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Lucinda Brand Overcomes Crash and Alvarado to Win Second Cyclocross World Title
Lucinda Brand confirmed her status as the best current women’s cyclocross rider by winning Saturday’s dramatic UCI Elite Women’s World Championship on a slippery course in Hulst. It was her 19th victory in 24 starts this season, during which she also won the UCI World…
Are Indoor Races Harming Our Real-Life Performance?
Indoor cycling has its place. Mostly when the weather outside looks like something you’ve read in the Book of Revelation. Ice, sideways rain, wind strong enough to rearrange your furniture. That’s where any sane person draws the line. At that point, riding indoors stops being…
Van der Poel Huge Favourite to Break Worlds Win Record
If I had a farm to bet, I would bet it, and all the livestock on it, on Mathieu van der Poel winning Sunday’s Elite Men’s Cyclo-cross World Championship and breaking the men’s wins record he now shares with Erik De Vlaeminck. If he wins…
Bike and E-Bike Leasing: Germany Shows the Way to Boost the Cycling Industry
Would you lease a new bike or e-bike if your employer helped you get one? In Germany, more than two million people have opted for this benefit. Advocates of the German leasing model believe that the ability to deduct the costs of a new bike…
The Foods That Actually Help Relieve Constipation, According to New Science
Struggling with chronic constipation can feel like an endless cycle of trial and error. Now, groundbreaking research from King’s College London has identified the foods and supplements that genuinely help, and some that don’t. These new, evidence-based guidelines offer real hope for those seeking relief.…
Why January Is the Worst Month to Buy Cycling Gear
January feels less like a month and more like seven months. Riding outside, especially this year, feels closer to a Mr. Beast challenge than anything you’d describe as fun. At least the weather is consistent. Consistently awful. Wind, cold, wet, repeat. The daylight is still…
Why Rest Might Be the Most Important Training Block You Skip
Cyclists love training blocks. Base, build, peak. All neatly labelled, colour-coded, and uploaded to a calendar. What rarely makes the plan, though, is rest as a deliberate phase. Not an easy week. Not a reduced TSS target. Actual rest. And because it isn’t measurable in…
Winter Riding: Why It’s a Different Sport Altogether
Winter changes everything about riding. The same bike and the same forest suddenly feel unfamiliar. Your speed drops, your rhythm changes and the bike handles differently. Once you accept it for what it is, you start to notice how winter riding becomes its own sport…
The Seven Stages of Signing Up for a Spring Race
Ah, spring races. A chance to prove your winter training paid off. Or at least, that your bibs still fit. But the emotional journey from clicking “register” to standing at the start line is… dramatic. Some might say operatic. We say: textbook self-sabotage with cleats.
FTP Tests and Fitness Benchmarks: Should You Do Them in January?
January is peak testing season. New year, clean calendar, fresh legs (or at least fresh intentions). Training platforms prompt it, coaches schedule it, and riders brace themselves for twenty minutes of truth. The question isn’t how to test FTP (Functional Threshold Power). You already know…
Jay Vine Beats the Heat and Survives Kangaroo Attack to Win Santos Tour Down Under
Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates–XRG) overcame searing heat, two wayward kangaroos, and a lot of team misfortunes to take a dominant victory in the Santos Tour Down Under, the second time the Aussie has won his home race after also grabbing a win in 2023.
Doubles for Record-Breaker van der Poel and Pieterse on Final World Cup Weekend
I’m starting this overview of the weekend’s four World Cup races with Saturday’s Elite Men’s race because it was a remarkably dramatic contest that reminded us of why we love cyclocross and because it demonstrated the overwhelming superiority of Mathieu van der Poel and the…