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  • Tom Pidcock Can’t Deny UAE Domination in Season Debut

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-SKIMO-4.jpeg”] Jim Cotton Updated February 13, 2026 09:32AM Tom Pidcock finished third behind a UAE Emirates 1-2 on Friday as he debuted a season pointing directly at the Tour de France. The Brit launched a late chase behind the rampaging Marc Soler and his following teammate Julius Johansen at the Vuelta a Murcia…

  • Older, Wiser? Why Isaac del Toro Has Points to Prove in 2026

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-SKIMO-4.jpeg”] Jim Cotton Updated February 13, 2026 07:45AM Is Isaac del Toro a one-season-wonder or a legit wunderkind? That’s the narrative that shadows the 22-year-old as he barges into 2026 with a new headline status alongside Tadej Pogačar at his UAE super team. Beginning Monday, Del Toro will be out to show he’s…

  • Older, Wiser? Why Isaac del Toro Has Points to Prove in 2026

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-SKIMO-4.jpeg”] Jim Cotton Updated February 13, 2026 07:45AM Is Isaac del Toro a one-season-wonder or a legit wunderkind? That’s the narrative that shadows the 22-year-old as he barges into 2026 with a new headline status alongside Tadej Pogačar at his UAE super team. Beginning Monday, Del Toro will be out to show he’s…

  • Shock Retirements, Staff Shake-Ups, Departing Stars: What’s Going On at Visma-Lease a Bike?

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/visma.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated February 13, 2026 01:43PM The negative headlines keep pouring in for Visma-Lease a Bike and Jonas Vingegaard. The Dane crashes, gets sick, and scratches his season debut. Wout van Aert breaks an ankle, misses CX worlds, and classics are in doubt. Sepp Kuss abandons sick. GC lieutenant Simon Yates…

  • Pogačar Shared His Power Data for the First Time in Years and He’s Even Better Than You Thought

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Copy-of-Copy-of-SKIMO-3.jpeg”] Zach Nehr Published February 13, 2026 01:18AM When Tadej Pogačar posted his February 11th ride on Strava, our eyes were immediately drawn to the title and caption. “Honest question to all fans…” was how Pogačar began the post before going on to describe a fan interaction in which he was allegedly shown…

  • Paris-Roubaix Officially Changes Name

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/roubaix2026.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated February 12, 2026 10:36AM Paris-Roubaix is undergoing a name change? Well, sort of. ASO let it slip Thursday that Paris-Roubaix — one of cycling’s most sacred and venerable races — will now be called “Paris-Roubaix Hauts-de-France.” That’s how the “Hell of the North” was mentioned in Thursday’s press release…

  • New American Cycling Team Lands Rare Paris-Roubaix Bid in First Season

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/MAProubaix.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated February 12, 2026 10:16AM Modern Adventure Pro Cycling earned one of cycling’s most coveted wild card invitations and will race Paris-Roubaix on April 12. The invite to the “Hell of the North” is another windfall in the American team’s debut season and puts the first-year team in one of…

  • Understanding Skimo: Why Endurance Athletes Flock to This Wild New Winter Olympic Sport

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/SKIMO-4.jpeg”] Jim Cotton Updated February 12, 2026 09:26AM Skimo requires a massive VO2 Max, good power-to-weight, and a capacity for suffering. Sound familiar? What if we told you a good skimo athlete needs to be a gear nerd with little concept of self-preservation? That’s right. Skimo, or ski mountaineering, is cycling’s wild winter…

  • Tadej Pogačar Blasts Irate Selfie-Seeking Fan

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Copy-of-SKIMO-2.jpeg”] Jim Cotton Updated February 11, 2026 12:52PM Tadej Pogačar wouldn’t stand for becoming the latest pro to suffer an ugly interaction with the cycling public. On Wednesday, the beyond-the-sport superstar hit out on Strava at a fan who eagerly sought a selfie while he was out training along Spain’s Valencian coast. “If…

  • The Belgian Speedster Who Could Derail Pogačar’s Monument Sweep

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/philipsen.jpg”] Andrew Hood Published February 11, 2026 12:01PM Jasper Philipsen — not his more-famous Lamborghini-driving teammate — could be the most dangerous rival to stop Tadej Pogačar in the two spring monuments the mega-star is desperately chasing. The Alpecin-Premier Tech speedster — known as the “Vlam from Fam” — is no longer just…