Zdeněk Štybar

Professional cycling is pushing new boundaries across the globe. Teams and organizers have the planning down to a science, but how far is the limit?

Three-time cyclocross world champion knows this weekend's course well after winning rainbows there in 2014.

After 12 seasons in a Quick-Step jersey, Czech star quickly fitting in with 'chilled' Aussie crew.

From Sagan to Van der Poel, to some surprise picks including Alexandre Vinokourov and Davide Rebellin.

Classics rider brings valuable experience to the Australian team.

Veteran rider set to leave Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl for a new challenge on the Australian team.

The Czech star has been wracked with illness during the past two seasons, but Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl is pivoting toward youth.

The closing weeks and months in the men's 2022 racing calendar will be fraught with riders and teams fighting to secure their respective futures.

Czech rider reeled in less than 200 meters from finish of stage 4.

'Contract negotiation is about business. You cannot explain a season without results with two punctures and a badly timed crash,' says team boss.

Troubles continued for the so-called ‘Wolfpack’ and the Belgian powerhouse hopes to save its spring classics campaign at Paris-Roubaix.

Here's what some of the pre-race favorites for the men's and women's races said at the start lines in Antwerp and Oudenaarde ahead of mythical cobbled monument.

'The level in this peloton is so high that it's impossible to make up the deficit. Apart from Kasper it'll be difficult,' says Stijn Steels.

'A race I’d like to forget quickly.' Patrick Lefevere's 'Wolfpack' undone by poor positioning and subpar performances.

The 'opening weekend' double-header delivers huge kudos and a prize place on the palmarès – but beware, the road to Roubaix is long.

Czech superstar will skip Strade Bianche and try to hit form when it counts during the spring classics.

Czech superstar fought back from a string of health issues in 2020 and 2021 to return to form just in time to sign one-year deal.

After an almost two-decade wait, the men's peloton got a taste of riding a wet Paris-Roubaix. We asked Matteo Jorgenson, Mikkel Bjerg, Zdeněk Štybar, and more, what it was like.

Men's and women's teams anticipate mayhem this Paris-Roubaix weekend after carrying out initial recons of muck-slicked cobblestones.

Veteran greats Sagan, Gilbert, Van Avermaet face-off against new cobblestone kings this weekend – can the old guard unseat the pups of the pavé?

Veteran 'crosser hopes for third time lucky after twice placing second in the velodrome and coming back strong from heart ablation surgery this spring.

We asked the top favorites how Paris-Roubaix in October will be unique: they gave some surprising answers.

Heat, sharp climbs, and passionate fans set the Vuelta a España apart from the season's other grand tours.

Here's the news making the headlines on Friday, July 23, 2021.

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Whether Štybar can race again at his former level — only time will tell.

Zdenek Stybar will miss the Tour of Flanders after undergoing a cardiac ablation.

One of the top favorites for De Ronde will not race Sunday due to a procedure to treat heart arrhythmia.

Triple world champion rolls back the years with resolute ride into 18th at Ostende.

Three-time cyclocross worlds winner is given leave from Deceuninck-Quick-Step camp to race in championship event this weekend.

The UCI's new calendar sees October stacked with one-day races as the fall takes on a new complexion in 2020

Stybar, Lampaert and others talk suffering and survival on Roubaix's toughest cobblestone sectors.

On the day he should have defended his title, Štybar speaks of the importance of last year's E3 victory and how the race unfolded.

The peloton faces rain and cold temperatures at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne this weekend.

Classics stars like Zdenek Stybar, Chantal Blaak, and Mads Petersen will be in Gent this coming weekend for Omloop Het Nieuwsblad.

After two weeks of racing Deceuninck-Quick Step already has six victories, with Remco Evenepoel, Zdenek Stybar, and others taking big wins.

Stybar outfoxes sprinters while his Quick-Step teammate Evenepoel retains leader's jersey with one stage remaining.

On this week's episode of The VeloNews Podcast, Andrew Hood checks in from Deceuninck-Quick Step's camp on his way to the Tour Down Under. Plus, we welcome new VeloNews Senior Editor Betsy Welch.

As it does every year, pro cycling produced an amazing array of photography in 2019. Our editorial team sifted through hundreds of images from various cycling photographers to come up with our favorite photos from the 2019 season for our annual VeloNews Awards Issue. Here are our selections from the year in racing:

Two of the biggest names in cyclocross will be back in the trenches as a new road racing season beckons

Three-time world champion Peter Sagan and a crop of other stars, including Van Avermaet, Stybar, Degenkolb, and Kristoff, are set to battle at this year's Paris-Roubaix.

Amongst dozens of tubulars and double-ring drivetrains, the bikes of Zdenek Stybar and Mads Pedersen stood out at Gent-Wevelgem.

Luck, legs, teammates and know-how coming together perfectly mean Stybar goes into Flanders one of the hot favorites.

Thanks to an early attack by teammate Bob Jungels, Zdenek Stybar had the upper hand at E3 BinckBank Classic, beating Olympic champ Greg Van Avermaet in the final sprint.

After his teammate Jungels puts the peloton on notice with long-range attack, Stybar stays cool until final sprint to beat van Aert and Van Avermaet.

Though he is a perennial favorite on the cobblestones, Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2019 is Zdenek Stybar's first big win in the northern classics.

With back-to-back wins in Belgian opener, Deceuninck-Quick-Step puts classics rivals on notice.

Stybar attacks from select lead group to go solo over the line, punishing Van Avermaet's earlier aggression.

Young Slovenian star Tadej Pogacar defends lead to win overall on hectic final day. Zdenek Stybar wins stage 5 at Volta ao Algarve.

The Belgian squad seems to have everything going for it ahead of Sunday's Tour of Flanders, as the numbers show.

Zdenek Stybar has twice finished second at Paris-Roubaix (2015 and 2017) and is counting on 2018 being his year to score a big victory.

Zdenek Stybar returns to the fields of Belgium for two 'cross races in Kerstperiode, the series of major events during the Christmas holiday.

The Czech rider is looking for a major victory in the spring classics as a member of the powerful Etixx – Quick-Step squad.

Zdenek Stybar breaks free after the final climb and rides the remaining 3km to victory over a group of hungry chasers.

Fabian Cancellara takes his third career Strade Bianche title, getting the better of defending champion Zdenek Stybar on the final climb

Zdenek Stybar will only race one cyclocross event this winter and focus on road training, says he feels his form is behind schedule.

Zdenek Stybar will pass on a shot at a fourth world cyclocross title to prepare for a run at the northern classics next spring

Former world cyclocross champ Zdenek Stybar will be at four major races during the Belgian Kerstperiode week.

Three-time cyclocross world champion turned road racer, Zdenek Stybar, has extended with Etixx-Quick-Step through the next two seasons.

Thursday at the Tour is a race of highs and lows for Etixx-Quick-Step as Martin crashes, wearing yellow, and Zdenek Stybar wins the day.

As cobbles specialists sit within striking distance of the yellow jersey, stage 4 will be a glimpse into the sacrifices teams make for GC

Etixx-Quick-Step could make a big impact on the first week of the Tour with a formidable combination of Cavendish and classics riders

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

German John Degenkolb (Giant-Alpecin) won Paris-Roubaix with a courageous late-race move, followed by a brilliant finishing sprint

The Belgian powerhouse team says it has numerous cards to play in its final chance to win a major cobbled classic, Paris-Roubaix

Can Alexander Kristoff pull off the Flanders-Roubaix double, or will someone else emerge from the dusty cobbles as Sunday's winner?

Neal Rogers considers the riders who succeeded and those who came up short at Belgium's biggest race, the Tour of Flanders

Without perennial favorites Boonen and Cancellara, a new generation of riders is elbowing its way to the top of the Flanders heap

Geraint Thomas jumps Stybar and Sagan in the final four kilometers of E3 Harelbeke to win his first major classic in solo fashion

Etixx-Quick Step will still be racing to win the spring classics despite the absence of cobbles superstar Tom Boonen, out with injury

Big names and bigger teams are fine-tuning form and team compositions in this week's semi-classics ahead of the major spring races

Former world cyclocross champ Zdenek Stybar gets a big boost from Strade Bianche win and looks ahead to more success this spring

Zdenek Stybar proves himself the strongest of a powerful lead trio on the final climb of the Strade Bianche

Several former winners will start Saturday's Strade Bianche, a 200km race in Tuscany that includes 45km on hilly, gravel roads

Rein Taaramae started 2015 off on the right foot, winning the Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia for his new team Astana

Etixx-Quick-Step rolls into 2015 with the peloton's deepest squad, and will be even more ambitious as it aims to dominate all disciplines

The reigning cyclocross world champion is sidelined with a shoulder injury and does not expect to defend his title this season

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

Zdenek Stybar suffers another injury, this time in a crash at a midweek cyclocross race in Ardooie