EMPORIA, Kansas (May 30, 2026) — Mads Würtz Schmidt and Sofía Gómez Villafañe conquered mud, mechanicals and late-race pressure Saturday to win the Life Time UNBOUND Gravel 200 presented by Shimano. Gómez Villafañe won the women’s race from a five-rider sprint on Commercial Street and retained her lead in the Life Time Grand Prix Series. In […]

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EMPORIA, Kansas (MAY 30, 2026) — Robin Gemperle does not race gravel so much as absorb it. On Saturday, across 356 miles of Flint Hills limestone and storm-wrecked mud, the Swiss ultra-cyclist absorbed more than most riders ever will — and came out the other side in 21 hours and 16 minutes, nearly an hour […]

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By Dave Campbell — Paul Willerton stands as a remarkable figure in American cycling history who has seemingly done it all. He raced all over the world as both an amateur and a professional road cyclist, and later as a mountain biker. He is a partner in a successful cycling apparel company and a filmmaker. […]

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The 2026 Giro d’Italia returned from its second rest day with Afonso Eulálio still in pink and Jonas Vingegaard closing fast. Filippo Ganna blew apart the Viareggio–Massa time trial, Jhonatan Narváez collected his third stage victory, Alec Segaert and Alberto Bettiol delivered opportunistic wins, and Fredrik Dversnes rewarded Uno-X Mobility with a breakthrough victory in […]

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The second week of the 2026 Giro d’Italia arrived with chaos, attrition, and the first true mountain battles of the race. Jhonatan Narváez continued his remarkable comeback with two stage victories for UAE Team Emirates XRG, while Jonas Vingegaard finally unleashed his climbing legs on the slopes of Blockhaus and Corno alle Scale. Yet despite […]

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Ryan Muncy was awarded the Fan Favorite at the Mark Gunter Photo Awards this year. The shot is from the last edition of the Littleton Twilight Criterium held on August 2, 2025. The event is canceled until a new promoter steps up.  

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A grassroots initiative backed by local support gives emerging women racers a team, a kit, and a seat at the starting line of the Baker City Cycling Classic.

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Three days, three sprints, and an unexpected Maglia Rosa The 109th Giro d’Italia opened not on Italian roads but on the wide Bulgarian coast, and the first three stages played out like a sprinters’ tutorial — two wins for Paul Magnier, one for a young Kazakh who had no business winning a Grand Tour stage […]

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DURANGO, Colorado — The Iron Horse Bicycle Classic returns to Durango over Memorial Day weekend, May 22–24, 2026, for its 53rd edition, bringing thousands of riders and spectators back to one of the most iconic and enduring events in American cycling. First established in 1972 following a friendly but fateful challenge between two brothers—one on […]

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LIÉGE, Belgium (April 26, 2026) – The 10th edition of Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes saw Demi Vollering (FDJ United-Suez) become the first three-time winner of the race as she attacked on the Côte de La Redoute and rode solo for 34km to the finish line. After also winning La Flèche Wallonne Femmes midweek, Vollering was again far […]

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LIÉGE, Belgium (April 26, 2026) – Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) proved again his current domination of professional road cycling by winning the 112th Liège-Bastogne-Liège, becoming the first rider in this century to get three straight victories in La Doyenne, and completing an outstanding spring in which he has won all Monuments at stake but Paris-Roubaix […]

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The U.S. Pro Cup returns to Washougal, Washington, bringing elite-level cross-country (XC) and short track (XCC) mountain bike racing back to the Pacific Northwest. Organized by Zone 5 Promotions, the event is part of the national U.S. Pro Cup series, designed to provide today’s top riders and tomorrow’s Olympians with a high-caliber racing environment. Since […]

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STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colorado — A new gravel event is set to debut in Colorado’s Yampa Valley this spring, as Outlaw Gravel rolls into Steamboat Springs on May 31 with a format designed to blend competition, strategy, and community. Unlike traditional mass-start gravel races, Outlaw Gravel introduces an enduro-style structure, where riders tackle four timed segments […]

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REDLANDS, California — The Redlands Classic was held from April 8-12, 2026. We present a stage by stage recap of the pro men’s and women’s races by Rebecca Reza with photos from Brian Hodes, VeloImages. Stage 1: Brunner, Ehrlich Take Opening Wins at Lake Perris Time Trial Eric Brunner (Project Echelon) and Emily Ehrlich (Virginia’s […]

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By Steven Sheffield — Professional cycling’s spring season builds toward a series of one-day races that define careers and separate the merely great from the genuinely immortal. Among these, four stand apart — two rooted in the cobblestones and punishing climbs of Flanders, one in the rolling hills of the Dutch province of Limburg, and […]

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2026 Paris–Roubaix Femmes Hauts-de-France • Denain to Roubaix • 143.1 km • 20 cobbled sectors April 12, 2026 — There is a pattern to Paris–Roubaix Femmes that has refused to bend to any force applied to it since the race’s first edition in 2021. Six editions have been held. Six different riders have won them. Six […]

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2026 Paris–Roubaix Hauts-de-France • Compiègne to Roubaix • 258.3 km • 30 cobbled sectors April 12, 2026 — The race was always going to make history. The only question, on the morning of April 12th in Compiègne, was whose history it would make. If Tadej Pogačar crossed the line first in the Vélodrome André Pétrieux, […]

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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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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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