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Americans impressing in BMX events

BMX

Fields gets first U.S. gold in BMX; Post gets silver

Connor Fields beat the Netherlands' Jelle van Gorkom by .684 seconds to win the United States' first gold medal in BMX cycling.

Olympic Sports

Cavendish earns medal but can't outride controversy

British cyclist Mark Cavendish finally added an Olympic medal to his impressive list of achievements, a silver in the grueling two-day omnium, but he rode into the middle of a controversy.

Olympic Sports

Great Britain reaffirms cycling supremacy in team pursuit

After the U.S. women upset Great Britain at the world championships in team pursuit in March, the defending London champs retook their throne in world-record time in Rio.

Olympic Sports

Viviani wins gold for Italy, Cavendish adds to British haul

Italian rider Elia Viviani held off British cycling star Mark Cavendish and reigning champion Norman Lasse Hansen of Denmark to win the gold medal in the multi-discipline omnium on Monday.

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Caple: Cancellara's retirement party will include a gold medal

The decorated cyclist from Switzerland, who is unsure whether he will ride again, finished ahead of Tom Dumoulin of Netherlands, while Tour de France champ Chris Froome took bronze.

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Thrills, tragedy highlight women's Olympic road race

If anyone still needs convincing women's cycling can be as exciting as the men, all they need to do is watch what happened on Sunday in Rio.

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Kristin Armstrong pedals to third straight gold

Kristin Armstrong collapsed at the finish line in a mixture of joy and exhaustion as she won the gold medal in the time trial for the third straight Olympics.

Road Cycling

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Women cyclists forced to wait for men -- and for equal opportunity

Why the race in Belgium is just part of cycling's sexist culture.

Cycling

USA Cycling hires New Balance boss as CEO

Rob DeMartini, the longtime New Balance boss, has been hired as the new president and CEO of USA Cycling. He takes over for Derek Bouchard-Hall.

Olympic Sports

Former pro cyclist, analyst Sherwen dies at 62

Longtime professional cycling broadcaster and former pro Paul Sherwen has died at the age of 62, cycling officials said Sunday.

Cycling

USA Cycling CEO to resign at end of year

USA Cycling CEO Derek Bouchard-Hall will resign at the end of the year, while chairman of the board Bob Stapleton will help run things until a replacement is found.

Cycling

Cyclist's bid to switch nations nixes Asian Games

Olympic medalist Olga Zabelinskaya's bid to switch nationality from Russia to Uzbekistan has led to her being ruled ineligible to compete at the Asian Games.

Cycling

British BMX pair win silver and gold at Euros

Great Britain's Kyle Evans and team-mate Kye Whyte claimed an unlikely gold and silver in the BMX to make it a British one-two at the European Championships.

Cycling

Bernal erases 23-second gap, leads Tour of Calif.

Egan Bernal claimed Stage 6 of the Tour of California on Friday and made up a 23-second gap to Tejay van Gardern to take the overall lead heading into Saturday's final round.

Cycling

Gaviria wins opening stage at Tour of California

Fernando Gaviria won the opening stage of the Tour of California Sunday and earned the time bonus to give him the overall lead.

Olympic Sports

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Mountain biker Jill Kintner's double Bosu lunge workout

Olympic BMX bronze medalist Jill Kintner is clearly a bit of a daredevil. What keeps her legs strong and safe on the bike? This drill.

Track Cycling

Meares bullish for Aussie track cycling for Tokyo

After a strong showing during the Commonwealth Games, Australian track cycling great Anna Meares has said the signs are good for Tokyo 2020.

Track Cycling

Australia's WR earns men's team pursuit gold

Australia won the men's 4,000-meter team pursuit in a world-record 3 minutes, 49.804 seconds to secure Commonwealth Games gold.

Mountain Bike

Strauss, Botha the shining lights for Africa at Epic World Cup

Mariske Strauss and Wessel Botha were the shining lights of the African mountain bikers in the opening round of the UCI MTB World Cup in Stellenbosch.

Mountain Bike

A Gaze into mountain biking's future in Stellenbosch

Sam Gaze realised a dream when he won the opening leg of the UCI MTB World Cup in Stellenbosch on Saturday afternoon, by beating the World Champion Nino Schurter in a sprint finish.

Mountain Bike

Langvad wins Elite Ladies' cat and mouse battle

Annika Langvad arrived in South Africa with all the expectation on her shoulders and she delivered by winning the opening leg of the UCI MTB World Cup in Stellenbosch on Saturday.

Cycling

Dygert breaks pursuit record at cycling worlds

Chloe Dygert, who anchored the Americans to another team pursuit gold medal on Thursday, lowered the individual pursuit record time by two seconds in qualifying, then broke it again in the final Saturday at the track cycling worlds.