Nairo Quintana

The Basque rider joined Movistar this week and said he's excited for a new season in a new kit

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

Careful to avoid burning out its young Colombian star, Movistar will lean on Valverde as Tour leader in 2014

The Colombian had an explosive Tour de France debut this year but says the 2014 Giro course might suit him better

White and polka dot jerseys winner Nairo Quintana is Velo's Breakthrough Rider and Climber of the Year for 2013

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

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

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

The 21-year-old signs with the UCI ProTeam after a successful season riding for an amateur outfit

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

The favorites have weighed in on the 2014 Tour route and Andrew Hood digs into the race's 21 stages

The Colombian had an electrifying Tour de France debut this year, winning two jerseys and a stage in the mountains

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

Retirements and the nation’s financial crisis are having a devastating effect on the peloton

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

The worlds kicked off with Sunday’s TTT, and the upcoming week is packed with drama — on and off the bike

With Vincenzo Nibali in prime position to win the Vuelta, he’s got a bigger goal in mind: next year’s Tour de France

The Colombian says the third grand tour of the season was never a goal in 2013, despite his Tour de France success

The Italian finished third overall at the five-day race, with the year’s final grand tour less than two weeks away

The pint-size Colombian wins the finale and the overall, and will head home to a hero's welcome

The young Colombian became a national hero with his Tour de France performance

Nibali, Basso, and others head to northern Spain for the five-day race ahead of the year's final grand tour

From Alberto Contador’s determination to BMC Racing’s disappointment, Matthew Beaudin relays his Tour takeaways

A number of riders that finished the Tour de France will line up for Saturday's one-day classic in Spain

The 28-year-old's Tour victory, combined with the top performances of other 20-somethings, confirmed there is a new breed of racers

The race leader finishes third on the final mountain stage to confirm his grip on the overall victory

Colombian climber is the revelation of the 2013 Tour and is even surprising his Movistar bosses, who knew he was full of talent

"It is not specifically in WADA's mandate to accept specific team or individual requests," WADA says in a statement

Spanish, British teams set furious pace to distance Contador, securing yellow and white, and opening the GC podium for their riders

Belkin rider loses time in the GC and nearly crashes close to the finish during the race against the clock

Contador, Rodriguez, and Valverde are hitting top form as the Tour heads into the high mountains

Live replay: Stage 15 of the 2013 Tour de France was a battle on Mont Ventoux

The soft-spoken Colombian climber finds himself in a leadership role as the mountains loom and could prove the surprise of the 2013 Tour

Valverde and Contador are poised to make a move this weekend in the Tour's first mountain test

Thirty-five riders are in the Best Young Rider competition entering Saturday's Tour start in Corsica

Is the lieutenant stronger than the captain? We'll see when Suisse champ Costa and Valverde tackle the Tour together

A 10-mile climb on his way home from school every day helped lay Quintana's foundation on the bike

Spanish team has one of the deepest squads entering the trio of races, starting with Sunday's Amstel Gold Race

Nairo Quintana's País Vasco win is the most recent, and most resounding, mark of a new generation of Colombian escarabajos

The Colombian proves stronger than Porte in a rain-soaked final time trial to take the overall victory

Movistar teammates check out multiple climbs that will be featured early in the Tour

Movistar's young Colombian climber, and Alejandro Valverde's roommate, is aiming for his Tour debut after a Catalunya stage win

Movistar takes top two spots and the overall lead in the mountains of Catalunya

Evans chases Colombian to runner-up finish on the stage, but takes only seconds from race leader Wiggins

With Uran, Duarte and Quintana, Colombia is again on the rise

American Andrew Talansky is runner up in the final stage and overall at the Tour de l'Avenir as Colombian climber Nairo Quintana takes the title at the Race of the Future.