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  • How ‘The Pogačar Effect’ Rewrote the Rules of High-Carb Fueling for the Cobbled Classics

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Copy-of-Biathlon-2.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated March 31, 2026 03:20AM High-carb fueling pressed fast forward on the cobbled classics, and now Tadej Pogačar and Mathieu van der Poel are pressing fast forward on high-carb fueling. The wild new era of one-day racing has made the peloton a freight train that is fueled with 500 calories…

  • Van der Poel Suddenly Looks Human Before Pogačar Showdown at Flanders

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/horizontalmvdp.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated March 30, 2026 06:53AM Mathieu van der Poel insists he’s ready for the blockbuster duel with Tadej Pogačar at the Tour of Flanders. Recent evidence may suggest otherwise. With less than a week to go, the flying Dutchman is sending some oddly mixed signals. There are no flashing red…

  • How to Watch Tour of Flanders 2026 in the USA, Canada, and Worldwide

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2-5.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated March 30, 2026 04:32AM The Tour of Flanders. De Ronde van Vlaanderen. “Flanders’ Finest.” The most sacred Sunday of Flemish cycling arrives this Sunday, April 5, and the biggest stars are coming to worship at its altar of harsh cobbles and steep Hellingen. Tadej Pogačar, is (like always) the…

  • He Crushed Olympic Biathlon and Loves Pantani – Now He’s Coming for Pro Cycling

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Biathlon.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated March 30, 2026 04:17AM Biathlon legend Émilien Jacquelin is tossing his rifle for a ride with a budding WorldTour super team as pro cycling continues to flirt with ski athletes. Jacquelin – a four-time Olympic medalist and multiple world champion – will join the Decathlon CMA CGM devo team…

  • Right on Schedule: Van Aert Hitting Form Just in Time for Northern Classics

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/GettyImages-2268934973.jpg”] Shane Stokes Published March 29, 2026 03:07PM Wout van Aert has long made clear that wins in the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix are key goals in his career, motivated in part by the fact that Milan-San Remo is—unbelievably—the only monument he has thus far. He was sidelined by a fracture in…

  • Concerning News for Giro d’Italia Rivals of Jonas Vingegaard

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/GettyImages-2268912154.jpg”] Shane Stokes Updated March 29, 2026 01:34PM Jonas Vingegaard was left without teammates for much of the finale of the Volta a Catalunya, but that didn’t bother the Danish rider Sunday. Rival such as Remco Evenepoel and Florian Lipowitz did what they could to distance him yet Vingegaard was more than willing…

  • Philipsen Snags Fastest Ever Edition of Gent-Wevelgem, a First for His Team

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/GettyImages-2268925654.jpg”] Shane Stokes Updated March 29, 2026 03:13PM Jasper Philipsen snagged his first win in Gent-Wevelgem on Sunday, avoiding possible disaster after Mathieu van der Poel was caught with just over a kilometer to go. The win was, remarkably, the first-ever for his Alpecin-Premier Tech team, which has otherwise has picked up many…

  • Wild Scenes in Italy as Rampaging Fans Target Visma Team Car

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/horizonal.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated March 30, 2026 02:52AM Shocking scenes in a wild, split-screen Saturday for Visma-Lease a Bike, first as rampaging fans attacked a team car mid-race in Italy, and another as teenage American talent Ashlin Barry sealed his first victory with the team’s development squad. The WorldTour outfit saw it all…

  • A Remco Resurgence: Belgian Planning Glory on Final Day in Catalunya

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/GettyImages-2268772320.jpg”] Shane Stokes Updated March 28, 2026 06:18PM Remco Evenepoel hasn’t had the results he wanted from the Volta a Catalunya, with a bizarre crash on Wednesday costing him a possible stage win and, it seems, also sapping his strength since then. However he showed signs of a resurgence on Saturday and suggests…

  • Best Season Start Yet Puts Vingegaard on Collision Course with Pogačar

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/GettyImages-2268787152.jpg”] Shane Stokes Published March 28, 2026 01:31PM The gamble by Jonas Vingegaard to target the Giro d’Italia prior to the Tour de France seemed at one point like a bid to avoid staking everything on a head to head with Tadej Pogačar. However such a perception is fast becoming irrelevant. The Dane…