The Giro d’Italia to date has been an exceptional race, with excitment and drama supplied by …

– The American team Columbia High-Road with five stage wins: the opening stage team time trial,  two by sprinter Mark Cavendish, and one each by Edvald Boasson Hagen…

In its third edition, the Tour of Missouri will be a 2.HC race,  joining the Tour of California and the Tour of Georgia in the highest classification among stage races sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale.

According to the UCI America Tour schedule,…

Columbia will bring Mark Cavendish, a four-stage winner at this year’s Tour de France, to the Tour of Missouri.

This is huge. Given Tom Boonen’s issues this year, Cavs is probably the No. 1 sprinter in the world, and he could…

Twas a mixed day of news for American bicycle companies with announcements from Giant and Scott.

First, the news from Giant …

The Dutch Rabobank team will ride Giant bicycles next season, Giant announced Thursday (from Taiwan!). No word on what this means for American team…

The two American-based representatives from the Tour de France — Columbia and Garmin-Chipotle — are among the 15 teams announced Monday as the competitors in the second Tour of Missouri, scheduled for Sept. 8 to 14.

Columbia, of course, is the…

David Millar of Garmin-Chipotle chats with the Associated Press about the rift between the UCI and ASO, and more …  
By JEROME PUGMIRE
AP Sports Writer

PARIS (AP) - British rider David Millar said the rift between cycling’s leadership and race organizers…

Gert Steegmans of Quick Step (right) sprints towards the finish ingline ahead of Oscar Freire of Rabobank, wearing the best sprinter’s green jersey (left) and Columbia’s Gerald Ciolek (center) to win the final stage of the Tour de France on…

Carlos Sastre of CSC-Saxo Bank knows the maillot jaune will be his in Paris as he crosses the finishing line Saturday in Stage 20  of the Tour de France — a 53 kilometers (33 miles) individual time trial between Cerilly…

The weather forecast for Saturday calls for less than ideal conditions for the decisive time trial at the Tour de France, a 53 kilometer effort from Cérilly to Saint-Amand-Montrond.

Quelques averses … Risque de précip. 30% … Taux maximum d’humidité 75%

Got…

With a fan in a Team CSC-Saxo Bank replica kit running alongside and urging him on, Carlos Sastre rides to the stage win Wednesday on Alpe d’Huez in the Tour de France. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

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There’s no other major sport in…