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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/DSC_5243.jpg”] Josh Ross Published May 14, 2026 12:30PM Welcome to Velo’s weekly tech roundup. We sift through the week’s industry news to bring you the standout gear, subtle component updates, and fresh accessories you actually need to know about. If it’s clever and it makes your ride better, you’ll find it here. Dive…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/GettyImages-2276234797.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated May 14, 2026 10:48AM Jonathan Milan will have to wait to win at the Giro d’Italia after the Italian sprint ace was caught up in a final-corner crash while compatriot Davide Ballerini stayed upright to win a sloppy stage 6. The skies opened up with showers just as the…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Image-14-05-2026-at-17.16.jpeg”] Andrew Hood Updated May 14, 2026 11:06AM Not much happened midway through Thursday’s sleepy sprint stage 6 at the Giro d’Italia — until stupid roadside fans decided the peloton needed some help. Helicopter images caught a group of rowdy spectators edging dangerously close to the speeding bunch as riders rolled through a…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/ENVE-G-SES-4-5-Tucson-Alexey-06477.jpg”] Josh Ross Updated May 14, 2026 08:25AM Enve is launching the new G SES wheel lineup today, claiming to have finally solved the gravel aero puzzle. Dubbed “the world’s most aerodynamically efficient gravel wheel,” the new line spans three distinct wheelsets that mirror the road-going SES 4.5 and 6.7. Each is specifically…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/giro-ditalia-stage-7-2026-preview-blockhaus.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated May 14, 2026 10:28AM The 2026 Giro d’Italia reaches its first true breaking point Friday with a savage GC double whammy — the longest stage of the race ending on one of Italy’s most underrated summit finishes. At 244km from Formia to Blockhaus, stage 7 is the 2026 Giro’s…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/angliruhorizon.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated May 14, 2026 10:37AM Petra Stiasny — the first woman to conquer cycling’s most brutal climb up the Angliru — did not describe pain, survival, or suffering. Instead, she found freedom. For the first time in cycling history, women had raced up the punishing switchbacks of the Angliru, breaking…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/GettyImages-2276032625.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated May 13, 2026 01:11PM Igor Arrieta (UAE Emirates-XRG) outsprinted Afonso Eulálio (Bahrain Victorious) for the stage win after one of the most wild and wacky finales the Giro d’Italia has seen. Arrieta caught back to Eulálio within sight of the finishline of stage 5 on Wednesday after the two…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-SLEEP.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated May 13, 2026 07:50AM The trainer who mentored Jonas Vingegaard to two Tour de France titles with Visma-Lease a Bike has joined superteam rivals Red Bull Bora-Hansgrohe. The Austrian team revealed Wednesday that Tim Heemskerk will join up with Remco Evenepoel and Co. with immediate effect, just three months…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/dearvid.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated May 13, 2026 05:50AM Arvid de Kleijn — the Dutch sprinter who’s won at Milano-Torino and Paris-Nice — all but disappeared from the peloton this season. Now we know why. The 32-year-old returns to racing Sunday at the 2026 Rund um Köln, and for the first time, he’s talking…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/DSC_5300.jpg”] Josh Ross Published May 13, 2026 02:09AM Welcome to Velo’s China Cycle coverage, where we share our favorite things we’ve found at the 2026 show. Bikes, components, accessories, and more: if we think it’s cool, you’ll see it. See the rest of our China Cycle coverage. (Photo: Josh Ross/Velo) There’s no shortage…