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Updated November 16, 2025 02:15PM The Gravel Earth Series announced its 2026 calendar this week, and immediately ruffled feathers. The series, which is about to embark on its fourth season, shook up dates, revamped its point table, and, crucially, replaced one of the established marquee events with its own extremely similar event. The changes, especially…

Updated November 16, 2025 05:18PM A six and a half hour, 150km ride is no mean feat … but Oscar Delaite’s achievement might just blow your socks off. He did it on one wheel. The Frenchman shattered his own world record in recent weeks, once again securing a place in the Guinness Book of World…

Published November 16, 2025 03:15PM Mathieu van der Poel has underlined a become the latest pro cyclist to show considerable running talent, with the Dutchman knocking out an impressive 10km time in recent days. The road and cyclocross star ended a near-three year absence from Strava on Thursday morning, posting a run of 33 minutes…

Updated November 16, 2025 10:09AM Lotte Kopecky made clear last winter that the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift was a major goal but one year on, all has changed for the Belgian. The multiple world champion had a difficult season in 2025 and, as a result, is completely revising her approach and her ambitions.…

Updated November 15, 2025 02:12PM Chris Froome long had an ambition to race until he was 40 years of age and now, with that milestone reached and no new contract in sight, retirement seems is more and more likely. The Briton has competed with the Israel-Premier Tech team for the past five seasons and was…

Updated November 15, 2025 05:25PM It’s been described as a ‘moonshot trajectory’, and the goal of securing a ride for Africa’s Team Amani at the Tour de France Femmes would certainly put the squad into orbit. The ambitious target was made public this week, with Team Amani set to take out a breakthrough UCI license…

Updated November 15, 2025 08:21AM Weight loss wonder drugs Ozempic and Wegovy could be banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) prior to the Los Angeles Olympic Games, as concern over athletes abusing anti-obesity drugs grows. That’s if sport’s global drugs watchdog collects enough evidence of abuse among athletes prior to the 2028 Games, which…

Updated November 14, 2025 09:22AM Red Bull and Specialized bikes have taken the chase for the Tour de France to an unbelievable level of nerdiness. The two sponsorship superpowers just sent Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe down a 1.7-mile tunnel filled with helium bubbles and laser beams. Why? To dial in its data models. Yes, you read that…

Published November 14, 2025 11:53AM Sure, we’ve reviewed the fastest World Tour aero road bikes and the newest gravel machines, but what about an off-road capable folding bike? Variety is the spice of life, and Velo tech editor Alvin Holbrook has been getting spicy on Brompton’s G Line, a bike that should be more capable…

Published November 14, 2025 08:06AM Everyone who’s ever watched the Tour de France has had that moment of squinting at a jersey and asking, “What the heck is [insert sponsor name here]?” Who knew that Cofidis sells short-term loans or that Visma designs business software? Almost no one, until those names started flying up the…