Rui Costa

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

The Portuguese rider was almost 13 minutes behind race leader Vincenzo Nibali entering Tuesday's stage 16

Only three Merida Reacto KOM frames exist, and Costa is riding one of them at the Tour de France

Rui Costa's Tour de Suisse victory raises expectations that he could be an outsider for the podium at next month's Tour de France

The world road champion makes the most of the final day in the Swiss tour, winning both the stage and the overall, for the third year in a row

The German powered over the 24km course 22 seconds ahead of Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Shimano), 28 seconds faster than Rui Costa (Lampre-Merida)

The American has recovered nicely from an April 11 training crash that left him with broken ribs and a collapsed lung

The Tour de Suisse begins on Saturday with a deep field including Peter Sagan, Mark Cavendish, Bradley Wiggins, and defending champion Rui Costa

The Tour de France champion comes from behind to take the overall victory in Romandie

The Sky rider headlines a strong field at the six-day race in Switzerland that begins Tuesday

The Ag2r-La Mondiale rider avoids a late-race crash as Arthur Vichor earns the stage win in Nice

Garmin-Sharp’s Tom-Jelte Slagter won his second stage of Paris-Nice on Saturday, helping ease the sting of a costly mechanical one day earlier.

The absence of Chris Froome makes for a more unpredictable GC in Italy

New arrivals will complement each other and, according to Costa, avoid conflict when they do race together

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

Andrew Hood reviews his 10 biggest stories of the year, from Horner to Froome, and everything in between

Valverde defends Spain's 2-3 finish in the road race at this year's world championships in Florence

With a doping investigation lingering, Lampre-Merida is focusing on 2014 — which includes anchoring its grand tour plans around Rui Costa

World champion Rui Costa and his new Lampre team have started working on 2014 and the new manager is building him a Tour squad

RCS Sport adds a difficult climb that kicks up to 14 percent late in the race