UCI World Road Championships

The elite women's road race in Richmond could be a wide-open contest with a tough course, a chance for rain, and these 10 contenders.

After his 12th-place finish in Wednesday's worlds time trial, Taylor Phinney talked about his new outlook on reaching his physical limit.

Kiryienka rides a brilliantly consistent time trial on a long, difficult course in Richmond to win his first-ever world championship title.

Vasil Kiryienka rides a relentless race in the long individual time trial to claim his first career world championship.

A podium in Richmond TT would have given Armstrong an automatic Rio berth. Now her quest for a third-straight Olympic gold is complicated.

Chloe Dygert and Emma White go one-two in the world championship junior women's time trial in Richmond.

Americans earn the top two results in the opening event of Richmond 2015 world championships.

Winning the rainbow jersey is one of cycling's major goals, but there are a few major names who never won the world championships.

Fred Rodriguez ends his 17-year professional career at Richmond worlds, racing the team time trial with the Jelly Belly squad.

Taylor Phinney talks about how it feels to win team time trial world championships with his BMC Racing squad.

Martin, the undisputed king of the solo effort, isn't the only one taking his time about tackling the hour, with Bradley Wiggins having laid down such a serious marker

Velocio-SRAM went toe to toe with Boels Dolmans in Richmond, and threw the knockout blow on the climb to the finish

Taylor Phinney whipped up the crowd at the start and BMC Racing gave them something to cheer about at the finish, too

Velocio-SRAM gives its all in the final meters to take the world team time trial title in Richmond, Virginia

With a new name and sponsor Velocio-SRAM continues its streak in the team time trial at the world road championships

The start lists for the team time trial at the UCI World Road Championships in Richmond, Virginia

Casey B. Gibson snaps the prelude to Sunday's team time trial in Richmond

Richmond 2015 becomes the first UCI World Road Championships to offer an all-inclusive app for spectators and fans.

Global Cycling Network considers 10 riders who could deliver surprise results at UCI Road World Championships.

Alejandro Valverde has had a long, consistently successful season, but can he cap it off with a rainbow jersey in Richmond?

2015 worlds in Richmond is just weeks away, and excitement is building for the main event

Fabian Cancellara's dream of winning a road race worlds title may be fading as injury and illness have plagued his 2015 season.

In another blow for Marcel Kittel, the German national team is overlooking him in favor of Andre Greipel and John Degenkolb for Richmond.

Politicians are demanding legal action after 2014 worlds goes over budget, is beset with accusations of corruption and bribery

The UCI World Road Cycling Championships in 2016 will take in the sandswept countryside and the capital's cobblestones

Britain's Lizzie Armitstead is coming into the 2015 season with red-hot form and lofty ambitions to win some of cycling's biggest races

Amid rumors of a venue change, UCI confirms that team time trial event will be held at Richmond venue in 2015

The UCI considers an alternate European venue for TTT worlds, and BMC Racing voices its support for keeping the event in Richmond for 2015

Take a ride inside the elite women's peloton in Ponferrada with POV camera footage, including video from the dramatic crash

With 2015 worlds slated for Richmond, Virginia, the U.S. team looks back on a modestly successful run in Ponferrada

Casey B. Gibson shoots the elite men's road race at the UCI World Road Championships in Ponferrada, Spain

Brazenly attacking as the others waited, Michal Kwiatkowski rolled the dice and came away from the table a winner

Results from the elite men's road race at the 2014 UCI World Road Championships in Ponferrada, Spain

Michael Kwiatkowski jumps away from a furious pursuit to first join, then drop a breakaway and ride alone to the rainbow jersey in Spain

Marianne Vos will not wear the rainbow jersey on the road in 2015, but her rivals say one loss does not mean the Dutchwoman is slowing down

Casey B. Gibson and his Nikons are on hand for the elite women's road race at the 2014 UCI World Road Championships in Ponferrada, Spain

Trade team loyalties are often at odds with national allegiances at worlds, when the jackpot for the rainbow jersey is worth millions

Casey B. Gibson snaps the action during the junior men's road race at the UCI World Road Championships in Ponferrada, Spain

Shelly Olds finishes a career-best sixth on the day, but the U.S. women had hoped to do better with a sprint in the offing

Results from the elite women's road race at the 2014 UCI World Road Championships in Ponferrada, Spain

As a lead group hesitates en route to the line, the race is lost, and Pauline Ferrand-Prevot surges in the final meters to take the victory

Results from the junior men's road race at the 2014 UCI World Road Championships in Ponferrada, Spain

Germany’s Jonas Bokeloh wins the junior men's road race in a sprint as a shrinking peloton overhauls a two-man break

Dideriksen repeats for Denmark, and Bystrom wins Norway's first worlds title in Ponferrada

Sven Erik Bystrøm (Norway) attacked the peloton on the final lap to win the U23 men's road race

Marianne Vos' form is in question after a disappointing worlds team time trial. Saturday's elite women's road race may be wide open

Amalie Dideriksen (Denmark) claims the world title in the junior women's road race

Norway strikes gold in U23 road race and scoops up a bronze medal as Skjerping sprints to third behind Aussie Caleb Ewan

In her final year as a junior, the Danish rider takes her second world title, sprinting out of a small group for gold

Though they have a long, acrimonious history, Alejandro Valverde and Joaquim Rodríguez will attempt to ride as a united Spanish squad on home soil

Tom Dumoulin's stock continues to rise with a podium at worlds, and veterans like Wiggins recognize the Dutchman's potential

Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain) wins the world time trial championships in Ponferrada

Though his 2014 results don't show it, Peter Sagan is one of the riders to watch in Ponferrada, but he is cagey about his chances

Bradley Wiggins' conquers all comers on the final climbs of the world championship TT course, dethroning Tony Martin

Bradley Wiggins' strategic approach to worlds TT pays off. He looks ahead to Paris-Roubaix and the Olympics, but won't defend TT title

British Olympic time trial champion wins his first world championship TT title, beating three-time defending champ Martin

Carmen Small is forced to withdraw from world road championships due to illness. Tayler Wiles takes her spot for the U.S.

Rain can't spoil the German party in day two of time trials at the world championships in Ponferrada

After winning medals in the TTT and the ITT, Evelyn Stevens hopes to complete the worlds sweep with a top-three in the road race

Anna Solovey finds her cycling career, and even her safety, threatened by Ukranian conflict, but wins world time trial championships medal

Brennauer takes gold as Stevens wins bronze in Ponferrada, Spain

Germany earns its second TT gold medal on the shoulders of Lisa Brennauer, who overcame rainy conditions to win

Germany's Lennard Kamna wins the junior time trial in Ponferrada

American Adrien Costa finishes second, 44 seconds behind the German

Olympic time trial champion feels the Ponferrada course favors him, and he showed his form in the TTT on Sunday

Young riders battle rainy conditions for world championship titles in Spain

Australia's Campbell Flakemore beats Ireland's Ryan Mullen by less than a second

Australia wins gold and bronze, and Denmark's Mathiesen takes second

U23 Campbell Flakemore and junior Macey Stewart win gold in the world time trial championships

Farrar wasn't selected for the six-man squad heading to Sunday's climbing-centric world championships in Spain

Casey B. Gibson is on hand as BMC Racing and Specialized-Lululemon win the team time trials at the UCI World Road Championships

Cycling is a team sport, but the glory goes mostly to individuals, and Tejay van Garderen was happy to finally share a podium with his boys

Results from the team time trial at the 2014 UCI World Road Championships in Ponferrada, Spain

The defending champions finish on the podium, but not on the top step, as BMC Racing wins the team time trial at the world championships

World road champion Marianne Vos, who concedes she's not a specialist in the race against the clock, struggles in the team time trial

A crash in training can't stop Specialized-Lululemon from taking the hat trick in the team time trial at the UCI World Road Championships

Tejay van Garderen has a busy week ahead of him, racing all three events at worlds and maybe talking a little football with his countrymen

Defending champs Specialized-Lululemon should see stiff competition from the deepest field ever for the women's team time trial

Alejandro Valverde has a tough row to hoe if he is to win the rainbow jersey on his home turf, with the Aussies and Belgians gunning for him

Cycling Canada releases roster for the world road championships