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Life After the WorldTour: Mike Woods’ Next Chapter as an Athlete Goes Way Beyond Gravel
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/GettyImages-2168460870-scaled.jpg”] Published February 3, 2026 11:57AM This wasn’t how I wanted things to end. Crossing the line with Benjamin Thomas at the Tour de France, I had no idea this would be my last race as a professional cyclist. That seems to be a theme in my life. Perhaps it is the optimist…
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Finally an Upgrade: Garmin’s Varia RearVue 820 Reclaims the Radar Spec Race
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/20250730_Social_FIT_7895.jpg”] Published February 3, 2026 11:50AM Today Garmin has launched the Garmin Varia RearVue 820. This is a long awaited update to the Garmin Varia RTL515 that landed with consumers way back in 2020. Over the years since that launch, a huge range of companies have joined the party. Radar units have come…
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America’s Newest Bike Team Nearly Won in its Debut — Now Comes the Hard Part for Modern Adventure
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/MAPAlula.jpg”] Updated February 3, 2026 06:18AM Modern Adventure Pro Cycling, America’s newest bike racing team, nearly won during its franchise debut at the recent AlUla Tour. OK, it’s not the Tour de France, but the upstart squad survived the trial by fire in the five-stage race across the desert of western Saudi Arabia…
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Stop Overpaying for Gear: Introducing the Velo Deals Finder
Published February 2, 2026 01:04PM Stop overpaying for cycling gear! The new Velo Deals Finder compares prices across retailers to find the best discounts on bikes, tires, components, and really just about anything you need to feed your two-wheeled habit. Instead of jumping from tab to tab checking various retailers across the internet, we’ve got…
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A Shove, Disqualification, Concussion, and Crisis: All in a Day’s Work for One Rider at CX Worlds
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Copy-of-VO2.jpeg”] Updated February 2, 2026 09:40AM It might be easier to list what didn’t happen to Marion Norbert Riberolle on Saturday at the elite women’s cyclocross world championships. The Belgian ‘crosser was crashed, was concussed, and was disqualified in what must have been the most incident-packed afternoon of her career. One day later,…
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It Didn’t Take Long for a Bike Fan to Do Something Stupid in 2026
Published February 2, 2026 05:13AM Well, that didn’t take long for a fan to do something stupid in a bike race. Just in the opening days of 2026 — with kangaroos bounding onto the race course and riders suffering horrific injuries in a 100kph-plus crash — it felt inevitable that someone would add human stupidity…
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This Triathlon Superstar Just Set the Highest VO2 Max on Record. Or Did He?
Updated February 2, 2026 04:17AM Triathlon superstar and Tour de France-fancier Kristian Blummenfelt just became “the fittest man in the world” by setting a record high VO2 Max figure. Or did he? Footage posted on Instagram last week shows Blummenfelt, a multiple Ironman world champion and Olympic gold medalist, recording a VO2 Max of 101.1…
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Rivals Beware: Remco Evenepoel’s New Team Is Flying
Published February 1, 2026 03:15PM It’s early days yet in the new season but his rivals better watch out: Remco Evenepoel and his new team are in incredible form. The Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe squad clocked up a victory each day for the past four days, beginning with a team time trial win in the Trofeo Ses…
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Is Mathieu van der Poel Retiring from Cyclocross? Here’s What He Is Saying Right Now
Updated February 2, 2026 12:43AM Winning his eighth world cyclocross title on Sunday marked an absolute record for Mathieu van der Poel, but it’s not his first historic achievement this season. One week ago he raced to a classy victory in Hoogerheide. It was, remarkably, the 51st World Cup victory of his cross career, and…
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The Science of the Modern Base Season: Why Zone 2 Isn’t Enough Anymore
Updated February 1, 2026 09:48AM 15 years ago, you would have looked like a lunatic if you were doing 40/20s in December. Everyone would scoff at you – coaches, riders, trainers, and staff. You were on a fast track to burn out. “Have fun crushing the January team camp,” and “Good luck peaking in February,”…