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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/piccolo2.jpg”] Updated February 4, 2026 09:49AM Italian police arrested former professional cyclist Andrea Piccolo in Naples this week after discovering counterfeit banknotes hidden inside a luxury SUV, Italian media reported. Italian sports daily La Gazzetta dello Sport first reported the arrest in what’s the latest twist for the once-promising Italian cycling talent. According…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/trolls-5.png”] Updated February 4, 2026 07:29AM Online haters, be warned. The UCI is looking for you. Cycling’s governing body has rolled out a new system to clamp down on online trolls who abuse or threaten riders. In 2026, the UCI will use an A.I.-driven platform that can trawl riders’ social media accounts and…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/mvdproad.jpg”] Published February 4, 2026 02:56AM Mathieu van der Poel went straight from the mud to the piste as he hit his reset button on the ski slopes of Livigno and transitions from cyclocross monster mode to classics killer. Now that he’s made CX history, MVDP pivots toward the spring classics and a…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/ENDOFIB-5.jpeg”] Updated February 4, 2026 01:21AM Iliac artery endofibrosis was recently deemed by top medics as an “occupational hazard” of pro cycling. But despite being considered one of the inescapable risks of the sport, it remains one of the most mysterious and misdiagnosed conditions in the peloton. Indeed, iliac artery endofibrosis can be so…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/GettyImages-2168460870-scaled.jpg”] Published February 3, 2026 11:57AM This wasn’t how I wanted things to end. Crossing the line with Benjamin Thomas at the Tour de France, I had no idea this would be my last race as a professional cyclist. That seems to be a theme in my life. Perhaps it is the optimist…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/20250730_Social_FIT_7895.jpg”] Published February 3, 2026 11:50AM Today Garmin has launched the Garmin Varia RearVue 820. This is a long awaited update to the Garmin Varia RTL515 that landed with consumers way back in 2020. Over the years since that launch, a huge range of companies have joined the party. Radar units have come…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/MAPAlula.jpg”] Updated February 3, 2026 06:18AM Modern Adventure Pro Cycling, America’s newest bike racing team, nearly won during its franchise debut at the recent AlUla Tour. OK, it’s not the Tour de France, but the upstart squad survived the trial by fire in the five-stage race across the desert of western Saudi Arabia…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Copy-of-VO2.jpeg”] Updated February 2, 2026 09:40AM It might be easier to list what didn’t happen to Marion Norbert Riberolle on Saturday at the elite women’s cyclocross world championships. The Belgian ‘crosser was crashed, was concussed, and was disqualified in what must have been the most incident-packed afternoon of her career. One day later,…