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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/GettyImages-2292705090.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated September 2, 2026 10:39AM The Vuelta a España is about to get so hot that the UCI is loosening its feeding rules for Wednesday’s stage 11 in what it called an “exceptional authorization” to keep riders cool and hydrated. Temperatures are expected to surge into the mid-90s Fahrenheit during…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/2026-uci-road-worlds-usa-team-roster-announced.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated September 1, 2026 02:43PM Olympic champions, Tour de France stars, and a mountain bike world champion turned road racer — USA Cycling is bringing a stacked team to Montréal in pursuit of the rainbow jersey. With the UCI Road World Championships returning to North America for the first time…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/GettyImages-2293021581-scaled.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated September 1, 2026 10:13AM Bastien Tronchon scored a wildly unforecasted sprint victory Tuesday at the Vuelta a España. The young Frenchman on Groupama-FDJ narrowly outkicked Magnus Cort (Uno-X Mobility) and Thibau Nys (Lidl Trek) after Visma-Lease a Bike lost grip on the race in a chaotic final kilometer of…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/bretagne-classic-spray.jpg”] Will Tracy Published August 31, 2026 02:08PM Under normal circumstances, clearing a course at a pro bike race is the job of race officials and police. At the Bretagne Classic on Sunday, riders in the lead group took things into their own hands when they encountered a fan riding on the closed…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Vuelta-Espana-2026-Stage-9-8365.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated September 1, 2026 02:41AM Sepp Kuss pedaled into Monday’s rest day sore, banged up, but still with some trademark optimism for remainder of the Vuelta a España. At least he’s still in it. On Saturday, the “Eagle from Durango” was involved in Tadej Pogačar’s high-speed crash that also took…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2292321475.jpg”] Shane Stokes Updated August 30, 2026 05:48PM Tadej Pogačar suffered a non-displaced fractured C7 vertebra in his neck in Saturday’s crash at the Vuelta a España, but his agent is floating the possibility of him being back in action in four week’s time. That’s when the world road race championships takes place,…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2291140971.jpg”] Will Tracy Published August 30, 2026 03:05PM Tim Teutenberg (Lidl-Trek) won the revived Philadelphia Cycling Classic on Sunday, in a three-up sprint to take his first career pro victory. It was an extra special victory for the German as his aunt, Ina-Yoko Teutenberg, won the race five times across its various iterations…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2289327882.jpg”] Will Tracy Updated August 30, 2026 10:32AM Chiara Consonni (Canyon-Sram) won the revived Philadelphia Cycling Classic on Sunday in a crash-marred sprint finale. The Italian rode her way through the 20-strong lead group in the final straightaway, crossing wheels with Canadian national champion Maggie Coles-Lyster (Human Powered-Health) who hit the deck along…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2292711412.jpg”] Shane Stokes Updated August 30, 2026 12:02PM Enric Mas declined to wear the race leader’s red jersey on the podium on Saturday after the withdrawal of Tadej Pogačar, but ensured he would do so on Sunday when he triumphed on the toughest mountain stage yet of this year’s Vuelta. The Spanish Movistar…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2292205375-scaled-e1788104860746.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated August 30, 2026 09:57AM Tom Pidcock won his second elite cross-country MTB world title in stunning fashion on Sunday. The multi-discipline star powered from five rows back on the start grid to the front of the pack on lap 6 of 8 at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships…