Road Racing

In this week's episode we check in with Andrew Hood and James Startt to see what daily life is like in Spain and France amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

I felt like the Bianchi Oltre XR3 Disc Ultegra muted some road chatter. I’ve had this experience with other bikes to the point where the ride felt dead, however, this Bianchi was anything but.

We tell you what we like and don't like about the Wahoo Kickr Bike, the StagesBike, the Tacx Neo Smart Bike, and the Wattbike Atom.

The Century MIPS gets a high safety rating from Virginia Tech and integrates a light cleverly into the rear. And it's aerodynamic to boot.

The superstars of some pro cycling teams are catered-to by their bike sponsors, at least to give them a psychological edge of thinking that they have a special bike—if not an actual performance advantage.

Check out Berne Broudy's author page.

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.

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.

Schachmann survives late attack from second-place Benoot to take overall, Quintana takes stage atop La Colmiane climb.

Harry Zernike captures the racing culture at Brooklyn's Floyd Bennett Field in his debut film, 'Thursday Fields.'

RCS Sport said it will work to find new dates for season's first grand tour as coronavirus crisis continues to disrupt international cycling

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.

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.

VeloNews spoke to two photographers at the UAE Tour about the challenges and quirks of capturing the action in suburban sprawls and sandy highways.

The Sea Otter Classic has been rescheduled for October 1-4.

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.

Cortina Garcia came around the triple world champion, launching an early, final attack after 212.5 kilometers of racing.

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.

Get kitted out in the best road cycling apparel of the year.

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.

No matter your budget, here’s how to spend wisely on your mountain bike gear.

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.

General classification contenders Vincenzo Nibali and Sergio Higuita finished safely in the front group, in a rainy and windy stage.

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.

The second day of the Sedona Mountain Bike Festival brought bigger crowds, fun events, and plenty of new bikes to test.

German national champion takes opening stage from four-up sprint after gritty day of classics-style racing.

Guerilla Gravity, Club Ride Apparel, Patagonia, and more were on hand on day one of the Sedona Mountain Bike Festival to show off new and cool dirt gear.

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No matter which bike you pick for the Crusher, at some point it's going to be the wrong choice.

Unlike the other events on our Monuments of Gravel list, the Crusher in the Tushar does not line racers up for a mass start but has 13 divisions.

Rebecca Rusch's larger-than-life persona helped boost Rebecca's Private Idaho to fame within the U.S. gravel community.

Strava's updates address usability on the platform, most notably in the activity feed, that users have been requesting for years.

Featuring Shimano GRX, ZIPP Service Course SL, and Mercury tubeless-ready wheels, this carbon gravel bike looks to be a strong competitor at the price point.

Check out Dan Cavallari's author page.

Amy Charity spent her life in finance before making the leap to the professional road racing scene. The race director for SBT GRVL now takes her speed and motivation to the dirt.

What drew elite riders to SBT GRVL? Sure, there's the challenging course, beautiful scenery, and great spot on the calendar. But for some, the $28,000 in prize cash was more than enough motivation to race.

How can a first-year event become a Monument? In 2019 the SBT GRVL race became one of the most popular in the country by offering cash payouts and striving for gender parity.

From singletrack and gravel to the Grasshopper Super Sweetwater on Canyon Grail models from $1,899 to $4,999.

Oklahoma's The Mid South is fast and tactical when dry and a muddy slog when wet. And every finisher gets a hug from Bobby Wintle.

Ultrasonic, non-destructive frame testing is not a reliable method unless one has a perfect reference sample of the same carbon used in the fabrication of the bike frame.

Is this the end of high-priced power meters? Did the barrier to entry just disappear entirely? Not so fast.

We check out Michael Marcxk's Canyon Ultimate. You've probably never seen a gravel race bike with a 55t chain ring and Speedplay pedals.

Gianni Moscon was back to his bullying ways on Sunday. The Italian threw a bicycle at Belgian rider Jens Debusschere in an incident that was caught on video.

What tires and other gear should you run at Dirty Kanza 200? Ask the woman who should know.

Kasper Asgreen attacked solo in the final kilometers to win Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne in thrilling fashion.

The shield style sunglass offers a wraparound, rimless lens, adjustable nose-pad and temple tips, and (finally) an easier way to swap lenses.

Revelate has a full suspension frame bag on the market that fits just about any bike with horizontally-mounted suspension. We took it bikepacking and to our local lunch ride to see how it fared.

Professional cycling can define not only a person's physiology, but a large part of their identity. What happens when that is gone?

Nimbl's Road Air lace up shoes are exceptionally light and feature a generous toe box for the wide-footed. These feathery shoes are all about the climbs.

When Ashton Lambie's 2020 Olympic chase came up short, he plotted a bikepacking trip across the U.K. to chase the soul of cycling.

After 10 years of training for top-level road racing, I'm now charting a new course with my coach Scott Nydam.

Pogačar managed to regain six seconds on Yates as a result of a time bonus for the stage win.

The 25-year-old is the most experienced racer in a young and talented women's team, taking silver in her first of five events in Berlin.

How committing to an event improves your whole season.

The Dutch sprint star came around Gaviria and Ackermann during the closing meters, in a chaotic battle to the line.

Yates took the stage by just over a minute ahead of Tadej Pogačar, and now leads Pogačar in the general classification.

King offers her experiences of riding late into her pregnancy, and what she learned along the way. She and her husband—retired WorldTour pro and current gravel racer and ambassador Ted King—are expecting a girl on March 17.

A cyclist's life is likely to involve a crash or two. Senior Editor Betsy Welch has seen all that and more in her pre-VeloNews life as a Registered Nurse. She joins Tech Editor Dan Cavallari on the tech podcast, to discuss crashing and recovery.

The Rapha Pro Team Shoes are the brand's first cycling shoe created specifically for racing.

The Australian sprint star patiently waited before attacking in the closing meters, on a double-digit grade to the line.

Americans Leah Thomas and Katie Hall finished 1-2 in the final stage at Setmana Ciclista Valenciana as Anna van der Breggen won the overall.

Budding Belgian superstar Remco Evenepoel won his second stage race of 2020 after beating back Rohan Dennis in the final time trial

Dylan Teuns won the final individual time trial as Jakob Fuglsang defended his lead in the GC to win the overall.

German sprinter Pascal Ackermann won the opening stage of the UAE Tour in Dubai after a chaotic push to the line.

Colombian takes first win in nearly a year, but cannot shake the young Belgian star in final mountain showdown

Australian Jack Haig tops Jakob Fuglsang and Mikel Landa in Granada to win the fourth stage. Fuglsang maintains his lead in the overall.

For those who can—and want to—afford them, the gold leaf carbon monocoque wheels are fully capable of being put on a bike and ridden.

Katusha's Merino Jacket is stylish, warm, and comfortable enough to make me consider breaking my 5-degree-celsius riding rule. Sorry (not sorry), spin class.

The defending Dane took advantage of a wrong turn by Landa and Teuns, and rocketed into the stage win.

Stage one winner van der Haar, also took the sprinter's jersey at the inaugural four-day stage race.

The Belgian superstar shows no signs of slowing down in his sophomore season, and won a dramatic finale in Portugal.

Gonzalo Serrano takes stage 2 win with attack in final, steep kilometer

Bobby Julich is an Olympic medalist and a self-professed 'cat 5 gravel rider'. He and Gus interview a host of riders on why they ride and race gravel.