in Sunday's Ardennes classic

The 2014 Tour de France champion pleads with the UCI not to strip Astana of its racing license

If the squad loses its WorldTour racing license this week, team officials say they will appeal the UCI decision to the CAS

Sunday's edition of the sprinter's classic pulls from past races to present an old-school route that finishes on the Via Roma

The Italian says he's focused on two upcoming training blocks and several races ahead of the Tour de France this summer

The Colombian showcases his fighting spirit by winning the annual race across Italy after bouncing back from surgery and a crash

Contador, Nibali, Uran, Quintana, Cancellara, and Sagan all weigh in on their odds ahead of the Wednesday start of Tirreno-Adriatico

In a pre-race press conference, Alberto Contador confirmed that he had spoken to the CIRC concerning his 2010 clenbuterol case

The 50th edition of the "Race of the Two Seas" draws big names for an early-season showdown

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The stage is set for the first major showdown between GC heavy-hitters, in early March, at Tirreno-Adriatico, a one-week WorldTour race

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The UCI announced that after careful review of an extensive report, it will request that Astana's Pro Team license be withdrawn

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The Italian says not being in top condition right now "means nothing"

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After starting his season with the Tour of Dubai, Vincenzo Nibali returns to racing Tuesday at the Tour of Oman

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Vincenzo Nibali will get in some early season race miles at the Dubai Tour alongside Cavendish, Tony Martin, Valverde, and others

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The Italian stage race has reason to celebrate its 50th edition, with Nibali, Contador, Quintana, and Froome all slated to test their form

Vincenzo Nibali confirms his plans to ramp up for a defense of his Tour de France title in 2015, which include racing the Dauphiné

An Astana team official tells VeloNews the Italian will most likely forgo the Giro-Tour double

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Vincenzo Nibali conquered the cobbles on stage 5 of the Tour, putting even the spring classics specialists into difficulty

The 2015 Tirreno-Adriatico route will offer a mix of time trials, climbs, and flat stages, and should attract Contador, Nibali, and Froome

The 2014 season saw fresh faces emerge in the spring classics, worthy grand tour winners, and a revived interest in the "longest hour"

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Astana's Paolo Slongo (right) has brought legal action against two journalists who tied him to banned doctor Michele Ferrari

The team of the Tour champion, under scrutiny for recent doping positives, was granted a 2015 WorldTour license, it announced Wednesday

In all reality, a downgrade to Pro Continental would be a toothless formality, but it may be the only option the UCI has at this point

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Tour champion Vincenzo Nibali's 2015 season hangs on the decision of the UCI license commission, as Astana's ProTour license under review

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Vincenzo Nibali will headline Tour of Oman, alongside climbing stars from the Tour de France and notable stars such as Cancellara and Sagan

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Tour champion Vincenzo Nibali will not quit the embattled Astana team following the doping positives of two teammates and three from Astana Continental

The Tour de France winner says the four Astana riders who turned in doing positives this year "have nothing to do with me"

Tour de France Champion Nibali talks about his plans to race the Dubai Tour to kick off the 2015 season

Dubai Tour eliminates time trial in favor of hilly stage that it hopes will shake up the GC for the four-day early season stage race

The season was filled with dramatic moves on the road, but five moments stand out above the rest

The Sardinian is poised to make a run at winning his first grand tour next May

Tour champion Vincenzo Nibali defends his Astana team despite recent doping cases, and hints he might race the Giro d'Italia next year

The Italian doesn't see "big problems" with the team's UCI racing license in the wake of three doping cases

Next year's Tour is expected to be light on time trials and heavy on punchy climbs, which favors the defending champion from Italy

The Russian businessmen and owner of Tinkoff-Saxo admits his offer will not hold water with the top grand tour riders

The Frenchman says the UCI WorldTour calendar provides ample time to recover between the grand tours

Tinkoff-Saxo issued a statement detailing its "Three Grand Tours" proposal, which would pit top GC riders against one another for a €1 million prize

The Astana squad of Tour champ Vincenzo Nibali issued a statement, expressing regret over the recent doping positives of Valentin and Maxim Iglinskiy

Tour de France champion says the strain of three grand tours is too much, and that he and his rivals don't need the money