Women's Cycling

Alison Powers and Robert Sweeting blaze the Tetherow Golf Course prologue at the Cascade Classic as the sun sets on Bend, Oregon

World champion, others lead an effort to convince ASO to run a women's Tour alongside the men's race, starting in 2014

Global Cycling Network reviews that week that was, from the Tour de France to Mara Abbott's Giro Rosa victory

After fading away from cycling with an eating disorder, Mara Abbott gets back to racing her bike

The American loses ground in the final ITT but had more than enough cushion to take the overall

National champions, directors, young riders in early stages of developing Women's Cycling Association

Abbott nails second stage in two days to extend her lead at the women's Giro

American takes solo victory, pink jersey

Dutchwoman tops Evelyn Stevens with long-range sprint ahead of the race's biggest climbing stage

Stevens, Abbott finish inside the top 10 on tough climbing stage

Italian former world champion gets her first Giro stage win since 2008

Evelyn Stevens and Mara Abbott will start the Giro on Sunday as pre-race favorites, topping a long list of Americans in the top women's stage race in the world

Today there is more UCI road racing in the U.S. than ever before, but the women's peloton isn't enjoying the benefits of growth

Joelle Numainville goes two-for-two in St. Georges with her win in the women's road race at Canadian nationals

A former overall winner at Nature Valley Grand Prix, Tibco's Shelley Olds is back to her roots after a rough start to the season

A close men's finish highlights the road races at the Volkswagen USA Cycling Professional Road and Time Trial National Championships

Men's and women's results from the U.S. professional road race championships

Optum goes 1-2 in Chattanooga with Jade Wilcoxson taking a stars-and-stripes solo flyer and Lauren Hall sprinting for second

Former world champion says she will return to racing after her Amgen Tour crash, but isn't certain when

On the provisional startlist for the women's Tour of Italy is American Evelyn Stevens of the Specialized-Lululemon squad

Evelyn Stevens is grateful for the Amgen Tour women's time trial, but wants more and Tejay van Garderen backs her

Former U.S. champion wins San Jose time trial over Alison Powers

Former NRC champion rides an emotional solo journey to a stage win in New Mexico

Powerhouses Tom Zirbel and Alison Powers crank their way to Gila stage wins in the wind and cold

Youngster Arnaud Grand picks up a contentious win in New Mexico

Former Giro Donne champion leaves the field behind on the final climb of the Mogollon stage

The full startlist for the women's race at the Silver City's Tour of the Gila, which runs from May 1-5

Dutch rider previously won in 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2011

American will not start the fourth round of the World Cup after crashing hard in March

Former Giro champion marks her return with stage win in the NRC opening Redlands Bicycle Classic

Rapha's high-end women's jacket is more than suitable for cold and windy riding, but at a steep price

Mara Abbott marks comeback with TT win in California and VeloNews columnist Phil Gaimon takes the men's race

Colavita-Fine Cooking rider will compete in Saturday's Delray Beach Twilight Criterium

Rodriguez will ride Redlands to promote his gran fondo; U.S. gravity mountain bike tour opens

Dutchwoman takes sprint win in Belgium and looks ahead to Sunday's Ghent-Wevelgem

Syncros' new saddle is simple and low profile, and our reviewer concludes it would be best used on a mountain or cyclocross bike

Former and current world and national TT and cyclocross champions will compete in women's event in San Jose

A lack of sponsors forces the Exergy Tour to cancel this year's event. Organizers hope to resume the race in 2014

Alison Powers is back with NOW in 2013 and targeting quality stage race wins

Six-event series kicks off in Southern California and will qualify 12 riders to compete at the Nature Valley Grand Prix

Rachel Heal has won three straight NRC team titles and leads Optum into 2013

1. Marianne VOS, Rabo Women, in 3:26:50 2. Giorgia BRONZINI, Wiggle Honda, at :00 3. Emma JOHANSSON, Orica-AIS, at :00 4. Shelley OLDS, Tibco-To the Top, at :00 5. Elena CECCHINI, Faren-Let's Go Finland, at :00

After Orica rider Tiffany Cromwell won Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, the Aussie rider spoke with Rupert Guinness of The Sydney Morning Herald

Global Cycling Network's weekly news show looks back at Saturday's classics opener and interviews women's winner Tiffany Cromwell

Hammer wins second title of 2013 track worlds on the event's closing day

Cromwell tops Guarnier out of breakaway

Lake addresses hard-to-fit feet with top-of-the-line carbon-soled mountain bike shoe

Like many top-level female racers, Chloe Hosking is working her way through school in the saddle

Olympic champion Nicole Cooke writes in a blog post about her start as a young rider and fending off the sport's dark side

Olympic champion Nicole Cooke hung up her cleats on Monday and took aim at the sport's unequal treatment of men and women, and doping

European 'cross champion Helen Wyman says the U.S. deserves to host cyclocross worlds

NRC champion Carmen Small has leveraged years of teamwork and a season as a domestic leader into a European ride with Specialized-lululemon

The dominant Dutchwoman nearly swept our women's awards, an indicator of her merits as the world's top rider in 2012

With few international results, the Luna rider will start shy of the front row at 'cross worlds, and is hoping for a slow start.

Evelyn Stevens is Velo's North American Woman and International Women's Climber of the Year

Kristin Armstrong is our International Women's Time Trialist of the Year

Specialized owner Kristy Scrymgeour is driven to eliminate the financial uncertainty that forced her out of the sport

Optum-Kelly Benefit Strategies is our Best Men's — and Women's — Domestic Team, while Jade Wilcoxson is our Breakthrough Rider of the Year

Georgia Gould is our North American MTB Woman of the Year

Nino Schurter and Julie Bresset are our International MTB man and woman of the Year

Telenet-Fidea's Amy Dombroski is confident of earning a selection to 'cross worlds in Louisville in February

Katie Compton is our North American Cyclocross Woman of the Year

Young American Tayler Wiles joins Evelyn Stevens and company in Faro for the opening team camp of 2013

Louis Garneau Course women's apparel is a lightweight, breathable line of kit, although breathability in this case means translucency

Orica-AIS announces its 2013 roster, which includes Swedish team leader Emma Johansson

Exergy Twenty12 manager Nicola Cranmer reflects on the appointment of Tracey Gaudry to the UCI's top committee

From novelty shoe covers to charity donations, Emily Zinn runs through top gifts for riding women this holiday season

Orica-AIS signs Korean national champion Sungeun Gu, the first-ever female Korean professional cyclist to join the European ranks

Women will race alongside men at the 2013 U.S. pro road nationals, while U23 women will contest their own event at elite nationals

British Olympic track champions are a few of the key signings for the new, Wiggins-backed DTPC Honda Pro Cycling women's team

Emma Pooley has decided to stay in the sport, joining Bigla Sport for 2013. She plans to continue her Ph.D. studies in the offseasons

Logan VonBokel shoots women's cyclocross bikes at the USGP in Fort Collins, Colorado

Top women's team bosses urge separation from men's cycling for the women's peloton

Pearl Izumi and Gore bring to market ladies' bib shorts designed to level the playing field on nature breaks

Judy Freeman is off and riding for the high life on an excursion to China for the Guiyang International Invitational Tournament

Emma Pooly, turning her attention to her Ph.D. studies, looks set to take a break — if not retire — after her worlds disappointment

Tibco-To the Top turns to the European experience of Hausler, Blaak and Olds to bolster its ranks for the 2013 season

The first women's-specific full-suspension 29er from Giant is a competitive bike at a competitive price

Katie Compton and Ryan Trebon headline the cyclocross transfers in North American for 2012-13, but a number of riders have made moves