2025 Tour de France Stage 2 Report: Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) won the second stage of the 2025 Tour de France in Boulogne-sur-Mer. He was the best in an uphill sprint in a difficult finale with several short, steep climbs. He got the better of GC men; Tadej Pogačar (UAE Emirates XRG) and Jonas […]

From its inception in 1903, the Tour de France has aimed to encompass all the regions of France (although it has managed Corsica only once). The 2025 version, compared to previous editions that started in or touched on neighbouring countries, is entirely inside of the Hexagon, as France is roughly shaped. In 2018 Rapha put […]

2025 Tour de France Stage 1 Report: The first stage of the 2025 Tour de France promised excitement with a probable sprint finish and it didn’t disappoint, and cross winds gapped some GC hopefuls.  The combination of the pressure of the Tour, crosswinds, the battle for the first jerseys and massive crowds led to a […]

Tour Rider Feature: Ed Hood looks back at the career of Scotland’s first Tour de France rider – Ian Steel. 1955 was the year, and Steel was part of the first Great Britain team in Tour history that lined up on July the 7th in Le Havre on the Normandy coast. That Tour wasn’t his […]

After 30+ years travelling to Italy to chase multiple Giro’s, ride events, visit brands and attend product launches, plus a few holiday trips, I’ve learned a lot about most regions of the country, how to get around, and more importantly, where to ride and where to stay.  This article has some of my own personal […]

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Milwaukee, Wis. – July 3, 2025 – The 2025 USA Cycling Masters & Junior Road National Championships, hosted by Tour of America’s Dairyland, concluded on Wednesday, July 2 with 82 National Titles awarded to Masters and Junior categories over the five-day event. 938 athletes from all around the United States competed for the Stars and Stripes jersey in […]

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The 2025 Tour de France promises a showdown unlike any other, with cycling’s modern “Big Four”—Tadej Pogačar, Jonas Vingegaard, Remco Evenepoel, and Mathieu van der Poel—ready to battle across three weeks of varied terrain, brutal mountains, and tactical sprints. From a flat and wind-swept opening week through northern France to epic summit finishes in the […]

TOP STORY: The final start list for the 2025 Tour de France! More 2025 Tour de France news: A Tour for old men? English speakers at Le Tour Special Jerseys at Le Tour Extreme Heat Preparation Rider news: Matteo Jorgenson to continue with Visma on Long Term Contract Race news: Women’s Giro Kicks Off This […]

PEZ readers will know I have a fondness for Cycology kit: What I love most about Cycology kit is that it’s fun … by design. Their stuff stands out in a crowd. Definitely not for introverts. According to husband and wife founders Sarina and Michael: “Our design style ranges from mild to wild so we […]

Cycling’s commercial landscape is changing faster than ever. Where the sport was once defined purely by athletic performance, money and technology now play increasingly important roles. Gambling and Betting takes off in Sweden Cycling is growing as a betting market and Sweden leads this development. Swedish players are discovering more opportunities to bet on everything […]

If you’ve ever been stopped in your tracks mid-run, ride, or workout by a sudden, sharp pain in your side, you’re not alone. Side stitches—technically known as Exercise-Related Transient Abdominal Pain (ETAP)—affect athletes across all disciplines, from runners to cyclists. But what really causes a side stitch, and how can you prevent it? In this […]

Only a few days to go before the biggest bike race on the planet starts in Lille, and we have loads of news from the race, the riders and the teams. The National road and time trial championships were last week and we have as many of the results as we could fit in an […]

MILWAUKEE — Aline Seitz and Ben Oliver took sprint wins on the third stop of the American Criterium Cup and the Cafe Hollander Otto Wenz Downer Classic. A full day of racing saw massive fields contest the pro women’s and pro men’s races on the tenth day of racing in Wisconsin. Adding to the excitement […]

For many amateur cyclists racing in the 1970s, the figure of Eddy Merckx dominated thoughts as an example of the ultimate professional. There was much celebration around the Cannibal’s 80th birthday as fans looked back upon an amazing career that has not been surpassed in the decades since. An entertaining YouTube video reveals what might […]

Ed Hood moves us on into the 80s with his Tour de France through the decades series. Let’s take a look back at the riders that defined the decade at the Tour de France and wonder for a moment: Who did shoot JR Ewing; Cliff Barnes? Nah! Kristin Shepard. Don’t worry if you had to […]

Gear Break: Pirelli has just launched the P ZERO Race RS, a high-performance tube-type road cycling tyre designed for racers who demand speed, reliability, and sustainability. Made in Italy using FSC®-certified natural rubber and tested by World Tour teams like Lidl-Trek and Alpecin-Deceuninck, this new clincher option brings elite-level performance to everyday riders. In this […]

In this week’s AIRmail newsletter, The Outer Line takes an in-depth look at trending cycling news: UAE continues dominance, questionable new safety guidelines, Stadiobike announces plans for new racing series, African team to race at MCC and Hincapie unveils new team …… # Catch up on pro cycling – and its context within the broader […]

As the excitement rises for the 2025 Tour de France, we have a full EUROTRASH with all the latest news from the French behemoth. Plus video, race report, result and rider quotes from the Giro dell’Appennino. TOP STORY: Evenepoel, Vingegaard and Roglič take a look at the Col de la Loze Rider news: No National […]

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin – The American Criterium Cup continues on Saturday, June 27, with the 46th running of the Cafe Hollander Otto Wenz Downer Classic. The third stop on the summer-long professional series in the United States takes place during the 11 days of racing around Wisconsin at the Tour of America’s Dairyland. The Downer Avenue Classics […]

After seeing what goes on inside the Mips helmet test lab in Stockholm, I can tell you I’ve never felt better about wearing a Mips-equipped helmet. It’s one thing to understand the theory behind safety tech. It’s another to watch helmets get smashed to pieces in real-time — all in the name of protecting your […]

The Drive G45 CS wheels from Elite Wheels may change what you thought you knew about wheels from a little known brand from China.  But these carbon gravel wheels punch way above their price-class, given the production value, high quality finish, and all in-house fabrication and build.  And the price will blow you away. The […]

TOOLBOX: Pedaling may seem like the most natural motion on a bike—but when you’re turning the cranks over 5,000 times an hour, small inefficiencies can add up fast. While many cyclists focus on fit and equipment, few stop to consider how symmetrical their pedaling actually is—or whether their dominant leg is doing more work than […]

While professional cycling may not garner the same unprecedented amount of attention and worldwide coverage compared to its other sporting predecessors, there has since remained a growing interest within the profession and its involvement in sports media coverage which has since expanded immensely in recent years, which now has fans firmly enthralled as to which […]