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Published February 2, 2026 01:04PM Stop overpaying for cycling gear! The new Velo Deals Finder compares prices across retailers to find the best discounts on bikes, tires, components, and really just about anything you need to feed your two-wheeled habit. Instead of jumping from tab to tab checking various retailers across the internet, we’ve got…

Published February 2, 2026 05:13AM Well, that didn’t take long for a fan to do something stupid in a bike race. Just in the opening days of 2026 — with kangaroos bounding onto the race course and riders suffering horrific injuries in a 100kph-plus crash — it felt inevitable that someone would add human stupidity…

Updated February 2, 2026 04:17AM Triathlon superstar and Tour de France-fancier Kristian Blummenfelt just became “the fittest man in the world” by setting a record high VO2 Max figure. Or did he? Footage posted on Instagram last week shows Blummenfelt, a multiple Ironman world champion and Olympic gold medalist, recording a VO2 Max of 101.1…

Published February 1, 2026 03:15PM It’s early days yet in the new season but his rivals better watch out: Remco Evenepoel and his new team are in incredible form. The Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe squad clocked up a victory each day for the past four days, beginning with a team time trial win in the Trofeo Ses…

Updated February 2, 2026 12:43AM Winning his eighth world cyclocross title on Sunday marked an absolute record for Mathieu van der Poel, but it’s not his first historic achievement this season. One week ago he raced to a classy victory in Hoogerheide. It was, remarkably, the 51st World Cup victory of his cross career, and…

Updated February 1, 2026 09:48AM 15 years ago, you would have looked like a lunatic if you were doing 40/20s in December. Everyone would scoff at you – coaches, riders, trainers, and staff. You were on a fast track to burn out. “Have fun crushing the January team camp,” and “Good luck peaking in February,”…

Updated February 1, 2026 02:11PM Mathieu van der Poel reinforced his reputation as the greatest cyclocross rider of all time on Sunday, speeding to a record eighth victory in the cyclocross world championships with an utterly assured ride. The Dutchman drew clear with teammate Tibor del Grosso and Belgian rider Thibau Nys on the first…

Published January 31, 2026 04:19PM It’s going to be several months before Tadej Pogačar is chasing yellow, what with his later season start and decision to focus on single day races early on, but he’s already got hair colour to match. The four-time Tour de France winner unveiled a new look on social media, showing…

Published January 31, 2026 10:30AM Most people think of aero gains as small efficiencies. They help, but they aren’t a big deal…right? Except maybe they are. Would you believe I was 30% more efficient than a friend over the same piece of road? Can aerodynamics really bridge a 70-watt power gap? I dug into the…

Updated February 1, 2026 06:36AM Remco Evenepoel has continued his glorious start to the season, topping the podium for the third day in a row in Mallorca. The new Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe rider won the Trofeo Andratx – Pollença on Saturday, whittling down the list of contenders with a number of surges on the Col de…