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Froome determined as ever to get back to Tour de France despite still needing further surgery, also eager to race a 'fantastic' Olympics course

Early summit finishes, a mid-race time trial, and a succession of huge mountain stages in the final week highlight the 2020 'corsa rosa.' We dive into some key stages.

Coach Trevor and Chris answer listener questions on gran fondo training, cardiac drift, inflammation, and more.

Racing the Giro will break the monotony of a schedule Sagan has followed for years - but Italy's gain is Calfornia's loss.

The 2020 Giro d'Italia route packs a huge punch in week three, and features three individual time trials. What do we make of this course that bucks the current trend for short and punchy stages? Let's roundtable!

Lennard Zinn builds extra large bikes for extra large people. In this At the Back column from 2009, he recounts building a custom bike for Bill Cartwright, head coach of the Chicago Bulls.

Giro organizers have unveiled the route for 2020, with a three-stage spell in both Hungary and Sicily, almost 60km of time trials, and a brutal final week all on the menu.

Peter Sagan will race the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France in 2020 for the first time in his career.

Phinney's talents on the bike were matched by his ability to express himself off it. We trace the key threads that ran through his career, as he told them to us.

Mitchelton-Scott enjoyed a banner season in 2019, with four stage wins in the Tour de France that sport directors admit will be hard to match.

Here’s how good the Ultimate CF Evo Disc from Canyon is: I could only find two faults with it.

Words by Clive Pursehouse

In part 2 of The Outer Line's interview with Mike Plant, Plant discusses his attempt to build a Triple Crown series around pro cycling's grand tours.

Dutch star Vos nudged into the top of the rankings on the last day of racing, while Slovenian Roglic was unstoppable all season

After bubbling below the surface all season, Mas secures a season-closing win to carry much-needed momentum in 2020

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From issue 82

This week Lennard gets to the bottom of a broken spokes dilemma and offers advice on replacing spokes, but not nipples

Annemiek van Vleuten says Chloé Dygert is now the favorite to win the Olympics in the individual time trial.

VeloNews asked a local rider on his take of the Col de la Loze and Grand Colombier. The verdict: drama and pain

The Chinese race wrapped up with a sprint finish and overall victory for Enric Mas, the first stage race victory of the 24-year-old's career.

Hosking wins final women's WorldTour race of the year in a sprint finish.

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Epic four-climb stage in the Alps rumored along with possible return to Monte Zoncolan and first-ever finish on unpaved gravel road.

The veteran American earns a contract extension with the Aussie outfit despite a season marred by injuries and illness.

GC leader Enric Mas finished safely in the bunch to retain leader's jersey with one stage remaining.

Trombones, hard intervals and riding bikes where bikes were not meant to be ridden. Come along for some cyclocross!

The third round of the Cyclocross World Cup series saw Iserbyt extend his series lead with a third win, and Worst go solo from the start to take victory.

Mas takes the first climbing stage of the race and secures his first win of the season.

From issue 88

After placing second in stage 1 and 2, German sprinter hits the top step and retains leader's jersey.

Riders relishing the opportunity to end the season on a high and explore new cultures as Chinese race finds its feet.

From issue 82 • Words by Clive Pursehouse, Images by Daniel Ziegert

A radical Millennial Tour de France: What Gus would do (gravel!), what the organizers have done (epic climbs), and what Bobby thinks about all of this (make it fresh but keep it classy).

The C7 Race Jersey offers a highly compressive and comfortable fit racers will love on most of their training rides.

Poc and MIPS team up to improve helmet safety, while Sidi overhauls its Genius road shoe. Oh, and now there's an e-bike-specific chain lube.

Organizers, teams say they are ‘starving’ under proposed 2020 changes to calendar

Ackermann takes overall race lead after placing second.

Take our quiz to see stories that may have flown below the radar during the 2019 season.

19-year-old Sunweb development team rider left with fractures to back and facial injuries after car entered race route earlier this month.

The long trip to the Tour of Guangxi was worth it for the Colombian star who picked up much-needed momentum after an injury-plagued season

The high point of next year's race at 2300m could prove decisive in the highly unconventional route

Colombian takes stage 1 of the last WorldTour race of the year.

German sprinter sees few pure sprint opportunities in 2020 Tour's unconventional parcours.

On Wednesday Taylor Phinney announced his plans to retire from pro road cycling following the 2019 season. Phinney, 29, rides away from the sport having won 13 professional races and four world titles, and having won over throngs of adoring fans. Perhaps more than his victories, Phinney will be remembered for his sense of humor, his unique perspective on the sport, and his penchant for goofing around for the cameras. Below, we have compiled a collection of our favorite images from Phinney's professional career.

The American superstar confirmed that he didn't have the same drive and will move on to pursue art

The Sidi Genius 10

The Outer Line recently sat down with former USA Cycling Chief Mike Plant to discuss his career in cycling, including his work with the Tour du Pont, Tour of China, and the modernization of the sport's national governing body.

Mitchelton-Scott sport director sees 2020 Tour providing fireworks throughout.

A 2020 Tour de France short on time trials and packed with surprises leaves French GC hopefuls motivated to raise their nation's hopes.

2020 sees an atypical Tour route packed with opportunities and risks for the GC riders - and here are five stages that could prove crucial.

On this week's episode, the guys break down Bauke Mollema's career-defining win at Il Lombardia.

Words by John Wilcockson, Images by A.S.O./Thomas Colpaert

Comfortable, compressive, and race-cut, the C7 Race Bib Shorts hit the nail on the head for racers and aggressive riders

From issue 88

Will the route end the Ineos stranglehold? What is the impact of a mountain TT? We roundtable a Tour de France route that destroys the rulebook.

Our grand-parents would not recognize the unconventional and surprising Tour route revealed Tuesday in Paris

From issue 82

Race organizers reveal dynamic route packed with innovations, new climbs, and fewer long stages.

In Ecuador, the cycling infrastructure and support is just starting to take hold. Richard Carapaz’s Giro victory is just the kind of spark the sport needs to catch fire.

It was a lucrative weekend for Sofia Gomez Villafane, who won the fat tire crit and the backcountry race, en route to winning the Epic Rides series overall.

Andri Frischknecht, son of mountain bike legend Thomas Frischknecht, won Sunday's Oz Trails Off-road round of the Epic Rides series in Bentonville, Arkansas.

The stars in Ineos are already positioning themselves for leadership at next year's Tour de France

Ed Zink, co-founder of Durango's Iron Horse Bicycle Classic, has died at age 71.

In a first of its kind, cycling's governing body has fined a WorldTour event organizer for dangerous race conditions

2020 Tour set to be packed with medium and high mountain stages while enabling sprinters to stay in the mix throughout.

The American-licensed team ended the season with a string of success and will look to carry momentum into next season with the arrival of new stars, young and old.

Honsinger wins a tactical battle, as Brunner goes on a long solo attack to victory on day two at the Shimano/Floyd’s of Leadville U.S. Open of Cyclocross.

Spaniard laments missed chance at Italian monument but is already setting his sights on the gold medal in 2020.

The Belgian legend remains in a hospital for observation following a fall while riding Sunday

Iserbyt continues winning streak while Alvarado holds of world champion Cant at a boggy edition race in Gieten

Katie Compton (KFC Racing p/b Trek/Knight) and Lance Haidet (Donnelly Aevolo) were victorious on day one of the U.S. Open of Cyclocross.

The Dutch sprinter took another win Saturday to give him more victories than anyone else in the WorldTour — for now

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Dutchman attacked on the penultimate climb of the day and capitalized on the chase group's indecision to win last monument of the year.

While many of us read about training science, a lot of us don’t know how to interpret it, or how to determine if it's useful or junk. On today's episode, we discuss how to read and interpret sports science with Dr. Jim Peterman and other guests.

Who has had a better season: Egan Bernal or Primoz Roglic? Il Lombardia could feature a showdown between the two stars of 2019.

In this Q&A, Megan Jastrab explains the racing tactics that helped her win the junior world title in Yorkshire.

Gravel has its day once again with new pedals from Time and adventure bags from Bontrager

Fan-favorite ten Dam is racing for the last time as a pro this weekend in Italy, but expect to see him at a gravel race next season