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  • Embracing the Organized Chaos of Spanish Gravel Racing

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/3418d6dc-1c64-4f22-ac72-9a5b2bfbe9c4.jpg”] Michael Woods Updated May 9, 2026 12:49AM Choosing a tire for a gravel race is like picking handles for your kitchen cabinets. Both come in a range of sizes, textures, and styles. People can go on ad nauseam about their philosophies regarding both. However, until you have renovated a kitchen or raced…

  • Course Cutting, a Past Doper, and Testosterone Treatments: The Traka Adventure Is Teeming with Controversies

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Z8B_7121-3-scaled.jpg”] Logan Jones-Wilkins Updated May 8, 2026 02:02PM With each passing day, more controversy seems to arise around last week’s Traka Adventure, a 560-kilometer event around Girona, Spain. The event, the longest of The Traka gravel options — which the organizers claim is not a race — has been marred by several scandals…

  • La Vuelta Femenina: Anna van der Breggen Schools Young Rivals on Brutal Summit Finish

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/GettyImages-2275183127-scaled.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated May 8, 2026 10:34AM Anna van der Breggen showed the Gen-Zs how it’s done with a masterclass solo victory on stage 6 of La Vuelta Femenina. The 36-year-old comeback queen powered away from 23-year-old Paula Blasi and 21-year-old Marion Bunel on the first summit finish of La Vuelta on Friday…

  • UCI Disqualifies Embattled Aero Innovator Again. This Time Feels Different.

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Van-Schip-Cover-Image.jpg”] Logan Jones-Wilkins Updated May 8, 2026 01:27PM Once again, the Dutch cyclist and aerodynamicist Jan-Willem van Schip has been disqualified from a UCI event due to an illegal position on the bike. This is another instance in a growing list of technology-based sanctions against Van Schip, who has become a bastion for…

  • Giro d’Italia: Mass Pileup Causes Late Carnage Before Magnier Sprints into First Pink Jersey

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/giro-crash.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated May 8, 2026 09:36AM Paul Magnier (Soudal Quick-Step) won a drastically reduced sprint after a huge pileup marred the final of the first stage of the Giro d’Italia. The young Frenchman was one of only around 10 riders who were in front of a mass crash in the final…

  • The Real Reason We Ride All-Night Ultra Events

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Velo-podcast-may-8-thumbnail.jpg”] Mike Levy Updated May 8, 2026 09:24AM This week’s episode of the Velo Podcast is all about riding long. Factor’s new Sarana ultra-distance race bike made its first appearance at last weekend’s Traka gravel race in Girona, Spain, and Velo tech editor Logan Jones-Wilkins answers Levy’s questions about how it aims to…

  • Why Has Jonas Vingegaard Started Wearing Nail Polish?

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Copy-of-SLEEP.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated May 8, 2026 09:25AM Jonas Vingegaard has got a special red bike helmet, and now he’s got a special red nail, too. Vingegaard kickstarted his quest for the pink jersey of the Giro d’Italia sporting a single red nail on Friday. His Visma-Lease a Bike teammates – including “The…

  • The Angliru Changes Everything for Women’s Cycling

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/ANGLIRhorizontal.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated May 8, 2026 01:22PM The Angliru is renowned for its brutal steeps as one of cycling’s most savage climbs. Riders have called its 20-percent-plus grades cycling’s ultimate test of suffering. On Saturday, for the first time, the women’s peloton will confront its myth and menace during La Vuelta Femenina.…

  • New Study Suggests Bonking Is (Mostly) All in Your Head

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/BONKING-IS-ALL-IN-YOUR-HEAD.jpg”] Zach Nehr Updated May 8, 2026 02:11AM I remember the first time that I ever bonked. It was a 60-mile road race in 2015, and I was so early in my cycling career that my nutritional knowledge was limited – extremely limited. I thought that a gel an hour (about 30 grams…

  • Specialized Has A New Off-Road Shoe Crammed With Road-Refined Features

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Specialized-Recon-EVO-Cover.jpg”] Logan Jones-Wilkins Updated May 7, 2026 02:28PM Specialized Brings Its High-Tech Shoe Construction to Its Off-Road Line With the Recon EVO Specialized has unveiled the Recon EVO, its latest shoe and an upgrade to its off-road line, with a new premium offering that borrows a lot of technical features from the Ares…