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Italians love their history, particularly their cycling history. [more]
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These weather extremes are ones we’d normally expect to be stretched over three decades, not just three months. [more]
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Winning an extra-long time trial at the Giro d’Italia is no guarantee of becoming the overall race champion. [more]
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Ryder Hesjedal was not a pre-race favorite to win the 2012 Giro d’Italia. But he did. [more]
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The French-speaking Belgians call it La Doyenne. [more]
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Belgian fans holding up their large Eagle of Flanders flags that fly in the breeze. [more]
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Favorites don’t always win Paris-Roubaix,and that could be the case this Sunday. [more]
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Perhaps Omega’s biggest advantage is the collective experience of its management team. [more]
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Returning from major setbacks is one of the hardest tasks for a star cyclist. [more]
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What are the chances of a Grand Tour champion winning Milan-San Remo. [more]
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Roche opened the floodgates to the earlier Anglo invaders with his 1981 Paris-Nice victory. [more]
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Sometimes, riding a bike is a simple pleasure that makes us feel so good that we forget all our troubles. [more]
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“In some ways, life as a former athlete is like that of an addict." [more]
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All the Tours from 1930 to 1961 used a national-team format [more]
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Many Tour de France riders were also ’cross racers. [more]
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It’s a sorry picture, especially when you consider that in the fairly recent past. [more]
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More to look forward to as the summer approaches and the year’s first Grand Tour hits the road. [more]
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It’s the first week of a new year and cycling has already had its first winners. [more]
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A talk with the 1984 Olympic Champion [more]
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A constant reminder of the Swinging Sixties. [more]
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Davis Phinney has inspired countless bike riders in this country. [more]
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“In absolute terms, we wouldn’t complain about having one less rider on each team..." [more]
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Our wide-ranging interview began with a question about his new approach to being a pro cyclist. [more]
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E-bikes are here to stay.
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After every major doping scandal in cycling, professional teams say they are going to clean up their act... [more]
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Who knows how far the Dutch dark horse can advance in his still promising career. [more]
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Trust is an essential human quality. It can also be a liability. [more]
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We’ve all heard that code of silence described with the Italian word omertà [more]
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“If you repeat a lie long enough, people will believe it,” [more]
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A future star for American cycling. [more]
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Once a rider had become a champion, he would usually be able to repeat his feat year after year. [more]
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I’ve been re-acquainting myself with the oldest machine in my bike shed. [more]
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Most pro racers say it’s their favorite event. [more]
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Over the years, the 6-foot-3 Hincapie became known to his legion of fans as Big George [more]
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Among the deluge of tweets, e-mails, official statements and opinion pieces that followed, one item caught my eye. [more]
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There are some 20 others who will be working toward a variety of targets. [more]
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Much has been written about the performances of British cyclists at their hometown Olympics. [more]
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Right now, Bradley Wiggins and Chris Hoy can do no wrong. [more]
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Starting and finishing at Hampton Court, the courses feature long, undulating stretches and few sharp turns, just like the ones I grew up with. [more]
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John Wilcockson shares a chapter from his book, “23 Days in July", musing on the 'Americanization' of cycling. [more]
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Yes, I’m talking about those yellow hats, the ones the Sky riders have been forced to wear since they took the lead in the team race a week ago. [more]
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At last, a nice juicy story to feed on! [more]
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Our man in France looks ahead to tomorrow's likely bunch gallop. [more]
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Schleck, Horner, Sanchez, Nibali, Hesjedal, Gesink, Wiggins and Evans line up for Tour Glory. [more]
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Is there any doubt that the Tour de France is the world’s greatest bike race? [more]
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What can we expect at the 99th Tour de France in a month’s time? [more]
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Tour favorites take different routes to France. [more]
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Giro and Tour of California head into the mountains. [more]
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Battle for the maglia rosa set to begin. [more]
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The old-fashioned feel to this year’s Giro can be partly explained by there being no clear favorite to win. [more]
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From this point in the season until the Tour, every rider follows a different path based on their experience of the race. [more]
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Andy Schleck had a right to be upset about the lack of aggression in Wednesday’s Flèche Wallonne classic [more]
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On first look, it would appear that racing is getting slower, not faster [more]
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Boonen has had two chances to match De Vlaeminck’s record. [more]
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Before global warming began, the spring classics usually contended with cold winds, rain or even snow. [more]
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It’s a war out there every day and there is no solidarity. [more]
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As well as La Classicissima, Milan-San Remo is often called La Primavera [more]
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I didn’t realize I’d be writing it on International Women’s Day. [more]
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The answer keeps changing. We don’t have season-dominating champions such as Merckx anymore. [more]
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Jon Tiernan-Locke has won five races this month to go to the top of the UCI’s Europe Tour standings. [more]
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Anyone who has watched match sprinting knows how intense, fast and dramatic it can be. [more]
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Seven days, three major decisions affecting Armstrong, Contador and Ullrich. [more]
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It’s time for American cycling to establish its own Super Bowls. [more]
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A high-level doping scandal that’s been scarring our sport for far too long will reach its conclusion next week. [more]
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Can BMC Racing, Movistar, Omega Pharma-Quick Step or RadioShack-Nissan dominate? [more]
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Global races and national teams give sport a new look. [more]
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“Go to the Continent on your bike and bring back some stories.” [more]
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"I feel as enthusiastic about this latest move as I was starting my very first reporting job." [more]
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