First-Week GC Report: Who's Still in Contention and Who's Already Cooked
After nine stages of the 2026 Tour de France, Pogačar leads by 2:42, Vingegaard is isolated, and a 21-year-old Mexican is rewriting the GC pecking order.
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Pogačar Snatches Yellow at Les Angles: What Stage 3 Tells Us About the 2026 Tour
Tadej Pogačar's explosive 400-meter attack at Les Angles hands him the yellow jersey and sends an early message to Jonas Vingegaard and the rest of the 2026 Tour de France field.
Steamboat Belongs to Them: Swenson and Gómez Villafañe Own SBT GRVL Again
Keegan Swenson claims a fourth SBT GRVL title with a 20-mile solo ride while Sofía Gómez Villafañe hunts down Sarah Lange in the closing kilometres to take her second Steamboat crown.
The Tour Starts With a Bang: Why the 2026 Barcelona TTT Changes Everything
The 2026 Tour de France kicks off July 4 with a team time trial in Barcelona — the first since 1971 — and it could scramble the GC before the race even hits the mountains.
SBT GRVL 2026: Everything You Need to Know Before Champagne Gravel Saturday
SBT GRVL presented by Wahoo returns to Steamboat Springs on June 28 with sold-out fields, a redesigned Black Course, and a stacked pro start list headlined by Keegan Swenson and Sofía Gómez Villafañe.
Tour de France 2026: Why the Barcelona Grand Départ Changes Everything
The 113th Tour de France starts with a team time trial in Barcelona on July 4 — the first opening TTT since 1971 — and packs 54,450 meters of climbing into 21 stages, including back-to-back Alpe d'Huez finishes for the first time in history.
Mexico's Rising Star: How Isaac Del Toro Dominated the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
The 22-year-old UAE rider claimed his biggest victory yet with back-to-back mountain stage wins in France's premier Tour de France warm-up race.
Tour de Suisse Goes Compact: Five Days to Replace Eight-Day Format
Switzerland's premier stage race adopts a condensed five-day format with circuit stages designed to appeal to Tour de France contenders.
Lael Wilcox Launches Around-the-World Record Bid: 240 Miles a Day for 78 Days
The ultra-endurance legend targets Mark Beaumont's 2017 record with a fully-supported attempt starting June 7 in Chicago.
Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: Paul Seixas and the Gen Z Showdown Before the Tour
The rebranded Dauphiné kicks off June 7 with the next generation of Tour contenders racing for bragging rights and form.
Tour de Femmes 2026 Route Drops: Eight Stages, Pyrenean Showdown
The Tour de France Femmes unveils a more ambitious 2026 route with eight stages and the race's first true Pyrenean summit finish.
Giro Donne 2026: Ten Days, Three Summit Finishes, and a Mountain TT
The 2026 Giro d'Italia Femminile course features ten stages including a mountain time trial and the race's hardest climbing to date.
Tour de France 2026 Route: More Climbing, Less Time Trialing
The 2026 Tour route drops time-trial kilometers to historic lows while adding high-altitude finishes that favor pure climbers.
Paris-Roubaix Organizers Repave Three Cobble Sectors, Spark Tradition Debate
Smoother pavé on three key sectors divides opinions between rider safety advocates and purists defending the race's brutal character.
USA CRITS Finale: How a Single Point and Lap-Led Scoring Make This Weekend's Title Fight Unpredictable
Winston-Salem hosts the 2026 USA CRITS championship finale with men's podium separated by one point and a scoring system that rewards aggression from lap one.
Jonas Vingegaard's "Conservative" Giro Approach Is Actually Brilliant Race Strategy
The Danish champion is winning the 2026 Giro d'Italia without destroying rivals—and his power numbers reveal why tactical pragmatism beats fireworks when you're eyeing Tour de France.
Unbound 2026: The 20th Anniversary Course That Has Everyone Talking About Mud
The world's premier gravel race unveils a 206-mile hybrid route mixing infamous sectors from two decades—and it might get messy.
Felix Gall Is 17 Seconds Behind Vingegaard—And Everyone's Watching
After stage 9 of the Giro, the Austrian climber sits second overall, close enough to make the final week very interesting.
Vingegaard Conquers Blockhaus — and Edges Toward Pink
Jonas Vingegaard wins Stage 7 of the 2026 Giro on the brutal Blockhaus climb, joining the rare club of riders who've won stages in all three Grand Tours.
Giro d'Italia 2026: Route, Contenders, and What to Watch
The 109th Giro starts in Bulgaria with 49,150m of climbing, a 40km TT, and a GC battle headlined by Vingegaard, Evenepoel, and a resurgent Pellizzari.
Van Aert Finally Conquers Roubaix — What It Took to Beat Pogačar on the Cobbles
Wout van Aert edged out Tadej Pogačar in a Paris-Roubaix thriller featuring punctures, bike changes, and a velodrome sprint. Here's the story of a Monument victory years in the making.
Giro 2026 Preview: Vingegaard's Double Bid and Why You Should Care
The 2026 Giro d'Italia kicks off May 8 in Bulgaria before winding 3,466 km to Rome. Jonas Vingegaard targets a Giro-Tour double while Evenepoel plans to spoil the party.