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Jonas Vingegaard Loses Long-Time Trainer to Shock Exit from Visma
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/GettyImages-2233020156.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated February 9, 2026 09:12AM Jonas Vingegaard just lost the man who mentored him to grand tour superstardom in what’s a major blow to his wildly ambitious 2026 season. Visma-Lease a Bike confirmed Monday that Tim Heemskerk, the coach who led Vingegaard to two Tour de France titles and victory…
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Why the Winter Olympics Are Suddenly Looking at Cyclocross
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/CXolys-Header.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated February 10, 2026 07:07AM Cyclocross and the UCI’s backroom maneuvering to promote the discipline as a new Olympic Winter Games medal sport is heating up — quite literally. Cycling’s governing body is now adding the specter of global warming and its future impact on the Winter Olympics as another…
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Sepp Kuss Out of Season Opener in Another Setback for Visma
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/GettyImages-2260048887.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated February 9, 2026 04:06AM Sepp Kuss is out of his first stage-race of the season in what’s yet another early blip for team Visma-Lease a Bike. The Colorado climber did not start stage 3 of the Tour of Oman on Monday with sickness. The 31-year-old had lined out for…
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Training Camp from Hell: What Happens When a Pro Team Gets Snowed in at Altitude
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/UNO-X-altitude.jpeg”] Jim Cotton Updated February 10, 2026 03:36AM Come to Sierra Nevada, they said. It will be warm, dry, and sunny, they said. Jonas Abrahamsen and his Uno-X Mobility teammates were sold a training camp dream that turned into a whiteout. The Uno-X crew has been sucking thin air on top of Sierra…
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First of Many? Remco Evenepoel Reaches Significant Milestone with New Team
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/GettyImages-2260538010.jpg”] Shane Stokes Updated February 8, 2026 04:21PM Remco Evenepoel has made clear his ambition with his new Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe squad, saying in December that, all going well, he can win this year’s Tour de France. That race is still several months away but on Sunday he reached an important new milestone with…
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First of Many? Remco Evenepoel Reaches Significant Milestone with New Team
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/GettyImages-2260538010.jpg”] Shane Stokes Updated February 8, 2026 04:21PM Remco Evenepoel has made clear his ambition with his new Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe squad, saying in December that, all going well, he can win this year’s Tour de France. That race is still several months away but on Sunday he reached an important new milestone with…
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Not All Zone 2 Is Created Equal: The Science Behind Cycling’s Latest Training Trend
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Z8D_7729.jpg”] Zach Nehr Updated February 9, 2026 11:24AM There is a new trend in professional cycling: structured Zone 2 intervals. Littered across Strava, TrainingPeaks, and Instagram, you will find riders doing 10x10min, and 5x20min, and 3x60min Zone 2 intervals. Why not just ride 4-5 hours in Zone 2? What are the benefits of…
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Three Brutal Attacks by Longo Borghini, One Unraveling by Niewiadoma
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/GettyImages-2260519177.jpg”] Shane Stokes Published February 8, 2026 09:49AM For any new students of the sport, Sunday’s final stage of the UAE Tour Women was a masterclass in the importance of pacing. Double champion Elisa Longo Borghini made it three GC wins in a row at the race, launching a trio of searing attacks…
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How Worried Should Tadej Pogačar Be About the Win-Fest of Remco Evenepoel?
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/GettyImages-2260218530.jpg”] Shane Stokes Updated February 7, 2026 04:21PM Remco Evenepoel may be on a flier so far this season, clocking up multiple wins thus far. Cycling analyst and former world number one Sean Kelly has now evaluated the chances of Tadej Pogačar getting sleepless nights over the run of victories. Evenepoel has displayed…
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Remco Rampage Continues as Audacious Attack Delivers His Fifth Win of the Year
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/GettyImages-2260395295.jpg”] Shane Stokes Published February 7, 2026 11:38AM Five wins in seven days of competition: if anyone was thinking Tadej Pogačar was going to have it all his own way this year, Remco Evenepoel begs to differ. The Belgian bullet uncorked another sparkling performance on stage 4 of the Volta Comunitat Valenciana on…