Peter Sagan

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

The Formula One driver will unveil his squad next summer as it prepares to race starting in 2015

American reflects on a 2013 that saw him assist in 15 of Peter Sagan's 22 wins and looks ahead to a run at the 2014 Tour de France

With another year of experience under his belt and a stronger team, Peter Sagan has everything he needs to win next season

Riders 30 years old and above could start to phase out of contention in the worlds road race moving forward

The young Slovak crashed, chased back on and still managed to finish sixth, ahead of more experienced riders

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

Peter Sagan sat out the post-Tour criteriums and the Vuelta a España with one thing on his mind: the rainbow jersey in Florence

Sagan finished 10th two days earlier in the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec

Canadian favorite Ryder Hesjedal finishes third on the day

Heading into GP Montréal, some riders were looking for a second chance on the climber-friendly course.

A few remaining spots on the roster will be filled in the coming days

The Cannondale rider captures three stage wins at the six-day race in Canada

Sagan slashes through the final corner to win in downtown Calgary, while Dennis finishes with the bunch to take the overall

The BMC rider was in a two-man breakaway that beat Sagan to the line by 16 seconds in Red Deer

Peter Sagan keeps his lead in the overall standings

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The Cannondale rider scorched the field in Tuesday's opener and holds a 13-second lead in the GC

Slovak powerhouse lands first leader's jersey in Alberta

The six-day race fits Sagan's riding style — and his strengths — nicely

The inaugural Tour of Alberta, which kicks off next week, might look more like a race through Belgium or northern France

Several grand tour winners will compete in the Québec City and Montréal Grands Prix Cyclistes

The 26-year-old lost his job when SpiderTech Cycling folded last fall; he only joined Optum in June

Sagan collects a fourth stage win as van Garderen finally takes the top step on the final podium

The Cannondale strongman wins in Fort Collins and van Garderen defends his lead as a crumbling break fades in the final kilometers

Slovak champion pays back a load of work by his team to take a sprint win in Steamboat Springs after late crashes in the peloton

Three of the top-five riders in the GC after the first two stages are 23 years old or younger

BMC’s Tejay van Garderen and Garmin’s Tom Danielson are both poised to strike. How will they fare in stage 3?

Slovak champion wins Colorado opener after aggressive close to a short day of racing

Van Garderen, Danielson, Sky duo arrive to USA Pro Challenge on different levels

Slovak could realistically win more than half of the stages at the USA Pro Challenge

Mark Cavendish won two stages and his teammates took two others at the 100th edition of the race

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

Cannondale's top sprinter rides a frame with a custom paint job and a SRAM Red drivetrain

A difficult climbing day stands between the peloton and the finish line on the Champs-Élysées

Mark Cavendish is targeting three stage wins this week as the race makes its way from Brittany to Mont Ventoux

Clad in their lime green jerseys, Cannondale riders force a split in the peloton that eventually leads to a Peter Sagan stage win

Omega Pharma-Quick Step put on a leadout clinic at the end of stage 5, perfectly setting up Mark Cavendish for his 24th career Tour win

Three likely sprints lie ahead as the peloton makes its way from the Riviera to the mountains

Thanks to a solid leadout, Simon Gerrans edges Peter Sagan in a furious sprint to end stage 3 at the Tour

Sagan's team helps shell the sprinters but falls just short of the stage win

Cannondale speedster hopes to retain the green jersey he won last year

American rider, 30, will make his Tour de France debut as Cannondale rides for Sagan and stage wins

American set to make his Tour debut

Sagan overpowers Bennati and Gilbert as BMC's Frank remains the overall leader going into Sunday's closing individual time trial

Katusha rider dashes to the finish line with 250 meters left to take the victory

Sagan, who won the Tour's points title in 2012, enters this year's race on a hot streak

Cannondale rider earns stage victory as Mathias Frank takes overall race lead

Defending world champion has yet to notch a win this season, and says his goal is to earn a stage victory

The Cannondale speedster says doing California last year helped him in the Tour, and hopes for good things there again

With the ability to nearly win at will, Slovak champion faces down the weight of his growing palmares for record ninth Amgen Tour win

Fabian Cancellara and a slew of first-time winners came out on top in the classics, but who didn't?

Cannondale rider won Strade Bianche in March but has struggled since then

Joaquim Rodríguez and Daniel Moreno are sharing storied and infamous digs at the Hotel Malpertuus in Riemst, Belgium, this week

An endurance road bike, the Synapse Hi-Mod has a racing pedigree

Cannondale standout will race in the Amgen Tour of California, and later the USA Pro Challenge

The 2013 classics campaign has not been fruitful for the U.S.-based squad

Tinkering with the course didn't make the Amstel Gold any more or less exciting. It was the riders who dictated the action

Heat proved the undoing of the young Slovak, who said that on the last climb, "I couldn't get out of the saddle"

Slovak champion targets victory on the Cauberg after missing out at the Amstel Gold Race one year ago

Backed by the addition of Vincenzo Nibali, Astana could be the team to beat in the upcoming classics races

Peter Sagan points to Philippe Gilbert as top favorite for Sunday's Amstel Gold Race, but isn't discounting his status

Peter Sagan had all the answers on Wednesday at Brabantse Pijl, leaving many rivals wondering how to test him in the Ardennes

Peter Sagan and Maja Leye meet for the first time since the March 31 incident in which the Slovakian grabbed her backside

Though it came without a true showdown against Tom Boonen, Fabian Cancellara's triumphant return to the cobbles proved his place yet again

GCN's Daniel Lloyd recaps the action from the Tour of Flanders and the first stage of the Tour of the Basque Country.

Sunday's Tour of Flanders was the first major showdown between Cancellara, a decorated warhorse, and Sagan, a precocious phenom

Cannondale rider, who will return at the Ardennes classics, is not suited well for the Hell of the North, says his sport director

The young Slovak says the older, wiser Cancellara was the better man on Sunday

The big Swiss time machine clocks Sagan and Roelandts on the Paterberg and rides alone to the victory

After crashing out last year with a broken collarbone, Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack) returns to the Tour of Flanders intent on victory.

Cannondale rider is expected to contend for a victory on the cobbled streets of Flanders

Omega Pharma-Quick Step rider says he feels strong enough to win Sunday's race

Being in the right place at the right time is crucial to contending for a win at the annual classic

We make our case for the main contenders in the Tour of Flanders field, and conclude that “Spartacus” is the man to beat

Cannondale sport director Stefano Zanatta says Sagan is well prepared for Sunday's cobbled classic

As expected, Peter Sagan and Tom Boonen abandon as they prepare for Sunday's Tour of Flanders

Belgian rider has battled injuries and setbacks all season, including a crash in Sunday's Ghent-Wevelgem

Peter Sagan's ability to win in seemingly any terrain and under any circumstance is proving difficult to manage for Omega Pharma

Slovak champion wins De Panne opener in small group sprint in Zottegem