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  • He Crushed Olympic Biathlon and Loves Pantani – Now He’s Coming for Pro Cycling

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Biathlon.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated March 30, 2026 04:17AM Biathlon legend Émilien Jacquelin is tossing his rifle for a ride with a budding WorldTour super team as pro cycling continues to flirt with ski athletes. Jacquelin – a four-time Olympic medalist and multiple world champion – will join the Decathlon CMA CGM devo team…

  • Right on Schedule: Van Aert Hitting Form Just in Time for Northern Classics

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/GettyImages-2268934973.jpg”] Shane Stokes Published March 29, 2026 03:07PM Wout van Aert has long made clear that wins in the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix are key goals in his career, motivated in part by the fact that Milan-San Remo is—unbelievably—the only monument he has thus far. He was sidelined by a fracture in…

  • Concerning News for Giro d’Italia Rivals of Jonas Vingegaard

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/GettyImages-2268912154.jpg”] Shane Stokes Updated March 29, 2026 01:34PM Jonas Vingegaard was left without teammates for much of the finale of the Volta a Catalunya, but that didn’t bother the Danish rider Sunday. Rival such as Remco Evenepoel and Florian Lipowitz did what they could to distance him yet Vingegaard was more than willing…

  • Philipsen Snags Fastest Ever Edition of Gent-Wevelgem, a First for His Team

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/GettyImages-2268925654.jpg”] Shane Stokes Updated March 29, 2026 03:13PM Jasper Philipsen snagged his first win in Gent-Wevelgem on Sunday, avoiding possible disaster after Mathieu van der Poel was caught with just over a kilometer to go. The win was, remarkably, the first-ever for his Alpecin-Premier Tech team, which has otherwise has picked up many…

  • Wild Scenes in Italy as Rampaging Fans Target Visma Team Car

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/horizonal.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated March 30, 2026 02:52AM Shocking scenes in a wild, split-screen Saturday for Visma-Lease a Bike, first as rampaging fans attacked a team car mid-race in Italy, and another as teenage American talent Ashlin Barry sealed his first victory with the team’s development squad. The WorldTour outfit saw it all…

  • A Remco Resurgence: Belgian Planning Glory on Final Day in Catalunya

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/GettyImages-2268772320.jpg”] Shane Stokes Updated March 28, 2026 06:18PM Remco Evenepoel hasn’t had the results he wanted from the Volta a Catalunya, with a bizarre crash on Wednesday costing him a possible stage win and, it seems, also sapping his strength since then. However he showed signs of a resurgence on Saturday and suggests…

  • Best Season Start Yet Puts Vingegaard on Collision Course with Pogačar

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/GettyImages-2268787152.jpg”] Shane Stokes Published March 28, 2026 01:31PM The gamble by Jonas Vingegaard to target the Giro d’Italia prior to the Tour de France seemed at one point like a bid to avoid staking everything on a head to head with Tadej Pogačar. However such a perception is fast becoming irrelevant. The Dane…

  • How Low Cadence is The Winning Secret of the World’s Best Indoor Cyclists

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/low-cadence.jpg”] Zach Nehr Published March 28, 2026 08:29AM Tune into any virtual bike race and you will see the best indoor cyclists in the world riding out of the saddle at 60-75 rpm. They can produce over 400w for an hour, and they spend 99 percent of the race standing on the pedals.…

  • American Cyclist Gets 3-Year Ban in Latest Doping Case Linked to Supplement

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/AntiDopingFile.jpg”] Andrew Hood Published March 28, 2026 06:20AM American cyclist Valeria Cardozo Cabrera accepted a three-year doping ban after testing positive for a prohibited anabolic agent, the USADA confirmed. Cardozo Cabrera, 27, returned an adverse analytical finding following a urine test after victory at the Spartanburg Criterium on May 2, 2025. Officials said…

  • ‘Ninja’ Pidcock Dashed by Unexpected Catalunya Withdrawal Due to Knee Damage

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/GettyImages-2268473263.jpg”] Shane Stokes Updated March 28, 2026 05:02AM Tom Pidcock has experienced the highs and lows of pro cycling in the past ten days, with victory in Milano-Torino and a very close second place to Tadej Pogačar in Milan-San Remo being followed now by a shock withdrawal from the Volta a Catalunya. Pidcock…