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  • Can Lidl-Trek Recover from Its Rocky Giro Opening Weekend?

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/LIDLhorizon.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated May 12, 2026 09:23AM Lidl-Trek rolled out of the opening weekend of the Giro d’Italia without a stage win, without the pink jersey, and with its general classification leader Derek Gee-West battered and chasing time. Hardly what the wannabe super team was envisioning for the start of the season’s…

  • Good Sleep Is Legal Doping: Everything Cyclists Need to Know to Sleep Their Way to Free Speed

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/GettyImages-2162940962-scaled.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated May 12, 2026 09:35AM You’ve got the perfect training program and a macro-perfect nutrition protocol. You’ve got the sleekest, stiffest bike, and the sexiest cycling shoes. You even shave your legs every day and do your S&C. But you sleep like sh*t. So you might as well not bother…

  • The Giro d’Italia Earned €10M Starting in Bulgaria. Not Everyone Was Thrilled.

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/horizonGIRO4.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated May 11, 2026 01:50PM The Giro d’Italia is not racing Monday, but no one in the peloton is resting. After three opening routine but ultimately costly stages in Bulgaria, the 2026 Giro hits its first of three rest days, but it comes after a massive transfer back to Italy…

  • Vingegaard Survived the Carnage, UAE Didn’t: Now the Giro d’Italia Belongs to Visma

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/UAEVISMAhorizontal.jpg”] Andrew Hood Published May 11, 2026 04:18AM Jonas Vingegaard and Visma-Lease a Bike are surging again just as UAE Emirates-XRG is cracking, and without Tadej Pogačar, the sport’s most dominant team is suddenly stripped of its invincibility at the 2026 Giro d’Italia. In contrast, Visma — which couldn’t buy luck even if it…

  • The Giro Peloton Has Been Pushing Such Low Power Even We Could Have Kept Up

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Copy-of-Copy-of-SLEEP-3.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated May 11, 2026 04:05AM The Giro d’Italia has been either brutally attritional or stupidly easy. So easy at times that we could have joined the ride. Power files from the first three stages of the Giro reveal those not caught up in crashes or chasing bunch sprints have barely…

  • Dancing on the Dirt: Van Aert Makes Winning Return to Racing a Month After Roubaix

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/GettyImages-2270540523.jpg”] Shane Stokes Published May 10, 2026 04:06PM Four weeks after he won on the dust and cobbles of Paris-Roubaix, Wout van Aert returned to racing and was victorious again in somewhat similar conditions. The Belgian star put in a storming 22km solo to win the Marly Grav gravel race in the Netherlands,…

  • Magnier Edges Milan in Monster Sprint on Giro d’Italia Stage 3

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/GettyImages-2274897536.jpg”] Shane Stokes Updated May 10, 2026 12:13PM Stage 1 winner Paul Magnier was triumphant again at the Giro d’Italia on Sunday, overhauling Jonathan Milan to win stage 3 of the race. Milan led out the gallop but Magnier hovered in his slipstream and then darted past, holding off a fast finishing Dylan…

  • A New Star, a Welcome Return and a Shift in Focus: 5 Conclusions from la Vuelta Femenina

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/GettyImages-2274724800.jpg”] Shane Stokes Updated May 10, 2026 02:19PM The Vuelta a España Femenina reached its conclusion on Saturday with a dramatic showdown on the Angliru, one of the most daunting climbs in the sport. Petra Stiasny raced to a brilliant stage win while Paula Blasi wrested the red jersey off the shoulders of…

  • Blow for Giro d’Italia as Adam Yates Forced to Withdraw

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/GettyImages-2274727681-1.jpg”] Shane Stokes Updated May 10, 2026 05:45AM The toll of Saturday’s Giro d’Italia fall claimed another name on Sunday when one of the big pre-race favorites, Adam Yates, was a non-starter. Yates came down in a mass pileup with 23km to go, the crash starting when UAE Emirates-XRG teammate Marc Soler slid…

  • Vingegaard Shows Pogačar-Like Aggression as Giro GC Battle Commences

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/GettyImages-2275312785.jpg”] Shane Stokes Updated May 9, 2026 02:13PM Jonas Vingegaard may ultimately have missed out on an early opportunity for a stage win and race leadership, but his Giro d’Italia GC rivals had a clear sign of his form and intent in a stage 2 showdown Saturday. The three-time Grand Tour winner showed…