Zach Nehr

Take indoor riding from a winter training stopgap to something you truly enjoy.

How Visma-Lease a Bike and other pro teams train their VO2 Max for peak power and efficiency.

Get ready to be humbled.

Everyone knows about using a fan and smart trainer, but few realize the benefits of adjusting your fueling indoors. 

We compared UCI Gravel Worlds to a WorldTour race and Life Time Grand Prix gravel race to see just how different they really are.

Comparing Pogačar's obliteration of Il Lombardia with his other recent bests shows the peloton has got a serious problem.

After the European championships it's plainly clear: Tadej Pogačar is in a league of his own and no one knows what to do about it.

Don't get discouraged by your indoor riding performance.

Pogačar won his second rainbow jersey with a single sledgehammer acceleration and an impeccably paced solo. Here are the numbers behind the obliteration.

Who is the best rider for the Kigali 2025 worlds course? Is it a climber, a puncheur, a classics rider, or something else entirely?

Power Analysis: Vingegaard wasn't even pushing his season-best power when he rode away from the pack to bring home red on stage 20 summit finish.

We dive into the power numbers of Tadej Pogačar, Brandon McNulty, and Quinn Simmons at the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal.

Why indoor training will or will not translate to outdoor success.

We dive into the power numbers of João Almeida and Jonas Vingegaard on the hardest climb of the Vuelta.

Racing against the pros is far more than just pushing the right power. Here's how Matt Beers won in Nebraska, and how I fared at Lauf Gravel Worlds.

We’ve combed through hundreds of race results and power files from the Vuelta favorites.

The record fell in the women's race, while Keegan Swenson battled a headwind to try to best his own record.

The watts behind one of the greatest climbing performances in women’s cycling history.

We dive into the power numbers of Tadej Pogačar, Jonas Vingegaard, and more at the Tour.

Simply put, this is the best 50+ minute climbing effort in cycling history.

Pogačar set the fastest time up Hautacam since the '90s.

We expect record times on Ventoux and other storied climbs in 2025

We dive into the power numbers of Tadej Pogačar, Jonas Vingegaard, Kévin Vauquelin, and more.

Every rider comes into the Tour with different goals — their vastly different training plans reflect that.

Power data reveals who’s really ready for the 2025 Tour de France. Pogačar leads, but his direct rivals are refusing to buckle.

Trying to puzzle out what we learned about the top GC contenders from their final pre-Tour tune-up race requires some reading between the lines.

We dive into the power numbers of Unbound 200 winners Cameron Jones and Karolina Migoń.

Inside the incredible power numbers from Simon Yates and Co. in one of the biggest GC reversals in the history of the Giro d'Italia.

We dig into the incredible power file from Derek Gee in the Giro's queen stage: If it wasn’t for a disastrous start in Albania, the Canadian would be a half-minute to the 'maglia rosa.'

We dive into the the inflection points that have led to the speeds we see today, and why 2020 marks the new era for pro cycling as we know it.

Assessing the world’s best rider and his rivals in cycling’s top one-day races this spring.

With 8.4 w/kg climbs and a 7.4 w/kg late in the race, Pogačar’s LBL numbers are straight up absurd.

Amstel Gold Race was hands down one of the best battles of the season.

Pogačar fell short of Van der Poel, but not before pulling out the fastest ever time in the Arenberg Forest.

Pogačar's tear through the pro cycling calendar continued with the fastest times ever posted on some of cycling's most famous roads.

The American overcame the odds for a career highlight victory.

Pogačar gave an all-out assault on the race's finale, but it wasn't enough to best Van der Poel. Could it ever be?

The Americans came out on top in the final stage of Paris-Nice, but let’s take a step back to see how we got here.

Pogačar added an extra dose of drama to Strade Bianche over the weekend. See what power it took to drop a formidable foe in Tom Pidcock.

Pogačar was losing fitness at the sluggish UAE Tour race pace, so he had to go on the attack.

Ride Zone 1 to get faster? Yes, but it's not as simple as you might think.

How does Visma-Lease a Bike approach its training? A little differently than its biggest rival.

Examining the power numbers of young Dane Albert Withen Philipsen and Javier Romo at 2025's first WorldTour race.

I've spent countless hours combing through power files, Strava segments, podcasts, videos, and social media posts to learn how Visma-Lease a Bike trains.

Taking a closer look at WorldTour lactate testing — and why is everyone doing 40/20s?

We look at the winter training program of the 2024 Tour de France standout.

Indoor cycling has exploded in popularity in recent years. Here's what you need to know to make the most of your training time.

We take a closer look at the winter training programs of Tadej Pogačar and UAE Team Emirates. Like usual, there's a lot of Zone 2 — and something new.

Whether you are a complete beginner or an avid cyclist who has never set up an indoor trainer before, this article is for you.

One of the keys to success in cycling (and in life) is to set achievable goals.

How this year's eSports world championships were won. This is the breakdown of power outputs plus the strategies used.

Velo contributor Zach Nehr competed in the first in-person esports worlds in Abu Dhabi.

Velo contributor Zach Nehr represents Team USA at the MyWhoosh Eworlds this weekend. He takes us through the weigh-ins and warm-ups of race week.

Boost your FTP, boost your performance. Here's how you can measure it and, more importantly, how you can coax it upwards.

After witnessing seven months of Slovenian dominance, the professional peloton has a lot of work to do this off-season.

Mathieu van der Poel carried over his excellent form from road worlds to pick up another set of rainbow bands.

They say the sky's the limit, but not even the sky would’ve attacked with that much racing left.

Only a special type of course could draw out both the Paris-Roubaix and Tour de France winners, as well as the best time trial rider in the world.

The off-season can be simultaneously the most relaxing and stressful period of a bike racer's life. Here's how to make the most of it.

We dive into the power numbers of Primož Roglič, Pavel Sivakov, and more at La Vuelta a España.

We dive into the power numbers of Primož Roglič, Ben O’Connor, and more at La Vuelta a España.

The Vuelta is turning into a chaotic race where riders are trading-off having amazing days. Here's how Roglič, O'Connor, Carapaz and more have performed.

We dig through the data to reveal how Vollering was possibly just a few watts short of successfully defending her title Sunday in the Alps.

Diving into the big watts of Demi Vollering, Chloe Dygert, Puck Pieterse, and more to see what it takes to win on the biggest stage.

We dive into the power numbers of Remco Evenepoel, Marco Haller, Brandon McNulty, and more at the Olympic road race.

We dive into the power numbers of Derek Gee, Chris Froome, Tadej Pogačar, and more.

For this Workout of the Week, we’ll do a time trial simulation of the final stage of the 2024 Tour de France.

In this column, we dive into the power numbers of Tadej Pogačar, Jonas Vingegaard, and more at the Tour de France.

For this Workout of the Week, we’ll simulate Pogačar’s effort on Plateau de Beille, where he did nearly 7w/kg for 40 minutes after four-and-a-half hours of racing in the heat.

In this column, we dive into the power numbers of Tadej Pogačar, Jonas Vingegaard, and more at the Tour de France.

Our calculations suggest that Pogačar’s Tour performances have been below the level he reached in May.

Tadej Pogačar is able to attack for more than a minute, putting his rivals into the red and worse. Here's how to train like him.

We dive into the power numbers of Tadej Pogačar, Jonas Vingegaard, and Frank van den Broek at the Tour de France.

We dive into the power numbers of Tadej Pogačar, Jonas Vingegaard, Primož Roglič, and Remco Evenepoel.

We take a closer look at Derek Gee’s pre-Dauphiné trip to altitude to see what goes on during these crucial form-building boot camps.

Roglič's sprint at the end of mountain stages is unmatched. Here's what sets it apart from other riders and how you can train to finish like him.

We dive into the power numbers of Primož Roglič, Matteo Jorgenson, and Derek Gee at the Critérium du Dauphiné.

You could make a strong argument that Unbound Gravel is the hardest one-day race in the world. This workout prepares you for the 200-mile race.

We dive into the power numbers of Chad Haga, Dylan Johnson, and more at Unbound Gravel.

We dive into the power numbers of Tadej Pogačar’s dominating performances at the Giro d'Italia.