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Cor Vos If you want to know how professional cycling will look a few years from now, you could do worse than looking at the 40-page report published by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) last week, entitled Future of Cycling. The report's publication

Suvi Loponen It has been a strong year for cycling's consumer festivals. Velofollies in Belgium attracted about 40,000 visitors, and Sea Otter Classic in California about 70,000. The exception was Eurobike, long the industry's main trade fair. In June, it

Cor Vos It's been said that we are living in the golden era of women's cycling, and after the road race on Saturday, it's hard to disagree. No doubt, the stars on the rise will continue to push the sport into a new stratosphere, but the current peloton is

Adrien Boichis has been a force to be reckoned with in 2026, having claimed one XCC World Cup win, three XCO victories and the XCC world title. Which is why the news of the Frenchman skipping the final two rounds in the US, whilst leading the XCC overall

Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney has officially signed for Lidl-Trek on a contract that runs through the 2028 season, her new team announced Tuesday. Niewiadoma-Phinney claimed overall victory at the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift in 2024 and has finished on th

Burgos-Burpellet-BH, Bajaj Pune Grand Tour There has been mixed reaction to the announcement that the 2032 UCI Road World Championships will be hosted in the city of Pune in western India. It will be the first time that such an event will be held in India

Last year, Wolf Tooth made a splash with its entry into the SPD pedal market. As Escape Collective covered in its review at the time, some of those pedals offered competitive weights, dimensions, and pricing compared with Shimano's flagship offerings, all

Tadej Pogačar may not yet be done with the 2026 season. Rumours began last week when his name was included on the Slovenia team's longlist for a home European Championships in Ljubljana on 4th October, only to be thoroughly quashed by his trade team UAE T

Biniam Girmay and Eritrean teammate Henok Mulubrhan were among the 16 riders to make up the early breakaway during the elite men's race at the UCI World Championships. Both ultimately logged DNFs - along with 126 others; only 58 men finished - and were la

Many brands within the bike industry often speak about higher-performing products being stiffer, lighter, more aero, and faster-rolling. And yet when it comes to off-road disciplines, it's rare for brands to discuss smoothness as a performance metric. It'