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  • First Look: The BOA® Fit System Featuring FS2 – Dynamic 360™

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/ETSC9721-scaled-e1779307833127.jpg”] Eli Bernstein Published June 12, 2026 09:37AM If you’ve paid any attention to cycling gear over the past 25 years, you’re familiar with BOA® Fit Systems. BOA® has revolutionized how everyone from weekend road warriors to pros wear helmets and shoes, offering effortless, adaptable solutions for achieving the perfect fit and feel.…

  • Dauphiné Stage 6: Red Bull Doubles Up with Stage and GC, Seixas Can’t Gap Del Toro in Mountain Final

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/GettyImages-2281244496-scaled-e1781277205998.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated June 12, 2026 09:56AM Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe won twice in a wild mountain stage in the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes on Friday. Maxim Van Gils won a sprint of three breakaway riders for his first win since a terrible injury, while his teammate Luke Tuckwell joined Isaac del Toro and Paul Seixas…

  • Problem for the Tour de France: Wout van Aert Quits Final Tune-up Race with Injury

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/GettyImages-2280289814.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated June 12, 2026 07:21AM Wout van Aert abandoned the Tour Auvergne-Rhônes-Alpes ahead of stage 6 on Friday, just one day after he sprinted to a victory that answered doubts about his form. The news will cause a ripple of concern across Visma-Lease a Bike as the team prepares to…

  • Three Brutal Summit Finishes: Seixas, Jorgenson, Del Toro and Cycling’s New Guard Get Their Shot

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/del-toro-jorgenson-seixas-2026.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated June 12, 2026 05:52AM Now things get serious at the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Three brutal summit finishes stacked up in the Alps will decide not only who wins France’s second-biggest stage race, but who carries momentum into the Tour de France. With Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard sitting this one…

  • Proven at Unbound Before Its Release, Giant and Liv have New Gravel Bikes on the Horizon

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Giant-Prototype-Cover.jpg”] Logan Jones-Wilkins Updated June 11, 2026 02:15PM At the 2026 Unbound Gravel, Specialized stole the show. With five out of the six top riders riding the new Crux 5, the new bike dominated both the podiums. In the men’s race, it went even deeper, with four out of the top five riding…

  • New Bike Tech: Pirelli has Sped Up and Refreshed Its Cinturato Gravel Tire Line

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/New-Bike-Tech_-Pirelli-Cinturato-Cover.jpg”] Logan Jones-Wilkins Updated June 11, 2026 11:16AM Are these the dog days? Have we already reached the time of year where things move more slowly, even as we are just on the doorstep of summer officially getting underway? From the world of new bike tech, it seems like that is the case.…

  • Dauphiné Stage 5: Wout van Aert Roars Back, Now the Real Race Begins

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/GettyImages-2281081521.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated June 11, 2026 09:55AM Wout van Aert powered to a statement victory Thursday at the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, answering questions about his form just days after being dropped in the team time trial and suffering a freak crash before the race even started. The Belgian — racing this week in…

  • First Look: Rimpact’s Bolt-on Tuned Mass Damper for Gravel Bikes Promises to Reduce Fatigue

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/rimpact-tmd-for-gravel.jpg”] Jessie-May Morgan Published June 11, 2026 09:23AM Rimpact has a seriously hard sell on its hands. The small UK based manufacturer is asking £229.99 for its gravel-oriented mass damper, which comes with a weight penalty of 400 grams. Why, you ask? In the name of reducing fatigue, and improving comfort while riding…

  • LA28 Olympic Road Race: Why Sprinters Won’t Like the Hollywood Finish

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/GettyImages-1242914884.jpg”] Andrew Hood Published June 11, 2026 07:31AM LA28 organizers finally revealed where the Olympic Games road racing medals will be decided in 2028, and the ending is pure Hollywood. The men’s and women’s road races will finish at Griffith Observatory, perched in the Hollywood Hills beneath the iconic Hollywood Sign, officials confirmed.…

  • Remco Evenepoel Just Revealed His Power Data – Here’s What it Means and How it Compares To Pogačar

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/GettyImages-2272060203-2-e1781174481687.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated June 11, 2026 04:45AM Remco Evenepoel just shared his functional threshold power, and it’s huge. It’s also remarkably similar to that of his Tour de France foe Tadej Pogačar. Functional threshold power, or FTP, is the output a rider can theoretically hold for an hour. It’s used to set…