Julian Alaphilippe and Jakob Fuglsang, whose lack of accurate time gap information may have cost Sunday’s Amstel Gold Race, continued their 2019 WorldTour rivalry in today’s La Flèche Wallonne. The Frenchman won a second successive La Flèche Wallonne with a well-timed jump on the Dane to
If you want some new flat roads for your Zwift workouts, there’s a new expansion ready for you. Called Fuego Flats, the new Zwift expansion is very flat with only moderate changes in gradient. It is being introduced almost exactly a year after the Alpe d’Huez inspired Ape
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In the most shocking northern classic finish in a very long time, Mathieu van der Poel crossed the gap from nearly a minute behind race leaders Jakob Fuglsang and Julian Alaphilippe at three kilometers remaining to go to win the 2019 Amstel Gold Race with a powerful sprint finish. It
It’s the 54th edition of the men’s Amstel Gold Race. A race named after beer. And it falls on Easter. Who will rise to the challenge? The cobbled classics are sadly done for the year, now we move to the Ardennes Classics, starting with the Amstel Gold Race
The Poseidon X is an intriguing bike. It’s an aluminum cyclocross/gravel bike with a carbon fork, 4 bottle cage bosses and room for 700×40 and 650bx1.9″ tires. Built with a Shimano 2x drivetrain, the bike demands just $599. That Shimano Claris drivetrain and Tektro mechanical disc
Mathieu van der Poel (Corendon-Circus) grabbed another impressive single-day road victory today, winning a four-man sprint in Overijse to win Brabantse Pijl. How he did it Van der Poel joined Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-Quick-Step), Tim Wellens (Lotto-Soudal), and Michael Matthews (Sunweb) to form a four-man breakaway group late in the race.
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Paris-Roubaix. The Hell of the North. The most exciting one-day race of the year is this Sunday. Cobbles, crashes, the Roubaix velodrome finish. Here’s what you need to know before Sunday’s 117th edition. The Course The Paris-Roubaix, contrary to its name, starts in Compiegne which is about 80km
Pinarello has a new bike to launch ahead of Paris-Roubaix on Sunday, the Dogma FS, a road bike with a self-adjusting electronic full suspension system. Dubbed the DSAS system, it is designed to self-adjust the new Dogma FS’s suspension to match the terrain it’s being ridden over. Front
It’s been a wild few weeks on the spring WorldTour circuit for Mathieu van der Poel (Corendon – Circus). It’s his first go at racing the spring road classics, but it took very little time for Van der Poel to become a household name. First, he took a win
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Gravel racing is the most refreshing and exciting development in cycling in a long time. Combing fast-paced racing with adventure, dirt and drama has done a lot to break the sport out of the bro-dominated world of crit racing. It A few weeks ago, Ted King placed second at Land
Canyon Bikes changed the game with its direct-to-consumer model that allows it to sell high-end bikes at much lower price points. Recently DiamondBack, Raleigh and others have also jumped into the mix. Today, Viathon launched as a new direct-to-consumer carbon bike company. And they’ve got big backers. Wal-Mart holds
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Italian Alberto Bettiol, 25, stuns Flanders favorites and scores EF’s biggest victory in years. A big day for Italian cycling The Tour of Flanders offered up a big day for Italian cycling fans. First, Maria Basianelli put the end cap on a fantastic spring by winning the women’s