Our cycling — and cyclocross worlds — roundup, leading off with Holland’s hold on Hulst with wins by van der Poel and Brand. And as ‘cross winds down, we get to start wondering: Will Remco threaten Tadej’s control of the peloton? Will EF find a new sponsor? Will the Dauphiné’s new name stick? Can we […]

Last month we reviewed a book about Tadej Pogačar’s life and times HERE.  That was the story of a youngster who came up through a racing support network in his home country before exploding onto the global cycling scene as a generational talent.  Now in “Tell Me I Can’t” we have a book that tells […]

Ex-Rider Interview: On January the 30th 2026, Roberto Visetini was inducted into the Giro d’Italia Cycling Hall of Fame. Visentini was a top rider, a classy rider and they say a playboy and he was a hero in Italy with a big palmarès. But many in the English speaking world know him from the Roche […]

As the winter miles stack up and we look toward the spring season, our latest gear roundup proves that cycling innovation thrives at both ends of the spectrum. Whether you are a purist drawn to the hand-brazed elegance of the new Cinelli Supercorsa—an icon of Italian steel since 1951—or a tech enthusiast eyeing Rudy Project’s […]

The road season just kicked off, the Classics countdown clock is officially ticking, and there’s no shortage of storylines to chew on as cycling rolls out of winter mode and into full gas. From Mike’s personal hit list of the Classics that really matter, to early-season racing in the desert, cyclocross royalty on the brink […]

The Tour Down Under may be the first WorldTour race on the calendar, but its implications now extend well beyond Australia, offering an early snapshot of competitive imbalance, climate risk, and the growing influence of superteams. At the same time, developments across the wider sports ecosystem — from Davos-led economic forecasts and shifting media models […]

For years, cycling training has revolved around a single question: Is my fitness going up or down? Historically, we’ve tried to answer that with one primary metric – usually FTP – and one broad measure of training load. A new study based out of the University of Calgary is recruiting participants remotely to study how […]

For decades, the United States has been a country unapologetically designed around cars. If you live in a city, you’ve felt it: six-lane roads roaring with traffic, parking lots the size of small countries, and commutes that somehow take both forever and nowhere at the same time. If you live in the suburbs, the dependency […]

Our cycling news roundup, which opens with an account of one of the craziest mishaps we’ve seen in a bike race (and we’ve seen a lot). But even with a kangaroo incursion, we nearly subordinated the Tour Down Under headline to feature Mathieu van der Poel’s continued cyclocross supremacy. Yes, it’s a sweet season, with […]

Although our recent review of a bike tour from Land’s End to John o’ Groats HERE might suggest otherwise, not every adventure on a bicycle runs smoothly and is great fun.  In the video recording of his July 2025 trip cycling the British coast anticlockwise, experienced ultracyclist Chris Hall often makes reference to “Sod’s Law,” […]

More ‘Biggest Bad Ass’: Ed Hood gave us the top thirteen ‘Bad Ass’ riders in the pro peloton recently, since then the list has grown. Twelve more of cycling’s ‘Bad Ass’ riders have made the cut – Tough as they come! In January we lost our friend and colleague Ed Hood, two years after his […]

This week’s Gear Break features a high-performance mix of road and dirt tech. We dive into the “perfetto” versatility of Castelli’s latest RoS 3 jacket, Look’s improved Keo Grip cleats, and two handcrafted titanium beauties from “The Cannibal,” Eddy Merckx. Plus, we check out Kogel’s aero-derailleur cage upgrades for gravel (and MTB), Cyclowax’s automated hot-waxing […]

Our roundup of early-season cycling news, starting off with Jay Vine’s dominant performance — alongside teammate Jhonatan Narváez — in stage 3 of the Tour Down Under. With three stages to go, we also bring you up to speed on the women’s TDU, look ahead to the spring classics, and spend precious column-inches on…a triathlon […]

This edition of AIRmail examines the forces shaping the sport beyond the race results — from Jonas Vingegaard’s strategic decision to target both the Giro d’Italia and the Tour de France, to unresolved U.S. broadcast rights, Strava’s anticipated IPO, renewed debates over doping governance, and the rapidly escalating cost of watching professional sports. We also […]

What are elite endurance coaches thoughts on the evolution of training and performance? Welcome to 2026 and wishing everyone a healthy year full of good times on two wheels! The arrival of a new year is always a good time to look back and look forward. We’ve examined how we as individual athletes can assess […]

Our Monday cycling news roundup, bridging the winding-down cyclocross season with the just-starting World Tour: From van der Poel’s most dominant ‘cross win so far (and Brand’s return to the top step) to the Tour Down Under and the 2027 Tour de France, we serve up an atypically sunny wintertime EuroTrash. Don your shades: it’s […]

Adventure cycling has become a Big Thing now.  Bicycle brands include travel-focused machines in their product lineups, elaborate mapping software is on offer, and you can find a specialized bag to fit every handlebar, frame triangle and seat extension.  What was once the purview only of nutters trying to complete Paris-Brest-Paris in the requisite 90 […]

Who was the biggest Bad Ass: Cycling has its fair share of hard bastards, which isn’t too surprising when you think what the riders put themselves through to win the world’s hardest races. But some riders take the term ‘hard man’ too far. Ed Hood takes his pick of the 13 top ‘Bad Asses’ of […]

Here we are, mid-January. Gear Break this week hints that the industry might be undergoing a January thaw. New saddles from Fizik (not 3D printed) and PRO (3D printed), Cinelli’s bold leap to the UCI ProTeam level with their custom Aeroscoop (and Team Edition colorway), Miche’s debut into the world of carbon spokes with the […]

As the 2026 professional cycling season gets underway, The Outer Line’s latest AIRmail delivers a deep-dive analysis into the forces shaping the future of the sport — from an increasingly polarized Grand Tour talent pool and the shock timing of Simon Yates’ retirement, to the growing influence of private equity and the regulatory storm brewing […]

In many professional teams and sports medicine facilities, medical screenings are routine and valuable tools used to identify problems before—or shortly after—they arise. When this happens, healthcare providers can intervene sooner, often with better outcomes and at lower cost to the patient. In the absence of screening, unseen issues remain unseen, and small problems can […]

Special photo gallery: Photographer, John Thomson had a very full 2025, both roadside at bike races and up-close to the fashion cat-walk, this can be seen in the six galleries he has put together over the last months. A big thank you to John for showing us his wonderful view of two very different Worlds. […]

Our cycling news roundup starts with a roundup of results from the many cyclocross national championship races across Europe last weekend, from Thibau Nys’ nail-biting win to Lucinda Brand’s disappointing third place. Then we look ahead to the road season, including a couple of upstart races, plus a checkin on Fabio Jakobsen as he mounts […]

SUMMARY TOP STORY:  RACE NEWS UAE Team Emirates-XRG Confirmed for 2026 Volta ao Algarve RIDER, TEAM AND CYCLING NEWS RACE NEWS UAE Team Emirates-XRG Confirmed for 2026 Volta ao Algarve UAE Team Emirates-XRG will return to Portugal’s Algarve region from February 18-22, 2026, as the first confirmed participant in the 51st edition of the Volta […]

Collector interview:  There is nothing better than some new cycling kit to give you some inspiration and having a collection of your favourite team clothing is sometimes unavoidable. Ton Merckx (yes, that’s his real name) has amassed an incredible collection of over 2300 jerseys. Ed Hood found out all about Ton’s wonderful collection. In January […]