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Bizarre Mural Controversy Erupts Just Days Before Montréal Road Worlds

Hugo Houle was erased from a Montréal mural and replaced by Michael Woods just days before the 2026 worlds, and no one knows why.

Andrew HoodSeptember 9, 20261

Giro d'Italia

Derek Gee and Brandon McNulty Confirm GC Promise with Top-10s at the Giro d’Italia

How the North Americans fared: Beyond the headlines of Isaac del Toro, Derek Gee and Brandon McNulty both hit GC career-bests in the Giro d’Italia.

Andrew HoodJune 3, 2025

Giro d'Italia

All the American, Canadian, and Mexican Cyclists Racing in the 2025 Giro d’Italia

Del Toro, Gee, McNulty headline a 7-rider North American contingent chasing pink, stage wins, and glory at the Giro d'Italia.

Andrew HoodMay 7, 20251

Tour de France

How Far Can Matteo Jorgenson and Derek Gee Go After Historic Tour de France Top-10 Double?

North Americans in the Tour de France: 3 Americans and 3 Canadians lit up the race from start to finish with attacks, top-10s, near-misses.

Andrew HoodJuly 23, 2024

Tour de France

Hottest, Hardest, Most Hectic Tour de France Start Ever? 'It Was Real Carnage'

Soudal-Quick Step DS calls for more fan 'discipline' as peloton reacts to hot, harrowing, history-making Italian stages.

Andy McGrathJuly 1, 2024

Road Culture

Origin Stories: How Steve Bauer Went from 'Getting into Too Much Trouble' to the La Vie Claire Super Team

First bike, first win, first contract: Canadian legend joined the New York Yankees of the 1980s as a rookie alongside Greg LeMond and Bernard Hinault.

Andrew HoodNovember 23, 2023

Road Racing

Mattias Skjelmose blitzes to Maryland Cycling Classic win, Powless best of the rest

Numerical superiority proves crucial for Lidl-Trek riders.

Shane StokesSeptember 3, 2023

Road

Tadej Pogačar, Wout van Aert, Peter Sagan headline return of Canadian 'Grand Prix' races

Tour de France stage-winner Hugo Houle will also start as Canadian races are back on calendar after two-year stop.

Andrew HoodAugust 26, 2022

Tour de France

How the North Americans fared at the Tour de France: Attacks aplenty, an historic stage win and a top-15

Illness stopped Boivin and Woods at the doorstep in Paris, but the North American contingent lit up this Tour de France in ways unseen in decades.

Andrew HoodJuly 25, 2022

Tour de France

US, Canadian riders soaring to best Tour de France results since 1980s

Tour de Hoody: Across this Tour de France, US and Canadian riders are attacking and delivering results unseen by North American riders in decades.

Andrew HoodJuly 21, 2022

Tour de France

Tour de France: Chris Froome says Hugo Houle '100 percent deserves that win'

Four-time Tour de France winner moves into 25th overall and says latest Israel Premier Tech victory leaves him 'speechless.'

Andrew HoodJuly 20, 2022

Tour de France

Tour de France stage 16 video highlights

Catch up on the action from an aggressive stage in the Pyrenees.

Shane StokesJuly 19, 2022

Road Racing

A brother, a breakaway, a breakthrough: Hugo Houle's emotional win

Tragedy and triumph on the roads of the Pyrenees.

Iain TreloarJuly 19, 2022

Tour de France

Hugo Houle delivers for dead brother, for Canada, for team survival at Tour de France

Hugo Houle vowed to win a Tour stage for his brother. The Canadian stalwart did that and much more with stunning solo win on Tuesday's stage.

Jim CottonJuly 19, 2022

Tour de France

Tour de France stage 16: Hugo Houle soloes to Canada's first stage win since 1988

The Canadian wins the attack-riddled 16th stage across the French Pyrénées while Jonas Vingegaard fends off Tadej Pogačar.

VeloNews.comJuly 19, 2022

Tour de France

Tour de France stage 13: Mads Pedersen wins out of breakaway

Day's escape move stays clear following crash by Caleb Ewan.

Shane StokesJuly 15, 2022

Tour de France

North Americans in the Tour de France: A new generation takes over

Seven US riders and three Canadians are expected to roll down the start ramp Friday to open the 2022 Tour in Copenhagen.

Andrew HoodJune 28, 2022

Road Racing

Tour of Flanders sick ward: ‘If you are not at 100 percent, you have no chance’

Riders continue to struggle with illness and fitness ahead of Sunday's De Ronde: ‘We are all chasing shape.’

Andrew HoodMarch 31, 2022

Road

Israel Premier Tech down to one, Stefan Bissegger out as Paris-Nice peloton hit by swath of withdrawals

18 riders drop out of Paris-Nice ahead of stage 5 with many citing a respiratory illness as the reason.

Peter Cossins, Sadhbh O'SheaMarch 10, 2022

Road

Astana drama and Canadian connections led Jakob Fuglsang to Israel Start-Up Nation

The veteran Dane sat on the sidelines as Premier Tech managment tested waters with several teams before securing him a spot at Israel Start-Up Nation for 2022.

Andrew HoodNovember 16, 2021