We all love a good sufferfest, but here’s the truth bomb: without recovery, your training is just stress with a fancier name. Life—and sport—is a constant dance between stimulus and recovery. Most of us get starry-eyed about the grind and forget that adaptation doesn’t happen during intervals, it happens after. A new study out of […]

3D Printing has been part of cycling tech for quite a few years and the world of saddles has not been left behind as there are many 3D Print topped examples on the market. We compare the Fizik Vento Antares R3 Adaptive 3D-Printed saddle and the Fizik Vento Antares R3 saddle – Apart from the […]

De Ronde van Vlaanderen didn’t disappoint with attacks galore in the men’s race and the honours going to Tadej Pogačar and Lotte Kopecky winning a final sprint in the women’s event. A good weekend for the World champions. We also have the Gran Premio Miguel Indurain – All the weekend’s videos, reports, results and what […]

Flanders Race Report: Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime) is the winner of the women’s 2025 Tour of Flanders. After a race of 170 kilometres, the World champion was the best of a leading group of four at the finish line in Oudenaarde. The leading group had ridden away on the last climb of the Oude Kwaremont. […]

De Ronde van Vlaanderen Race Report: World champion Tadej Pogačar won a very exciting 2025 Tour of Flanders. The UAE Emirates-XRG leader attacked several times, but managed to take a gap on the last time up the Oude Kwaremont. Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) couldn’t answer Pogačar’s move. Wout van Aert (Visma | Lease a […]

Over the decades there have been so much evolution in bike racing, from nutrition to training to equipment to tactics. Once upon a time, a professional team would have been essentially built around a single rider (think Fausto Coppi and Bianchi, Raymond Poulidor and Mercian, or Merckx and, well, any of his teams) who competed […]

The Flanders Experience: Spring has hit Belgium and there is a pull towards that small north European country for all lovers of bike racing. Ed Hood has barrels full of the Belgian ‘race chase’ experience, and shares his keen observance of what makes Belgian cycling culture unique, and impossible to resist. In January we lost […]

It is not surprising that cycling is extremely popular in different parts of the globe. The thing is that it is a blend of strategy, athleticism, and endurance. Sports bettors also often choose this sport because it comes up with unique opportunities, especially during significant tournaments where top sportsmen compete. Further, you will get acquainted […]

A Tour of Flanders short history lesson: This is the holy Flemish cycling week (really two weeks) and the 108th edition of the Tour of Flanders is on Sunday, following the Three Days of De Panne (now the Classic Brugge – De Panne), E3 Saxo Classic, Gent–Wevelgem and Dwars door Vlaanderen. The ‘Flemish World Championships’ […]

Gear Break: Q36.5 Gregarius Clima Dolomites Extreme jersey, Topeak Pakgo gearpack II, letting it ride: How cycling manufacturers are harnessing 3D printing technology to revolutionize the design and manufacturing of saddles, Pirelli P Zero Race RS – The new tube-type version combining practicality and lightness with top performance levels made for racing, “Out of Sight” […]

Ronde van Vlaanderen Race Preview: The Tour of Flanders is the best one-day race in the World, okay, I said it. Paris-Roubaix is phenomenal, but it’s flat. Vlaanderens Mooiste (Flanders’ Most Beautiful) has cobbles, but also has murderously short, steep climbs. It also has the crazy, Flemish bike fans. De Ronde never disappoints. Here is […]

As we build up to De Rode van Vlaanderen, we catch up with all the other news from the peloton in a full EUROTRASH. Video from the men’s Dwars Door Vlaanderen, where Neilson Powless embarrassed Wout van Aert, Tiesj Benoot and Matteo Jorgenson of the Visma | Lease a Bike team. And Elisa Longo Borghini […]

Cycling is not the most in-demand discipline globally, and it can hardly compete with football or F1 in popularity. However, millions of people follow athletes’ performances and eagerly await the upcoming UCI competitions. With growing fan interest and the rise of digital media, UCI World Tour updates have become a key resource for staying connected […]

I talk with Rob Laybourn, founder of the Armed Forces Cycling Classic bike race in Arlington VA, scheduled for May 31-June 1, 2025. We talk about the full weekend of family-friendly cycling events, including the Crystal Cup and Clarendon Cup pro/am races for the top men and women racers, the everyone-welcome Challenge Ride on a […]

What if you could increase the nutrition delivered to your muscles by 10%, 15%, or even more without changing your diet on or off the bike? It may sound too good to be true, but it’s not. The peloton is aiming higher and higher in the carbohydrate arms race of fueling on the bike, carefully […]

The best part of the road season started on Sunday with Gent-Wevelgem, next up is Flanders and Roubaix. All the video, results, reports and rider’s thoughts from Belgium, plus the Volta a Catalunya and Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali. TOP STORY: Spectator spits at Mathieu van der Poel during E3 Saxo Classic Rider news: Nikias […]

Race Report: Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) won Gent-Wevelgem. In the sprint from a large peloton she was by far the fastest after a long lead-out by Lotte Kopecky. Elisa Balsamo (Lidl-Trek) came second, Charlotte Kool (Team Picnic PostNL) third. The result of the women’s Gent-Wevelgem could come from any corner. In De Moeren, echelons could […]

Race Report: Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) repeated his Gent-Wevelgem win of last year. The Dane started a solo with 56 kilometres to go and held his own against the peloton. European champion, Tim Merlier (Soudal Quick-Step) sprinted from the chasing group to second place, and Pedersen’s Lidl-Trek teammate, Jonathan Milan, was third. *** The full Gent-Wevelgem […]

The recent success and high visibility of women’s professional bike racing is a breakthrough in what has been an overwhelming male and unflinchingly traditional sport. The Tour de France Femmes, launched in 2022 under the auspices of the Tour de France’s owner ASO, has become the highlight of the women’s season and in the euphoria […]

It’s Gent – Wevelgem 1974; you’ve made it over the savage Kemmel climb twice with the lead group and survived hanging on the back of an Eddy Merckx (Belgium and Molteni) and Roger De Vlaeminck (Belgium and Brooklyn) driven purge on the run-in; there are 17 guys left, so maybe you would settle for a […]

Gent-Wevelgem History: Gent-Wevelgem is a true Classic where anything can happen. This Sunday the sprinters might have it their way, or will a late attack group take the day? Whoever wins, he adds his name to a list of top riders who have been first over the finish-line in Wevelgem. *** You can see the […]

Gear Break: Gobik Lancer bib shorts, Avalon jersey, Second Skin base layer and Vortex aero socks, Pearl iZUMI Summit Wind jacket, Elite wheels launches the new carbon wheelset with enhanced performance, Bianchi unveils “Limited Edition Collection” to mark 140th anniversary, SockGuy releases new designs for spring 2025 and Chris King adds centerlock lockrings to product […]

Endurance challenges are the ultimate test of stamina and resilience for cyclists who want to push their limits. To survive these long-distance races and gruelling bike-packing routes, you must be physically ready. However, that’s not all you need. You must have strategic planning and determination to complete the challenges as well. Every steep climb and […]

2025 Gent-Wevelgem Race Preview: As we get our breath back from Saturday’s stunning Milano-Sanremo, the WorldTour moves north to Belgium and the cobbled Classics. Gent-Wevelgem is this Sunday, it’s not De Ronde van Vlaanderen, but it is a real Classic where a surprise rider can cause an upset. Here is the PEZ 2025 race preview. […]

Tadej Pogačar has finally decided to ride Paris-Roubaix, but at the expense of Gent-Wevelgem and the E3 Classic. Loads of race news from the Volta a Catalunya, Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali and the Classic Brugge-De Panne – Video, race reports, results and rider quotes. TOP STORY: Michele Bartoli critical of Wout van Aert: “He […]