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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/MAProubaix.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated February 12, 2026 10:16AM Modern Adventure Pro Cycling earned one of cycling’s most coveted wild card invitations and will race Paris-Roubaix on April 12. The invite to the “Hell of the North” is another windfall in the American team’s debut season and puts the first-year team in one of…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/SKIMO-4.jpeg”] Jim Cotton Updated February 12, 2026 09:26AM Skimo requires a massive VO2 Max, good power-to-weight, and a capacity for suffering. Sound familiar? What if we told you a good skimo athlete needs to be a gear nerd with little concept of self-preservation? That’s right. Skimo, or ski mountaineering, is cycling’s wild winter…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Copy-of-SKIMO-2.jpeg”] Jim Cotton Updated February 11, 2026 12:52PM Tadej Pogačar wouldn’t stand for becoming the latest pro to suffer an ugly interaction with the cycling public. On Wednesday, the beyond-the-sport superstar hit out on Strava at a fan who eagerly sought a selfie while he was out training along Spain’s Valencian coast. “If…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/philipsen.jpg”] Andrew Hood Published February 11, 2026 12:01PM Jasper Philipsen — not his more-famous Lamborghini-driving teammate — could be the most dangerous rival to stop Tadej Pogačar in the two spring monuments the mega-star is desperately chasing. The Alpecin-Premier Tech speedster — known as the “Vlam from Fam” — is no longer just…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/GettyImages-2261025879.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated February 11, 2026 09:57AM Christian Scaroni delivered a big hit on Wednesday on the race-breaking climb up Green Mountain to double up with the stage win and snatch the overall title at the Tour of Oman to give XDS-Astana early-season confirmation that its resurgence is real. Last year, the…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/basso-palta-road.jpg”] David Everett Updated February 12, 2026 02:10PM Pros Sure-footed but without the “sit back and relax” traits that can come with adventure builds. Great performance on the road, with great handling in corners. If you’re after a true Italian bike, the Palta should tick all the boxes as it’s handmade in Bassano…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/seixas2.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated February 10, 2026 10:04AM Will all the hype and expectations piled onto the slender shoulders of Paul Seixas be too much? The cycling world will soon find out. The 19-year-old singlehandedly revived the hopes of an entire cycling-crazed nation with his promising rookie season and rekindled the Tour de France…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/sickness-1.jpeg”] Jim Cotton Updated February 11, 2026 12:03AM The training plans and racing schedules of some of the peloton’s biggest stars have been hastily rewritten after one of the most hazardous starts to the season in memory. Brutal crashes, bizarre training incidents, and a brace of bounding kangaroos hit the peloton hard. Innocuous…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Garmin-RearVue-820-scaled.jpg”] Josh Ross Updated February 10, 2026 10:29AM Pros Same speed vehicle detection 24 hours battery life in day flash mode Includes a leash Replaceable battery Brake light functionality Unchanged Garmin mount Only recent Garmin computers support latest features Cons Visual design is lacking Included mount New features are Garmin only Garmin RearVue…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/MPCC-Give-Okay-header.jpg”] Andrew Hood Published February 9, 2026 03:55PM Anti-doping advocacy group MPCC has given the green light for America’s newest elite men’s road racing team — Modern Adventure Pro Cycling — to join the group on a provisional basis after taking a close look at doping links to two key members of the…