Vincenzo Nibali

Fabian Cancellara held tight when Vincenzo Nibali jumped on the Cipressa and said he's not interested in attacking just to put on a show

The season's first major classic is the longest and most unpredictable, and while Sagan is the favorite, no one knows who will win on Sunday

Vincenzo Nibali knows his chances are diminished at Milano-Sanremo without the Pompeiana climb — so much so that he may not start

Several leg-breaking climbs are on the schedule, including three Cat. 1s and a Cat. 2 on the final day

The Tour de France champion is making his season racing debut in Oman, but he does so with less pressure than last season. So he says

Reports that the Pompieana climb might be excluded from Milan-Sanremo have prompted differing reactions from Chris Froome and Mark Cavendish

Vincenzo Nibali is heading back to the Tour to try and dethrone Sky, but he'll approach the build-up to the race differently in 2014

World time trial champion is targeting the opening TT and the overall in the first-year Asia Tour event

The four-day race starts with a race against the clock on April 22

Matthew Beaudin lays out his thoughts on the 2014 cycling season, and they include a Richie Porte win at the Giro d'Italia

After spending a week in Argentina, Neal Rogers provides a final analysis of the Tour de San Luis

After off-season full of commitments, Italian is the first of the major Tour de France favorites to open his 2014 campaign

Boonen says the Tour de San Luis, with its warm weather and eclectic nature, is great for European riders with ambitions in the classics

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

Italian will open 2014 at Tour de San Luís with a core of Astana's Tour de France team

He attacks on the descents. He attacks on the climbs. The Italians call it “grinta,” or determination, and Nibali had it in spades in 2013

The Astana rider is targeting next year's Tour de France and says his squad needs to mimic Sky's training methods

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

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

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

Nibali's agent, Alex Carera, survives a crash that kills another motorist but needs extensive surgery on his legs

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

Nibali worked with Paolo Slongo during his time with Cannondale

The 34-year-old Italian will focus on the Giro next year, while Nibali's goal is to win the Tour

The Astana captain is "a fighter, aggressive, and never gives up," says Brailsford in naming Nibali Froome's main rival for 2014

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

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

He's joined by a number of other speedsters, including Moreno Moser and Fabio Aru

In the wake of missing a spot on the worlds podium, Bettini's future is murky

Rodriguez, Valverde, and Nibali are seeking a victory after coming up short in the worlds road race

The rush to judge Alejandro Valverde's worlds shortcomings diminishes the true quality of Rui Costa's perfect ride for rainbow stripes

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

The Portuguese held his fire until the final kilometers of the men's world championship battle, then blew his rivals out of the water

Italian Giro champion will lead the home team in Florence and hopes his Vuelta ride will bring rainbow stripes

After Chris Horner's Vuelta a España victory, pro cycling remains a faith game

Chris Horner defied his age (41) to win the Vuelta on what he called a course “tailor-made” for him

Barring disaster, Horner will become the oldest rider in history to win a grand tour. And he's not about to retire to that rocking chair just yet.

The American puts out some impressive numbers on the race's steep climbs

The pair is penciled in as key support riders for Vincenzo Nibali's Tour de France bid next summer

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

Chris Horner continued to shock and awe his rivals at the Vuelta a España, and all but staked his claim for victory in the Spanish tour

American attacks again, but Nibali defends the overall lead in the first of three mountain showdowns

Starting Thursday, a final, brutish push through the mountains of northern Spain will determine the winner of the 2013 Vuelta a España

The Astana captain said he's riding with 20 less watts than he had at the Giro d'Italia

Doubt of the American’s resilience becomes a factor as the race hits the homestretch

The FDJ rider times his break perfectly as the GC men mark each other on another tough day in the mountains

The 41-year-old American may be the last man standing between Nibali and the final victory in Madrid

A weary, reduced peloton braces for more of the same on Sunday's queen stage

Cold, rainy conditions see crashes and abandons as the list of GC contenders shrinks

Chris Horner and the GC hopefuls will chase race leader Vincenzo Nibali through the Pyrénées this weekend

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

Almost a year after earning the rainbow jersey, Philippe Gilbert is finally able to put a check mark in the win column

Sicilian takes the GC lead, but three men still hold hope of upsetting the Giro d'Italia champion in Madrid

The race through Spain resumes after Tuesday's rest day with the 38.8-kilometer test against the clock

Vuelta GC battle takes form after selective first half, but it's only now getting good

Moreno takes the stage win and a crucial time bonus that put him in the red jersey by a single second ahead of overnight leader Roche

The 41-year-old is three seconds from the red jersey and says he’s ready for the first weekend in the mountains

Astana's sport director confirms that Nibali, who is currently leading the Vuelta a Espana, will try to win next year's Tour

Chris Horner says he isn't fazed by losing the Vuelta jersey after the jury calls a split at the finish

A number of riders expected to contend for the GC have fallen behind in the first three days of racing

Vincenzo Nibali lands an early blow in Spanish tour

Rodríguez and Valverde may be nearing the end of their grand tour runs, but they start the Vuelta carrying the weight of the Spanish tour

Italian is after his second grand tour victory of 2013 and his second Vuelta

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

Sky's roster decimated as Dombrowski, Boswell crash heavily with Knees in Spain

Astana team manager Giuseppe Martinelli says his star rider "let up too much" following his Giro d'Italia victory

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

The Italian missed the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France this year

Dane takes confidence from Tour top 10 and will support Nibali in the Vuelta and 2014 Tour de France

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

Sky rider has not raced since withdrawing from the Giro d'Italia in May

Nibali won the Giro d’Italia last month but the captain for Italy’s national team at worlds has not yet been chosen

Giro d'Italia champion signs a contract extension that will keep him on the Kazakhstan-based squad for another three seasons

The Giro d'Italia champion says the route for this year's world championships road race is the "hardest in recent years"

Italian will skip the Tour de France and prepare for the second half of his season

In today's peloton, admirable performances invite suspicion and Andrew Hood reviews the evidence surrounding Vincenzo Nibali

With a clean record and history of speaking out against doping, Vincenzo Nibali's Giro win welcomed after Di Luca's positive EPO test

Nibali passed several pitfalls to bring the maglia rosa to the final podium in Brescia's Piazza della Loggia

The Manx speedster adds another stage to his palmares, plus the red jersey, as Nibali crosses safely with the bunch to confirm his title