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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/1.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated June 2, 2026 07:20AM Paul Seixas wants to beat Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard at the Tour de France, and he’s climbing every mountain he can find to make it happen. The 19-year-old wunderkind just completed a ridiculous 16-day altitude camp that accumulated the same elevation gain as a…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Mads-Wurtz-Schmidt-2026-Unbound-Winner.jpg”] Zach Nehr Updated June 2, 2026 01:58AM Fifteen miles into Unbound Gravel, almost the entire peloton came to a standstill in peanut butter mud. The leaders hopped off their bikes and grabbed paint sticks to clear the mud as quickly as they could. Some riders spent a minute cleaning their bikes, others…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Z8A_8304.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated June 2, 2026 06:50AM Visma-Lease a Bike is losing its lead Tour de France tactician in what’s bombshell news for Jonas Vingegaard and the Killer Bees. The team confirmed on Tuesday that head of racing Grischa Niermann will leave at the end of August. The experienced staffer has been…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Velo-Buyers-Guide-Road-BIkes-Header.jpg”] Josh Ross Updated June 1, 2026 12:28PM Table of Contents •Best All-Around Road Bike•Best Aero Road Bike•Best Climbing Bike•Best Endurance Road Bike•Best All-Road Bike•Best Budget Road Bike•Best Electric Road Bike •How to buy the best road bike The best road bike will be aerodynamically fast, as light as possible, and fun to…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Balsamo-stage-3-Giro-women-2026.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated June 1, 2026 11:03AM Elisa Balsamo (Lidl-Trek) made it two in a row with an emphatic sprint victory at the Giro d’Italia Women in Monday’s third stage. American Lily Williams (Human Powered Health) crossed the line second for her best grand tour stage result in her road career. “Today…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Unbound-Moody-Cover-Photo-2.jpg”] Logan Jones-Wilkins Updated June 1, 2026 10:59AM This year the mud returned to Unbound Gravel. Just as in 2023, the last time the course went south, the race shattered early due to the sticky peanut butter mud rearing its ugly head within the first two hours of racing. For the leading men,…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/GettyImages-956679188.jpg”] Shane Stokes Published June 1, 2026 08:19AM If all goes to plan this year, Jonas Vingegaard will follow up his Giro d’Italia celebrations with jubilation at the Tour de France. If so, he will become just the ninth male rider to take the double in one year. The others? Fausto Coppi, Jacques…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Vingegaard-Giro-2026.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated June 1, 2026 05:40AM Jonas Vingegaard could not have scripted a better Giro d’Italia. Five stage victories. Twenty-one days without a crisis. No crashes, no illnesses, and no rivals capable of pushing him into the red. The Dane rolled into Rome on Sunday as the dominant winner of the…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Specialized-changed-gravel-at-Unbiound-2026-Cover.jpg”] Logan Jones-Wilkins Updated May 31, 2026 04:20PM Welcome to Velo’s Unbound Gravel coverage, where we share news from the world’s biggest gravel race. If we think it’s noteworthy, you’ll see it. See the rest of our Unbound Gravel coverage. With 80 miles left of Unbound Gravel in 2026, gravel cycling changed. For the first…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/GettyImages-2166319932.jpg”] Will Tracy Published May 31, 2026 12:24PM June is Pride Month, the annual celebration of the LGBTQ+ culture and community. While there are countless ways to celebrate, we’re partial to bike rides, and luckily groups far and wide are celebrating with rides for all abilities. To help you join in and celebrate,…