SoCalCycling.com – Your Cycling Source: Cycling is a physically grueling sport, but it’s the mental demands that often separate podium finishers from the pack. A 2021 article published by Bicycling noted that athletes who are mentally tough are more likely to train harder, push through plateaus, and ultimately experience superior performance outcomes. Yet the mental […]

2025 Tour de France Stage 19 Report: Thymen Arensman (INEOS Grenadiers) won the shortened nineteenth stage of the 2025 Tour de France in La Plagna. The Dutchman attacked early on the final climb, leaving Tadej Pogačar (UAE Emirates XRG) and Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | Lease a Bike) to look at each other. The two top […]

SoCalCycling.com – Your Cycling Source: Want to explore your destination like a local instead of a tourist? The global bike rental market was worth USD 3.51 billion in 2023 and it’s exploding for one simple reason. Travelers have figured out something that tour companies don’t want you to know. Bike rentals give you complete freedom […]

Gear Break: From clever tools that make bike maintenance easier to groundbreaking gear that pushes the limits of performance, this roundup dives into some of the latest innovations in the cycling world. We take a look at Arch Design Works’ practical problem-solvers from inventor Dave Archer, Alpitude’s beautifully engineered Tonale seatpost, Continental’s accessible new Grand […]

SoCalCycling.com – Your Cycling Source: Explore the CicLAvia – Culver City Meets Venice Route On Sunday, August 17, CicLAvia returns for its 61st open streets event with 6.75 miles of car-free streets linking Culver City, Mar Vista, and Venice at CicLAvia Culver City to Venice. Participants of all ages and abilities can walk, jog, bike, […]

The Queen stage of Le Tour is finally here – 171km with a massive 5,450m of vertical gain. A scary profile for the peloton today – 3 HC climbs Today’s queen stage started with a relatively easy 24km ride to the intermediate sprint which the Lidl-Trek boys were treating as their finish line. There were […]

TOP STORY: Tour de France Femmes 2025 Tour de France news: • 8 Teams Happy, 15 Without Results • Prize Money At Le Tour • Interesting Tour de France Statistics • GC Gaps At The Tour de France 2025 Race news: • Tour de France Femmes • Tour of Britain Heads To Wales Rider news: […]

Stage 18 of the 2025 Tour de France is another beastly day in the mountains – this day kicking off the French Alps portion of the race.  Almost 172km in length, featuring three hors categories climbs – the Col du Glandon at 1924m high, the Madeleine to 2000m , and finally summiting the Col de […]

2025 Tour de France Stage 17 Report: The last chance for a stage win for the sprinters in the 2025 Tour de France, went to the green jersey wearer, Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) in Valence. In a very wet final kilometres, the Italian sprinter was faster than Jordi Meeus (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe), Tobias Lund Andresen (Team Picnic […]

Electric bicycles have revolutionized cycling by making previously challenging terrains accessible to riders of all fitness levels. One of the most common questions potential e-bike owners ask is whether these electric-powered machines can handle steep inclines effectively. The answer is definitively yes, but the performance depends on several critical factors that determine how well your […]

In a sport where tactics, terrain, weather, and timing all merge into one fluid contest, predicting the outcome of a cycling race can seem like guesswork. Yet, as machine learning becomes more accessible to fans, punters, and analysts alike, there’s a growing push to apply data-driven models to a sport that has long thrived on […]

The most famous and difficult bike race, the Tour de France, has changed significantly since its inception in 1903. Technology, science, and planning have changed an endurance test on a bumpy road and poor roads to high-speed spectacles. Recently, the race’s faster pace has become a more heated topic of discussion. We now know that […]

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SoCalCycling.com – Your Cycling Source: A Monumental Win on Cycling’s Most Iconic Climb Valentin Paret-Peintre (Soudal Quick-Step) delivered a standout performance on Stage 16 of the 2025 Tour de France, seizing a historic victory atop Mont Ventoux. The French climber’s aggressive racing and smart teamwork paid off with a dramatic win, marking France’s first Tour […]

The French finally got their first stage win through Valentin Paret-Peintre after an enormous battle on the slopes of Mont Ventoux with Ben Healy. The stage featured some big GC changes, points battles and a famous rider abandoned before the race even started on what was a very action packed day. A fairly flat stage […]

Hello everyone! Good to be back & contributing again! As a personal life update, my wife and I welcomed our first child last November, shortly after I completed my first Ironman! I’ve been in the thick of first-time parenting for the last half-year. So for my first article back, I thought it would be appropriate […]

Joe joined us for a week of riding in the Chiricahua mountains this past year. We will return to this beautiful region next April. Join us for a fun gravel adventure. The Chiricahua Mountains of the American Southwest — Gravel Cycling at Its Best After twelve years and thousands of miles riding smooth pavement in multiple […]

Tadej Pogačar’s success in cycling is often attributed to his extraordinary talent, but there’s a less-discussed factor that sets him apart: his radical bike position. This innovative setup, which pushes the boundaries of traditional cycling techniques, is the result of years of research and biomechanical evolution, beginning with Team Sky’s collaboration with British Cycling in […]

Tadej Pogacar is dominating in France, Zoe Bäckstedt did the same in Belgium and Jaror Widar absolutely destroyed the competition in Italy. We have all the latest results, news, statistics and more in today’s EuroTrash cycling roundup! TOP STORY: Tour Domination ? 2025 Tour de France news: • Pogi’s Domination ? • Interesting Tour de France Statistics […]

SoCalCycling.com – Your Cycling Source: Tour de France 2025 Stages 8 through 15 Recap The second week of the 2025 Tour de France delivered fireworks across the flats, mountains, and time trials. From the sprinters’ final chances to brutal Pyrenean climbs, this stretch of the race reshaped the general classification standings and rewarded bold breakaways, […]

2025 Tour de France Stage 15 Report: Belgian champion Tim Wellens (UAE Emirates XRG) impressively soloed to Carcassonne to win the fifteenth stage of the 2025 Tour de France. Wellens, one of Tadej Pogačar’s right-hand men, joined a large break and survived several splits, to attack just before the top of the final leaving Victor […]

PEZ Tour Bookshelf: The highest drama in the Tour de France takes place in the mountains and the changing beauty of these alpine landscapes differentiates pro cycling from all other sports. Another differentiation is that amateurs can themselves cycle these routes, even on the day the race comes through. Try that at the Superbowl or […]

Stage 14 – 182km and 4,950m of vertical gain. Brutal. 170 riders would take the start today but the same number wouldn’t make it to the finish in Superbagnères. With almost 5000m of elevation gain, four categorized climbs, on and off rain and misty conditions this stage was always going to be difficult. Despite the […]

Cycling has always thrived on unpredictability. The elegance of a well-timed attack, the strategy of conserving energy in the peloton, or the sheer chaos of a rain-soaked cobbled stage, these moments make professional cycling one of the most compelling sports to watch. It’s a sport where raw physical power collides with team tactics, environmental variables, […]

Ed’s TOUR Look-Back: The world is a different place, thanks to Covid-19 our lives have changed. It’s Tour de France time (yes, it shouldn’t be in September) and Ed Hood should have been ‘Roadside’ in France back in 2020, but was at home in Scotland reminiscing over the good and the not so good points […]