The Italian season kicks off this week with the 45th Tirreno-Adriatico stage race, cycling's "race of the two seas." Today's opening stage, a flat, 148-kilometer ride from Livorno to Rosignano Solvay with few hills, should be one for the sprinters. Click the "GO LIVE" button above to see the live action in progress! VIEW MORE

Jan. 29, 2012: Niels Alberts wins the men's cyclo-cross world championship.
Watch the elite men's race at the 2012 UCI Cyclo-Cross World Championships in Koksijde, Belgium, LIVE on Jan. 29 at 9 a.m. ET.
In Episode 6 of Take a Seat, 31-year-old Rachel Swanson, born with cerebral palsy and left unable to speak, joins British filmmaker Dom Gill for an inspirational 320-mile ride from Minneapolis to Madison, Wis.