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  • Bra Booster Testing Rollout Blasted by Riders’ Group

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2288240943.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated August 4, 2026 09:24PM The bra-boosting checks imposed on riders by the UCI on the eve of Tuesday’s time trial at the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift incurred both the acceptance and wrath of the CPA riders’ group. In a communique sent to the UCI and subsequently shared…

  • The Leadville MTB Returns, but the Course Remains a Mystery

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Elite-Race-197-scaled-e1785810862701.jpg”] Logan Jones-Wilkins Updated August 4, 2026 07:07PM The Leadville MTB 100 will return on August 15, but the route remains a mystery. The Willow Fire swept through Lake County earlier this summer, burning large swaths of the course around Leadville. With limited options to work with in the high altitude valley that…

  • Tadej Pogačar Could Have Won the Vuelta a España Years Ago. So Why Return Now?

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2288390914.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated August 4, 2026 05:38PM Tadej Pogačar is finally returning to the Vuelta a España after seven years away, but the bigger question is why the most dominant rider of this generation waited so long. Since bursting onto the scene with three stage wins and a podium finish in 2019,…

  • UCI Defends Contentious Dope Test Strategy after Pogačar and Vingegaard Targeted at Tour de France

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2285578740-2-scaled.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated August 4, 2026 02:21AM The UCI came out in defense of the late-night dope tests that rocked the recent Tour de France. Speaking to The Guardian, UCI president David Lappartient said the “out of hours” tests performed on Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogačar – the race’s biggest stars – served…

  • Dizzy, Out of Water and Stung by a Bee: Tales from the Tour de France Femmes’ Hottest Day

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Z8D_0337-scaled.jpg”] Andy McGrath Updated August 3, 2026 04:28PM The Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift has been raced in oppressive heat so far. Stage 3 was the hottest by some margin, making top riders blow up and lose their power. Riders crossed the finish line in Poligny Monday afternoon with white dried salt…

  • UCI Warns of Checks for Illegal Bra Doping at the Tour de France Femmes

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Z8D_2507-2.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated August 3, 2026 02:46PM The UCI reacted fast to the peloton’s fears of controversial bra-doping practices at the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. The governing body’s commissaires used their stage 3 jury report Monday night to warn riders of pre-race checks for illegal aero modifications to clothing in…

  • Tour de France Femmes Stage 4 TT Start Times: Ferrand-Prévot Faces First Time Trial Since Road Return

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2288151142.jpg”] Andrew Hood Published August 3, 2026 12:51PM The Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift hits a key turning point Tuesday with the 21km individual time trial from Gevrey-Chambertin to Dijon. The power course will favor specialists like reigning world champ Marlen Reusser (Movistar) and Anna van der Breggen (SD Worx-Protime) and put…

  • Women’s Pro Cycling Teams Are Finally Getting the Gear They Deserve

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/mpe-factor.jpg”] David Everett Published August 3, 2026 11:55AM While at the men’s version of the Tour de France Femmes (see what I did there), we took a look, with the help of the Lotto-Intermarché team, at how much equipment goes into preparing for three weeks of racing around France. (Spoiler, it’s a lot).…

  • Tour de France Femmes Stage 4 Preview: The Race of Truth

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Tour-de-France-Femmes-Stage-4-Profile-2026.jpg”] Andrew Hood Published August 3, 2026 10:53AM Stage 4, Gevrey-Chambertin Individual Time Trial to Dijon 21km / 255m elevation gain The only individual time trial of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift could spice up the general classification. At 21km, it’s long enough for the specialists to carve out some time…

  • Tour de France Femmes Stage 3: Norwegian Underdog Sigrid Haugset Delivers Bonkers Solo Victory

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2288908460.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated August 3, 2026 10:48AM Sigrid Ytterhus Haugset (Uno-X Mobility) rode solo at the front of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift for more than two hours of racing to deliver a slightly bonkers against-all-odds victory Monday. The Norsewoman attacked out of the day’s early breakaway 88km from the…