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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Z8A_6727-2.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated June 3, 2026 07:42AM Who’s hot and who’s not for the Tour de France? Watch the Critérium du Dauphiné to find out. The race now officially rebranded to the “Tour Auvergne-Rhônes-Alpes” will welcome a who’s-who of Tour de France talent to its start line on Sunday, June 7. Tadej…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/GettyImages-2274105893.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated June 3, 2026 05:58AM The Tour de France got an unusual addition to its portfolio of partners this week. McCain. The Canadian purveyor of frozen potato products announced Wednesday it will become “official fries of the Tour de France” for the next five years. This summer, McCain will place…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/gee-kuss-giro-2026.jpg”] Andrew Hood Published June 3, 2026 02:12AM Sepp Kuss made U.S. cycling history at the 2026 Giro d’Italia. Derek Gee-West came within touching distance of a grand tour podium. And North American cycling, with just four Americans and two Canadians in the corsa rosa, made an outsized impact on one of the…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Vuelta-Espana-Stage-15-Harry-Talbot-0614-2.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated June 3, 2026 02:04AM Lidl-Trek just snatched some of the best brains in pro cycling from its key rivals as it chases the podium of the Tour de France. The budding super team confirmed it poached lead sport director Grischa Niermann from Visma-Lease a Bike and picked up performance guru…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Stephane-Goyard-cover.jpg”] Logan Jones-Wilkins Published June 2, 2026 04:32PM French gravel cyclist and YouTuber Stéphane Goyard was struck and killed by a car during a gravel race in western France. Goyard ran the successful French-speaking YouTube channel called “Gravel & Bike” that covers a wide range of gravel-related topics. Goyard, 54, was riding at…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/GettyImages-2226853163.jpg”] Josh Ross Updated June 2, 2026 03:54PM A fatal head-on collision between a bicycle and an illegal high-speed e-scooter on the Queensboro Bridge has intensified the debate over NYC micromobility regulations. On the morning of May 28th, a crash occurred on the Queensboro Bridge in New York City involving an electric scooter…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/ben-oliver-modern-adventure-first-win.jpg”] Andrew Hood Published June 2, 2026 12:18PM Modern Adventure Pro Cycling — the new American road cycling team debuting in 2026 — won its first race in Europe on Tuesday. Ben Oliver won a rain-soaked bunch kick in stage 2 at the 47th Ethias-Tour de Wallonie, a 2.Pro race in Belgium. American…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Unbound-Moody-Cover-Photo.jpg”] Logan Jones-Wilkins Updated June 2, 2026 11:34AM There are few things I find more foreboding than a darkening midwestern sky. Out on the prairie, dark clouds are darker and meaner when they cut against the rolling emerald expanse. Lightning crackling above only adds to it, throwing danger across the sky like some…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/GettyImages-2279442767.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated June 2, 2026 09:31AM Anna van der Breggen blew away her rivals and blew up the race for pink at the Giro d’Italia Women on Tuesday’s 4th stage. The Dutch veteran on SD Worx-Protime blasted to her first time trial victory in five years on a severe mountaintop test…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/hindley-gall-groves.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated June 2, 2026 01:22PM More than 200 WorldTour riders come off contract during the 2026-27 transfer season, and teams aren’t waiting. The rider market is already heating up and could even top last year’s wild flurry of moves. Negotiations are underway, rumors are swirling, and the first major dominoes…