Tadej Pogacar
Primoz Roglic dressed as a traditional Pilgrim who walks the Way of St. James to Santiago, stands on the podium after winning the Vuelta Cycling race in Santiago, Spain, Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Luis Vieira)
Primoz Roglic wins Spanish Vuelta for 3rd straight year

Sep. 05, 2021 02:34 PM EDT

Roglic on brink of 3rd straight Spanish Vuelta title

Sep. 04, 2021 11:59 AM EDT
MOS, Spain (AP) — Primoz Roglic has only the decisive stage’s time trial left to win his third consecutive Spanish Vuelta title after finishing the rugged 20th...

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

South Africa's Olympic soccer team members, wearing face masks, leave the training venue in Chiba, east of Tokyo, Monday, July 19, 2021. Two South African soccer players have become the first athletes inside the Olympic Village to test positive for COVID-19. The Tokyo Games open on Friday. (Kyodo News via AP)
Medal predictions for events at the Tokyo Olympics

Jul. 19, 2021 05:57 AM EDT

Solvakia's Peter Sagan attends the signing ceremony prior to the start of the first stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 197.8 kilometers (122.9 miles) with start in Brest and finish in Landerneau, France, Saturday, June 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole, Pool)
Tour de France gets underway from port city Brest

Jun. 26, 2021 06:58 AM 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

Roglic wins Tour of Basque Country for 2nd time

Apr. 10, 2021 02:30 PM EDT
MADRID (AP) — Primoz Roglic won his second Tour of Basque Country title on Saturday. He was second to Frenchman David Gaudu in Saturday's...

Jumbo's Primoz Roglic on the podium after winning the eighth stage of La Vuelta between Logrono and Alto de Moncalvillo, in Logrono, northern Spain, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
Roglic set to win Spanish Vuelta after resisting Carapaz

Nov. 07, 2020 01:07 PM EST

Roglic increases Spanish Vuelta lead before decisive test

Nov. 06, 2020 12:09 PM EST
CIUDAD RODRIGO, Spain (AP) — Defending champion Primoz Roglic extended his Spanish Vuelta lead before the final competitive stage after earning some precious...

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

Slovenia's Primoz Roglic, wearing the yellow jersey of the overall leader, and Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar, wearing the best young rider's white jersey, talk at the start of the stage 19 of the Tour de France cycling race over 166 kilometers (103 miles), with start in Bourg-en-Bresse and finish in Champagnole, Friday, Sept. 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Slovenia on edge as 2 homegrown riders fight for Tour win

By Ali Zerdin Sep. 18, 2020 02:35 PM EDT

Denmark's Soren Kragh Andersen celebrates as he crosses the line to win the 19th stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 166.5 kilometers between Bourg-En-Bresse and Champagole, France Friday, Sept. 3, 2020. (Benoit Tessier/Pool via AP)
Andersen doubles down at Tour de France, wins Stage 19

Sep. 18, 2020 01:16 PM EDT

Latvia's Toms Skujins rides after falling during the tenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 168.5 kilometers (104.7 miles) from Ile d'Oleron to Ile de Re, France, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Tour riders cleared of virus, Bennett wins Stage 10

Sep. 08, 2020 07:33 AM EDT

Slovakia's Peter Sagan wearing the best sprinter's green jersey arrives on the podium after the seventh stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 168 kilometers (105 miles), with start in Millau and finish in Lavaur, Friday, Sept. 4, 2020. (Benoit Tessier/Pool via AP)
Seventh heaven: Furious stage kick-starts Tour de France

Sep. 04, 2020 01:47 PM EDT