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LeMond road bikes are back, but there are more questions than answers
There’s plenty of buzz, but hopefully there’s some real substance here, too.

LeMond returns with two new bikes ... but they're not what you'd expect
Greg LeMond, three-time winner of the Tour de France and former road world champion, has had his named emblazoned on a number of bikes ov...

The weekly spin: 10 cycling books for the holiday season
The holidays are a great time for buying and reading books, whether that means curling up on the couch on a cold day with a good read, gi...

Head & heart: The helmet that changed everything
It's 1985, in a stuffy one-bedroom apartment in San Jose, and Jim Gentes has had a lightbulb moment. He's just reinvented the bike helmet...

US road racing is in a downward spiral — what comes next?
When it comes to men’s road racing, the United States is not only a weak nation, it’s also in decline as teams are folding and events are...

CyclingTips Podcast: Helmet safety, stars and stripes, and LeMond's comeback
This week's episode kicks off with a roundup of last weekend's national championships, which occurred across much of Europe and in North ...

What I’ve learned: Greg LeMond
Winner of two world championships and three Tours de France, Greg LeMond is one of the top names in the history of the sport. He was the ...

CyclingTips Podcast, Episode 36: Superstition and rider rituals at the Tour de France
Chaotic, risky and over a century old; it’s probably not surprising that superstition and ritual play a part in both professional cycling...

Remembering Super Prestige Pernod, the season-long battle for title of best rider in the world
Perfection, in the game of Jenga, where you pile brick upon brick to build a tower, comes just before the final brick is added. The diffi...

Hidden motors and professional cycling: A timeline
The alleged use of hidden motors, so-called mechanical doping, remains a hot topic in cycling. It was first claimed in 2010, was ridicule...

60 Minutes report on motorized doping raises questions about Team Sky and UCI at 2015 Tour de France
In a segment that aired Sunday evening in the United States, CBS News program 60 Minutes took on the subject of motorized doping in profe...

Hidden motor inventor says he received $2 million in 1998 for exclusivity deal
Speaking two days in advance of a 60 Minutes special on the use of technological fraud, or mechanical doping, in cycling, the inventor of...