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  • Two Dead in Collision Between High-Speed e-Scooter and a Road Bike on New York Bike Path

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/GettyImages-2226853163.jpg”] Josh Ross Updated June 2, 2026 03:54PM A fatal head-on collision between a bicycle and an illegal high-speed e-scooter on the Queensboro Bridge has intensified the debate over NYC micromobility regulations. On the morning of May 28th, a crash occurred on the Queensboro Bridge in New York City involving an electric scooter…

  • New American Cycling Team Wins First Race in Europe

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/ben-oliver-modern-adventure-first-win.jpg”] Andrew Hood Published June 2, 2026 12:18PM Modern Adventure Pro Cycling — the new American road cycling team debuting in 2026 — won its first race in Europe on Tuesday. Ben Oliver won a rain-soaked bunch kick in stage 2 at the 47th Ethias-Tour de Wallonie, a 2.Pro race in Belgium. American…

  • Kansas Will Never Change — Reflections from an Unbound Mud Pit

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Unbound-Moody-Cover-Photo.jpg”] Logan Jones-Wilkins Updated June 2, 2026 11:34AM There are few things I find more foreboding than a darkening midwestern sky. Out on the prairie, dark clouds are darker and meaner when they cut against the rolling emerald expanse. Lightning crackling above only adds to it, throwing danger across the sky like some…

  • Giro d’Italia Women Stage 4: Van der Breggen Blows Up Battle for Pink in Mountain TT

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/GettyImages-2279442767.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated June 2, 2026 09:31AM Anna van der Breggen blew away her rivals and blew up the race for pink at the Giro d’Italia Women on Tuesday’s 4th stage. The Dutch veteran on SD Worx-Protime blasted to her first time trial victory in five years on a severe mountaintop test…

  • 200 Riders Off Contract and Women’s First $1 Million Deal: Cycling’s Transfer Frenzy Is Just Getting Started

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/hindley-gall-groves.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated June 2, 2026 01:22PM More than 200 WorldTour riders come off contract during the 2026-27 transfer season, and teams aren’t waiting. The rider market is already heating up and could even top last year’s wild flurry of moves. Negotiations are underway, rumors are swirling, and the first major dominoes…

  • This 19-Year-Old Wants to Beat Pogačar at the Tour. He’s Going Training Crazy to Make it Happen

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/1.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated June 2, 2026 07:20AM Paul Seixas wants to beat Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard at the Tour de France, and he’s climbing every mountain he can find to make it happen. The 19-year-old wunderkind just completed a ridiculous 16-day altitude camp that accumulated the same elevation gain as a…

  • Unbound Gravel Power Analysis: Würtz Schmidt Is a Mud-Busting Metronome of Mega Watts

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Mads-Wurtz-Schmidt-2026-Unbound-Winner.jpg”] Zach Nehr Updated June 2, 2026 01:58AM Fifteen miles into Unbound Gravel, almost the entire peloton came to a standstill in peanut butter mud. The leaders hopped off their bikes and grabbed paint sticks to clear the mud as quickly as they could. Some riders spent a minute cleaning their bikes, others…

  • Tour de France Bombshell for Vingegaard and Visma: Lead Director Niermann Quits

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Z8A_8304.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated June 2, 2026 06:50AM Visma-Lease a Bike is losing its lead Tour de France tactician in what’s bombshell news for Jonas Vingegaard and the Killer Bees. The team confirmed on Tuesday that head of racing Grischa Niermann will leave at the end of August. The experienced staffer has been…

  • The Best Road Bikes of 2026

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Velo-Buyers-Guide-Road-BIkes-Header.jpg”] Josh Ross Updated June 1, 2026 12:28PM Table of Contents •Best All-Around Road Bike•Best Aero Road Bike•Best Climbing Bike•Best Endurance Road Bike•Best All-Road Bike•Best Budget Road Bike•Best Electric Road Bike •How to buy the best road bike The best road bike will be aerodynamically fast, as light as possible, and fun to…

  • Giro d’Italia Women Stage 3: Balsamo Makes It Two in a Row, Lily Williams 2nd

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Balsamo-stage-3-Giro-women-2026.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated June 1, 2026 11:03AM Elisa Balsamo (Lidl-Trek) made it two in a row with an emphatic sprint victory at the Giro d’Italia Women in Monday’s third stage. American Lily Williams (Human Powered Health) crossed the line second for her best grand tour stage result in her road career. “Today…