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2024 UCI Gravel World Championships – how the race was won

Last weekend, the UCI Gravel World Championships 2024 took place. Here's how it happened.

Mon, Oct 07, 2024 10:09
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2024 UCI Gravel World Championships race preview

A closer look at who to watch at the third edition of the UCI Gravel World Championships taking place in Belgium this weekend.

Tue, Oct 01, 2024 11:43
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2025 Absa Cape Epic – everything you need to know

They call it the untamed mountain bike stage race and, next year, the Cape Epic will route riders across 186 miles of new terrain.

Mon, Sep 30, 2024 08:33
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Preview: 2024 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships

World Mountain Biking heads to Andorra next week for the 2024 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships.

Thu, Sep 19, 2024 15:00
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2024 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships 2024 – how the races were won

The ultimate race recap covering all disciplines from the entire UCI MTB World Championship weekend.

Wed, Sep 04, 2024 07:23
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Have ‘climbing bikes’ had their day? An aero vs lightweight road bike efficiency test

Aero road bikes have come a long way in recent years, but are they compromising your performance more than you think? To find out, we put Orbea's latest top road bikes, the Orca and the Orca Aero, through some tests

Wed, Aug 28, 2024 16:18
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How long can Jamie (and his mum) ride at the same speed as Remco Evenepoel? Trying to keep pace with an Olympic and world champion cyclist

A survey recently shown that 6% of ambitious Brits reckon they could qualify for the 2028 Olympic Road Race, so me (and my mum) set out to see if they're right. We're not even going to need a spoiler alert

Fri, Aug 23, 2024 09:40
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The bikes of the Tour de France Femmes 2024 — a complete guide to what the top women’s pro cycling teams are riding this year

What's everyone riding at the biggest race on the women's pro calendar, and how do the bike set-ups differ to the men's? We've got all the info you need in one handy place

Sun, Aug 11, 2024 08:59
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The Tour de France Femmes’ Long and Winding Road: A brief history of the women’s Tour de France

As the third edition of the relaunched Tour Femmes gets underway, we look back at the race’s long, and rather circuitous, history

Sat, Aug 10, 2024 08:00
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13 things you didn’t know about track cycling SEO articles during the Olympics

Haven't you heard? Every newspaper and website in Britain suddenly cares about cycling for a week?

Wed, Aug 07, 2024 16:56
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From Deux Moulins to Dumoulin: Pro cycling’s most iconic toilet stops

Inspired by Nils Politt’s emergency Amélie-themed comfort beak during the men’s Olympic road race, we delved into cycling’s history of panicked, mid-race bathroom emergencies and picked our ‘favourites’. Who said cycling journalism was in the toilet?

Mon, Aug 05, 2024 19:58
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“It’s always been the same Peter Sagan”: Three-time world champion talks retirement, pressure, the peloton’s “loss of respect”, and being cycling’s greatest showman in exclusive interview

After hanging up his racing wheels last month, the former Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix winner chats to road.cc and reflects on his era-defining career

Sat, Aug 03, 2024 09:49
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What happens when a Tour de France rider punctures? From wheel and bike swaps to neutral support, here’s how pros get back on the road in rapid time

Surely the pros carry a puncture kit in their back pocket like we do then? Absolutely not! We go through the different options pros use to get back into the race after a puncture

Wed, Jul 17, 2024 10:42
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How to watch the Paris Olympics mountain bike cross-country

Everything you need to know about the 2024 Paris Olympic XC mountain bike cross-country, including who to watch.

Mon, Jul 15, 2024 15:34
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10 cycling trends NOT to copy from the Tour de France pros — do we really need huge chainrings, ceramic bearings and integrated everything?

Some things are best left to the professionals... there are plenty of things pro cyclists do that are worth taking inspiration from, but in this article we're focusing on what NOT to copy off the pros

Tue, Jul 09, 2024 10:26
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Renaissance riders: Italy’s Tour de France winners, from Coppi and Bartali to Pantani and Nibali

As the Tour gets underway in Italy for the first time in its 121-year history, we take a look at the riders from the Bel Paese who crossed the Alps and took home the yellow jersey

Sat, Jun 29, 2024 10:56
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New bikes galore, RIP rim brakes (almost) and cutting edge kit: all the best tech debuting at the 2024 Tour de France including Trek, Giant, Roval, Hammerhead + more

2024 is turning into quite the year for new road bikes and tech, and a lot of it will be debuting at cycling's biggest race. Read this guide then keep your eyes peeled

Sat, Jun 29, 2024 09:00
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Is the Tour de France set for its most epic battle in years? road.cc’s ‘expert’ panel predicts who’s going to win cycling’s biggest race

The 2024 Tour has been billed as the first real clash of cycling’s grand tour ‘big four’. But with question marks still hanging over reigning champion Jonas Vingegaard’s fitness, who can stop Tadej Pogačar securing the first Giro-Tour double in 26 years?

Fri, Jun 28, 2024 16:34
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Tour de France 2024, your ultimate stage-by-stage guide: From Florence to Nice, here’s everything you need to know

A first-time Grand Départ for Italy, an unprecedented finish away from Paris with a final day time trial... Le Tour 2024 could be a seminal edition

Wed, Jun 19, 2024 17:15
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FNLD GRVL 2024 race preview

High-speed groads expected for the main 177km Midnight Sun route.

Wed, Jun 12, 2024 09:31
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Unbound Gravel 2024 – conclusions and takeaways

How the race unfolded and what it means for gravel racing and it’s future

Wed, Jun 05, 2024 07:55
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Life Time Grand Prix – everything you need to know about the series with the biggest purse in off-road racing

If you follow international off-road bike racing, you’ve probably heard of the Life Time Grand Prix – but what’s it all about?

Tue, May 07, 2024 10:00
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2024 UCI MTB DH World Series – everything you need to know

The UCI MTB DH World Series kicks off this weekend. Here's who to watch and how.

Fri, May 03, 2024 16:00
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A-Levels, angry sportive riders, and forgetting your gloves at Paris-Roubaix: A beginner’s guide to racing in Europe and the fight to become a pro cyclist

Last week, 18-year-old Patrick Casey finished third at the Eroica Juniors stage race, just two weeks after a blister-filled Paris-Roubaix debut. The Red Bull-backed prospect chats to road.cc about his unusual path to racing in Europe and his pro dreams

Thu, Apr 25, 2024 21:26
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Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory — when cycling celebrations go wrong

From Wout van Aert and Julian Alaphilippe to amateur gaffes at local races, bike racing has a rich history of leaving would-be winners red-faced

Tue, Apr 16, 2024 11:28
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20 years of the Cape Epic – the evolution of the world’s most ‘epic’ mountain bike race

Steve Thomas was at the first ever Cape Epic and takes us for a ride through its evolution.

Mon, Mar 18, 2024 09:00
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Cape Epic MTB Race 2024 – riders to watch

Everything you need to know about the toughest mountain bike stage race in the world including how to watch.

Tue, Mar 12, 2024 09:29
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Bespoked flashback: check out the smooth-riding Reilly T325D titanium road bike

With the Bespoked handmade bicycle show coming to a new UK venue in 2024, check out this titanium beauty we first saw at the expo five years ago

Tue, Feb 06, 2024 21:45
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What’s in store for cycling in 2024? road.cc shares some two-wheeled prophecies for the year ahead (which may or may not be completely rubbish)

Who’s going to win the Tour de France? What will the next revolutionary tech innovation be? And will a general election usher in a new era for active travel? We go crystal ball gazing…

Fri, Dec 29, 2023 18:00
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Remembering the Trek Madone 9 Series road bike: a bit odd… but very cool

It had its idiosyncrasies – including flip-out 'Vector Wings’ in the head tube – but we wish every new bike offered as many interesting features as the Trek Madone 9 Series did back in 2015

Tue, Nov 21, 2023 21:45
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