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  • Castelli and Soudal Quick-Step Unveil an Ultra-Light Spine Airbag Ahead of the Tour

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/PRETDF26-5821.jpg”] Josh Ross Published July 3, 2026 01:56PM Today, Castelli, Soudal Quick-Step, AG Insurance Soudal, and Italian start-up RAGAZ are announcing a partnership on a new airbag rider protection system. This is not the first airbag system we’ve seen announced, but this time it’s looking very finished, and part of that is because…

  • Aero Bike, Everyday — the Bike Tadej Pogačar Will Ride in Search of His Fifth Tour Win

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Pogacar-TDF-2026-Bike-Check-3.jpg”] Logan Jones-Wilkins Updated July 3, 2026 11:34AM When Tadej Pogačar started the 2025 Tour de France, he was riding the Colnago V5Rs, the team’s climbing bike. Ultimately, that move proved to be a misdirection. By the halfway point of the race, when the peloton reached the stage 13 uphill time trial, Pogačar…

  • Isaac del Toro Could Blow the Tour de France Apart — Even Pogačar Thinks So

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2284362856.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated July 3, 2026 07:15AM Everyone keeps asking Tadej Pogačar about Jonas Vingegaard. The four-time Tour de France winner couldn’t stop talking about Isaac del Toro. “I don’t think he (Vingegaard) is the only one who can come close,” Pogačar said in a pre-race press conference. “There are a few…

  • Tour de France Stage 1 Team Time Trial: Here Are All the Start Times

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2280697099.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated July 3, 2026 07:08AM The 2026 Tour de France starts at 17:05 CET on Saturday. That’s when Caja Rural-Seguros RGA has the honor of being the first team down the ramp for the Tour de France stage 1 team time trial. Set your alarms accordingly. Tadej Pogačar begins his…

  • Tour de France Teams Carry Enough Bikes and Wheels To Buy a 5-Bed Luxury Home

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Z8A_5085-2.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated July 3, 2026 03:15AM Teams transport enough tech around the Tour de France to buy you a luxury mansion. The contents of a team’s fleet of bikes, wheels, and tires at the Tour de France is worth $1 million USD, minimum. According to Own Luxury Homes, that’s enough to…

  • Orbea Orca Aero Review: A Thoroughly Modern Aero Race Bike

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Orbea-Orca-Aero-Review-7.jpg”] Will Tracy Updated July 2, 2026 05:45PM Pros Claimed 21-watt savings over previous generation Orca Aero 900 grams for a size 53 frame (saves over 200 grams over last generation) Priced more competitively than other WorldTour-level aero bikes Cons Integrated aero water bottle cages more difficult to use than standard cages Electronic…

  • The Best New Tech at the Tour de France — Part One

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/TDF-Day-One-Tech-Gallery-Cover.jpg”] Logan Jones-Wilkins Updated July 2, 2026 03:27PM Every year, the Tour de France brings a mix of highly touted releases and low-key soft launches. This year was no different. Our first day at the 2026 Tour de France delivered a bit of everything. We captured photos of the new team-edition builds for…

  • Pogačar, Evenepoel, Vingegaard: The Biggest Quotes Before the 2026 Tour de France

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2284356767.jpg”] Andrew Hood Published July 2, 2026 11:42AM BARCELONA (Velo) — Tadej Pogačar strolled into the podium in front of the Sagrada Familia to the roar of the packed crowd ahead of the Tour de France. If Pogačar needed one more reason to be called the pre-race favorite, the fan reaction only confirmed…

  • New Bike Tech: Look Rethinks the Cockpit and Zipp Goes All-In on Road

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Photos_Sierra_Nevada_Cofidis@RisingStory-25.jpg”] Josh Ross Updated July 2, 2026 11:04AM Look 795 Blade RS 3 This week, Look launched the third generation of the brand’s flagship race bike, the 795 Blade RS 3, and this is a special bike to me. I’ve owned the first and second generations of the 795 Blade RS, and the…

  • Team Time Trial Rules Are Different at the 2026 Tour de France. Here’s How Stage 1 Will Work.

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/GettyImages-2280712003.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated July 2, 2026 07:38AM The team time trial is back at the Tour de France for the first time since 2019, but there’s a twist. The use of a new method for awarding finish times and placings. Sure, that sounds dull, but far from it. It’s an innovation that…