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Published January 29, 2026 10:14AM The Remco Evenepoel era at Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe began the only way it realistically could — with a victory. Racing for the first time in Red Bull colors after the most expensive transfer the sport’s ever seen, Evenepoel drove his new team to the “W” in Thursday’s 23.8km team time trial…

Updated January 30, 2026 03:35AM Fabrizio Guidi saw the first suspension in 2026 under the UCI’s yellow cards and became only the second overall since the sanctions framework was rolled out last season. The UAE Emirates-XRG sport director was handed a seven-day suspension after collecting two yellow cards at the Santos Tour Down Under, triggering the…

Updated January 30, 2026 03:44AM A data passport is definitely not the best way for the UCI to detect dopers. At least, that’s the opinion of the pros who might be subject to a new scheme being trialed by the governing body and its independent testing agency, the ITA. “The CPA’s position is very clear:…

Published January 29, 2026 01:57AM If you’re like us, you have a dozen stories open in tabs you swear you’ll read later—right after you finish work, cook dinner, and log your long training ride. Now, thanks to a new feature on Outside titles including Velo, content is much easier to consume on the go. Listen…

Updated January 29, 2026 05:26AM Cyclocross legend Sven Nys summed it up perfectly. “They’d have to amputate a leg for Mathieu van der Poel to lose these world championships,” he said. And Nys wasn’t being hyperbolic when he spoke to Wielerflits earlier this week. Van der Poel obliterated the cyclocross winter with a bulldozer-meets-ballerina panache…

Updated January 29, 2026 09:56AM Anyone who’s been on the roads of Spain in the middle of January training camps knows where to hang out to follow the pros like Tadej Pogačar or Demi Vollering. There are a few go-to cafés in Calpe where every coffee ride ends. Post up on the Coll de Rates…

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Updated January 28, 2026 05:28AM Colombian rider Germán Darío Gómez Becerra was provisionally suspended after returning a positive test for the banned substance Boldenone, the UCI said Tuesday. Gómez, under contract with the second-tier squad Polti VisitMalta, was immediately released by the team. The cycling federation said the 24-year-old was notified of an Adverse Analytical…

Updated January 29, 2026 04:48AM Everybody has an opinion about how Remco Evenepoel’s mega-transfer to Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe will go. Tadej Pogačar, Alberto Contador, Chris Horner, that dude next door … they’ve all mouthed-off on the talking point of the winter. Well, the landmark transfer that could transform the WorldTour meets its moment of reckoning Thursday…

Updated January 30, 2026 03:28AM Wout van Aert is back on the bike and back on schedule for the spring monuments that have too often slipped through his fingers. Just weeks after undergoing surgery for a fractured ankle sustained in a December cyclocross crash, the Belgian star is again training on Spanish roads and remains…