Tag: velo.outsideonline.com

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2284208354.jpg”] Updated July 5, 2026 04:03PM So far, so good. Remco Evenepoel ripped up the traditional rulebook in his preparation for the Tour de France, taking a complete break from racing in what some saw as a big gamble to find form. Over two months of specialist training and a near-four kilo weight…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/TDF-2026-TTT-feature-cover.jpg”] Logan Jones-Wilkins Published July 5, 2026 02:48PM The first thing you need to know about a Tour de France team time trial is that it is an all-day event. Team time trial day consumes the morning, afternoon, and evening of the Tour de France. The second thing that you need to know…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Z8C_9252.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated July 5, 2026 01:03PM Tadej Pogačar could have sprinted victory and possibly into the yellow jersey Sunday. The explosive stage 2 circuit finale up Montjuic was tailor-made for the afterburners of the four-time Tour de France champion. Instead he played kingmaker. In the frenetic final charge, Pogačar read the…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2283725394-scaled.jpg”] Shane Stokes Updated July 5, 2026 12:02PM The third stage of the Tour de France on Monday is facing major changes due to wildfires which have already destroyed more than 1,500 hectares (5.8 square miles) in southwest France. Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme has confirmed reports that the prefecture, or local…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/stage-3.jpg”] Jim Cotton Published July 5, 2026 10:18AM Granollers – Les Angles: 195.9km / 3,850m+ The Tour de France hits the mountains early this year. But this transition from Spain into the French Pyrénées could be cast off as fake news. The four categorized climbs on the menu are among the easiest in…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2284201736.jpg”] Shane Stokes Updated July 5, 2026 10:59AM The UAE Emirates-XRG team posted the perfect response to Jonas Vingegaard’s success on stage 1 of the Tour de France, with Isaac Del Toro winning the second stage in Barcelona. He sprinted to victory from a very small, select group thinned out by teammate Brandon…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Untitled-30.jpg”] David Everett Published July 5, 2026 09:31AM Stage 1 of the 2026 Tour de France is done and dusted. A team time trial that has been eagerly anticipated and prototyped at the Dauphiné and Paris-Nice this year. But with the main event rolling into the city of Barcelona, it, like every year,…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/TDF-2026-New-Wheels.jpg”] Logan Jones-Wilkins Updated July 5, 2026 09:11AM Shimano and Enve look to have unreleased wheelsets at the Tour de France, as we spotted the two new offerings on the UAE Team Emirates and Alpecin-Primer Tech at the start of stage two. The Tour de France began its drop bar program on stage…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2284738840.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated July 5, 2026 08:11AM Jonas Vingegaard turned heads when he rolled up to the start of stage 2 of the Tour de France in a face mask. Surely the Visma-Lease a Bike leader can’t be sick already? Or is COVID floating about? Not so. Vingegaard explained Sunday morning that…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2284649048.jpg”] Shane Stokes Updated July 5, 2026 08:39AM First blood to Jonas Vingegaard, but a closer look at Saturday’s Tour de France team time trial gives a fascinating insight into how the GC favorites themselves are going. The race against the clock was a collaborative effort and also a very strategic one, with…