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Spin Cycle: All Liquigas, no brakes
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Spin Cycle: All Liquigas, no brakes

Demi Vollering got more than she bargained for.

by Jonny Long

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Gallery: Mud and grit as Cink and Pieterse triumph in wild Leogang XCO battles
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EscapeCollective Paywall Badge Gallery: Mud and grit as Cink and Pieterse triumph in wild Leogang XCO battles

An emotional first win and a dominant run in the mud.

by Caley Fretz

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The big boys are out to play at the Dauphiné
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EscapeCollective Paywall Badge The big boys are out to play at the Dauphiné

Vingegaard attacks, Pogačar wins, Evenepoel hangs.

by Caley Fretz

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Tour of Britain wrap: FDJ-Suez maintains 2025 GC supremacy with Wollaston after four dramatic stages
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EscapeCollective Paywall Badge Tour of Britain wrap: FDJ-Suez maintains 2025 GC supremacy with Wollaston after four dramatic stages

Lorena Wiebes and SD Worx-Protime had to wait until the final stage to take a single stage win at the race they've made their own several times, including in 2024.

by Kit Nicholson

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Dispatches from the Tour de Lunsar, ‘West Africa’s noisiest bike race’
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EscapeCollective Paywall Badge Dispatches from the Tour de Lunsar, ‘West Africa’s noisiest bike race’

The proudly independent Tour de Lunsar operates outside the UCI system on a shoestring budget. It has its struggles, but its successes know almost no bounds...

by Tom Owen

News & Racing #post-format-gallery Tour de Lunsar Editors Picks
Collective favourites - Cycling sunglasses
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What do we use to shield our eyes?

by Suvi Loponen

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A winning Trek that suggests full-suspension gravel bikes are coming (back)
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EscapeCollective Paywall Badge A winning Trek that suggests full-suspension gravel bikes are coming (back)

It looks production-ready, too.

by Dave Rome

Tech news Trek Justinas Leveika Tech Gravel Trans Balkan Race
A tale of two bike racks
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EscapeCollective Paywall Badge A tale of two bike racks

Two Kickstarter racks, three years apart, ask the question: where does inspiration end and imitation begin?

by Iain Treloar

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In turnaround, Silca will offer its Elettrico inflators in the US
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EscapeCollective Paywall Badge In turnaround, Silca will offer its Elettrico inflators in the US

A temporary reduction in trade war hostilities has opened a narrow import window, but it could close just as quickly.

by Joe Lindsey

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Geek Warning: A Week of Wireless
Geek Warning

Geek Warning: A Week of Wireless

Five unreleased bikes discussed, plus the latest from Shimano, Campagnolo, Favero, and more.

by Escape Collective

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Shimano XTR Di2 M9200 MTB group: A complete hands-on guide and early review
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EscapeCollective Paywall Badge Shimano XTR Di2 M9200 MTB group: A complete hands-on guide and early review

Shimano goes fully wireless, finally. A close look at all that’s new and what’s not.

by Dave Rome

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Shimano's Q'Auto brings automatic shifting to the pedal-only people
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Shimano's Q'Auto brings automatic shifting to the pedal-only people

The brand is adapting existing technologies to expand automatic shifting beyond e-bikes.

by Joe Lindsey

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❶ Good signs pre-Tour for Merlier and De Lie at Brussels Classic
❷ Tour selection bids made at Tour of Slovenia as Anders Johannessen seals GC
❸ Vollering handed fine and penalty for celebrating teammate's Catalunya stage win
❹ Leogang XCO World Cup: Domination from Pieterse, fairytale for Cink
❺ FDJ-Suez dominates Catalunya finale as Adegeest takes stage 3 and Vollering seals GC
❻ Pogačar swaps rainbows for yellow with surprise stage 1 win at the Dauphiné
❼ Wiebes finally gets her stage win as Wollaston snatches Tour of Britain overall
❽ Roldan breaks femur 24 hours after stage 2 win as weather hits Tour of Britain
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SAT 7TH
❶ Cat Ferguson leads British one-two on dramatic Tour of Britain stage 3
❷ Tsarenko wins big at the Tour of Slovenia as breakaway takes Queen Stage
❸ More bad news for Picnic-PostNL as Degenkolb ruled out of Tour de France
❹ Vollering takes Queen Stage and race lead at Volta a Catalunya Femenina
❺ 'There's a pitbull in him', says Evenepoel's teammate pre-Dauphiné
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❶ Leogang XCC World Cup: Blevins and Pieterse dominate short track
❷ Pogačar says that 'the legs are there' ahead of the Dauphiné
❸ Chabbey takes stage 1 of the Volta a Catalunya Feminas
❹ Groenewegen sets Tour of Slovenia record with stage 3 win
❺ Roldan goes solo to win stage 2 of the Tour of Britain Women
❻ No, Fabio Jakobsen won't ride a Grand Tour in 2025
❼ Wahoo raises US prices
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Dispatches from the Tour de Lunsar, ‘West Africa’s noisiest bike race’
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The proudly independent Tour de Lunsar operates outside the UCI system on a shoestring budget. It has its struggles, but its successes know almost no bounds...

by Tom Owen

News & Racing #post-format-gallery Tour de Lunsar Editors Picks
Behind the lens: Shooting the Finestre
Culture

Behind the lens: Shooting the Finestre

One of the greatest mountains in cycling had a dramatic impact on one of the sport's photographers.

by Harry Talbot

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Is SRAM quietly reinventing the chain?
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EscapeCollective Paywall Badge Is SRAM quietly reinventing the chain?

Exclusive: A recent patent filing suggests the brand could be preparing to make a shift in chain design.

by Alex Hunt, Alan Cote

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Spin Cycle: Return of the Dave?
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EscapeCollective Paywall Badge Spin Cycle: Return of the Dave?

Visma's chef is cooking.

by Jonny Long

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Q&A: Luke Plapp on his Giro stage win, Worlds in Africa, and future goals
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EscapeCollective Paywall Badge Q&A: Luke Plapp on his Giro stage win, Worlds in Africa, and future goals

The 24-year-old breaks down his first WorldTour victory, the challenging period before that, and what might be next.

by Matt de Neef

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The showdown we've been waiting for? Pogačar, Vingegaard, and Evenepoel set for Dauphiné clash
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EscapeCollective Paywall Badge The showdown we've been waiting for? Pogačar, Vingegaard, and Evenepoel set for Dauphiné clash

The Tour de France's top three favorites will finally all square off against each other for the first time this year in a key tuneup for the biggest race in the world.

by Dane Cash

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Jonas Vingegaard’s hairy leg code
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A meditation on Jonas Vingegaard and the horseshoe theory of flexing.

by Caley Fretz

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Beyond the Bonk 2.0: How fuelling is supercharging the women of Lidl-Trek
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EscapeCollective Paywall Badge Beyond the Bonk 2.0: How fuelling is supercharging the women of Lidl-Trek

How a new approach to nutrition has helped create the fastest Women's WorldTour peloton, ever.

by Georgie Howe

Performance nutrition Lidl-Trek
24 mph and 295 watts for 8 hours: Inside the unbelievable ride that won Unbound 200
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EscapeCollective Paywall Badge 24 mph and 295 watts for 8 hours: Inside the unbelievable ride that won Unbound 200

Cameron Jones didn’t just break the Unbound 200 record, he obliterated it. Here’s how he rode away from everyone and rewrote what’s possible in gravel racing.

by Alex Hunt

Performance Power analysis Unbound gravel racing
Wout did how many watts? Van Aert’s Giro power data points to a return to form
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EscapeCollective Paywall Badge Wout did how many watts? Van Aert’s Giro power data points to a return to form

An Instagram post reveals some of Wout Van Aert’s efforts at this year's Giro d’Italia.

by Alex Hunt

Performance Giro d'Italia Wout van Aert Power analysis
Beyond the bonk: How fueling is changing the game for EF
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EscapeCollective Paywall Badge Beyond the bonk: How fueling is changing the game for EF

As one WorldTeam's approach shows, the limits of modern fueling strategies are yet to be reached, but a few complications are standing in the way.

by Alex Hunt

Performance nutrition EF Education-EasyPost Neilson Powless

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Gallery: Mud and grit as Cink and Pieterse triumph in wild Leogang XCO battles
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EscapeCollective Paywall Badge Gallery: Mud and grit as Cink and Pieterse triumph in wild Leogang XCO battles

An emotional first win and a dominant run in the mud.

by Caley Fretz

News & Racing #post-format-gallery Cross Country Mountain Bike World Cup Mountain Bike
Shimano XTR Di2 M9200 MTB group: A complete hands-on guide and early review
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EscapeCollective Paywall Badge Shimano XTR Di2 M9200 MTB group: A complete hands-on guide and early review

Ari Bikes Signal Peak 3.0 review: DTC XC evolved
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Review: WRP Zero Drag Kit, a silent upgrade for DT Swiss hubs
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EscapeCollective Paywall Badge Review: WRP Zero Drag Kit, a silent upgrade for DT Swiss hubs

Revel Bikes is back in the hands of its founder
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EscapeCollective Paywall Badge Revel Bikes is back in the hands of its founder

Maxxis Aspen vs. Vittoria Peyote review, battle of the nearly-slicks
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EscapeCollective Paywall Badge Maxxis Aspen vs. Vittoria Peyote review, battle of the nearly-slicks

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