By Gail Newbold — “Hog the road!” a fellow cyclist advised us. A Grand Teton National Park ranger told her she could continue riding all the way to String Lake in a designated bike lane alongside Jenny Lake Road beyond where the official paved Grand Teton Pathway ended. The problem was the bike lane was […]

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Tadej Pogačar claimed his third Tour of Flanders with a solo performance of frightening authority, dropping Mathieu van der Poel on the final Oude Kwaremont while Remco Evenepoel — losing teammates to abandonment and mechanical failure from the opening hour — announced himself on his Classic debut with a stirring third place. ANTWERP, Belgium — […]

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By Steven Sheffield — Three years ago, I discovered the trailer for a documentary about cycling in the Flemish region of Belgium; home to the Flahutes (or more commonly “Flandriens”). The title is, fittingly enough, simply Flandrien. From the film’s website (https://flandrienfilm.com/): “Producer Shane Cooper and director Paul Willerton have teamed up to create a […]

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Australian World Cup racer completed the iconic Canyonlands loop having never ridden 90 percent of the route Cam Jones has set a new Fastest Known Time on Utah’s White Rim Trail, completing the roughly 100-mile Canyonlands National Park loop in 5 hours, 23 minutes and 27 seconds on Tuesday, March 31. The Australian SCOTT Sports […]

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BOULDER, Colo. (March 31, 2026) — The International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) today announced the inaugural group of 28 communities receiving the IMBA Trail Town designation, a new national recognition honoring places that have made exceptional commitments to developing, stewarding, and celebrating trail systems that strengthen community life. The IMBA Trail Town designation recognizes communities […]

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On Executive Order 260401, the return of the Tour de Trump, and what a sixty-metre hill in New Jersey tells us about the relationship between power, memory, and the indifference of mountains. By Claude Aurillac-Issoire Clermont-Ferrand, France (01 April 2026) Translated from the original French. My mother grew up in the shadow of the Puy […]

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LIVE COVERAGE  By Stefan Schoofveldt, with additional reporting by Chatham George Paulson-Thomas and Claude Aurillac-Issoire  At seventeen minutes past midnight Eastern Time, Donald J. Trump posted to Truth Social that the Tour de France was very overrated. Thirty-four minutes later, he announced he was bringing back the greatest bike race the world had ever seen. […]

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By Nancy Clark, MS RD CSSD — In my early years as a sports nutritionist, fat was a four-letter word. The mantra Eat fat. get fat scared athletes away from consuming any kind of dietary fat. I had to practically beg athletes to include some fat in each meal. After all, fat is an essential […]

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By Steven Sheffield — The Monuments and classics represent the oldest and most prestigious one-day races in professional cycling—contests that predate the Tour de France and have crowned champions for well over a century. From the cobbled brutality of Paris-Roubaix to the Ardennes hills of Liège-Bastogne-Liège, from the sprinter’s lottery of Milano-Sanremo to the autumn […]

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Jasper Philipsen survives the chaos Van der Poel and Van Aert create, waits out the peloton’s clinical pursuit, and outsprints them all in Wevelgem. In Flanders Fields 2026 had everything — except the ending everyone expected. WEVELGEM, Belgium (29 MARCH 2026) — There is a particular cruelty built into the design of In Flanders Fields. […]

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COTTAGE GROVE, Oregon — Tandem teams from across the country will gather in Cottage Grove from June 5–7 for the 2026 Northwest Tandem Rally, one of the premier and longest-running tandem cycling events in the United States. Set in Oregon’s Willamette Valley, the rally offers a fully supported, multi-day riding experience designed specifically for tandem […]

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LANDER, Wyoming (March 27, 2026) — Author and Cycling West contributor Dave Campbell announces the release of his debut memoir, Saddling Up to Ride in Cowboy Country, a compelling story that captures both a personal coming-of-age journey and the explosive growth of cycling in the United States during the 1980s. In the 1980s, America discovered cycling — and so […]

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KAYSVILLE, Utah (March 26, 2026) — The Utah Cycling Association announces that Ronnie Boutte will conclude his leadership role on the Board of Directors effective April 8, 2026. The Utah Cycling Association is the local association governing road racing in the state of Utah, plus southeast Idaho and Western Wyoming. Since Ronnie assumed leadership in […]

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CEDAR CITY, Utah (March 26, 2026) — The Hell of the South (West) comes back for its seventh edition on June 13, 2026, and this year’s Belgian Waffle Ride Utah arrives with a reimagined course and a renewed appetite for high-desert chaos. Gone is the gnarly singletrack that defined previous editions. In its place, the organizers […]

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WILMINGTON, Del. (March 25, 2026) — The LYCRA Company, whose stretch fibers are foundational to modern cycling apparel, has entered a prepackaged Chapter 11 restructuring process designed to eliminate more than $1.2 billion in long-term debt while maintaining uninterrupted operations for brands and riders. The company reached a restructuring support agreement with the overwhelming majority […]

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By Charles Pekow — The United Nations has recognized the importance of cycling networks. The UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) released the 38-page UNECE Cycling Network: Guide for Designating Cycle Route Networks, available in English, French, and Russian. The guide outlines clear steps for local, regional, and national governments to design effective cycling networks. […]

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By Lou Melini — An Ontario, Canada bike trip has never been high on my bucket list. It has never come up in conversation except with Julie. I do not know anyone that has toured in Ontario nor read any accounts of anyone touring in Ontario. On the other hand, I have owned “The Lake […]

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OGDEN, Utah — Ogden-based ENVE Composites has signed on as a primary sponsor of Mick Schumacher’s No. 47 entry with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing for the 2026 NTT IndyCar Series season, the company announced last month. The partnership, revealed February 27, also designates ENVE as a full-season major associate sponsor for the campaign. Schumacher made his […]

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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (March 24, 2026) — “Racing isn’t everything.” Coming from Olympian and six-time U.S. Elite National Champion Erin Huck, that statement carries weight. Huck has spent much of her life chasing results at the highest level of the sport—lining up at World Cups, World Championships, and the Lifetime Grand Prix—while simultaneously building […]

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He crashed in Imperia, lost his team, and arrived in Sanremo having done the impossible anyway. Tadej Pogačar’s victory in the 117th Milano–Sanremo was not the one anyone had written for him. It was something considerably more than that. They had been talking about it since the autumn. Not about whether Pogačar would win Milano–Sanremo—the […]

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