VeloNews’ COVID-19 Update
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A message from Pocket Outdoor Media regarding coronavirus and our plans.
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Despite rain storms and coronavirus warnings, more than 1,200 riders took the start at The Mid South, March 14. Wil Matthews was there to capture the action.
The Mid South was held as the global pandemic around COVID-19 escalated. This is what the race promoters, local authorities, and participants had to say about the event.
The Italian proved he was in good form in France, but now everyone is wondering where they will be racing again.
Having followed a light early-season race schedule, Madiot now faces having riders with no race days, and no races in the pipleline.
How far can Remco go? How do you manage a talent so young? Should he race a grand tour in his sophomore season? VeloNews asked some of those inside the peloton.
With coronavirus leaving the 2020 race season in tatters, van der Poel left questioning when his next race will be.
USA Cycling suspends permits on its sanctioned events until April 5 in response to growing coronavirus emergency.
Pros living in Girona are being told they won't be allowed to train during Spain's two-week state of alarm imposed overnight to stem the spread of coronavirus
Payson McElveen writes about the life and tragic death of his friend and competitor, Ben Sonntag, who was killed by a driver earlier this month.
The red-clay roads around Stillwater, Oklahoma offered free mud masks for riders at The Mid South. VeloNews photographer Brad Kaminski was out on course and at the finish for the 50- and 100-mile racers.
On race day in Stillwater, bikes, bodies, and gear were plastered with Oklahoma mud. But the day before, VeloNews took a look at what individual racers and brands brought to the 103-mile gravel race.
Paris-Nice may not have completed all eight stages as planned, but to get as far as the Mediterranean coast was a feat in itself.
Payson McElveen overcame mud and cold conditions to win The Mid South gravel race in Oklahoma.
Schachmann survives late attack from second-place Benoot to take overall, Quintana takes stage atop La Colmiane climb.
Colin Strickland, winner of the 2019 Dirty Kanza, is among the favorites for The Mid South, being held March 14 in Stillwater, Oklahoma. He'll be racing this new-graphic Allied Able with matching new Rapha Meteor x Allied kit. More than 2,000 racers signed up for the 100-mile race on the burnt-orange clay roads, but fewer than that will take the start because of the coronavirus. For the design, Strickland provided designers references from the hills around his home in Austin, Texas.
Flemish Minister for Sport states Tour of Flanders, set to run just two days after the end of a regional ban on sports events, does 'not appear to be feasible.'
Harry Zernike captures the racing culture at Brooklyn's Floyd Bennett Field in his debut film, 'Thursday Fields.'
Schachmann maintains his yellow jersey standing despite a minor fall on the last descent.
It's been a long, strange trip for many who are in Stillwater for The Mid South gravel race, but spirits are high even as mud is likely.
Danny Summerhill trained hard to qualify for the Olympics, but the U.S. men's team didn't make it. He's redirected that fitness towards gravel.
Zipp's foray into gravel tires has begun with the Tangente Course G40, a tubeless tire with a focus on durability.
RCS Sport said it will work to find new dates for season's first grand tour as coronavirus crisis continues to disrupt international cycling
In muddy years at The Mid South, a singlespeed with huge clearance is a great option. And that's exactly what the Stormchaser is.
Bahrain-Merida decided not to start Friday's stage just as organizers and teams agreed to end the race a day early
Trio of Belgian races set for March 27 through April 1 canceled after decree banning sporting events through Flanders.
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The American squad lost Michael Woods to a scary crash at Paris-Nice while Lawson Craddock later abandoned with a headache.
The pandemic is on the minds of nearly everyone here, but strangely, once the race actually started, Paris-Nice seemed like just about any other bike race.
Woven, not knit: the Rapha Pro Team Road Shoes feature two Boa dials to micro-adjust a super-comfortable woven upper.
The German Bora-Hansgrohe rider maintains his 58 second margin in the general classification.
A regional decree could sideline upcoming pro cycling races in Belgium, through the end of March.
Organizers have postponed the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya due to COVID-19.
I'm headed to The Mid South, hoping to get the line first for the famous Bobby Wintle hug. Oh, and here are my coronavirus-avoidance tips as a long-time bike racer...
Bobby and Gus talk about what everybody is talking about — the global pandemic.
The Giro faces another hurdle with the 'big start' slated for Budapest in May while Tejay van Garderen pulls out of Paris-Nice
Miller had been working with TrainingPeaks for the past two years. Prior to this engagement, he had been part of USA Cycling for 17 years.
Teams left uncertain of race schedules and logistics as measures to curtail health crisis develop by the day.
VeloNews spoke to two photographers at the UAE Tour about the challenges and quirks of capturing the action in suburban sprawls and sandy highways.
Colombian sprinter reported to have contracted coronavirus while racing UAE Tour, has been in Abu Dhabi hospital for two weeks.
ASO boss Christian Prudhomme positive that Paris-Nice will complete all eight stages, refuses to commit to future races as coronavirus epidemic intensifies.
The Sea Otter Classic has been rescheduled for October 1-4.
On this week's podcast we take you inside Paris-Nice's fan blockade, discuss COVID-19's impact on global cycling, and discuss the Monuments of Gravel project.
Despite the many rumors regarding the coronavirus and how it will affect professional cycling, stage four of Paris-Nice was really about racing.
The Outer Line examines the growing impact of COVID-19 on the pro cycling season and what team managers can do.
Six students from the Thaden School in Bentonville, Arkansas head to Stillwater for their second event as a school-sponsored gravel team.
Schachmann finished second on the day and put time into his rivals, and now leads the general classification by nearly a minute.
My colleagues Betsy Welch, Brad Kaminski, and I are headed to Stillwater to race The Mid South. Will our plans match reality?
The latest aerodynamic helmet from Rudy Project offers a snug fit, wraparound eyeshield, and a magnetic retention system for accessories.
The SLR Boost offers a generous cutout, supple padding for endurance riders, and added width to accommodate wider sit bones.
The upcoming Cape Epic in South Africa will be held as scheduled as the mountain bike calendar is seeing adjustments.
Guillaume Boivin confident of riders' own health at Paris-Nice, though he and others fear measures to prevent spread of virus around general public could put long-term stopper on racing.
Dutch races this weekend seeing increasingly-powerful line ups as teams scramble to find opportunities for riders scheduled to start northern classics.
Bennett received four stitches in fingers of right hand, and will not start stage 4 time trial at Paris-Nice
Dmitry Strakhov diagnosed having undergone five tests for coronavirus in Abu Dhabi, Pogacar posts update after 11 days in lockdown.
Sometimes bicycle racing is like this: teams that do all of the work come away empty-handed.
VeloNews provides an up-close, inside view of how Team USA prepared for racing in Berlin, Germany.
Rain, orange mud, and riders with Paris-Roubaix and Tour de France experience all scheduled to descend on the first Monument of Gravel.
Cortina Garcia came around the triple world champion, launching an early, final attack after 212.5 kilometers of racing.
The Whiskey Off-Road, which kicks off the Epic Rides Off-Road series, sold its 2,000 spots in under two months.
The check-in for the clinic had race plates for participants to write their names, with enough markers to rival a craft store, and a variety of fun, shiny, or sparkly stickers to bedazzle your name plate.
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Wahoo has also reduced the price of ELEMNT BOLT GPS Computers: a standalone ELEMNT Bolt will now cost $229.99.
How to mix and match SRAM chainrings, chains, shifters and cassettes, and also how to unfreeze a frozen bottom bracket.
An all-star cast of former Fast Talk guests weigh on on training with zones, from Sepp Kuss to Dr. Andy Coggan.
French health authorities banned large public gatherings of more than 1,000 people, forcing Paris-Nice race officials to close off start and finish areas to the public.
5-foot-4 Colombian mixed it up with the heavyweight rouleurs at Paris-Nice Monday, further confirmation of his potential in sophomore year in WorldTour.
Team boss Vinokourov confirms 2020 wages have not been completely paid, confident of receiving funds from government backers.
Big Sugar's organizers will earmark 100 spots for women after initial registration numbers were lower than expected.
Although called the 'Race to the Sun', it is easy to forget just how brutally hard Paris-Nice can be.
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Cyclestream.tv will offer free broadcast of the criterium stages at the Redlands Bicycle Classic and Tour of the Gila for free.
Day 3 of the Sedona Mountain Bike Festival offered up cooler temps but the same awesome red-dirt singletrack. Here's what we saw around the expo.
The 2020 Colorado Classic will visit new host cities Snowmass Village and Boulder in addition to Avon and Denver.
General classification contenders Vincenzo Nibali and Sergio Higuita finished safely in the front group, in a rainy and windy stage.
Paris-Nice organizer ASO is limiting spectator access to the race after a decree by the French government cancelled all public gatherings larger than 1,000 people.
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Take a trip to the hell of the north to hear about Edvald Boasson Hagen and Michael Gogl from NTT Pro Cycling as they experiment with tubeless tires.
Pro cycling teams are being extra cautious when it comes to deciding when to deploy riders, for fear of infection, and quarantine away from family and training.