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[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…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Easton-Ec90-ALX.jpg”] Logan Jones-Wilkins Published April 7, 2026 10:47AM Easton has released the EC90 ALX, a lightweight gravel crankset the components brand claims is the most durable on the market. The crankset is geared as an all-road or gravel crankset, and it is touted as the “new benchmark” for off-road drivetrain durability, while also…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Z8A_8192.jpg”] Ties Wijntjes Updated April 7, 2026 10:15AM It’s barely a two-kilometer walk from the main train station of Antwerp to its town square. One wouldn’t normally expect to encounter many others during that walk on the early morning of Easter Sunday, but the opposite rings true. A constant flow of people walking…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/GettyImages-2269663771.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated April 7, 2026 10:24AM Paul Seixas obliterated Monday’s climbing TT at Itzulia Basque Country, and it seems like he was only getting started. The 19-year-old phenom backed up Monday’s brutal display of aero power by blowing away all his rivals (again) on Tuesday’s vert-loaded mountain stage through the Basque…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/mcuty2026.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated April 7, 2026 06:51AM Brandon McNulty is committing his long-term future with UAE Emirates-XRG and has extended his contract through 2030 in a move that keeps him alongside world No. 1 Tadej Pogačar. The 28-year-old — widely regarded as one of American cycling’s top general classification prospects — has…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/GettyImages-1171053081.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated April 7, 2026 09:57AM Rohan Dennis broke his silence Monday for the first time since receiving a suspended sentence over the death of his wife and lashed out at media coverage while insisting he never intended to harm fellow Olympian Melissa Hoskins. In the statement posted overnight, Dennis, an…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Ronde-van-Vlaanderen-Tech-2026-15.jpg”] Ties Wijntjes Published April 6, 2026 01:32PM Where Easter Sunday is a moment of reflection and family gatherings for many, for cyclists it has a very different meaning: it is the day of the Tour of Flanders. The race is beloved by many not only for its vivid racing, but also for…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/tour-of-flanders-2026-POWER-ANALYSIS.jpg”] Zach Nehr Published April 6, 2026 11:40AM Tadej Pogačar destroyed his rivals one by one to win his third Tour of Flanders. First, he rode Wout van Aert off his wheel on the ascent of the Oude Kwaremont. Second, he put in a dig to prevent Remco Evenepoel from catching back onto…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/pogihirzontal.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated April 6, 2026 02:28PM What was fluttering out Tadej Pogačar‘s jersey during Sunday’s implosion on the Molenberg at the Tour of Flanders? No, he wasn’t sitting down for some of Belgium’s famous ribs, and it wasn’t some marginal-gains wizardry. It turns out it was something much simpler. Arm warmers,…