Rider Interview: Brandon McNulty launched himself into his WorldTour career with top performances in the Tour de San Juan and the Ruta del Sol, and then… Ed Hood caught up with Brandon back in the US during the winter of 2020. In January 2025 we lost our friend and colleague Ed Hood, two years after […]

Gear Break rolls in as the seasons change hits our Michigan office this week. Steady rain is falling, the leaves are turning, and the thermometer sits at a damp 68°F outside the Pez office. This week’s lineup matches that shift: Chuck’s full test of the Velo Angel Revo 3D saddle for fall gravel comfort (yeah, […]

What’s the cycling community talking about this week? We’re nursing a Worlds hangover, still marveling at Vollering’s and McNulty’s wins, wishing birthday boy Paul Seixas would go easier on himself, and thinking there might still be room for us duffers on a Worlds team after all. What’s not below: I’m ready to put some Kalshi money […]

My first trip to Montréal and my first World Road Cycling Championships delivered more than I could fit into a single race report—or a single video. These Montréal Worlds 2026 highlights bring together my favourite moments from the trip: Brandon McNulty’s emotional winning celebration, roadside conversations with fans, an e-bike exploration of the circuit and […]

Who’s with me here: Was that a fantastic Worlds week or what? Call me crazy — Tim Wellens — but I love a week of riders contending in their national kits, in races that throw typical tactics out the window. Not that Worlds always produces a surprise winner — as it didn’t in this year’s […]

That one was easy – and once again luck played a big part in helping me capture the action – and today the emotion of the World Road Cycling Championships in Montreal Canada. Moments after winning the race, Brandon McNulty grabbed his country’s flag and beelined it to his girlfriend… standing right beside me. I […]

Strade Dust – L’Eroica: Italy, land of vino, pasta, Fausto Coppi and home of the ultimate retro-ride. L’Eroica, “the Heroic,” runs every October and this coming week ( October 1-4, 2026) marks the 29th edition of this festival of vintage cycling in its extended format. PEZman Leslie Reissner looks back to when he was lucky […]

Worlds Roadside Video: Another excellent day roadside at the Elite Women’s Road Race gave me the chance to meet cycling fans from Canada and around the world. I asked them one question: who wins the Elite Men’s World Championship tomorrow? Today was the 2026 UCI Road World Championships in Montréal Elite Women’s Road Race. I […]

VIDEO Report: Today was course recon day — but with a pretty nice bonus: I followed the Men’s U23 World Championship road race around Montréal while exploring the circuit myself. So instead of just looking at a map and elevation profile, I got to see how this course actually races when there’s a rainbow jersey […]

Fall’s Here and Gear Break continues to keep pace with the industry. Six new releases just landed, covering nearly everything on a fall checklist: a faster time trial helmet, a steel frame revival, two new Fall/Winter apparel systems, a gravel wheel built for all-rounders, and rain jackets that welcome bad weather instead of dreading it. […]

Day one on the ground at the Montréal Worlds — and what a day. I found the course, tracked down my media credentials and then it was off to check out the start/finish, the press area and give you a look behind the curtain at what covering a World Championships actually looks like — including […]

Day 1 was that big-ass travel day flying across Canada to visit Montreal and the World Road Cycling championships – both for my very first time – I know, right? As promised, I am capturing the whole thing on video which is running on the Pez, Instagram channel and YouTube channel, but in case you’re […]

What’s being discussed in the cycling sphere this week? Well, Worlds, of course. But that’s not all. There’s always a story behind the story. Remco won the TT — but the battle didn’t stop there: It spilled into social media, where he and Ganna continued their rivalry. There’s more off-road beef, as 2012 rainbow stripes-earner […]

The rainbow jerseys are being decided in Montréal, but the racing has already exposed some uncomfortable questions about how cycling’s World Championships are organized. Why are elite riders being asked to pay their own way to represent their countries—and should national teams continue to contest one of the sport’s most valuable events when commercial trade […]

Italy has won the Mixed Team Relay at the UCI Road World Championships for the first time, beating France after a fast and dramatic afternoon in Montréal. Switzerland recovered from Stefan Küng’s costly puncture to claim bronze, while defending champion Australia finished just off the podium. The Mixed Team Relay occupied centre stage midway through […]

TOOLBOX: September is chock full of racing as riders around the globe work to put that final exclamation point on their season. Many are on the cusp of a well deserved break from the arduous training and structure that has defined their summer. For others it is the start of the fitness ramp towards cyclocross! […]

The Netherlands has its first Under-23 men’s time trial world champion in 19 years. Ryan Gal sprang the surprise of the Montréal Worlds with a superbly paced ride, beating Italy’s Nicolas Milesi and Spanish favourite Héctor Álvarez to the rainbow jersey. The battle for the Under-23 men’s time trial title always looked like one of […]

Australia’s Felicity Wilson-Haffenden delivered on her pre-race favourite status with a commanding victory in the Under-23 women’s individual time trial at the 2026 UCI Road World Championships in Montréal. Dutch talent Nienke Vinke raced to an impressive silver medal, while Belgium’s Luca Vierstraete survived a nail-biting finish to claim bronze. After the elite women and […]

This Monday morning EuroTrash is all-and-only World Championships (and we’re not talking about your local ride, much as I do love a Wednesday Worlds). With Reusser’s and Evenepoel’s signature, predicted wins behind us, we move on to cycling’s next generation, the future Marlens and Remcos, who assume the stage Monday and Tuesday, along with the […]

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RACE REPORT: Remco Evenepoel has done it again. The Belgian superstar blasted around the 39.9-kilometre Montréal course to claim his fourth consecutive elite men’s world time trial title – and join Fabian Cancellara and Tony Martin as the event’s joint record holders. Filippo Ganna took another silver medal, while 19-year-old French sensation Paul Seixas delivered […]

Marlen Reusser has done it again. The Swiss powerhouse successfully defended her elite women’s individual time trial title in Montréal, delivering another demonstration of perfectly controlled speed against the clock. Reusser covered the challenging 39.9-kilometre course 40 seconds faster than Great Britain’s Zoe Bäckstedt, who claimed a superb silver medal. Germany’s Franziska Koch completed the […]

Back in 2015, after his attack on the Tour of Sufferlandria, Leslie Reissner turned back to his more normal position on the PEZ staff as our culture editor to review a great book of paintings from the World championships in Richmond by Greig Leach. Some of you may have seen Greig’s previous books illustrating the […]

Photog’s View Reload: The 2015 Road World Championships gave Richmond a week of racing to remember—and gave Peter Sagan the first of his three consecutive rainbow jerseys.  Ahead of the World Championships’ long awaited return to North America in Montreal, PEZ sets the stage with this look back.  PEZ photographer Darrell Parks was there from […]

Gear Break: Worlds Week Pez Fans, the whole cycling world is packing its bags for Worlds Week in Québec, and Gear Break is riding along in the team car. The UCI World Championships will be held in Montreal from September 20-27. First in the queue, Shimano just dropped its biggest road pedal update in years. […]