Reigning champ Valverde promises to go down swinging, but this worlds likely marks end of glorious era that dates back to 1999

VeloNews caught up with the three-time road world champion and chatted about a variety of topics.

What if history's greatest sprinters got together for seven or eight hot stages in July? Since they can’t, we picked our 10 favorites

Rasmussen backtracks on statements over Freire, Flecha

Three-time world champion threatens to sue Rasmussen after the former yellow jersey claims 100 percent of 2007 Rabobank Tour team doped

Retirements and the nation’s financial crisis are having a devastating effect on the peloton

"There are clean riders, there were before and there are now," says Freire

Euskatel-Euskadi denies making an offer to Oscar Freire aimed at securing his haul of WorldTour points. Freire, for now, is firmly retired

Three-time world champion Oscar Freire, who last won a race in 2010, calls time on his 15-year cycling career

Where does Joaquim Rodriguez's win at Lombardia rank him among Spain's classics men?