Vincenzo Nibali

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A big break goes in the second of three tough days in the Vosges, with Martin escaping for the stage and Gallopin taking the yellow jersey

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Richie Porte made his way into third overall Saturday, with a persevering ride in the Vosges. What's up next for the new captain?

Alberto Contador and his Tinkoff-Saxo bank attacked to reshuffle the GC deck in the first of three hard days across the soggy Vosges

As Kadri takes the stage and the climber's jersey, Contador and Nibali test each other a bit, with the Spaniard clawing back a few seconds

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With two grand tour victories to his name and a never-say-die attitude, Nibali has become the latest in a long line of Italian cycling stars

Usually playing the role of attacking instigator, Nibali will instead assume a defensive posture as the Tour heads to the mountains

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After blitzing the cobblestones, the Tour's yellow jersey needs to look no further for attacks than the climbing stages looming in the Vosges Mountains

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Vincenzo Nibali delivered the promised psychological blow to his rivals on a wet, muddy cobbled stage of the Tour de France, building on his GC lead

Belkin's Lars Boom solos to win, Astana's Vincenzo Nibali gains time on GC rivals, as Froome withdraws from Tour de France

Tour de France leader Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) said that any of the overall favorites risks losing a minute or more in Wednesday's stage over the cobbles

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Tour de France favorites Vincenzo Nibali, Chris Froome, and Alberto Contador admit the hectic nature of racing in Britain has rattled their nerves

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Nibali won Sunday's stage aboard a custom shark-themed Specialized S-Works Tarmac

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The Italian road champ steals a march on an elite pack hunting both stage and overall, and as they hesitate, he takes the win and the jersey

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The GC favorites got their first glimpse at what awaits them in a harrowing first week of the Tour de France in Saturday's hilly first stage

Third at the Tour in 2012, Nibali says he wants better this year ... and so does Astana

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Going downhill on two wheels is much more complex than simply letting gravity take over

Nibali notches his first victory of 2014 at the Italian road championship and says his goal remains victory in the Tour de France

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Andrew Talansky’s exciting Critérium du Dauphiné win sets up an epic showdown in France next month, writes Andrew Hood

Nibali is trailing Chris Froome by nearly a minute at the Critérium du Dauphiné, the pair's final Tour tuneup race

Alberto Contador matched Chris Froome’s every move in Monday’s Dauphiné stage 2, but Froome won the stage — and padded his race lead

The top favorites for the Tour de France will square off for the first time all season at the Dauphiné across the French Alps

Despite winless spring, Astana brass continues to support Giro champion Vincenzo Nibali in his bid to contend for the Tour's yellow jersey

Chris Froome secures his second straight Tour de Romandie victory with a win in the finishing time trial

Simon Gerrans’ victory in Liège-Bastogne-Liège capped a spring classics season that was wide open and unpredictable in the peloton

Giro d'Italia champion vows to launch a long-range attack on Sunday if the situation is right

The Astana rider will skip Critérium International this weekend and will instead train at altitude on the island of Tenerife

The Italian attacked on the Cipressa and quickly took the race lead, but he was caught with 10km to go

Fabian Cancellara held tight when Vincenzo Nibali jumped on the Cipressa and said he's not interested in attacking just to put on a show

The season's first major classic is the longest and most unpredictable, and while Sagan is the favorite, no one knows who will win on Sunday

Vincenzo Nibali knows his chances are diminished at Milano-Sanremo without the Pompeiana climb — so much so that he may not start

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Several leg-breaking climbs are on the schedule, including three Cat. 1s and a Cat. 2 on the final day

The Tour de France champion is making his season racing debut in Oman, but he does so with less pressure than last season. So he says

Reports that the Pompieana climb might be excluded from Milan-Sanremo have prompted differing reactions from Chris Froome and Mark Cavendish

Vincenzo Nibali is heading back to the Tour to try and dethrone Sky, but he'll approach the build-up to the race differently in 2014

World time trial champion is targeting the opening TT and the overall in the first-year Asia Tour event

The four-day race starts with a race against the clock on April 22

Matthew Beaudin lays out his thoughts on the 2014 cycling season, and they include a Richie Porte win at the Giro d'Italia

After spending a week in Argentina, Neal Rogers provides a final analysis of the Tour de San Luis

After off-season full of commitments, Italian is the first of the major Tour de France favorites to open his 2014 campaign

Boonen says the Tour de San Luis, with its warm weather and eclectic nature, is great for European riders with ambitions in the classics

Andrew Hood reviews his 10 biggest stories of the year, from Horner to Froome, and everything in between

Argentina’s Tour de San Luis is attracting some of the biggest names in pro cycling for the January 19-26 season opener

Italian will open 2014 at Tour de San Luís with a core of Astana's Tour de France team

He attacks on the descents. He attacks on the climbs. The Italians call it “grinta,” or determination, and Nibali had it in spades in 2013

The Astana rider is targeting next year's Tour de France and says his squad needs to mimic Sky's training methods

Once dominated by a series of powerful, charismatic athletes, pro cycling has in recent years been producing one-off grand tour winners

Peter Sagan, although rumored to be linked with another team for 2015, is Cannondale's shining star

Michele Scarponi has joined Vincenzo Nibali at Astana, and says his main goal for 2014 is to guide him to a Tour victory

Nibali's agent, Alex Carera, survives a crash that kills another motorist but needs extensive surgery on his legs

The Colombian and his team say he is undecided between racing the Giro and the Tour in 2014, but a story claims his mind is made up

Nibali worked with Paolo Slongo during his time with Cannondale

The 34-year-old Italian will focus on the Giro next year, while Nibali's goal is to win the Tour

The Astana captain is "a fighter, aggressive, and never gives up," says Brailsford in naming Nibali Froome's main rival for 2014

The inclusion of cobblestones during a Tour de France stage next summer could potentially blow apart the GC leadership

The 30-year-old notched just one victory in 2013 — what lies ahead for the Spanish star?

He's joined by a number of other speedsters, including Moreno Moser and Fabio Aru

In the wake of missing a spot on the worlds podium, Bettini's future is murky

Rodriguez, Valverde, and Nibali are seeking a victory after coming up short in the worlds road race

The rush to judge Alejandro Valverde's worlds shortcomings diminishes the true quality of Rui Costa's perfect ride for rainbow stripes

The pair was among several riders to crash and/or abandon the worlds road race in Florence

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

Italian Giro champion will lead the home team in Florence and hopes his Vuelta ride will bring rainbow stripes

After Chris Horner's Vuelta a España victory, pro cycling remains a faith game

Chris Horner defied his age (41) to win the Vuelta on what he called a course “tailor-made” for him