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  • The Best Grand Tour Sprint Field in Years? Here’s the Giro d’Italia 2026 Startlist

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/FAULKNER-3.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated May 5, 2026 10:52AM The Giro d’Italia will welcome a super-favorite for the pink jersey and the best grand tour sprint field we’ve seen in years to its start line on Friday. Jonas Vingegaard will line up for the Bulgarian grande partenza as the center of gravity in the…

  • These Wheels Have Incredible Specs For Half Price

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/DSC_5275.jpg”] Josh Ross Published May 5, 2026 08:58AM 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. Elite Wheels has been on the…

  • The Two Wildest Time Trial Bikes at China Cycle Are Gunning for World Records and Colnago

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/DSC_5393.jpg”] Josh Ross Published May 5, 2026 08:03AM 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 is nothing…

  • Amateur Cyclist Busted a Second Time for Doping with EPO in Gran Fondo Racing

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/GettyImages-162252257.jpeg”] Andrew Hood Updated May 5, 2026 10:16AM A high-profile EPO case involving a top Italian amateur rider has reignited concerns over doping in Europe’s booming gran fondo scene. Felice Giangregorio, 38, is provisionally suspended after testing positive for recombinant erythropoietin (EPO), Italian anti-doping authorities confirmed. The case is significant because Giangregorio, a…

  • Quickpro Launches a New Brand With Bikes Priced as Low as $900

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/DSC_5349.jpg”] Josh Ross Updated May 5, 2026 06:20AM 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) At China Cycle…

  • Everyone’s Underestimating How Hard the 2026 Giro d’Italia Really Is

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/horizonGIRO.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated May 5, 2026 05:35AM The Giro d’Italia returns with a familiar script and an age-old threat — the Italian grand tour is always harder than it looks. Even if it’s billed as “Giro light,” 109th edition of the corsa rosa will grind the peloton down to its core. Despite…

  • This American Olympic Champion Is on a Mission to Fix the Future of Female Performance

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/FAULKNER.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated May 5, 2026 06:21AM Kristen Faulkner might have the future of female performance in her fingertips. The Alaskan Olympian has coded an AI platform that could spark a revolution in how female athletes train and perform. Faulkner told Velo she wants her off-season project to ignite the conversations needed…

  • The Women Who Have Been Building the Cycling Industry All Along

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IMG_0372-scaled.jpg”] Hannah Gross Published May 4, 2026 04:01PM When I first started cycling, I didn’t see many women. In terms of how the bike industry moved and shaped, the key players looked mostly male. Bike shops, mechanic spaces, bike races, group rides, Strava commenters. It’s a lot of guys. But that perspective began…

  • Bossuyt Bosses Wild Sprint as Kopecky Drops Chain in Vuelta Femenina Drama

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/GettyImages-2274464417.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated May 4, 2026 10:22AM Shari Bossuyt (AG Insurance Soudal) blasted to the stage win in a wild finale of Vuelta Femenina‘s second stage. The young Belgian launched from the middle of a reduced bunch kick after fast-moving rival Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx Protime) dropped her chain mid-sprint. Franziska Koch…

  • Michael Woods Is Finding Joy in Cycling Again After Years of Obsessively Riding to the Sport’s Top Level

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/GettyImages-2169466794.jpg”] Michael Woods Updated May 4, 2026 05:27PM In his latest column for Velo, Michael Woods dives into Levi’s Gran Fondo and how cycling needs to let go of its path to find a sustainable way forward. “You are doing the doper’s race?” a friend of mine said to me at Sea Otter…