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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Giro_featured_h.jpg”] Corey Buhay Published March 2, 2026 09:52AM The new Eclipse Pro is Giro’s fastest helmet to date—and the proof is on the podium. In 2025, early prototypes went straight from the lab to the race course, propelling Wout van Aert to his stunning victory on the Champs-Élysées and Pauline Ferrand-Prévot to dominance…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/vismawvaback.jpg”] Andrew Hood Published March 2, 2026 07:22AM Visma-Lease a Bike snapped out of its sluggish start to 2026 this weekend with some morale-boosting results across Belgium and France this weekend. Matthew Brennan stampeded to a breakout win at Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne to open his classics account, and Matteo Jorgenson hit the podium in France.…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/omloop.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated March 2, 2026 06:25AM Mathieu van der Poel won Omloop Het Nieuwsblad with a trademark solo attack, but the real story of Opening Weekend was the carnage, crashes, and chaos that could be a harbinger of a spring classics season at full warp speed. Crashes ripped through both Omloop…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/1.jpeg”] Jim Cotton Updated March 2, 2026 03:03AM Strade Bianche, it’s one of the best races on the calendar. And it’s coming to light up your life this Saturday with its mouthwatering cocktail of gravel roads, steep climbs, and picture-perfect finale. And like always, the startlists for this so-called “monument” look as delicious…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/5.jpeg”] Jim Cotton Updated March 2, 2026 06:54AM Blood lactate testing has moved beyond the lab and onto the open road to become a new instrument in the modern training toolkit. Mid-workout lactate readings provide athletes with a powerful third datapoint that unlocks a Yoda-level understanding of intensity, pacing, and metabolic efficiency. They…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/GettyImages-2263511258.jpg”] Shane Stokes Updated March 1, 2026 02:50PM Perhaps it’s because Mathieu van der Poel has been already setting new records this winter, but the Dutchman has said he is unconcerned about a particular historical stat that has hampered winners of the Omloop Nieuwsblad. On Saturday he became the first person to win…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/GettyImages-2263717688.jpg”] Shane Stokes Updated March 1, 2026 12:21PM Matthew Brennan put a smile on stressed Visma-Lease a Bike faces on Sunday, taking a decisive sprint win in the prestigious Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne race. The Dutch super team had just two victories to its credit thus far this year, and also endured setbacks with leaders Jonas…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/GettyImages-2264215930.jpg”] Shane Stokes Updated March 1, 2026 12:31PM Fourth on Saturday, Matteo Jorgenson went much closer to a win on Sunday when he took a close second to Romain Grégoire (Groupama – FDJ United) in the Faun Drome Classic. It was the second time in two days he lost out to a promising…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/GettyImages-2264036878.jpg”] Shane Stokes Updated March 1, 2026 11:15AM Matteo Jorgenson may be one of the best riders in pro cycling, but the up and coming 19 year old Paul Seixas gave the American rider something of a hammering on Saturday, thus underlining why there is so much fuss about the young Frenchman. Seixas…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/GettyImages-2263513814.jpg”] Shane Stokes Updated February 28, 2026 12:52PM Demi Vollering came out best in a fierce head to head with her past Tour de France Femmes rival Kasia Niewiadoma on Saturday, winning the Omloop Nieuwsblad in a two-up sprint. The duo powered clear on the Muur – Kapelmuur, with Niewiadoma starting the climb…