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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/DSC02533.jpg”] Logan Jones-Wilkins Published April 16, 2026 06:32PM (MONTEREY, CA – Velo) Sofia Gomez Villafañe started her Life Time Grand Prix title defense with a huge final kick to win the Sea Otter Classic on Thursday. The women’s race was a cagey affair with a large group swelling and dwindling in cycles throughout…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/IMG_4862-1.jpg”] Logan Jones-Wilkins Updated April 16, 2026 06:03PM (MONTEREY, CA – Velo) It was a fast day of racing around the grounds of Laguna Seca Raceway as Bradyn Lange took the win at the Sea Otter Classic, the first race on the Life Time Grand Prix calendar. The race was decided in a…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/GettyImages-173067411-1.jpg”] Andrew Hood Published April 16, 2026 03:19PM Teenager Bálint Makrai has been provisionally suspended in the latest doping case after testing positive for a metandienone metabolite, the International Testing Agency confirmed Thursday. The ITA said an out-of-competition sample collected on March 30, 2026, returned an adverse analytical finding for a synthetic anabolic steroid,…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/DSC_4635.jpg”] Josh Ross Published April 16, 2026 01:58PM Welcome to Velo’s Sea Otter Classic 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 Sea Otter coverage. (Photo: Josh Ross/Velo) Today, No.…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/koble.speedweek.greenville-6597-1-1-scaled.jpg”] The VELO Team Published April 16, 2026 10:25AM Here’s your chance to ride bikes with pros and raise money for good causes while doing it. The Twilight Global Challenge is a new in-person event taking place before the Athens Orthopedic Clinic Twilight Criterium — streaming live this weekend on Velo — that…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Salsa-Fargo-Cover.jpg”] Logan Jones-Wilkins Updated April 16, 2026 10:03AM Welcome to Velo’s Sea Otter Classic 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 Sea Otter coverage. Salsa has released a new…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/horiztonalmvpd.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated April 16, 2026 10:09AM Days after one of the most chaotic and compelling editions of Paris-Roubaix in recent memory, the same question keeps popping up: What was causing so many punctures? It’s tempting to say Sunday’s outbreak of punctures at the Hell of the North was anecdotal. Roubaix is,…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Allied-Echo-Cover-Final.jpg”] Logan Jones-Wilkins Updated April 16, 2026 08:56AM Pros Incredibly light Overly capable on off-road terrain Balanced geometry that works for many types of riders and riding Cons No compatibility with Shimano 2x Di2 groupsets Build specs are too gravel-oriented to meet the performance road targets Specs Size tested: 58cm Weight: 17.2 pounds…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/how-watch-paris-roubaix-8.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated April 16, 2026 02:37AM Amstel Gold Race, it’s the race of a thousand hills that’s called an “Ardennes classic” even though it’s not hosted in the Ardennes. Playing out over a relentlessly spikey course in the Dutch Limburg, the Amstel Gold Race is one of the most overlooked classics…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/horiztonalbl.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated April 15, 2026 07:13AM The biggest question in cycling right now isn’t if Tadej Pogačar wins Liège-Bastogne-Liège for a fourth time, but whether 19-year-old Paul Seixas can actually beat him. Seixas Fever is hitting next-level overdrive with more than a week to go before their generational clash on April…