Fassa Bortolo News

World champion Philippe Gilbert chases his first victory of the season as a strong field gets set to begin the five-stage Tour of Belgium on Wednesday.

It's been nearly a year since Andy Schleck broke his sacrum at the 2012 CritA©rium du DauphinA©, and the road to recovery has been brutal for the 27-year-old Luxembourger.

Team Cannondale domestique Ted King is always quick with a wisecrack, this time in response to how thin and fit he's looking.

The finish line: Landis, the first Tour of California champion, capped his fourth day in the leader's jersey cruising in the lead pack through the 123.1-kilometer Redondo Beach Circuit course while his Phonak teammates controlled the field.

Fabian Cancellara will return to racing at the Tour of Belgium. The RadioShack-Leopard rider has had a racing break after his successful Spring Classics campaign.

Stage 6 winner Mark Cavendish pays tribute to Wouter Weylandt, who died during the Giro exactly two years ago When Mark Cavendish held up the race number 108 on the winner's podium on Thursday, nobody needed reminding what it signified: the number worn by Wouter Weylandt in the 2011 Giro d'Italia, exactly two years ago when he died in a tragic ... (more)

Sky Team Principal Dave Brailsford was determined to keep any kind of euphoria to a minimum at the finish of stage 2 of the Giro d'Italia , where Sky took their first Grand Tour team time trial victory "I don't think you can read too much into it, you're not going to win the Giro today, the gap to Hesjedal is neither here nor there," Brailsford ... (more)

The points classification at the Giro is one of the most confusing things to decipher in the sport.

With Mount Vesuvius shimmering through the haze across the bay, there could scarcely be a more fitting arena for the opening bunch sprint of the Giro d'Italia than the seafront finale at Via Caracciolo on Saturday.

Today, in Pontecagnano Faiano , the President of the Organization Giuseppe Rivolta revealed the details related to the 24th edition of Women International Giro d'Italia at the presence of the Italian Women National Team Coach Edoardo Salvoldi and the young Italian talents Rossella Callovi , Francesca Cauz and Dalia Muccioli .

OFF TO ITALY: Hayden Roulston is one of a trio of Kiwis racing for the RadioShack Nissan team at this years Giro d'Italia. He's easily the most experienced of the three Kiwis riding in this year's Giro d'Italia, but Canterbury's Hayden Roulston admits to being anxious about the event which begins tonight .

Although a late attempt to sign Alessandro Petacchi as his lead-out man was thwarted by UCI regulations, Mark Cavendish has insisted that he is pleased with the composition of his Omega Pharma-QuickStep team for the Giro d'Italia . When Petacchi rescinded his contract with Lampre-Merida last week in what he said was a "break" rather than a ... (more)

Isle of Man sprinter Mark Cavendish is the leading name in the Omega Pharma Quick-Step team for this year's Giro d'Italia, which starts in Naples on Saturday.

Starting in 2010, Velo magazine has presented a specially designed jersey to deserving cyclists from every discipline, to be honored in our annual year-end awards issue.

The final podium of the 2013 Tour de Romandie: Simon Spilak , winner Chris Froome and Rui Costa .

The Omega Pharma-QuickStep team confirmed to Cyclingnews that it is interested in signing Alessandro Petacchi as a lead-out man for Mark Cavendish, but UCI rules could delay the move or even stop it all together.

I am busily staring at my computer, trying to find a muse. I've just cleared off a spot on a shelf above my desk, just to change things up a bit and stand while I type.

The world of cycling was rocked this week when veteran sprint king Alessandro Petacchi called time on an 18-year career almost 12 entire months after his last prestigious victory in the Bayern-Rundfahrt. Contrary to the beliefs of many cynics, the 39-year-old Italian has not made it his new job to get as far away from Mantua as feasibly possible ... (more)

Alessandro Petacchi is officially "taking a pause" from cycling, amid rumors that he's actually retiring.

It's only when I step out onto the concrete track that I realize what a different world I've stumbled into.