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09/17/2025

Vuelta a España headline harvester Juan Ayuso has been tipped to lead Team Spain at road worlds, and the mutinous 23-year-old could well win the thing.

With Marc Soler and Ivan Romeo at his flanks in Rwanda, Spain’s love-or-hate young leader could well find himself in the rainbow bands next Sunday. A climb-heavy course across the hills of Kigali plays right into the favor of the Vuelta’s long-range breakaway specialist.

09/16/2025

Chloé Dygert, Quinn Simmons, and junior prodigy Ashlin Barry are the top riders hunting the stripes in what will be an underdog team for USA Cycling’s world championship squad for Kigali, Rwanda, from September 21-28.

Team USA will roll into Kigali with 23 riders across elite, U23, and junior categories as the 2025 UCI worlds make history with the first world championships on African roads. The roster is a mix of WorldTour firepower with rising domestic talent, but several marquee names are avoiding the long trip to Africa.

09/16/2025

Great news for American racing: the storied Philadelphia Cycling Classic is set to return in 2026.

Today organizers and city officials announced the revival of the race that ran for over three decades from 1985 to 2016, and was once the highest rated UCI single-day race in the United States. The race is slated for August 30, placing it in what’s shaping up to be an interesting late-summer-early-fall block of pro racing in North America.

09/16/2025

Juan Ayuso, future world champion?

Controversial Spaniard sees lead role for royal rumble with Pogačar, Del Toro, Evenepoel at Kigali road worlds.

Meanwhile, reports of a long-term deal with Lidl-Trek heat up:

https://bit.ly/4gqXe2t

Ayuso will lead Spain at worlds, and the mutinous 23-year-old could win the thing. Meanwhile, reports of transfer to Lidl-Trek heat up ...

09/16/2025

The Philadelphia Cycling Classic is returning next year!

Philadelphia has a storied history in American pro racing dating back to 1985. The race will return in 2026 after a 10-year hiatus.

09/16/2025

This year has been a tough one for world champions Lotte Kopecky and Fem Van Empel, with their performances suffering and both riders facing periods of time wondering how to get back to their best.

So too Marta Cavalli, the ace Italian climber who won the Amstel Gold Race and Flèche Wallonne back in 2022. Now the frustrations suffered by two of those riders have led to a complete change in direction of their careers, with both Van Empel and Cavalli making major decisions in recent days.

As for Kopecky, the double road world champ suffered a blow with a revised diagnosis of the injury she suffered when she crashed earlier this month. The two-time rainbow jersey opted out of defending her rainbow stripes with Team Belgium after a season plagued by injuries and setbacks.

09/16/2025

Mads Pedersen has a new super-fuel, and it's made of broccoli sprouts:

'Nomio' drink claims to reduce lactate by 12 percent and plans on dominating the world of endurance:

'Our goal is that all athletes going to LA Olympics will use it.'

https://bit.ly/4naBdHW

'Our goal is that all athletes at the LA Olympics will be using Nomio': Pedersen's broccoli drink claims to reduce lactate by 12 percent.

09/16/2025

Ever wondered how raw carbon turns into race-ready wheels? Velo's Shoddy Dave headed to the FSA-VISION carbon factory in Taichung, Taiwan to find out just how VISION creates components, and turns already great products into the next industry leading gear used by pros and top riders the world over.

We’ll let you in on a little secret: it involves testing gear to the limits — and finding those limits means breaking stuff. Head to Velo to read the full story behind the tech that powers the pros: https://bit.ly/3VeNTkR

Brought to you by VISION and FSA

09/16/2025

Tom Pidcock, future GC superstar? Or should he focus on CX, classics, and 'cross?

Pidcock has the cycling world at his fingertips after Vuelta breakout:

'This gives me more confidence that I could win a grand tour'

https://bit.ly/42vQv1s

Longtime coach of Pidcock reveals how he cracked the GC code for his multi-discipline star – but where do classics, CX, MTB fit in?

09/16/2025

From Vuelta bad boy to road world champion?

Juan Ayuso leads Spain into world championship showdown with Pogačar, Del Toro, Evenepoel, and he could well beat them all to the stripes.

Meanwhile, fresh rumor of a long-term deal with Lidl-Trek heat up:

https://bit.ly/4gqXe2t

Controversy-stalked 23-year-old Ayuso takes favorite's status into climb-heavy Kigali worlds as reports of transfer to Lidl-Trek heat up.

09/16/2025

Riders end protest-ravaged Vuelta a España on their terms with improvised podium in a hotel parking lot:

'A pity that such a moment of eternity was taken from us.'

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Riders end protest-ravaged Vuelta on their terms with improvised podium: 'A pity that such a moment of eternity was taken from us.'

09/16/2025

Lotte Kopecky out with broken back, Marta Cavalli retires at 27, Fem van Empel returns from long hiatus:

https://bit.ly/47MsdEc

Headwinds for key names in women’s peloton: Time out for Lotte Kopecky with fracture, tough decisions for Fem van Empel and Marta Cavalli