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  • A Dying Father, a New Baby, and a Violent Roadside Attack: Why Arvid de Kleijn Vanished

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/dearvid.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated May 13, 2026 05:50AM Arvid de Kleijn — the Dutch sprinter who’s won at Milano-Torino and Paris-Nice — all but disappeared from the peloton this season. Now we know why. The 32-year-old returns to racing Sunday at the 2026 Rund um Köln, and for the first time, he’s talking…

  • This 4.9kg Evolve Bike Undercuts Western Brands by Thousands

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/DSC_5300.jpg”] Josh Ross Published May 13, 2026 02:09AM Welcome to Velo’s China Cycle coverage, where we share our favorite things we’ve found at the 2026 show. Bikes, components, accessories, and more: if we think it’s cool, you’ll see it. See the rest of our China Cycle coverage. (Photo: Josh Ross/Velo) There’s no shortage…

  • Injuries So Terrible the Clinic Runs Out of Bandages: Teen Talent Reveals Toll of 80kph Training Crash

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-SLEEP-2.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated May 13, 2026 02:12AM Albert Withen Philipsen has been left mummified in bandages after a shocking 80kph training crash that could have been much worse. The 19-year-old supertalent on Lidl-Trek shared on social media Tuesday the grizzly detail of a terrifying fall that’s torn up his face, thighs, and…

  • Kelderman Exits Giro after Racing Two Days on a Broken Collarbone

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/horizonWILCO.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated May 12, 2026 04:54PM Just four stages into the 2026 Giro d’Italia, and Jonas Vingegaard is already feeling the impact of crashes in the battle for the pink jersey. The Dane is fine, but three more riders abandoned Tuesday on the first stage on Italian roads, including Visma-Lease a…

  • Giro d’Italia Stage 4: Narváez Strikes Back for the Decimated UAE Super Team

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/GettyImages-2275283288.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated May 12, 2026 10:08AM Jhonatan Narváez put another win in the column for UAE Emirates-XRG after team Movistar animated a breathless finale to Tuesday’s stage at the Giro d’Italia. Narváez won the reduced sprint ahead of Orluis Aular (Movistar) and Giulio Ciccone (Lidl Trek) on stage 4 of the…

  • Can Lidl-Trek Recover from Its Rocky Giro Opening Weekend?

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/LIDLhorizon.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated May 12, 2026 09:23AM Lidl-Trek rolled out of the opening weekend of the Giro d’Italia without a stage win, without the pink jersey, and with its general classification leader Derek Gee-West battered and chasing time. Hardly what the wannabe super team was envisioning for the start of the season’s…

  • Good Sleep Is Legal Doping: Everything Cyclists Need to Know to Sleep Their Way to Free Speed

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/GettyImages-2162940962-scaled.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated May 12, 2026 09:35AM You’ve got the perfect training program and a macro-perfect nutrition protocol. You’ve got the sleekest, stiffest bike, and the sexiest cycling shoes. You even shave your legs every day and do your S&C. But you sleep like sh*t. So you might as well not bother…

  • The Giro d’Italia Earned €10M Starting in Bulgaria. Not Everyone Was Thrilled.

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/horizonGIRO4.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated May 11, 2026 01:50PM The Giro d’Italia is not racing Monday, but no one in the peloton is resting. After three opening routine but ultimately costly stages in Bulgaria, the 2026 Giro hits its first of three rest days, but it comes after a massive transfer back to Italy…

  • Vingegaard Survived the Carnage, UAE Didn’t: Now the Giro d’Italia Belongs to Visma

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/UAEVISMAhorizontal.jpg”] Andrew Hood Published May 11, 2026 04:18AM Jonas Vingegaard and Visma-Lease a Bike are surging again just as UAE Emirates-XRG is cracking, and without Tadej Pogačar, the sport’s most dominant team is suddenly stripped of its invincibility at the 2026 Giro d’Italia. In contrast, Visma — which couldn’t buy luck even if it…

  • The Giro Peloton Has Been Pushing Such Low Power Even We Could Have Kept Up

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Copy-of-Copy-of-SLEEP-3.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated May 11, 2026 04:05AM The Giro d’Italia has been either brutally attritional or stupidly easy. So easy at times that we could have joined the ride. Power files from the first three stages of the Giro reveal those not caught up in crashes or chasing bunch sprints have barely…