Why You Feel Slower Riding Indoors (And How to Fix It)
Don't get discouraged by your indoor riding performance.
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.
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.
'Our goal is that all athletes at the LA Olympics will be using Nomio': Investigating a broccoli drink that claims to reduce lactate by 12 percent and is selling big in the WorldTour.
Why indoor training will or will not translate to outdoor success.
Training algorithms, ultrasound scans, and hormone checks have turned the chase for 'race weight' from a hunger game to a sophisticated science.
Here's how to make the most out of your indoor riding sessions.
‘There are always riders who want to be lighter than we advise': Teams strive to save riders from themselves in the chase for race-weight and shift the focus to raw power.
'The current system isn't set up to protect health': The Cyclists' Alliance pushes UCI to collaborate on safeguarding measures after initial proposals were shelved.
If you want to pedal like Pogačar, don't skip your sit-ups: The Tour de France champion crushed his core workouts to develop a new race-winning weapon.
Don’t spend the best of cycling season on the sideline—here’s how to lower the risk of training-caused sprains, strains, and other injuries
'Measuring ventilation in the field will provide us massive learnings': V-LAB confirms it will start racing with pioneering sensors that provide best possible measure of physiological strain.
Mnstry's new bicarb and carbohydrate gel takes sodium loading beyond the startline and on to the open road. A huge leap for performance nutrition, or a gut-bubbling fad?
'When you see what Pogačar does, it’s obvious we have to try to understand it.' The peloton is scrambling to unlock the secrets of fatigue resistance, the kingmaker of modern racing.
Heat training is the blood-boosting buzzword of modern endurance. But is the hype for heat putting athletes at risk of overcooking?
With recent changes at Strava, Zwift outdoor ride tracking could siphon off users worried about paying for extra subscriptions.
XDS-Astana bridged a 5,000-point chasm to climb clear of UCI WorldTour relegation. The team reveals to Velo how it reinvented its performance program to make it happen.
Eternal’s sports-minded health care program keeps members active and healthy longer
Dygert powers Canyon-SRAM to fifth in Vuelta opener, solid rides by EF Education-Easypost, Human Powered Health.
BFR is being used for rehab, recovery, and to augment training. But in many cases, the implementation of this curious hack doesn't stack up to the science.
Will the revolutionary wearables developed with and used by Visma-Lease a Bike become the next must-have training tool? Here's all you need to know about the 'VitalPro.'
Gravaa hit the big time when Ferrand-Prévot and Visma-LAB won Roubaix Femmes with tire pressure regulators. But skepticism remains over reliability, weight, and usability.
What was the elixir that put the legs back onto Pogačar's wild ride Sunday at the 'Hell of the North?' It's not for those with a weak stomach.
Sufferfests like Flanders and Paris-Roubaix are so energy-intensive that nutrition has become a sophisticated science. Here's how riders eat for the cobbles.
Will 'bigger' become 'better'? Uno-X Mobility trainer Olav Bu puts new twist on the nutritional revolution with idea that key performance parameters increase at an outsize rate to bodymass.
Records fall and emotions run high action-packed Milan-San Remo and San Remo Women.
If you can't swallow 120g of carb per hour, you're getting dropped. Riders have to train their stomachs in precisely dialed feeding frenzies to keep up.
'It could be as big a breakthrough as the first heart rate monitor': Visma is using a powerful new wearable from Tymewear that brings fourth dimension performance insights.
Egan Bernal was training on open roads less than a week after he fractured his clavicle at Clásica Jaén. Here's how pros are returning to the bike so fast.
Ride Zone 1 to get faster? Yes, but it's not as simple as you might think.
Zwift has always been the best place to complete a workout. Now TrainerRoad makes the workouts worth doing.
'Different rules dominate the cycling world from before': The raw power and wild aggression of modern racing is pushing the fat-burning efficiency of low carb training down the agenda.
How does Visma-Lease a Bike approach its training? A little differently than its biggest rival.
Experts believe the supposed 'carb ceiling' can be shattered - the performance impact could be bonkers: '120g/hr is a reference, but the exact number is far higher.'
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.
Salt pills work, broccoli doesn't, and there's lots of nuance. Here's a short-ish dive into the rabbit hole of nutrition and fueling.
USA Cycling's legendary trainer Jim Miller shares simple ways self-coached athletes can decode their data and fast-forward their fitness in the new year.
From seamless integration with trainers to fully customizable riding experiences, the Elite Square upgrades every aspect of indoor riding
'He can still improve': UAE Emirates performance staff have tweaked the dials on Pogačar's training plan to find even more power for the supreme Slovene.
So long café ride, hello suffering: The UAE Emirates 'junk mile' methodology sent Pogačar to the top of the world, but some fear for its sustainability.
We look at the winter training program of the 2024 Tour de France standout.
'It's in the process of being transformative': UAE Emirates is leading the WorldTour's race to decipher its data with an AI bot that could accelerate strategy decisions and open doors to 'micro-training'.
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 cyclist or an avid rider who has never set up an indoor trainer before, this article is for you.
A (very big) new player could be about to enter the indoor smart trainer market with a wheel-on design that should be quieter than other options, and easier to set up than direct-drive options
UCI calls for ban on controversial use of carbon monoxide after revelations that Tour de France-toppers Visma-Lease a Bike and UAE Emirates were tinkering with the toxic gas.
One of the keys to success in cycling (and in life) is to set achievable goals.
'Clean cycling' group lashes out at UCI for failure to stamp authority on long-lingering ketone debate, but that's not stopping most of the peloton from slurping the divisive supplement.
Tech wizards and performance PhDs are optimizing pro cycling with mind-blowing models that make winning margins.
Enjoying the full Zwift experience is easier than ever with Zwift Ride, a new all-in-one indoor cycling setup that packages the Zwift Ride Smart Frame and Wahoo KICKR CORE Zwift One smart trainer
Boost your FTP, boost your performance. Here's how you can measure it and, more importantly, how you can coax it upwards.
Olav Aleksandr Bu, the pioneer of 'double threshold’ and coach of Blummenfelt and Iden, will join Uno-X this winter. Can he change cycling training methodology?
Sodium bicarbonate was once seen as a gut-crushing gain for short-form athletes. Fresh studies and a wave of new products are changing that.
Tour stage record holder remains vague about whether or not he will continue in the sport.
The physiological phenom shared his wild training stats and open nutrition philosophy with Peter Attia. We break down the key points and explore why they matter.
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.
Sleep is as essential to performance as nutrition and training. That's why pro cycling is going all-in on tech that helps bring the optimal snooze.
Is power really the objective metric that we think it is?
There are tons of training tools on the market, these are five options that I’ve had success using to meet my goals.
'The greatest untapped marginal gain': How the rise of body temperature sensors gave the peloton a crucial new datapoint for training, racing, and R&D.
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.
How technological innovation, training and nutrition science, and hyper motivation will push climbing speeds and performance benchmarks to wild new heights.
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.
KT Tape Pro Ice, Dygert’s new go-to recovery tool, is infused with cooling menthol and helps her get back on the bike even faster
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.
Arensman isn't the only rider to have gotten bigger while burning tens of thousands of calories during a grand tour. Here's why it happens, and how teams try to prevent it.
With little in the way of strong leadout trains, we're seeing extended sprints from Jonathan Milan, Tim Merlier, and Olav Kooij for flat stage victories at this year's Giro d'Italia.
Try this workout inspired by Pogačar's stage 2 attack and win.
People will pay thousands to upgrade to lighter and more aero equipment. These options can be just as effective, if not more so, for far less money.
Check out the latest features heading to the popular virtual training platform this spring and summer.
We unpack the mega volume, minimum intensity, dialed-in distribution, and other surprising trends from a five month pre-Giro training study.
Most of the WorldTour is slurping Maurten's solution to sodium bicarbonate, and new studies prove its potential – but bicarb supplementation might remain a micro-gain.
Few races can offer such a diverse list of previous winners as Liège-Bastogne-Liège. This workout is inspired by the fourth monument of the season.
UAE Emirates lifts the lid on how it plans to solve the puzzle of the Giro d'Italia-Tour de France double: 'If any rider is capable of it, it's Tadej, with this program.'
Defining FTP and what it means for your training, as well as some of the benefits and drawbacks of power-based training.
Heart-rate based training offers an accessible, inexpensive method for tracking your cycling progress. Here’s what you need to know to get started.
Ketone supplier partners WorldTour team to prove its Tour de France-winning potential as uncertainties continue to linger over ‘fourth macronutrient.'
A workout inspired by the cobble-crushing efforts of Paris-Roubaix.