RACE REPORT: There are few races that reward audacity like Strade Bianche, and on Saturday Tadej Pogačar delivered another masterpiece. The Slovenian attacked with more than 80 kilometers still to race, rode everyone off his wheel across Tuscany’s white gravel roads, and soloed into Siena for a record-setting fourth victory in the Italian gravel classic. […]

Stars and their pets: Not the usual race dissection or in-depth rider interview, but today Ed Hood has a look at the pets of the ‘stars of the road’. From donkeys to pigs, with parrots and dogs thrown in for good measure. In January we lost our friend and colleague Ed Hood, two years after […]

VIDEO:  Few races in professional cycling deliver a finale as dramatic as Strade Bianche, and nowhere captures its spirit more than the brutal final ramp of Via Santa Caterina. After kilometers of white gravel roads across Tuscany, the race explodes on this narrow, cobbled climb into Siena, where gradients spike toward 16% as riders surge […]

Here at PezCycling News, we’ve got another exciting Gear Break for you to prepare for the break into spring. From new components, to performance monitoring accessories, to new clothing, the industry is cranking up for your break into spring. First up, Shimano has dropped a new mechanical 2×11 Tiagra groupset bringing proven 105 level performance […]

It’s our roundup of all things spring cycling, including fan fave Strade Bianche — a lock for Pogačar, right? Or…can French messiah Paul Seixas give him a run for his very significant money? Monument candidate or not, the White Roads race kicks off the REAL spring season; after Saturday the races come fast and fun. […]

There’s a certain expectation when you hear “carbon spokes.” Usually it’s followed by a five-figure bike build and a wheelset price that makes your mechanic whistle. Elite Wheels has been steadily chipping away at that assumption, and the Drive 36D II Disc Brake Carbon Spoke wheelset is their latest swing at delivering high-end tech without […]

Pro cycling’s Opening Weekend didn’t just deliver cobbles, crosswinds, and familiar winners — it exposed the shifting power dynamics of the 2026 season. As Mathieu van der Poel asserted dominance at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and new stars like Matthew Brennan and Paul Seixas signaled a generational turnover, the sport found itself navigating deeper currents beyond […]

TOOLBOX:   Busy all day and training after dark? Many riders worry that evening exercise including high-intensity workouts sabotage sleep and blunt recovery. But new research from Liverpool John Moores University, published in the European Journal of Applied Physiology, suggests that hard nighttime sessions may not disrupt sleep quality — and might even improve it. It […]

It’s our Monday cycling news update, in which we suggest that the weekend result that really mattered wasn’t van der Poel’s dominant victory at Omloop or Brennan’s step up at KBK, but Paul Seixas’ eye-popping win at Faun-Ardèche. Plus we crown the first-ever PEZ Weekend Omnium Champ, catch up on the “opening weekend” of women’s […]

The cobble season starts on Saturday with the Omloop Nieuwsblad and then rattles into Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne on Sunday. Make no mistake, these races are for the hard men of the roads and if you win one you will never have to buy a beer in Flanders for the rest of your life. As Ed Hood readies […]

For one day, the spotlight shifted away from Saturday’s Omloop hero and onto the sprinters. With Mathieu van der Poel skipping Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne, the door was wide open – and Matthew Brennan kicked it off the hinges. After 195 kilometers from Kortrijk to Kuurne, the young Brit from Visma | Lease a Bike proved untouchable in […]

I have an autographed World Champion Rainbow Jersey signed by Peter Sagan and moving it around today I reflected on the nature of fame.  I was present in 2015 in Richmond, Virginia when Sagan won the race that year.  This was the first of three successive victories at the Worlds for the Slovak but since […]

For a lot of fans – including us here at PEZ, the season truly starts when the flag drops in Ghent for Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. Cobbles, bergs, crosswinds and chaos – it’s the unofficial opening of the Flemish Classics – and the pro cycling race season proper. And on Saturday, Mathieu van der Poel added […]

When it comes to performance eyewear that won’t torch your wallet, Tifosi Optics has long been a go-to for cyclists in the know. Their latest Navar and Navar FC (“Full Coverage”) models promise multi-sport versatility, sharp optics, and all-day comfort — but what really separates the two? We put both half-frame contenders side-by-side to see […]

Eli Iserbyt Tribute Photo Gallery: In January this year, Belgian cyclocross rider Eli Iserbyt had to announce his early retirement from the sport. Iserbyt had a very successful career in the mud, photographer John Thomson witness many of his top rides and has put together this tribute to one of the best crossers. As a […]

From fresh eyewear to WorldTour-level aero weapons, Gear Break is looking forward to Meteorological Spring. This week is all about refinement — shaving watts, smoothing airflow, and dialing in real-world performance. Tifosi Optics rolls out the Navar and Navar FC for multi-sport versatility, while BMC pushes aerodynamic boundaries with the new Timemachine Mpc. Add striking […]

The 2026 season is already testing pro cycling’s hierarchy. This edition of AIRmail from The Outer Line analyzes how emerging talents are pressuring an increasingly concentrated elite order, while established superstars refine their form away from the spotlight, plus reform signals from UCI President David Lappartient, exploring what Norway’s extraordinary Winter Olympic dominance reveals about […]

It’s our pre-Classics cycling news summary, taking a moment during this lull to ask you, our readers: Who will be cycling’s premier rider after Tadej Pogačar? Plus we look not-so-far ahead, to Saturday’s Omloop het Nieuwsblad; south, to the Tour du Rwanda — and inside my garage, where I’ve been heat training. But don’t worry…we’ll […]

In-play betting markets have added undiscovered new areas into the broader world of sports betting since the early 2010s. Even in the earliest stages of online betting, live in-play markets were still undiscovered entities, with sports betting companies preferring to focus on cash-out markets rather than micro-betting on events during the event. Obviously, as this […]

When winter began, I committed myself to getting more involved with Zwift racing to keep my training more consistent – and, frankly, more interesting! My plan was relatively simple: find a team to race with once per week for the Zwift Racing League (ZRL). What I didn’t expect was just how much variety exists within […]

What started in 2013 as The Sufferfest’s “Tour of Sufferlandria” has evolved into one of indoor cycling’s most anticipated charity challenges. Now known as the Wahooligan Tour, the seven-stage sufferfest blends hard training with serious fundraising, having raised more than $2.3 million for the Davis Phinney Foundation to support people living with Parkinson’s disease. Here’s […]

It’s our next-gen cycling news update, featuring a whole crop of riders who might one day actually unseat Tadej Pogačar. Last week’s racing in Europe and the Middle East served up whipper-snappers ranging from Ayuso to Seixas, Del Toro to Romeo, Onley to Riccitello — not to mention some competition so gripping that it’s turned […]

Those of us interested in the history of cycling technology are well aware that so many manufacturers that were once giants have departed the field of competition.  Once-global enterprises like Raleigh, that may exist only as a label today, or notable high-end boutique framebuilders like Flandria, Frejus, Cilo, or Rickert, have faded away, joining the […]

Stayer racing – extreme derny/motorpacing was once a regular part of the Track World Championships, but in 1994 it was dropped, leaving an eternal World Champion in Carsten Podlesch, and leaving an intriguing subculture at most German Six Day events. Ed Hood takes us into the intricacies of stayer racing. Carsten Podlesch in the Dortmdund […]

Welcome to another edition of Gear Break, where we round up the latest and greatest tech hitting the cycling world. This week, we lead with a long-awaited update to a British classic: the Exposure Lights Sirius 11, now featuring universal USB-C charging. But that’s just the start. We’re also diving into the “Atelier” world of […]