Optim Analyse

Tag: velo.outsideonline.com

  • The Best Quotes from the 2026 Tour de France

    —

    by

    admin
    in

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Z8D_0340-scaled-e1784643745339.jpg”] Andy McGrath Updated July 28, 2026 04:27AM Well, that’s all they rode. The 2026 Tour de France is over. The 158 finishers were not just strong and entertaining on the bike, they had some killer things to say and great quips off it too. Here are the funniest, most compelling and downright…

  • 8 Tour de France Stats That Show Why Tadej Pogačar Is Unlike Anything We’ve Seen

    —

    by

    admin
    in

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Z8C_6413-2.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated July 28, 2026 02:48AM Sunday’s fifth Tour de France victory slots Tadej Pogačar alongside legends like Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault, and Miguel Indurain in cycling’s most exclusive club. Yet the five yellow jerseys only begin to explain the scale of his dominance. In fact, some of Pogačar’s…

  • Ex-Pro Danilo Napolitano Banned 20 Years in Doping Case Linked to Italian Junior Team

    —

    by

    admin
    in

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-532821190.jpg”] Andrew Hood Published July 27, 2026 12:31PM Former Giro d’Italia stage winner Danilo Napolitano has been banned for 20 years by Italy’s anti-doping authorities in a case linked to one of the country’s leading junior cycling teams. The suspension sidelines Napolitano until April 7, 2046, although NADO Italia did not explain why…

  • Severed Thumbs, Smashed Faces, Lots of Fractured Collarbones: All the Tour de France DNFs

    —

    by

    admin
    in

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Q4A9191.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated July 27, 2026 12:57PM A peloton of 184 riders started the Tour de France in Barcelona. Only 158 of them made it to the finish Paris. Yellow jerseys, super sprinters, and top Americans were among the 26 riders who didn’t make it the full three weeks due to injuries,…

  • Remco Evenepoel Leaves Paris Reborn: I Was in Control of Myself During the Whole Tour

    —

    by

    admin
    in

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2287201941.jpg”] Shane Stokes Updated July 27, 2026 12:52PM Second overall in the Tour de France, Remco Evenepoel has given a revealing insight into the greater self-composure he has now compared to two years ago. In 2024 he rode his first Tour de France and was very emotional after taking third place overall. That…

  • Is Tadej Pogačar Making Greg LeMond Believe In Cycling Again?

    —

    by

    admin
    in

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2223674325-scaled.jpg”] Andy McGrath Updated July 27, 2026 01:27PM Greg LeMond has been shot with pellets, verbally attacked by cycling peers and was nearly beaten to his first Tour de France win by a rival who he considered a brother. Little wonder there were years when he did not have faith in the sport…

  • The Tour de France Finally Got the Ending It Always Needed

    —

    by

    admin
    in

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/XP102258-2.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated July 27, 2026 07:51AM Mathieu van der Poel collapsed against the barriers on the Champs-Élysées after burying himself in a Tour de France finale for the ages. The 2026 Tour’s most exhilarating stage came on the final day of racing as yellow jersey Tadej Pogačar and Van der Poel…

  • The Tour de France Needs to Stop Obsessing About Alpe d’Huez and Other Hot Takes from the 2026 Race

    —

    by

    admin
    in

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2287483634-scaled-e1785139041137.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated July 27, 2026 01:16PM The Tour de France is over, and we’re all a little bit sad. But we’re also a bit cooked from four weeks of cycling content. That’s why we’re bringing you 21 hot takes and conclusions to help you relive this year’s race, but in a…

  • History Maker Tadej Pogačar Needs to Find a New Goal

    —

    by

    admin
    in

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2287752635-scaled.jpg”] Andy McGrath Updated July 26, 2026 03:26PM Tadej Pogačar says he wants to live in the moment and not think about history. But now the Slovenian has made it by winning a record-equalling fifth Tour de France and cycling’s superstar cannot hide his disbelief. “It is something you won’t even maybe write…

  • Tour de France Prize Money: How Much Did Tadej Pogačar Win?

    —

    by

    admin
    in

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2287122694.jpg”] Andrew Hood Published July 26, 2026 01:56PM Tadej Pogačar and his record-tying fifth Tour de France title produced one of the most lopsided prize money payouts in recent Tour history. According to the final prize money standings released Sunday, UAE Emirates-XRG collected €832,750, more than 36 percent of the Tour’s entire €2.3…