On this week's episode of The VeloNews Podcast we discuss the Tour Colombia 2.1 with reporter Rebecca Reza. Then, we sit down with Ian Boswell to talk about his retirement from professional road racing.
The Tour Colombia 2.1 is the biggest race in the Western Hemisphere, even if you can't stream it online. Here are five takeaways from the 2020 edition of the race, which saw EF Pro Cycling battle against Egan Bernal and Team Ineos.
Multiple grand tour champion to come back to racing at challenging WorldTour race, eight months since sustaining list of serious injuries in crash.
Molano takes third win of week, with American pair McCabe and Joyce finishing just outside the podium slots.
The 2019 Tour de France winner is on the back foot, after losing three-quarters of a minute in the opening team time trial.
Team Movistar ended a long-running contract dispute with the Costa Rican, opening door for Amador to bolster Ineos's bench.
WorldTour all-stars offer that elevation—which will be no less than 8,500 feet during every stage—to be the greatest challenge for this early season stage race.
The 2019 Tour de France winner crashed, chased back onto the lead group and sprinted to second place, ahead of Daniel Martinez.
The four-time Tour winner joins his teammates at a training camp after finishing a decisive phase of his recovery
Team Ineos boss outlines potential race schedules for 2020, avoids confirming Froome's race plans.
First major European stage race of the calendar draws host of talent including Pogacar, Pinot, and Quintana.
The four-time Tour de France winner's road back to competition remains uncertain and no date has been set for his first race of 2020.
Tour de France stars to start season at high-altitude 2.1 category stage race, Quintana to miss race on home territory.
Team Sky revolutionized the way the Tour de France was raced, winning seven Tours in eight years. The team garnered plenty of criticism for its budget and its penchant for pushing the rules.
The 2019 Tour winner vows to race the Italian grand tour some day, but it won't be in 2020 as the Tour and the Olympics will be at the center of his calendar.
Sky/Ineos able to ride to repeat grand tour victories with a number of leaders through a 'road decides who's strongest' approach to leadership.
Belgian phenomenon will aim for cycling's biggest prizes in his second season that will likely include a grand tour debut.
Colombia's first yellow jersey-winner is taking the heat off himself as he prepares for 2020 with big ambitions.
Bernal ranked second, van Vleuten fifth in the international ranking handed down by an international jury.
The Spanish worker eyes the Olympic Games without losing the team's focus on the yellow jersey.
LeMond, who won the Tour de France aged 25, feels that Bernal should 'give no gifts' to Froome on account of his age should a Tour de France leadership battle arise.
Cycling's generational shift was on full display in 2019, with Remco Evenepoel, Egan Bernal, and others winning big. Andrew Hood examines the how Generation Z has changed the sport.
LeMond optimistic about the future of U.S. cycling thanks to the growing grassroots scene and a crop of young talent in the WorldTour.
Egan Bernal has taken Tour win in his stride and looks to keep his career path open diverse.
The 2020 Giro d'Italia route packs a huge punch in week three, and features three individual time trials. What do we make of this course that bucks the current trend for short and punchy stages? Let's roundtable!
Bernal happy to let the road decide who will lead the Tour de France, but first he has to decide if he will even be at the start line in Nice.
The high point of next year's race at 2300m could prove decisive in the highly unconventional route
2020 sees an atypical Tour route packed with opportunities and risks for the GC riders - and here are five stages that could prove crucial.
Will the route end the Ineos stranglehold? What is the impact of a mountain TT? We roundtable a Tour de France route that destroys the rulebook.
While Ineos' stars remain tight-lipped about their 2020 race schedules, Alaphilippe confirms he will be at the Tour, but not racing for the overall.
The stars in Ineos are already positioning themselves for leadership at next year's Tour de France
Dutchman attacked on the penultimate climb of the day and capitalized on the chase group's indecision to win last monument of the year.
Who has had a better season: Egan Bernal or Primoz Roglic? Il Lombardia could feature a showdown between the two stars of 2019.
A showdown between Roglic and Bernal highlights what should be a thrilling finale to cycling's monument season
Tour de France winner capitalized on a crushing performance by teammates, who shredded the field on the final climb.
South America's fast-growing stage race will trace the home regions of Nairo Quintana and Egan Bernal with a route ending at nearly 11,000 feet
Costa Rican domestique is said to be heading to Ineos in what's the latest chapter in a long-simmering feud between his agent and Movistar
Chris Froome continues on his comeback trail as he rides on open roads for first time since June crash. He is set to race Japan's Saitama Criterium at the end of October.
Young stars are opting to bypass the Under-23 ranks entirely, making it more challenging to assess the strength of those riders who race in the category.
Bernal adroitly steered clear of a worlds course that doesn't suit him and now he's taking aim at Lombardia to close out his spectacular season
Ineos has long desired to achieve the Giro-Tour-Vuelta season sweep. The arrival of Richard Carapaz sets up the team for season-long grand tour domination in 2020
The Vuelta could be more wide open than ever with many of the established GC stars missing for one reason or another
There are a lot of reasons why Geraint Thomas should race the Vuelta — the Spanish grand tour is there for the taking
The 22-year-old phenom was welcomed by 10,000 fans in his home town of Zipaquirá to celebrate his historic win.
Despite some key names missing, Vuelta officials are hopeful the race will pack the same punch that fans have grown accustomed to
Nairo Quintana, Vincenzo Nibali, and Tom Dumoulin are just a few of the big names that will switch teams after 2019.
Latin American riders could match the UK sweep of all three grand tours this year, setting up a new Ineos era of domination
Several top riders are heading to Spain for the Clásica San Sebastián, but recent Tour winner Egan Bernal might be heading home.
The Colombian superstar was humble in congratulating Bernal for making history, but vows to keep fighting for his own shot at yellow.
Egan Bernal's long journey to the 2019 Tour de France victory included a few moments when the young Colombian seized the opportunities that were in front of him.
How should we rate this year's Tour de France, and what were the most exciting and important moments of the race? Our final roundtable addresses the talking points from the Tour.
A year after winning, the Welshman prefers to celebrate Bernal’s victory instead of being bitter of his missed chance to defend.
Young guns shine in the final stage of the Tour as 25-year-old Ewan wins on the Champs-Elysées and 22-year-old Bernal wraps up the overall.
Bernal puts a cap on a stellar season after winning Paris-Nice and Tour de Suisse, and at only 22 years old, has a long career ahead of him.
Julian Alaphilippe cracked and lost over 3:00, falling out of the podium spots, allowing Geraint Thomas to move up to second overall and Steven Kruijswijk to take third.
Weather turned the Tour de France upside Friday and not in ways that will please anyone. But, as Andrew Hood writes, that's simply part of the sport.
The 22-year-old Colombian is poised to be the first from his nation to win the yellow jersey.
On one of the wildest day's of racing in recent Tour history, the race was upended, first by Pinot's abandonment, then by the weather-shortened stage.
Egan Bernal and Julian Alaphilippe had their showdown on the Col de l'Iseran on Friday. Unfortunately, hail and landslides shortened the battle.
The young Colombian climbing sensation rode his way into yellow in an abbreviated stage marred by extreme weather. Thibaut Pinot also abandoned early in the stage.
Egan Bernal's attack on the Col du Galibier was actually Geraint Thomas's decision, the Colombian told reporters after the stage
The other GC favorites flinched when Egan Bernal attacked on the Col du Galibier. Now, the Colombian has emerged as the biggest threat to take down Julian Alaphilippe.
How does Egan Bernal's advantage change the dynamics heading into the final two stages? And what is the significance of Nairo Quintana's stage victory?
The Colombian climber won alone, out-climbing his breakaway companions. Alaphilippe cracked, but regained the GC group on the descent in dramatic fashion.
The Pyrenees shook up the Tour de France's overall standings. Who is the strongest? How can Thibaut Pinot or Geraint Thomas win?
A combination of factors has transformed this year's Tour de France into one of the most unpredictable and engaging in decades.
The defending Tour champion says he'll call on teammate Egan Bernal if he needs his help in three critical mountain stages across the Alps.
After putting costly time losses behind him, Pinot is a riding a wave of momentum after three stellar days across the Pyrénées to surge back into contention for the yellow jersey
Despite a promising first week, hopes of a tightly bound GC battle have succumbed to the suffocating dominance of Team Ineos.
Geraint Thomas needs to pull back three seconds per kilometer on Julian Alaphilippe to take yellow
Stage 12 features two major climbs and a long, fast descent to the finish. Teams and riders are preparing for anything and everything.
The Dutchman believes he and his team have the goods to challenge in the mountain stages that loom.
After a relatively smooth first half of the Tour, Egan Bernal will have pressure to move as the race tilts into the first major climbs this weekend.
Is Team Ineos's 2019 Tour de France lineup as strong as the Team Sky squads that won pro cycling's biggest race six of the last seven years? We asked riders, managers, and team directors
Geraint Thomas crashed at a crucial moment in Saturday's stage 8, however quick thinking by his Ineos teammates helped him regain the peloton before the finale
The Tour de France's general classification battle has taken shape after Thursday's summit finish atop La Planche des Belles Filles
The first summit finish of this year's Tour will see GC contenders come to the fore to battle for precious seconds.
The Welshman admitted to purposely holding back on a technical, aggressive stage, and now sets his sights on the bigger climbs that suit him better in the days to come.
Egan Bernal could surpass the Tour's five-time winners, says Bernard Hinault
Team Ineos's second place finish in Sunday's team time trial places Egan Bernal and Geraint Thomas in a perfect position for the upcoming mountain stages