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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/ANGLIRhorizontal.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated May 8, 2026 01:22PM The Angliru is renowned for its brutal steeps as one of cycling’s most savage climbs. Riders have called its 20-percent-plus grades cycling’s ultimate test of suffering. On Saturday, for the first time, the women’s peloton will confront its myth and menace during La Vuelta Femenina.…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/BONKING-IS-ALL-IN-YOUR-HEAD.jpg”] Zach Nehr Updated May 8, 2026 02:11AM I remember the first time that I ever bonked. It was a 60-mile road race in 2015, and I was so early in my cycling career that my nutritional knowledge was limited – extremely limited. I thought that a gel an hour (about 30 grams…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Specialized-Recon-EVO-Cover.jpg”] Logan Jones-Wilkins Updated May 7, 2026 02:28PM Specialized Brings Its High-Tech Shoe Construction to Its Off-Road Line With the Recon EVO Specialized has unveiled the Recon EVO, its latest shoe and an upgrade to its off-road line, with a new premium offering that borrows a lot of technical features from the Ares…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/mywhoosh-anti-doping-protocol.jpeg”] Will Tracy Updated May 7, 2026 12:30PM Since launching seven years ago, virtual cycling platform MyWhoosh has attracted a dedicated and increasingly competitive group of racers by offering weekly races with significant cash payouts. But as the sums on the line increase — tens of thousands of dollars offered in weekly Sunday…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/GettyImages-2274994766.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated May 7, 2026 01:46PM SD Worx-Protime delivered a pitch perfect sprint to go 1-2 in the final opportunity Thursday before La Vuelta Femenina shifts to the brutal mountains of northern Spain. Mischa Bredewold swapped roles with overnight leader Lotte Kopecky and instead of leading out her Belgian teammate, she…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/horizDELIE.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated May 7, 2026 08:45AM A wave of illness is sweeping through the peloton just days before the 2026 Giro d’Italia, and the suspected culprit is quite gross: cow dung. If pro bike racing wasn’t dangerous enough as it is. Riders are blaming mucky, grimy roads coated in manure at…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/GettyImages-1499424134.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated May 7, 2026 12:44PM A monument honoring Eddy Merckx was vandalized in a Brussels suburb, triggering outrage across Belgium. Residents discovered the sculpture’s head had been torn off in Sint-Pieters-Woluwe overnight Wednesday. The work, created by Belgian artist Stefaan De Croock, honors Merckx near the square where he grew…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/GettyImages-2274810619-scaled.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated May 6, 2026 10:30AM It was fourth time lucky Wednesday for Lotte Kopecky at La Vuelta Femenina. The Belgian powerhouse unleashed a huge sprint for a victory that had been long-time coming after three near misses in three days. Kopecky’s superdomestique Anna van der Breggen placed second on Wednesday’s…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/guava-ace-2-scaled.jpg”] David Everett Published May 6, 2026 09:59AM This year’s Traka was the biggest to date, with over 4,000 competitors lining up for one of the four courses over the long weekend — plus many more enjoying the atmosphere and parties. Now able to claim the title of the world’s biggest gravel event,…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/horizonKUSS.jpg”] Andrew Hood Published May 6, 2026 06:12AM Sepp Kuss leads an ambitious North American contingent poised to have an oversized impact on the 2026 Giro d’Italia. Kuss is among four Americans and two Canadians lining up for the 109th edition of the Italian grand tour who be lighting up stages, helping GC…