Giorgia Bronzini

Italian director and former world champion on managing past teammates and what women staffers bring to a women's team.

Nearly four dozen riders are calling an end to their careers. Here are some of the notables.

The squad announced this week that Giorgia Bronzini is retiring from racing and will work as a sport director.

Former world champ Giorgia Bronzini takes final stage, but reigning Olympic champion claims overall win at Amgen Women's Tour of California.

Giorgia Bronzini wins stage 1 of the Giro Rosa as Megan Guarnier takes control of the overall race lead

A big break fades short of the final lap and American Shelley Olds takes a convincing victory in the field sprint

The biggest women's stage race of the season kicks off Friday and should offer ample climbing and an exciting penultimate-stage time trial

Giorgia Bronzini out-sprints Kirsten Wild to claim the fifth round of the women's World Cup in China

Two-time world champion Giorgia Bronzini sounds off on the season ahead and the state of women's cycling after day one in Qatar

The Ladies Tour of Qatar starts Tuesday in the country's capital city of Doha

Global Cycling Network breaks down the list of favorites in the men's and women's elite road races in Ponferrada, Spain

Italian sprinter Giorgia Bronzini (Wiggle Honda) timed her sprint to perfection, coming around Vos with 100 meters to go to take the victory

The world champ takes a sprint victory in Germany ahead of Giorgia Bronzini and Lotta Lepisto

Race leader Marianne Vos continued her winning streak on stage 7 at the Giro Rosa, ahead of Giorgia Bronzini and Emma Johansson

Marianne Vos is back in the magia rosa, but competition is fierce at the 25th Giro Rosa

These two fast finishers turned many heads this season to earn Velo's Men's and Women's Sprinter of the Year Awards

Italian lands 14th win of the 2013 season

Villumsen's stage-winning margin was more than enough to bring her the overall title

The Italian rider has won the first six stages at the Route de France, losing only the prologue

The Italian has won each of the four stages, losing only the opening prologue

Emma Johansson remains in the overall lead with four days of racing left

Johannson leads, and Stevens sits fourth overall

Bronzini hopes to bring both experience and her "Italian style" to the new British squad

Giorgia Bronzini of Italy defends her elite women's title at the road world championships.

Giorgia Bronzini showed her world road champion pedigree Thursday, winning her second stage in a row at the Nature Valley Grand Prix. Bronzini (Colavita-Forno D’Asolo) outkicked Chloe Hosking (HTC-Highroad) on the uphill finish to nab the stage 3 win in the Cannon Falls Road Race. Teresa Cliff-Ryan (Colavita) came through for third.

World road champion Giorgia Bronzini rode her Colavita-Forno D'Asolo train to the stage 2 win at the Nature Valley Grand Prix Wednesday night. After her team wrestled control from the Tibco-To the Top squad in the final lap, Bronzini came out of the final corner in second wheel behind teammate Teresa Cliff-Ryan. She couldn't be matched when she kicked in downtown Saint Paul and Bronzini rode away with the second stage of the five-day, six-stage race.

Alex Rasmussen and world champion Giorgia Bronzini win the 2011 Philadelphia championships.

Post-race news conference with gold medalist Giorgia Bronzini and the other podium finishers

(Click headline for full results)

• 1. Giorgia Bronzini, Italy, 127.2km in 3:32:01 (35.997kph)
• 2. Marianne Vos, Netherlands, s.t.
• 3. Emma Johansson, Sweden, s.t.
• 4. Nicole Cooke, Great Britain, s.t.
• 5. Judith Arndt, Germany, at 0:01

Giorgia Bronzini kept the women's rainbow jersey in Italian hands when she sprinted to victory in the 127.2km event at the world road championships on Saturday.