Tour de France
Brandon McNulty of the United States competes during the men's cycling individual time trial at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in Oyama, Japan. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Roglic caps Slovenia's run with Olympic time trial win

By Dave Skretta Jul. 28, 2021 04:20 AM EDT

Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia, left, and Wout van Aert of Belgium, battle for a photo finish for silver and bronze medals during the men's cycling road race at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Oyama, Japan. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Carapaz wins men's road race for Ecuador's 1st cycling medal

By Dave Skretta Jul. 24, 2021 05:13 AM EDT

Funa Tonaki of Japan, left, and Distria Krasniqi of Kosovo compete during their women's -48kg championship judo match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Olympics Latest: US men get off to fast start in volleyball

Jul. 23, 2021 08:11 PM EDT

FILE - United States' Chloe Dygert pedals during the women elite race at the road cycling World Championships in Harrogate, England, in this Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019, file photo. The men's and women's road races kick off the cycling program at every Summer Olympics. “Everybody in the world is trying to figure out how to beat the Dutch girls,” said Jim Miller, the high performance director for USA Cycling. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)
Olympic cycling road races are studies in contrast

By Dave Skretta Jul. 22, 2021 10:15 PM EDT

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Jul. 22, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
July 26 1859 — The first intercollegiate Regatta is held in Worcester, Mass., with Harvard beating Yale and Brown. 1928...

Tour de France winner Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar, who won the overall leader's yellow jersey, the best climber's dotted jersey, and the best young rider's white jersey, celebrates with his team after the twenty-first and last stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 108.4 kilometers (67.4 miles) with start in Chatou and finish on the Champs Elysees in Paris, France,Sunday, July 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
Tour de France riders head to Tokyo with Olympics in sight

By Dave Skretta Jul. 19, 2021 01:46 PM EDT

Slovakia's Peter Sagan, left, crashes with Australia's Caleb Ewan, right, during the sprint towards the finish line of the third stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 182.9 kilometers (113.65 miles) with start in Lorient and finish in Pontivy, France, Monday, June 28, 2021. (Benoit Tessier/Pool Photo via AP)
Sagan, Haig withdraw from Olympic road race with injuries

By Dave Skretta Jul. 13, 2021 06:03 AM EDT

Solvakia's Peter Sagan crosses the finish line of the fifth stage of the Tour de France cycling race, an individual time-trial over 27.2 kilometers (16.9 miles) with start in Change and finish in Laval Espace Mayenne, France, Wednesday, June 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, Pool)
Sagan has surgery less than 2 weeks before Olympic road race

By Dave Skretta Jul. 12, 2021 02:04 PM EDT

Flueckiger, Lecomte win last pre-Olympic mountain bike races

Jul. 04, 2021 01:25 PM EDT
LES GETS, France (AP) — European champion Mathias Flueckiger and French standout Loana Lecomte won the final mountain bike World Cup races before the Tokyo...

File-This Sept. 27, 2019, file photo shows United States' Megan Jastrab celebrating winning the women junior event at the road cycling World Championships in Harrogate, England. The cycling team that the U.S. is taking to the Tokyo Olympics is a little bit different than the one it would have taken a year ago, when the COVID-19 pandemic forced organizers to postpone the Summer Games by an entire year. Among those on the team announced Thursday, June 10, 2021, are mountain biker Haley Batten, who's been on the podium each of the first two World Cup races of the season; Jastrab, the 19-year-old track cycling prodigy who will be part of the gold medal-favorite women's pursuit team and also contest the Madison; and 23-year-old time trial star Brandon McNulty. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)
Olympic road races yield early drama for delayed Tokyo Games

By Dave Skretta Jun. 30, 2021 12:54 PM EDT

FILE - In this Sept.9, 2020 file photo, the pack rides during the eleventh stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 167 kilometers (104 miles), with start in Chatelaillon-Plage and finish in Poitiers. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)
2021 Tour de France preview: Pogacar vs Roglic rematch

By Samuel Petrequin Jun. 24, 2021 03:57 AM EDT

France's Julian Alaphilippe of the Deceuninck Quick-Step team crosses the finish line to win the Belgian cycling classic and UCI World Tour race Fleche Wallonne, in Huy, Belgium, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
Alaphilippe, Van der Breggen win Flèche Wallonne races

Apr. 21, 2021 11:03 AM EDT

Riders climb the Wall of Huy during the Women's Belgian cycling classic and UCI World Tour race Fleche Wallonne, in Huy, Belgium, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
Vaccinated UAE team out of Fleche Wallonne over virus cases

Apr. 21, 2021 06:25 AM EDT

Former Tour champions Froome, Thomas set for Swiss prep race

Apr. 13, 2021 10:01 AM EDT
GENEVA (AP) — Tour de France champions and former teammates Chris Froome and Geraint Thomas will race against each other in the mountains of Switzerland this...

UAE cycling team of Tour champ Pogačar gets COVID-19 vaccine

Jan. 08, 2021 05:40 AM EST
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The riders and staff of the cycling team fronted by Tour de France champion Tadej Pogačar have received a COVID-19...

Slovenian rider Primoz Roglic from Jumbo-Visma, centre, celebrates after winning the Spanish La Vuelta cycling race in Madrid Spain, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020. Primoz Roglic has won the 75th edition of the Vuelta a España, INEOS Grenadiers team rider Richard Carapaz from Ecuador, second place, and British rider Hugh Carthy from education first team, third place. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Roglic seals 2nd consecutive Spanish Vuelta victory

By Tales Azzoni Nov. 08, 2020 11:44 AM EST

Tour de France 2021 route features double climb up Ventoux

Nov. 01, 2020 06:53 PM EST
PARIS (AP) — Next year's Tour de France will feature two ascents of the famed Mont Ventoux on the same stage halfway through the race. The...

Israel Start-Up's Daniel Martin looks up before crossing the finish line and winning the stage in front Jumbo's Primoz Roglic during the third stage of La Vuelta between Lodosa and La Laguna Negra Vinuesa, in Lodosa, northern Spain, Thursday Oct. 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
Martin wins 3rd stage, cuts lead to Roglic in Spanish Vuelta

Oct. 22, 2020 12:33 PM EDT

Ineos's Chris Froome wearing face mask as protection against COVID-19, before starting the first stage of La Vuelta between Irun - Arrate.Eibar, 173 km, of the Spanish Vuelta cycling race that finishes in Arrate, northern Spain, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
Defending champ Roglic wins Vuelta's opening stage

Oct. 20, 2020 11:59 AM EDT

Tour de France winner Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, holds the Slovenian flag as he walks off the podium after the twenty-first and last stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 122 kilometers (75.8 miles), from Mantes-la-Jolie to Paris, France, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Tadej Pogacar wins COVID-defying Tour de France

By John Leicester Sep. 20, 2020 10:22 AM EDT