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  • 4 Weeks to the Tour de France: What the Favorites Are Doing Now to Prepare

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Z8A_9427.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated June 8, 2026 11:43AM Four weeks to the Tour de France. Twenty-six days, to be precise. It’s now-or-never for Tadej Pogačar, Jonas Vingeagaard, Paul Seixas, and Remco Evenepoel as they chase the final watts that might win them the maillot jaune. And each one of this Big 4 has…

  • Matthew Riccitello Knocked Out of Dauphiné on Day One

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/GettyImages-2262450698.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated June 8, 2026 03:01AM Matthew Riccitello was supposed to be one of the last riders with Paul Seixas when the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes hits the French Alps this weekend. Instead, the American climbing ace was heading home from the rebranded Critérium du Dauphiné before stage 1 had properly clicked into…

  • Top Agent Carera Attends Giro Women, Says Men’s and Women’s Cycling Will Be More Equal, Eventually

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/9Z4A0223.jpg”] Shane Stokes Published June 7, 2026 01:23PM He’s most famed as the agent of Tadej Pogačar but Alex Carera can see a time when there is much greater equality of opportunity between men and women cyclists. That’s his clear message upon attending the Giro d’Italia Women in recent days, with Carera witnessing…

  • Armed Standoff After Suspect Runs Down One Cyclist, Assaults Another and Pulls a Knife on Police

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/SWAT-team-arrest-man.jpg”] Shane Stokes Updated June 7, 2026 01:02PM A motorist who allegedly ran down one cyclist and assaulted another was arrested following a long standoff with a SWAT team in Mentor, Ohio on Wednesday. Local media said that Michael Leppelmeier (42) will appear in Mentor Municipal Court on Monday as a result of…

  • Tulsa Tough Day 2 – Arts District Crit Mens + Womens

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/20260606-Tulsa-Tough-Day-2-cc_x-23-scaled.jpg”] Photos by Zane Adamo & F. Cooper Adamo Published June 7, 2026 09:53AM Photos by Zane Adamo & F. Cooper Adamo Published June 7, 2026 09:53AM [analyse_source url=”https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-racing/tulsa-tough-day-2-arts-district-crit-mens-womens/”]

  • Giro d’Italia Women Stage 9: Vollering Overhauls Van der Breggen in Dramatic Concluder

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/GettyImages-2279711753.jpg”] Shane Stokes Updated June 7, 2026 10:51AM Demi Vollering pulled off a stunning move on the final stage of the Giro d’Italia Women on Sunday, dropping race leader Anna van der Breggen on the final climb of the race, bridging across to a dangerous breakaway move and then driving the pace to…

  • Dauphiné Stage 1: Alex Baudin Wins Big for EF Education Easypost

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/GettyImages-2280323574.jpg”] Shane Stokes Updated June 7, 2026 08:00AM EF Education-EasyPost’s Alex Baudin picked up the win and first leader’s jersey with a fine solo move on stage one of the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (formerly Critérium du Dauphiné) Sunday. “I cannot describe the feeling right now,” he said after taking yellow for the American WorldTour…

  • Better than Last Year? Ben Healy Revs Up with Tour de France Looming Ahead

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/GettyImages-2266463612.jpg”] Shane Stokes Updated June 6, 2026 05:50PM Last year Ben Healy donned yellow, won a stage and finished ninth overall in what was his best Tour de France to date. And while he’s had a messed up spring thanks to a fracture sustained in the Itzulia Basque Country which put him out…

  • UCI Swoops to Ban Big Computers and to Block Jersey Pockets

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/GettyImages-1501995500.jpg”] Shane Stokes Updated June 6, 2026 01:27PM The UCI has imposed limits on sock heights, handlebar width, peeing and recently ejected a leading competitor out of the Giro d’Italia Women over a contested 20g weight violation. Now it’s targeting bike computers and jersey pockets, with both to be governed by new rules…

  • Forget Seixas, Matteo Jorgenson Believes in the Win at the Criterium du Dauphiné

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Z8D_0090.jpg”] Shane Stokes Updated June 6, 2026 12:15PM All the hype is about Paul Seixas, the hugely gifted 19 year old who gave Tadej Pogačar a big scare in Liège-Bastogne-Liège, but Matteo Jorgenson isn’t intimidated. He’s back, he’s ready, and he wants to win. The American, who captured Paris-Nice titles in 2024 and…