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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…

[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…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/tour-de-france-doping-control.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated July 2, 2026 05:47AM Anti-doping controls for the 2026 Tour de France began weeks before the peloton rolls out Saturday in Barcelona. The International Testing Agency says it has already conducted more than 360 out-of-competition controls and will have more than 40 officials across the three-week race. The agency…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/SI202606210459-scaled-e1782973822364.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated July 2, 2026 04:47AM Remember the days when grand tour switch-out kits were a quirky rarity? EF at the Giro d’Italia, Visma at the Tour de France? Those were the good old days. The days when an apparel swap was a rare necessity, one reserved to prevent color clashes…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/GettyImages-2219260726-e1782941279624.jpg”] Logan Jones-Wilkins Updated July 2, 2026 09:42AM In American sports writing, we have a fascinating tradition of list-making, power rankings, and assessing value. From the multitude of media pieces covering fantasy football, monthly rankings dissecting baseball’s marathon season, and, perhaps most significantly, Bill Simmons’ famous trade value rankings. And, it shouldn’t be…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Z8A_4644.jpg”] The VELO Team Updated July 1, 2026 04:58PM The Tour de France is just a few days away, and we’ve spent months — actually, basically since last August — debating how we think things will play out. But now we want to hear from you. Who will win the 2026 Tour de…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Twin-Six-Standard-Ti-3X2-Frame-side-profile.jpg”] Josh Ross Updated July 1, 2026 03:21PM Minneapolis brand Twin Six is throwing its hat into the 32-inch ring, and right now there’s a discount to be had. The discount is for a pre-order because the bike doesn’t currently exist as a production product, but the apparel brand isn’t new to making…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Z8A_8356.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated July 1, 2026 11:27PM Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard headline the start list for the 2026 Tour de France as they resume their era-defining battle for the yellow jersey. Below them, this year’s Tour is stacked with superstar cyclists. Mathieu van der Poel, Remco Evenepoel, Biniam Girmay, and U.S.…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Z8D_6752-3.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated July 1, 2026 09:34AM The Tour de France will be so fast you’ll have to watch it at half speed. In fact, it will be so fast that we’re betting it will be the fastest Tour de France on record and the first to break the 43kph average speed…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/All-the-TDF-Bikes-Cover.jpg”] Logan Jones-Wilkins Updated July 1, 2026 09:20AM Bonjour and welcome to the biggest show on two wheels: the Tour de France. Before the Tour gets underway here in Barcelona, Spain, we pored through all of the teams set to race the 2026 Tour de France to compile all the gear that will…