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

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    [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

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    [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

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    [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

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    [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

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    [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

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    [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…

  • The Beekeeper Who Proved America’s New Cycling Team Could Win in Europe

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/ben-oliver-tour-de-wallonie-2026.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated June 11, 2026 10:02AM Ben Oliver spent years stacking honey boxes around New Zealand, packing warehouse orders, and trying to keep a cycling career alive. Now he’s winning European stage races. Oliver won two stages and the overall title at the 2026 Tour de Wallonie, delivering the first European…

  • The Ultimate Bike Touring Destination

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/TQ-023192_Credit_Cantons-de-l_Est_Copyright_GouvQc_Simon_Diotte-scaled-e1779371812445.jpg”] Corey Buhay Published June 10, 2026 11:24AM What makes a great bike touring getaway? Great scenery, great cycling culture, great lodging and camping, and great routes for every type of rider. Québec has all that, plus a totally unique blend of charming villages and wild terrain. Here’s what makes this vast Canadian…

  • Dauphiné Stage 4: Quinn Simmons Times His Tour de France Form Just Right

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/GettyImages-2280896726.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated June 10, 2026 11:15AM Quinn Simmons (Lidl-Trek) got his hands in the air again after surviving a breakaway nail-biter to win stage four at the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alps. With the bunch just a few meters behind, Simmons sprinted ahead of Finn-Fisher Black (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) in the former Critérium du Dauphiné…

  • Wout van Aert Partied Hard After Paris-Roubaix. He’s Paying the Price Before the Tour de France.

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/GettyImages-2270474045.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated June 10, 2026 05:56AM Wout van Aert is counting the cost after he indulged his Paris-Roubaix victory a little too hard. The Belgian megastar is off the back and scrambling for form ahead of the Tour de France after he hit party-mode in celebration of beating Tadej Pogačar on the…