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Updated November 30, 2025 02:47PM Coming out of a hairpin turn above the Italian village of Varda, near the bottom of the iconic Passo Campolongo, I tried to hold onto my race line and my nerves as cyclists passed me on both sides at eye-watering velocities. Suddenly, a water bottle rolled across the pavement, and…

Published November 29, 2025 07:45AM Hello Velo, it’s been an eventful off-season for many WorldTour and gravel cyclists. Wedding planning kicked into high gear for several of them. Ben Healy proposed to his partner on their African vacation, while WorldTour couple Pauline Ferrand-Prévot and Dylan van Baarle got engaged after several years together. Quinn Simmons…

Updated November 27, 2025 12:09PM One of the most iconic brands in the history of cycling is facing a challenging future. Campagnolo revealed this week it was laying off 40% of its workforce. The Italian components manufacturer has let go 120 employees out of 300, warning that there ‘is no alternative.’ It said there would…

Published November 27, 2025 05:13AM After winning the 2024 Tour Divide, Salsa Cycles’ Meaghan Hackinen set her sights on the three-part Mountain Race Series that spans Africa, Europe, and Asia. Meaghan not only became the first female finisher of the wildest race series on the planet, but she also won both the Hellenic in Greece…

Published November 25, 2025 09:14AM Indoor training is like going to bed early, eating healthy foods, stretching, and meditating. The first thought that crosses your mind is, “Ugh, I don’t really want to do that.” But when you do, you feel so much better. It would be so much easier to lay on the couch,…

Updated November 26, 2025 05:10AM A big sandy mountain is growing in the Emirati skyline that’s got Tadej Pogačar’s name written all over it. Well not literally, but sort of. Authorities in the UAE are building up an artificial hill that will have risen hundreds of meters high by 2028 – right in time for…

Updated November 25, 2025 10:06AM Welcome one and all to Velo’s Fall Field Test, presented by Visit Maine! We spent two weeks riding seven of the latest and most important gravel bikes amongst the fall foliage of coastal Maine, which provided varied testing grounds from coastal trails to long stretches of gravel and singletrack trails…

Published November 25, 2025 05:19PM The driver found guilty in the death of cyclist Magnus White could be moved to a halfway house after serving just several months of her four-year sentence in prison. In April, a jury found Yeva Smilianska guilty of one count of reckless vehicular homicide for striking and killing the up…

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