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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/resignation-vs-records-2.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated April 9, 2026 08:53AM Tadej Pogačar and his cannibalism of the spring is driving his rivals to despair. After being made bystanders while Pogačar swept to three huge victories in three races, the air is going out of the tires of a peloton beat down by Pogačar’s voracious hunger…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/horizontaPRF.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated April 9, 2026 04:53PM Paris-Roubaix Femmes switches to Sunday in 2026 and will run alongside the men’s race for the first time in a move that race organizers hope will be a boon for the cobbled monument. For its sixth edition, the women’s Paris-Roubaix will no longer be a…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/DSC_4369-Edit.jpg”] Josh Ross Updated April 8, 2026 11:03AM Pros 55 mm max tire clearance SRAM UDH Round seatpost, threaded BB, and the possibility of external routing Build list is unheard of at this price 1x or 2x compatibility Includes Apple Find My technology in the crank Finally includes a reasonable handlebar width for…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/GettyImages-2269946250.jpg”] Andrew Hood Published April 8, 2026 08:41AM Tadej Pogačar and Remco Evenepoel are among 54 riders under criminal investigation after they rode through a red light at a railway crossing during the Tour of Flanders moments before a train passed, Belgian prosecutors confirmed. Belgian judicial authorities said that dozens of riders from…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/hirzontalmvpd.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated April 8, 2026 05:49AM Tadej Pogačar should be facing relatively dry cobbles and spring conditions on Sunday at Paris-Roubaix as he chases an elusive victory at the Hell of the North. Paris-Roubaix might not be so hellish this year, with forecasts pointing to cloudy and overcast skies but no…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Copy-of-vo2-test.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated April 8, 2026 05:05AM Both Mikel Landa and the driver of a medical vehicle are suffering the repercussions of a high-speed collision Tuesday at Itzulia Basque Country. Soudal Quick-Step’s veteran climber is banged up and has left the race after a medical car bumped him off the road Tuesday…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Pog-transform-2.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated April 8, 2026 01:24AM What the difference between Tadej Pogačar the four-time Tour de France champion and Tadej Pogačar the three-time Tour of Flanders winner? Two kilos, or around 4.5lb, of cobble-busting brawn. Unlike almost other rider in the peloton, Pogačar welcomes weight gain in the winter. He heads…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Z8D_9114-2-2.jpg”] Ties Wijntjes Updated April 7, 2026 03:51PM Over the last decade, the classics have become more and more the domain of all-out aero setups. So when Alpecin-Premier Tech started the Belgian classics aboard a new aero-looking bike, one might have thought it was a new Aeroad. However, it is actually a new…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Matthew-Hayman-Cover-Photo.jpg”] Logan Jones-Wilkins Updated April 7, 2026 02:09PM It was the least expected outcome. Rounding the bend of the Roubaix open-air velodrome was a bedraggled group of classics men led by Australian Matthew Hayman. Tom Boonen, racing in one of his last editions of the Hell of the North, was right behind him,…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Michelin_featured_h1.jpg”] Ally Jaksen Published April 7, 2026 10:58AM Whether you’re pushing for the podium or riding purely for fun, having the right tires is critical. Nobody knows this better than Michelin. Long considered the leader in automotive tires, the company actually got its start inventing and then perfecting tubeless bicycle tires. Today, with…