Is there really a great cycling website? Maybe in other languages? In German, there's radsport-news, which is a rather "small" site, they do not have such extensive coverage on rumours and "he said xy...", but actually I have to say it's a good, solid site. They do sometimes bring interesting diaries, usually they have news before cn and they clearly have some connections, they offer a comprehensive, clearly structured results-overview, and they have previews for all UCI races, which are very short, but their choice of favourites for instance is not bad and you can see there are people with knowledge there, who do not just pick the biggest and most hyped names. So... do they really offer something great? No, but (for now they are free, just asking for donations), if they become paywalled I would think about subscribing.
Then there's cyclingtips, which is a very good site, I think, if you race or at least ride a lot yourself. For a leisure rider like me who just likes to follow pro cycling as a hobby, there is too much practical and equipment writing and only about one article per week which I would be interested in, but only about two per year I would really, really like to read - not enough for a subscription for me.
Velonews is too concentrated on the American scene/ riders for me.
Then there's cyclingweekly, where I sometimes go and read an article or two... and very, very occasionally I go to directvelo. Basically, none of these sites is my comprehensive go-to-site. That is actually the forum here.
The thing is that I usually don't like twitter and such very much because you get into a bubble too easily and there are small topics which get overblown so easily while more important things fall between the sheets. But in the end I suppose you can get your infos about transfers and reactions or any news just as well there, so a website asking for money just has to offer a bit more.