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[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…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/pogi-uae.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated August 30, 2026 08:36AM Tadej Pogačar surfaced from his hospital bed Sunday morning wearing a neck brace, a bandage above his eyebrow and cuts across his face and hand after the brutal crash that ended his Vuelta a España. The injured superstar struck a defiant pose, flashing a sign-of-the-horns…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2292198580.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated August 30, 2026 08:13AM Sina Frei delivered a masterpiece victory Sunday at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships. The Swisswoman continued her nation’s reign over olympic cross country racing by dominating from the start of Sunday’s XCO world championships in Val di Sole, Italy. Frei was flawless throughout in…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Philly-Race-Legends-scaled.jpg”] Dave Chauner Published August 30, 2026 01:15AM Anyone who lived, worked or played in Philadelphia between 1985 and 2012 knows about the  156-mile bike race that annually heralded the beginning of summer. It has been credited with  revitalizing the hillside neighborhood of Manayunk, giving Philadelphia a Paris-like feel of the  Tour de…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2292588114.jpg”] Shane Stokes Updated August 29, 2026 04:34PM This Vuelta a España has marked a dramatic turnaround in the fortunes of Enric Mas, and Saturday’s stage 8 has been the most dramatic of all. The Spaniard took the first Grand Tour leader’s jersey of his career when Tadej Pogačar crashed to the ground,…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2292566790.jpg”] Andrew Hood Published August 29, 2026 01:25PM The Vuelta a España is still reeling after Tadej Pogačar crashed out of the race late in Saturday’s stage 8. Video replays of the live broadcast suggest a stone or rock on the edge of the roadway could have caused the world No. 1 to…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Vuelta-Espana-2026-Stage-1-6367.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated August 29, 2026 01:47PM The UAE Emirates-XRG team of Tadej Pogačar has confirmed fractures to the world champion, who was forced to exit the Vuelta a España while leading overall Saturday. Pogačar crashed close to the end of stage 8, apparently hitting a rock on the road. He was…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2291641313.jpg”] Andrew Hood Published August 29, 2026 06:51AM Luca Van Boven somehow raced up Friday’s Vuelta a España summit finale with two broken ribs and a collapsed lung after a violent crash that ultimately ended his race. The 26-year-old Lotto-Intermarché rider climbed back onto his bike Friday after slamming into a wall and…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/IMG_4521-scaled-e1787966562468.jpg”] Logan Jones-Wilkins Published August 29, 2026 06:00AM Shimano has a new Dura-Ace groupset on the horizon and has caused a stir. Not for what it adds—the 13-speed cassette was the obvious next step for the brand—but more for what it hasn’t changed. Curiously, the new Shimano groupset, which broke ground at the…