The final round of XCM at the Lake Placid UCI World Cup venue proved to be nail-bitingly close in both the men and women’s categories. Looser clinches the series title It all came down to a blistering sprint after 100 km of racing at Mt Van Hoevenberg, and Vera Looser wasn’t about to let it […]

Tadej Pogačar is not a morning person, it seems. So it’s a good thing he has fellow pro cyclist Urška Žigart around. On Sunday morning, the day of the 2024 UCI Road Worlds, he missed his alarm. Thankfully, the elite women’s Slovenian road race champion was on the case. “We had to wake up quite […]

Perfect fall weather provided dry conditions at the first ever Lake Placid UCI World Cup stop. The racing was tight and exciting at the penultimate event of the series. Frei times her XCC move to perfection The women’s elite short track race kicked off with Olympic champion Jenny Risveds leading the charge on a dry, […]

Swiss police have released an update following the tragic death of 18-year-old Muriel Furrer, who sustained fatal injuries in a crash at the junior road worlds in Zurich on Thursday. According to a statement, the Cantonal Police of Zurich, in collaboration with the public prosecutor’s office of the canton of Zurich, has initiated an investigation […]

Finally, Isaballe Holmgren gets to race in rainbows! The Orillia, Ont. native has won several rainbow jerseys, but the problem until now has been that she never got to wear them. For instance, after winning the junior cross worlds, she couldn’t sport her jersey the following season because she was racing as an under-23. Now, […]

The new Super Record S Wireless groupset expands on its predecessor with more transmission combinations and a matte black finish. The “S” in Super Record S Wireless signals the release of a Special Edition based on the top-tier Super Record Wireless groupset. This latest innovation from Campagnolo draws from decades of racing experience, offering advanced […]

Holmgren secures another win Isabella Holmgren wasn’t going to let another second-place finish get in her way at the UCI world cup. Just 24 hours after taking silver in the U23 Short Track at Mt Van Hoevenberg, the 19-year-old Canadian stormed her way to victory in the cross-country Olympic (XCO) race. After sizing up her […]

What a race. Tadej Pogačar became the first male rider since Stephen Roche to win the Triple Crown. The first to ever do it was Eddy Merckx, who won the Giro d’Italia, the Tour de France, and the rainbow jersey in 1974. But Pogi’s win on Sunday was one for the ages. Sunday’s conclusion to […]

I’ve been using the Cycplus AS2 PRO mini tire inflator on my bike tires for a few weeks now, and am satisfied it’s compact size, portability, and ease of use make it worth having along on my rides, and a nice improvement over the old manually operated mini-pump I used to carry. Here’s a closer […]

SoCalCycling.com – Your Cycling Source: Swenson all-but wraps the men’s series with his fourth victory of the season while De Crescenzo defends her Trinidad title in style Swenson Takes Command at the Life Time Rad Dirt Fest Keegan Swenson all-but wrapped up the 2024 men’s Life Time Grand Prix presented by Mazda by soloing to his fourth victory […]

EUROTRASH Monday has all the news from the men’s and women’s Elite, U19 and U23 World road championships – Results, reports, rider quotes and video action from Zurich. Tadej Pogačar equals Eddy Merckx and Stephen Roche with his solo victory in Zurich – TOP STORY. Rider news: Muriel Furrer dies after crash in the junior […]

ZURICH, Switzerland – September 29, 2024 – The 2024 UCI Road and Para-Cycling Road World Championships in Zurich, Switzerland, concluded on Sunday with the highly anticipated Elite Men’s Road Race. Riders faced a challenging 273.9 kilometer course, which included seven laps of the technical Zurich circuit. Team USA was represented by eight riders: Matteo Jorgenson (Boise, Idaho; […]

It has been 37 years since Stephen Roche became the second male rider after Eddy Merckx to win cycling’s Triple Crown–the Giro d’Italia, the Tour de France and the rainbow jersey–but on Sunday’s conclusion to the 2024 UCI Road World Championships in Zürich, Switzerland, Tadej Pogačar entered the Pantheon of greats. The Slovenian went to […]

World Championship Race Report: Tadej Pogačar (Slovenia) won the men’s World championship road race in Zurich on Sunday. The Slovenian attacked with just under 100 kilometres to go and rode the last 50 kilometres solo. Ben O’Connor (Australia) took the silver medal. The sprint for third place went to Mathieu van der Poel (Netherlands). *** […]

We keep hearing how diet and nutrition are more important than ever in pro cycling, but Canada’s Mike Woods (Israel – Premier Tech) took that to the next level in the early kilometres of the road worlds in Zurich. The national champion was spotted eating some lunch out of Tupperware with a spoon, both hands […]

The 2024 world championships conclude on Sunday with the elite men’s road race. Tadej Pogačar, who recently dominated at the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal, is hoping to become only the third cyclist in history to win cycling’s Triple Crown. That means winning the Tour de France, the Giro d’Italia, and the road world championships. […]

Ah, mountains! Perhaps they share only with the sea something that universally arouses us to flights of poetry and fancy. Naturalist John Muir wrote in his journal: “We are now in the mountains and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell of us.” And mountains have a […]

SoCalCycling.com – Your Cycling Source: Lotte Kopecky Defends World Champion Title Chloe Dygert Sprints to Silver Lotte Kopecky is an elite  cycling world champion for the second consecutive year. The 28-year-old Belgian from Team SD Worx-Protime was the fastest in the final sprint ahead of Chloe Dygert and Elisa Longo-Borghini. On the tricky Zurich course, […]

SoCalCycling.com – Your Cycling Source: Beauty is More than Skin Deep Once you get past the rugged good looks of this new machine, there’s even more to admire. Let’s do a little digging and see what’s different about this Mooncool e-bike. Power to Spare           This beautiful new Mooncool CG2 is […]

ZURICH, Switzerland – September 28, 2024 – The 2024 UCI Road and Para-Cycling Road World Championships in Zurich, Switzerland continued Saturday morning with the Elite Women’s Road Race, covering a total distance of 154.1 kilometers. Among the 197 riders at the start, seven represented the United States.    Under rainy skies in Uster, the Elite Women’s […]

After defending her rainbow jersey, Lotte Kopecky reflected on the tragedy of junior cyclist Muriel Furrer, who died following a crash during the road race. The elite women and under-23 worlds began with a minute of silence for Furrer, casting a shadow over the event. Kopecky expressed her disbelief and condolences to Furrer’s family, stating, […]

On a wet Saturday chockablock with attacks, Lotte Kopecky defended her world title in Zürich, Switzerland, winning a six-up sprint. Busy all day, the Dutch were shut out of the elite medals but won the U23 championship through Puck Pieterse. Magdeleine Vallieres was top Canadian at 14th, while Ava Holmgren’s 22nd was fourth in the […]

World Championship Race Report: Lotte Kopecky is World road champion for the second time. The Belgian looked to be out of the top results in the final, but came back into the race in an extremely exciting finish. She then sprinted to victory. Chloé Dygert (USA) was second, Elisa Longo Borghini third. Only 24 riders […]

Worlds’24 Roadside: As we get ready for the 2024 World championships in Zurich, we look back ten years with Ed Hood when he was ‘Roadside’ at the 2014 Worlds in Ponferrada, Northern Spain, where he filled his camera’s memory. On his journey home he picked out his favourite photos from behind the scenes on the […]

Nestled in the heart of Kamloops, British Columbia, the Kamloops Bike Ranch has become a hub for mountain biking enthusiasts around the world. Cheryl Beattie, president of the Kamloops Performance Cycling Centre (KPCC) and one of the original members of the Bike Ranch inception team, recalls the park’s humble beginnings. “The Ranch is a 26-hectare […]