Schurter and Ferrand-Prevot win mountain bike World Cup in Italy, build momentum for Paris Olympics

VAL DI SOLE, Italy (AP) — Nino Schurter of Switzerland and Pauline Ferrand-Prevot of France won mountain bike World Cup races in Italy on Sunday, making emphatic statements that the veterans are still among the ones to beat at the Paris Olympics in just over a month. Schurter, a...

Olympic champ Jennifer Valente, Chloe Dygert highlight US track cycling team picked for Paris Games

Jennifer Valente and Chloe Dygert will be busy during the Paris Olympics next month. The pair of American cyclists highlight the track team that USA Cycling announced for the Summer Games on Thursday, and each will take part in multiple events. Valente will try to defend her title in...

Olympic veterans Christopher Blevins and Haley Batten lead US mountain bike team for Paris Games

Short-track world champion Christopher Blevins, who has become a mainstay on the mountain bike World Cup podium over the past three years, and Haley Batten will lead a U.S. team with medal ambitions into the Paris Olympics next month. USA Cycling announced its four-person lineup...

Paris Olympics: What to know and who to watch during the triathlon competition

A roadmap to follow for the triathlon competition at the Paris Games: Athletes to Watch —Alex Yee, Britain: The silver medalist in Tokyo three years ago won a test event on the Paris course last August. He is a former 10,000-meter runner on the track. ...

David Malukas joins Meyer Shank Racing after getting dropped by Arrow McLaren following bike crash

ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (AP) — David Malukas on Friday was hired by Meyer Shank Racing, giving the young driver a landing spot roughly a a month after Arrow McLaren fired him for missing the first four races of the season with hand and wrist injuries suffered in an offseason mountain bike crash. ...

Paris Olympics: What to know and who to watch during the cycling competition

A roadmap to follow for cycling — BMX freestyle and racing, time trial and road racing, track cycling and cross-country mountain biking — during the Paris Olympics: Athletes to Watch —Chloe Dygert, United States: The reigning time trial world champion also will...

Olympic champion Carapaz misses out on Ecuador's road cycling spot at Paris Games

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Richard Carapaz will not be at the Paris Olympics to defend his road cycling title. Ecuador's only representative at the Olympics in the road cycling race and individual time trial will be Jhonatan Narváez, the national cycling federation said in a statement...

Pogacar wins the Giro d'Italia by a big margin and will now aim for a 3rd Tour de France title

ROME (AP) — Tadej Pogacar won the Giro d’Italia on Sunday with the race’s biggest margin of victory in nearly six decades — earning a third Grand Tour trophy to go with his two Tour de France titles. Pogacar, riding a pink bike to go with his pink jersey, shorts and helmet,...

Slovenian cyclist Tadej Pogacar wins the Giro d’Italia

Kristen Faulkner, Sean Quinn win US cycling road race championships in West Virginia

Kristen Faulkner rebounded from a second-place finish in the U.S. time trial championships, which cost her a spot on the American cycling team for the Paris Olympics, by dropping Ruth Edwards along with everyone else and rolling uncontested to the finish line to win the national road racing title...