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  • The Path Less Taken: East Coast Gravel Racing Is Falling Behind

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/East-Coast-Gravel-Story-Edit.jpg”] Logan Jones-Wilkins Updated April 1, 2026 02:57PM Geography has long been the secret sauce of cycling, omnipresent in the background; always changing, always defining the rides we all go on. Physical geography is primarily what comes to mind, with the mountains, plains, forests, and valleys of the world shaping the maps and…

  • Van Aert Denied at the Line by Ganna in Full-Gas Flanders Tuneup

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/GettyImages-2268779732.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated April 1, 2026 09:07AM Dwars door Vlaanderen ended in heartbreak for Wout van Aert and exultation for Filippo Ganna. Van Aert was hanging on by a thread after a long solo attack with 400 meters to go when Ganna pounced out of the chasing group in the fastest edition…

  • Remco Evenepoel Confirmed for Surprise Tour of Flanders Debut Alongside Pogačar and Van der Poel

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Copy-of-Copy-of-POGI-2.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated April 1, 2026 07:21AM Remco Evenepoel will line up alongside Tadej Pogačar and Mathieu van der Poel on Sunday for a surprise debut at the Tour of Flanders. And no, that’s not an April Fools. The news was confirmed by Evenepoel, team Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe, and Tour of Flanders officials…

  • Cyclist in Fatal Worlds Crash Lay Undiscovered for 82 Minutes, Report Finds

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2174702711.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated April 1, 2026 05:32PM Swiss junior rider Muriel Fürrer lay injured and out of sight for 82 minutes after a fatal crash at the 2024 UCI Road World Championships, prosecutors confirmed Monday. An investigation by the Zürich Public Prosecutor’s Office into the 2024 tragedy concluded that it was a…

  • Suspect Arrested for Assault after US Champion Targeted in Shocking California Road Rage Case

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Copy-of-POGI-3.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated April 1, 2026 03:05AM A suspect has been arrested on charges of “assault with a deadly weapon” after a driver threatened to kill Luke Fetzer and his friend in an explosive confrontation. Footage of the brutal road rage clash went viral last week after Fetzer posted it on social…

  • Why Cycling in Taipei Feels Safer Than in Portland

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/PXL_20260330_060500273.jpg”] Josh Ross Updated April 1, 2026 05:25PM For the past week, I’ve been in Taipei reporting on the Taipei Cycle Show and logging miles on a Factor One. I’ve ridden throughout the city, navigating both hectic traffic and dedicated bike infrastructure, and I’ve explored the countryside in both group events and long…

  • From 100kph Crash to Knee Surgery: Brutal Spring Keeps Getting Worse for Classics Star Rex

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/horitonalrx.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated March 31, 2026 04:54AM Laurenz Rex and his nightmare spring is over after dislocating his right knee at Sunday’s In Flanders Fields. The brutal injury comes just weeks after he survived a terrifying 100kph crash at the AlUla Tour that left him with multiple fractures in his back. The…

  • How ‘The Pogačar Effect’ Rewrote the Rules of High-Carb Fueling for the Cobbled Classics

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Copy-of-Biathlon-2.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated March 31, 2026 03:20AM High-carb fueling pressed fast forward on the cobbled classics, and now Tadej Pogačar and Mathieu van der Poel are pressing fast forward on high-carb fueling. The wild new era of one-day racing has made the peloton a freight train that is fueled with 500 calories…

  • Van der Poel Suddenly Looks Human Before Pogačar Showdown at Flanders

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/horizontalmvdp.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated March 30, 2026 06:53AM Mathieu van der Poel insists he’s ready for the blockbuster duel with Tadej Pogačar at the Tour of Flanders. Recent evidence may suggest otherwise. With less than a week to go, the flying Dutchman is sending some oddly mixed signals. There are no flashing red…

  • How to Watch Tour of Flanders 2026 in the USA, Canada, and Worldwide

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2-5.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated March 30, 2026 04:32AM The Tour of Flanders. De Ronde van Vlaanderen. “Flanders’ Finest.” The most sacred Sunday of Flemish cycling arrives this Sunday, April 5, and the biggest stars are coming to worship at its altar of harsh cobbles and steep Hellingen. Tadej Pogačar, is (like always) the…