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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Z8D_2220.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated July 5, 2026 05:52AM Cycling’s anti-doping watchdog is targeting a 2028 rollout for a new “power passport” that would use riders’ performance data to help guide drug testing, ITA head of testing Oliver Banuls told Velo in an exclusive interview. Cycling already uses blood, urine and intelligence to target…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2284649925.jpg”] Shane Stokes Published July 5, 2026 03:37AM The post-race scenes said everything. One by one the Visma-Lease a Bike riders embraced Jonas Vingegaard, congratulating him on what he had done. “Good start, good start,” said an emotional Victor Campenaerts. “Oh man, f**k I’m so happy,” said Edoardo Affini. “Back in the yellow…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/2-1.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated July 5, 2026 03:01AM The 2026 Tour de France looks different, eats different, and races different than the 2016 Tour de France. In fact, pro cycling has changed so much in a decade it could be a different sport from the one Chris Froome conquered with his third yellow…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2282619263-scaled-e1783235013110.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated July 5, 2026 01:45AM The UCI isn’t cool with what teams are doing with ice socks during the rising temperatures of this Tour de France. Eagle-eyed reporters from Cyclingnews noticed commissaires demanding riders remove these cooling hacks from underneath their jerseys ahead of Saturday’s stage 1 TTT. Is this…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Image-04-07-2026-at-17.07.png”] Andrew Hood Published July 4, 2026 06:00PM Riders from Groupama-FDJ and XDS Astana crashed at the same spot during Saturday’s opening Tour de France team time trial, and eyewitness video shared with Velo appears to show why. The footage suggests riders from both teams struck the same manhole cover during Saturday’s 19.6km…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/TDF-2026-Time-Trial-Tech-Gallery-Cover.jpg”] Logan Jones-Wilkins Updated July 4, 2026 03:43PM The Tour de France got underway on July 4th with an explosive evening time trial around the streets of Barcelona, Spain. Jonas Vingegaard and Visma-Lease a Bike proved fastest on the day and will be looking to keep the battle going against Tadej Pogačar and…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Z8A_0043.jpg”] Shane Stokes Published July 4, 2026 02:21PM The prospect of one or more Tour de France stages being cancelled has just become a whole lot more possible. That’s the takeaway from a decision by France’s Interior Ministry, which has given a green light for regional governments to scrap stages if they feel…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Z8A_1775.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated July 4, 2026 02:36PM Jonas Vingegaard in the yellow jersey and Tadej Pogačar left chasing — no one expected to see that in the opening stage of the 2026 Tour de France. The Tour’s experimental team time trial did exactly what organizers hoped for Saturday in steamy Barcelona. It…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/stage-2.jpg”] Jim Cotton Published July 4, 2026 11:41AM Tarragona – Barcelona: 168.5km / 2,500m+ The Tour de France remains in Spain for the true road stage of the race. Stage 2 into Barcelona will be steep, explosive, and a prime opportunity for the puncheurs. The testing finale features three loops of the gruesome…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2284056900-1.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated July 4, 2026 12:16PM Jonas Vingegaard blasted to the stage win and stepped into his first yellow jersey since 2023 as Visma-Lease a Bike crushed the stage 1 team time trial of the Tour de France. The two-time Tour de France champion scored just a slim advantage but big…