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  • Matthew Riccitello Shakes Off Tour de France Crash, Ready To Be Seixas’ Last Man in the Mountains

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2285033059.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated July 7, 2026 08:36AM Matthew Riccitello was among the many riders wearing fresh bandages at Tuesday’s Tour de France start in Carcassonne. The American climber escaped without serious injury after Monday’s mass crash in a brutal introduction to racing in July. Despite some cuts and scrapes, the 24-year-old Arizonan…

  • From Cow Dung Crisis to Tour de France DNF: This Sprinter Needs a Lucky Break

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2278753041.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated July 7, 2026 02:38AM Arnaud De Lie’s dream of winning on the Champs-Élysées ended in heart-wrenching fashion Monday when he abandoned stage 3 of the Tour de France. The Belgian climbed into his Lotto-Intermarché team car after a long battle with the time cut during Monday’s grueling stage through…

  • The GoPro Mission 1 Pro Trades Action Camera Convenience for Professional Quality

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/DSC_6131.jpg”] Josh Ross Updated July 6, 2026 03:55PM Pros 50MP 1-inch sensor improves low-light performance 8K30 and 4K120 Open Gate recording allows flexible aspect ratio cropping 10-bit color profile provides wide latitude for exposure corrections in post-production High bit-rate modes (up to 240Mbps) minimize data compression to retain sharp detail in fast-moving textures…

  • Tadej Pogačar Warns Tour de France Heat Can Be ‘Dangerous’ Without Modern Cooling

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2284342178.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated July 6, 2026 12:02PM Tadej Pogačar won stage 3 and reclaimed the yellow jersey Monday at the Tour de France, but he was more worried about the heat. The top favorite warned that without modern cooling strategies, racing through ever more extreme heat is pushing racing to the limit.…

  • Was Tadej Pogačar’s Gift to Isaac del Toro an Insult to the Peloton? The Riders Didn’t Think So.

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Z8C_9172-2-1.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated July 6, 2026 11:32AM Did Tadej Pogačar disrepect the Tour de France peloton when he eased up Sunday and let Isaac del Toro win in Barcelona? Some wondered if he had. His direct rivals didn’t see it that way. One day after Pogačar passed on a stage victory, time bonuses…

  • Tour de France Stage 4 Preview: The First Fully French Day of 2026

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/stage-4.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated July 6, 2026 02:19PM Carcassone – Foix: 181.9km / 2,700m+ Bonjour! The carnival begins properly on stage 4. Rolling out of the medieval city of Carcassone, this stage across the hills of the Ariège is the first fully-French day of the Tour de France. What to expect? It’s very hard…

  • Tour de France Stage 3: Pogačar Blasts into Yellow as Del Toro Repays Gift

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2284903058.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated July 6, 2026 10:28AM Tadej Pogačar wasn’t giving any gifts on stage 3 of the Tour de France. The defending Tour de France champion launched a blistering uphill sprint and landed in the yellow jersey on Monday after a leadout by his teammate Isaac Del Toro. Jonas Vingegaard was…

  • UAE Fined after Visma Assists Del Toro Amid Tour de France Mechanical Meltdown

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Copy-of-Untitled-Design.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated July 6, 2026 07:05AM UAE Emirates-XRG pulled off a masterpiece 1-2 with Isaac del Toro and Tadej Pogačar on stage 2 of the Tour de France. But the masterpiece looks messy beneath the top veneer. A UAE staff mechanic was fined 500 CHF ($620 USD) amid an intra-team meltdown…

  • Darker Jerseys Aren’t Always Hotter Jerseys. Tour de France Testing Proved It.

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2225581761-scaled.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated July 6, 2026 10:28AM So you thought darker jerseys were hotter jerseys? You were wrong (sort of). Visma-Lease a Bike defended its use of dark kits during a Tour de France heatwave by claiming that fabric trumps color when it comes to cooling. “It’s not at all strange that…

  • “¿Y Si Sí?” Isaac Del Toro Makes Mexico Believe “What if He Did”

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Isaac-Del-Toro-cover.jpg”] Logan Jones-Wilkins Updated July 5, 2026 05:20PM Barcelona bled green today. In a beautiful equinox of Mexican summer sports, Barcelona, Spain, came alive as Isaac De Toro took stage two of the Tour de France on the day when Mexico will battle England in a marquee World Cup match in Mexico City.…