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Heated Gloves, Heated Insoles, Heated Lies
There comes a point in every winter cyclist’s life when you stop believing in layering and start believing in battery packs. The promise is simple: heated gloves, heated insoles, maybe even a heated base layer — gear so technologically advanced it feels like you’re cosplaying…
Van der Poel Wins at Namur on Cyclocross Return as Brand Just Keeps Rolling
World champion Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) and Lucinda Brand (Baloise Glowi Lons) extended their cyclocross winning streaks on Sunday on the difficult and iconic World Cup course of Namur, but in different styles.
What Really Happens When You Stop Cycling for the Winter?
Every year, as the temperatures dip and the roads freeze over, cyclists everywhere face the same internal debate: Should I push through winter or take a proper break? Social feeds filled with icy rides and indoor trainer screenshots can make it feel like everyone else…
6 Cyclist Gifts They Won’t Hate – and May Even Like
Oh no, it’s that time again. You pulled the short straw in Secret Santa and landed the colleague who rides to work in the rain like it’s some kind of religious ritual. The one who treats weather warnings as light suggestions. The one whose social…
It’s Now Official: Meet the New Lotto-Intermarché Team
The other shoe has finally fallen; the endless merger has finally been made official. A day after the UCI included Lotto-Intermarché on a list of 18 World Tour teams granted licenses for the next three years, the newly – and finally – merged team announced…
Best Adventures for Your Fellow Cyclist
Looking for a Christmas gift for that cyclist friend who already has ten bib shorts and more nutrition powders than a chem lab? Ditch the gear. Give them an experience. Here are the top cycling adventures — from laid‑back to downright challenging — that make…
Tom Pidcock and Q36.5 Pro Cycling Are Racing for the Tour – One Step at a Time
Tom Pidcock won only six races in 2025, which isn’t really much to write home about when you compare it to the 20 races won by Tadej Pogačar or the 16 registered by the Slovenian’s UAE Team Emirates–XRG teammate Isaac del Toro. But this year…
Tips on Gifts for Your Fellow Nutrition Geek
Buying gifts for a normal person is easy. A bottle of wine. A cosy scarf. A novelty mug. Done.
Inside Indoor Cycling: What Indoor Training Gets Right
For someone who has never fully committed to indoor cycling, I spend a good amount of time thinking about it. Every winter, I return to the same question: why does this whole world of trainers, virtual routes and structured plans seem so appealing? And, is…
Vanthourenhout and Brand (of Course!) Win World Cup Races on Sardinia
Michael Vanthourenhout (Pauwels Sauzen–Altez Industriebouw) and (who else?) Lucinda Brand (Baloise Glowi Lions) won their respective UCI Cyclocross World Cup races on Sunday on a flat course in Torralba on the Italian island of Sardinia. The 31-year-old Belgian was strongest in crunch time at the…
Tadej Pogačar and Pauline Ferrand-Prévot Win the Vélo d’Or
To no one’s surprise, the winners of their respective Tours de France, Tadej Pogačar and Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, were awarded the Vélo d’Or as the year’s best cyclists at a ceremony held Friday evening in Paris.
Freeze Less, Ride More: Tips From A Professional Rider
Every article about winter cycling starts with the same lecture about the importance of layering. Let’s do it differently by sharing a piece of information that most winter-cycling apparel manufacturers won’t appreciate. More than gear, winter riding is about determination. If you’ve got that, you…