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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/giro-crash.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated May 8, 2026 09:36AM Paul Magnier (Soudal Quick-Step) won a drastically reduced sprint after a huge pileup marred the final of the first stage of the Giro d’Italia. The young Frenchman was one of only around 10 riders who were in front of a mass crash in the final…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Velo-podcast-may-8-thumbnail.jpg”] Mike Levy Updated May 8, 2026 09:24AM This week’s episode of the Velo Podcast is all about riding long. Factor’s new Sarana ultra-distance race bike made its first appearance at last weekend’s Traka gravel race in Girona, Spain, and Velo tech editor Logan Jones-Wilkins answers Levy’s questions about how it aims to…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Copy-of-SLEEP.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated May 8, 2026 09:25AM Jonas Vingegaard has got a special red bike helmet, and now he’s got a special red nail, too. Vingegaard kickstarted his quest for the pink jersey of the Giro d’Italia sporting a single red nail on Friday. His Visma-Lease a Bike teammates – including “The…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/ANGLIRhorizontal.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated May 8, 2026 01:22PM The Angliru is renowned for its brutal steeps as one of cycling’s most savage climbs. Riders have called its 20-percent-plus grades cycling’s ultimate test of suffering. On Saturday, for the first time, the women’s peloton will confront its myth and menace during La Vuelta Femenina.…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/BONKING-IS-ALL-IN-YOUR-HEAD.jpg”] Zach Nehr Updated May 8, 2026 02:11AM I remember the first time that I ever bonked. It was a 60-mile road race in 2015, and I was so early in my cycling career that my nutritional knowledge was limited – extremely limited. I thought that a gel an hour (about 30 grams…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Specialized-Recon-EVO-Cover.jpg”] Logan Jones-Wilkins Updated May 7, 2026 02:28PM Specialized Brings Its High-Tech Shoe Construction to Its Off-Road Line With the Recon EVO Specialized has unveiled the Recon EVO, its latest shoe and an upgrade to its off-road line, with a new premium offering that borrows a lot of technical features from the Ares…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/mywhoosh-anti-doping-protocol.jpeg”] Will Tracy Updated May 7, 2026 12:30PM Since launching seven years ago, virtual cycling platform MyWhoosh has attracted a dedicated and increasingly competitive group of racers by offering weekly races with significant cash payouts. But as the sums on the line increase — tens of thousands of dollars offered in weekly Sunday…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/GettyImages-2274994766.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated May 7, 2026 01:46PM SD Worx-Protime delivered a pitch perfect sprint to go 1-2 in the final opportunity Thursday before La Vuelta Femenina shifts to the brutal mountains of northern Spain. Mischa Bredewold swapped roles with overnight leader Lotte Kopecky and instead of leading out her Belgian teammate, she…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/horizDELIE.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated May 7, 2026 08:45AM A wave of illness is sweeping through the peloton just days before the 2026 Giro d’Italia, and the suspected culprit is quite gross: cow dung. If pro bike racing wasn’t dangerous enough as it is. Riders are blaming mucky, grimy roads coated in manure at…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/GettyImages-1499424134.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated May 7, 2026 12:44PM A monument honoring Eddy Merckx was vandalized in a Brussels suburb, triggering outrage across Belgium. Residents discovered the sculpture’s head had been torn off in Sint-Pieters-Woluwe overnight Wednesday. The work, created by Belgian artist Stefaan De Croock, honors Merckx near the square where he grew…