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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-1486309504-scaled.jpg”] Andy McGrath Updated July 21, 2026 11:24AM Fifteen years since finishing his first three-week race, Nelson Oliveira is six stages away from the Tour de France end and setting an incredible record for most grand tours finished without abandoning. If he crosses the line in Paris, it will be his 24th grand…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-452098752.jpg”] Shane Stokes Updated July 21, 2026 05:36AM The ongoing controversy over the night time tests carried out on Jonas Vingegaard, Tadej Pogačar and others at the Tour de France has continued Monday with two wildly different takes on the anti-doping measure. EF Education-EasyPost boss Jonathan Vaughters has given his thumbs up to…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Pro-Cycling-So-Fast-Bro-Cover.jpg”] Zach Nehr Published July 20, 2026 11:36PM On Stage 11 of the Tour de France, the peloton averaged 50.91 kph (31.63 mph) for over three hours, a new record for the fastest Tour de France stage in history. 50.91 kph wasn’t the average speed in the final hour, during break formation, or…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Z8A_2465-scaled.jpg”] Julia Dowd Published July 20, 2026 02:59PM It’s hard to believe week two of the Tour de France is already over. And what a wild week it was. From the drama of two-time Tour winner Jonas Vingegaard crashing out and a controversial 2 a.m. doping control test, to a resurgent Remco Evenepoel…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2286769021.jpg”] Shane Stokes Updated July 20, 2026 02:08PM Could the unorthodox buildup of Remco Evenepoel see him light up the final week of the Tour de France? That seems a distinct possibility following his breakthrough mountain stage win on Sunday. The Belgian scooped the first road race stage win of his Tour career…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2238563274.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated July 20, 2026 07:42AM The Tour de France blasts into its decisive third week on Tuesday with a stage 16 time trial that could shift the tone of the race for the podium. Remco Evenepoel is poised take a huge margin over his rivals on the 26km hilly test…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Z8D_9927.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated July 20, 2026 09:15AM Tadej Pogačar and UAE Emirates-XRG aren’t just crushing the 2026 Tour de France, they’re cashing in as well. Two weeks into the Tour, Pogačar and his superteam UAE squad have banked more than double the second-place squad. Pogi’s troops have earned €124,530 so far, thanks…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-989300556.jpg”] Shane Stokes Updated July 20, 2026 07:10AM Former Olympic medalist Toshiaki Fushimi has tragically died following an accident in a keirin race Saturday. The Japanese track rider won a silver medal in the team sprint in Athens 2004, and recently returned to competition after a four year break. The 50 year old…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2286615448.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated July 20, 2026 05:34AM The International Testing Agency defended its controversial overnight anti-doping controls at the Tour de France after riders blasted being woken up in the middle of the night before Sunday’s key mountain stage. Tour favorites Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard were both tested, saying the surprise…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Z8A_7492-scaled.jpg”] Andy McGrath Updated July 20, 2026 04:53AM As the Tour de France goes on, Lidl-Trek’s do-it-all American racer Quinn Simmons seems to get stronger and stronger. The US champion was the last man standing from an elite breakaway which fought for 85 kilometers to escape on Sunday’s stage 14. He put in…