Vincenzo Nibali

Tour champion Vincenzo Nibali's 2015 season hangs on the decision of the UCI license commission, as Astana's ProTour license under review

Vincenzo Nibali will headline Tour of Oman, alongside climbing stars from the Tour de France and notable stars such as Cancellara and Sagan

Tour champion Vincenzo Nibali will not quit the embattled Astana team following the doping positives of two teammates and three from Astana Continental

The Tour de France winner says the four Astana riders who turned in doing positives this year "have nothing to do with me"

Tour de France Champion Nibali talks about his plans to race the Dubai Tour to kick off the 2015 season

Dubai Tour eliminates time trial in favor of hilly stage that it hopes will shake up the GC for the four-day early season stage race

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

The Sardinian is poised to make a run at winning his first grand tour next May

Tour champion Vincenzo Nibali defends his Astana team despite recent doping cases, and hints he might race the Giro d'Italia next year

The Italian doesn't see "big problems" with the team's UCI racing license in the wake of three doping cases

Next year's Tour is expected to be light on time trials and heavy on punchy climbs, which favors the defending champion from Italy

The Russian businessmen and owner of Tinkoff-Saxo admits his offer will not hold water with the top grand tour riders

The Frenchman says the UCI WorldTour calendar provides ample time to recover between the grand tours

Tinkoff-Saxo issued a statement detailing its "Three Grand Tours" proposal, which would pit top GC riders against one another for a €1 million prize

The Astana squad of Tour champ Vincenzo Nibali issued a statement, expressing regret over the recent doping positives of Valentin and Maxim Iglinskiy

Tour de France champion says the strain of three grand tours is too much, and that he and his rivals don't need the money

Oleg Tinkov offers a purse of $1.3 million to be split between four of the sport's best riders if they ride each grand tour — can it work?

Alberto Contador likes the way the 2015 Giro route looks, but is cagey about his chances to win two Grand Tours in one year

Contador wants to race — and win — the first two grand tours of 2015

With the Tour of Almaty on Kazakhstan soil this weekend, Maxim Iglinsky's positive for EPO will put Astana's commitment to the MPCC to the test

Team director Cassani has a variety of options, but he'll likely tap familiar riders to lead Italy in Ponferrada

With the Vuelta in the rearview mirror, the 2015 Tour de France could see an epic clash of the GC titans

Contador's dramatic Vuelta victory against Chris Froome revives the debate that he is one of the greatest grand tour riders in history

"When he's good, he doesn't need to worry about anyone," Martinelli says of Astana's Italian leader

The 29-year-old is targeting a victory in the road race at the upcoming world championships

The Astana rider is expected to plan the rest of his season in the coming weeks as he targets the rainbow jersey

Astana is backed by the government of Kazakhstan and will host the world junior cycling championships next year

Vincenzo Nibali rode the same shark-themed Specialized for the entire Tour, except for Sunday

Vincenzo Nibali’s Tour victory comes at the end of three weeks of chaos that left only the strong standing

The Italian was driven early by dreams of becoming a pro cyclist, and his progression through the ranks has been a slow, steady one

Kittel claims his fourth stage win of this Tour on the Champs-Élysées as Nibali crosses safely with the bunch to confirm his overall title

The Italian is widely regarded as a clean rider, and his impending Tour victory is seen as proof that cyclists can win without cheating

The one and only time trial in this Tour saw Martin victorious, Nibali authoritative and a shift on what will be the final podium in Paris

Astana team management said the cycling world needs to keep its faith in Vincenzo Nibali's yellow jersey ride, despite the sport's past problems

With riders at the front for almost the entire day, Garmin capped stage 19 at the Tour with a victory by Ramunas Navardauskas

Vincenzo Nibali has now won four road stages at this Tour de France — not typical in the modern era for GC riders

The Astana rider increases his overall lead with a strong solo ride up the Hautacam to win his fourth stage of the race

Vincenzo Nibali has a healthy GC lead. So much so that he appears to be toying with his rivals in the final mountain stages

The long drought for Italian and French riders at the Tour de France is likely to come to an end in 2014

Rafal Majka gave Tinkoff-Saxo its third win of the Tour on Wednesday, taking the honors in the climbing-heavy stage 17

Three months after he was cleared in a doping case, Michael Rogers, 34, wins his first Tour de France stage

The Frenchman was sixth overall entering Tuesday’s stage 16

Astana trainer, Paolo Slongo, keeps a close eye on Nibali's numbers as the race heads through the Pyrénées and on to Paris

American Tejay van Garderen is among five men vying for spots on the Tour de France podium in the race’s final week

Outside of the Astana team bus Sunday morning, Jakob Fuglsang needed to be helped on to his bike to roll to the start line

Vincenzo Nibali dismisses allegations that he worked with Michele Ferrari, saying that while claims were made, nothing came of them

The race leader pads his advantage on the overall, Majka takes a hard-earned stage win, and Valverde finds himself losing ground

The wave of emotion that washed over Nibali on the podium reflects the realization that he's poised to win the Tour

Vincenzo Nibali wins his third stage of the Tour de France and strengthens his grasp on the yellow jersey

The team has a history of doping within its ranks, including its general manager Alexander Vinokourov

The Norwegian hands Peter Sagan another defeat as he wins stage 12 at the Tour de France

Tony Gallopin attacks twice in the final kilometers of stage 11 at the Tour, which leads to France’s second stage win

Nibali: "I was ready for a big duel with Contador in the mountains. It's a pity the Tour has lost two big protagonists"

"I was just trying to hang on," van Garderen said. "When he (Nibali) went, I knew that if I tried to go, I would probably blow up"

The stage is set for an epic showdown between Nibali and Contador, the most experienced, wily, and headstrong riders in the Tour de France

A big break goes in the second of three tough days in the Vosges, with Martin escaping for the stage and Gallopin taking the yellow jersey

Richie Porte made his way into third overall Saturday, with a persevering ride in the Vosges. What's up next for the new captain?

Alberto Contador and his Tinkoff-Saxo bank attacked to reshuffle the GC deck in the first of three hard days across the soggy Vosges

As Kadri takes the stage and the climber's jersey, Contador and Nibali test each other a bit, with the Spaniard clawing back a few seconds

With two grand tour victories to his name and a never-say-die attitude, Nibali has become the latest in a long line of Italian cycling stars

Usually playing the role of attacking instigator, Nibali will instead assume a defensive posture as the Tour heads to the mountains

After blitzing the cobblestones, the Tour's yellow jersey needs to look no further for attacks than the climbing stages looming in the Vosges Mountains

Vincenzo Nibali delivered the promised psychological blow to his rivals on a wet, muddy cobbled stage of the Tour de France, building on his GC lead

Belkin's Lars Boom solos to win, Astana's Vincenzo Nibali gains time on GC rivals, as Froome withdraws from Tour de France

Tour de France leader Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) said that any of the overall favorites risks losing a minute or more in Wednesday's stage over the cobbles

Tour de France favorites Vincenzo Nibali, Chris Froome, and Alberto Contador admit the hectic nature of racing in Britain has rattled their nerves

Nibali won Sunday's stage aboard a custom shark-themed Specialized S-Works Tarmac

The Italian road champ steals a march on an elite pack hunting both stage and overall, and as they hesitate, he takes the win and the jersey

The GC favorites got their first glimpse at what awaits them in a harrowing first week of the Tour de France in Saturday's hilly first stage

Third at the Tour in 2012, Nibali says he wants better this year ... and so does Astana

Going downhill on two wheels is much more complex than simply letting gravity take over

Nibali notches his first victory of 2014 at the Italian road championship and says his goal remains victory in the Tour de France

Andrew Talansky’s exciting Critérium du Dauphiné win sets up an epic showdown in France next month, writes Andrew Hood

Nibali is trailing Chris Froome by nearly a minute at the Critérium du Dauphiné, the pair's final Tour tuneup race

Alberto Contador matched Chris Froome’s every move in Monday’s Dauphiné stage 2, but Froome won the stage — and padded his race lead

The top favorites for the Tour de France will square off for the first time all season at the Dauphiné across the French Alps

Despite winless spring, Astana brass continues to support Giro champion Vincenzo Nibali in his bid to contend for the Tour's yellow jersey

Chris Froome secures his second straight Tour de Romandie victory with a win in the finishing time trial

Simon Gerrans’ victory in Liège-Bastogne-Liège capped a spring classics season that was wide open and unpredictable in the peloton

Giro d'Italia champion vows to launch a long-range attack on Sunday if the situation is right