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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/narvaez-giro-hat-trick.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated May 21, 2026 01:03AM Jhonatan Narváez picked off Enric Mas to deliver the hat-trick in a textbook breakaway victory in stage 11 at the Giro d’Italia on Wednesday as pre-race favorite Jonas Vingegaard shrugged off any troubles. The UAE Emirates-XRG all-rounder pulled clear with Movistar’s Mas on the day’s…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/bidon.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated May 20, 2026 11:12AM A suspect has been identified in a scandal that’s rocking the Giro d’Italia – unruly riders with bloated bladders peeing in their water bottles. According to an expert investigation by Belgian reporters, Victor Campenaerts was one of the first to make the “pee bottle” a…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/hampsten-Giro-1988-americans.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated May 20, 2026 04:53PM Twelve Americans have won stages at the Giro d’Italia. Three have worn the maglia rosa. Only one — Andy Hampsten — has won the race outright. And 38 years later, his 1988 victory still stands in a class of his own. The grand tour that…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/artem-shmidt-victory-ineos-2026.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated May 19, 2026 10:31AM American rider Artem Shmidt powered to the biggest victory of his young career Sunday to win the rain-soaked Classique Dunkerque in northern France. The 22-year-old, already the reigning U.S. national time trial champion, steamrolled the demanding 202.7km race with a daring long-range attack in brutal…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/GettyImages-2277115534.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated May 19, 2026 10:26AM Eufonso Eulálio (Bahrain-Victorious) and Netcompany Ineos duo Filippo Ganna and Thymen Arensman came out huge winners of Tuesday’s stage 10 time trial of the Giro d’Italia. Eulálio kept a loose grasp on his GC lead after Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) didn’t dominate his rivals…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/pogacar-giro-absence-2026.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated May 19, 2026 05:02AM Tadej Pogačar is not racing the 2026 Giro d’Italia. He did not pin on a race number, climb a mountain, or roll through a single Italian piazza for sign-on. Yet halfway through the Italian grand tour, he is everywhere. His absence is shaping how Jonas…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/GettyImages-2174705030-2.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated May 19, 2026 02:00AM There are few courses that don’t suit Slovenian super-cyclist Tadej Pogačar. Not even Milan-San Remo. Only the cobbles of Paris-Roubaix are proving troublesome for King Pog. So maybe the Slovenian organizing committee of the 2026 European road championships had some excuse when it revealed a…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/courtney-road-2026.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated May 18, 2026 04:52PM Kate Courtney had never raced on a road bike competitively. This weekend she won a stage race in Europe straight away. Just four days into the first road stage race of her career, the American mountain bike star blazed to victory in the fourth and…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Argonaut_inline_1-2.jpg”] Brian Higgins Updated May 18, 2026 05:55PM Cruising along scenic roads beneath the tall pines surrounding Bend, Oregon, is an experience any cyclist will appreciate. Whether you’re climbing into the sky on mountain passes or escaping deep into the forest, riding here evokes a special kind of freedom that’s at the heart…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/GettyImages-2275903894.jpg”] Shane Stokes Updated May 18, 2026 01:08PM Felix Gall may end up losing time in Tuesday’s Giro d’Italia time trial, but his bid for a podium — or better — is still very much on track. That’s the message of Decathlon CMA CGM Head of Performance Stephen Barrett, who suspects that Tuesday’s…