The U.S. Men’s Elite Cycling team may have lost its secret weapon for the World Championships next weekend.

American Tom Danielson of Garmin-Slipstream began today’s Vuelta a Espana 18th stage ninth on the general classification, 8:28 behind leader Alejandro Valverde of…

Two victories in the TT and a podium finish at the Vuelta a Espana … American Levi Leipheimer is on form, as they say in cycling.

So, I’ll pick him to win the World TT title in a few hours, with…

Carrying a world cancer awareness campaign on his back, without guaranteeing or promising or even seriously discussing an eighth victory in the Tour de France, Lance Armstrong came off Wednesday as a humanitarian on a quest to do good (cure…

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…

Riccardo Ricco’s old team and his former teammates continue to pay the price for his decision to dope at the Tour de France.

The newly branded Scott-American Beef team has been told by the Vuelta a Espana not to show up for…

We got a couple of good questions through e-mail following the announcement August 4 of the teams that will participate in the Tour of Missouri. They were so good we thought that other folks might be wondering the same things.…

Brad Huff of Springfield, Mo., won the final stage in the Tour of Elk Grove on Sunday, crossing the finishing line first in the 110 kilometer Gullo Pro Men Criterium

Huff, who rides for Jelly Bell, outsprinted David Veilleux of Kelly…

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…

CSC-Saxo Bank’s Frank Schleck in the yellow jersey rides safely in the slipstream behind teammates Andy Schleck and Carlos Sastre on Cime de la Bonette-Restefond on Tuesday in Stage 16. (AP Photo/Bas Czerwinski)

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For the second successive mountain stage, CSC-Saxo Bank…

With the Tour de France as the backdrop, 17 of the 18 UCI ProTour teams have voted to drop out of the ProTour.

Apparently, they have made an alliance with the grand tour organizers to form a different league, which is…