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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Pro-Bikes-Cover-Photo.jpg”] Logan Jones-Wilkins Published May 29, 2026 08:00AM Unbound Gravel is simultaneously gravel cycling’s Super Bowl and its prom. It is the premier competition in the sport, and it is also the time of year when all the brands and athletes have their best gear, bikes, and kit tuned and ready to go.…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Z8C_5588.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated May 29, 2026 03:47AM Sport scientists and expert chefs have cooked up a groundbreaking energy gel that will transform the future of the Tour de France. At least, that’s according to Aitor Virbay, the brains behind “ExoLactate,” an energy gel made with lactate. Yes, lactate. That’s the same “lactate”…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/S-Works-Crux-5-cover-pic.jpg”] Logan Jones-Wilkins Updated May 28, 2026 02:05PM Pros Incredibly aerodynamic and light Retains tight handling that offers precise riding Clearance of 55mm means the bike is built for modern racing Cons Lower, slacker geometry will make the bike less versatile on the road No in-frame storage Specs Size tested: 56 Weight: 7.1kg…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Giro-dItalia-2026-Stage-18-HarryTalbot-1353.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated May 28, 2026 03:45PM Paul Magnier won a wild sprint Thursday to make it a hat-trick for the French fast man in stage 18 at the Giro d’Italia. Jasper Stuyven gave him a textbook lead-out coming into the final corner and Magnier held off Edoardo Zambanini (Bahrain-Victorious) and Jonathan…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Unbound-Gravel-2024-Race-Gallery-18-e1779957209774.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated May 28, 2026 03:49AM The start list for the 2026 Unbound Gravel 200 is stacked. And so it should be. Saturday’s 200-miler through the Flint Hills of Kansas is the prize every gravel racer wants on their palmarès. Defending Unbound champions, former WorldTour road pros, and stalwart gravel OGs will share…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Dan-Hughes-Video-Thumb-6.jpg”] Logan Jones-Wilkins Updated May 28, 2026 02:50PM When Dan Hughes and 33 other people lined up in a dingy hotel parking lot in May of 2006, nobody knew that 20 years later, the 200-mile ride they were about to do would become a global sporting event. At the time, they were just…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/GettyImages-2278462097-scaled.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated May 27, 2026 09:48AM Michael Valgren powered to the most significant win of his long career Wednesday at the Giro d’Italia. The Danish veteran emerged out of a hot mess of attacks from the breakaway group on stage 16 to take his biggest victory since his career nearly ended in…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/GettyImages-2277707047.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated May 27, 2026 02:48AM Jonas Vingegaard took a while to get the engine running at this Giro d’Italia, but it’s now red hot and delivering climbing performances that might give Tadej Pogačar a little extra pause for thought. According to online data expert Na1chaca, Vingegaard won stage 16 of…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/giro-women.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated May 26, 2026 11:43PM A stoney super-climb will split the differences between a stack of GC talent at this year’s Giro d’Italia Women. Starting in a newly optimized location on the calendar on Saturday, May 30, the 9-day race has attracted the best of the Women’s WorldTour. Double defending…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/GettyImages-2278306739-e1779808195419.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated May 26, 2026 09:46AM Jonas Vingegaard delivered on a Visma-Lease a Bike assault on the Swiss Alps to take a picture-perfect victory in the pink jersey on Tuesday at the Giro d’Italia. The Dane stitched himself tighter into the maglia rosa with a crushing fourth win of this Giro…