Tour’26 Photo Gallery: Our photographer John Thomson has been in France for the “La Grande Boucle” and has sent us his first batch of three from Paris and Thonon-les-Bains. Here is his gallery from “La Belle France”. *** You can see the full archive of John Thomson’s photo galleries HERE. *** John Thomson: “This is […]

The Tour de France Femmes finally met the stopwatch – and Marlen Reusser reminded everyone why she’s wearing the rainbow stripes. The reigning World Time Trial Champion powered to victory in the 21-kilometre race against the clock from Gevrey-Chambertin to Dijon, edging an outstanding Lieke Nooijen by just four seconds to claim both the stage […]

Modern stage racing is increasingly won against the clock – but what’s the fastest way to pace a time trial? This week’s Toolbox explores whether steady power or strategic surges produce the quickest ride, examining the latest sports science on pacing strategies, accelerations, fast starts, and why the answer changes depending on the length of […]

RACE REPORT: There are breakaways… and then there are rides that become career-defining. Sigrid Haugset (EF Education-Oatly) produced one of the performances of this year’s Tour de France Femmes, surviving an astonishing 86-kilometre solo escape – the longest in this race’s history – to claim Stage 3 and pull on the Maillot Jaune after holding […]

RACE REPORT: Two stages. Two victories. Two days in yellow. Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) continued her perfect start to the 2026 Tour de France Femmes Avec Zwift.  After winning the Stage 1 opener, she produced another devastating sprint in Geneva to win Stage 2 after Riejanne Markus’s courageous 39-kilometre solo escape was swallowed up less […]

It seems that growing up in Lander, Wyoming in the 1980s (population then around 7,000, much as it is today) one way to be a teenage rebel was to go in for alternate music and bike racing.  “Saddling Up to Ride in Cowboy Country” is a memoir by Dave Campbell describing those impressionable years when […]

The women finally took center stage – and if Stage 1 was any indication, the 2026 Tour de France Femmes could be even more exciting than ever with the last three winners all lining up – the race is wide open.. PEZ Tour de France Femmes Avec Zwift 2026 Race Coverage is presented by FACTOR […]

Ed Hood loved the Tour, the ‘6 Days’ of Gent, and the cyclo-cross in Koksijde, but where he was happiest was at a Kermis in Belgium – beer, frites, and bike racing. On Sunday he watched the Tour final in Paris – Monday it was Westrozebeke. In January last year we lost our friend and […]

Factor Bikes today have unveiled two Factor ONE special editions featuring characters from SpongeBob SquarePants that will debut at the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, raced by riders from Human Powered Health and Ma Petite Entreprise. Blending elite-level engineering with unmistakable characters and creativity, the ONE XXRAY PLUS SpongeBob SquarePants Edition and the ONE […]

Welcome to Pez’s Gear Break, July end edition! This week, we kick things off with Shimano’s flagship release—the all-new Dura-Ace WH-R9370 wheel lineup, freshly ridden to a Stage 21 victory at Le Tour by Mathieu van der Poel. We also take a close look at LAP’s D3O-protected Project 001 race suit, Scicon’s commemorative 5-Tour eyewear […]

SUMMARY TOP STORY RACE NEWS Grand Départ Trophy Arrives in Britain from Barcelona TEAM, RIDER AND CYCLING NEWS VIDEO RACE NEWS   Grand Départ Trophy Arrives in Britain from Barcelona With just 330 days (or so) until the Tour kicks off once again, it’s official: Great Britain will host the next Grand Départ, after the […]

Feeling those post-Tour blues (like Richard is in his video below)? Fear not! The wide-open Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift begins this week, and we’re covering it with the passion of the converted (because that’s what we are here at PEZ). Demi Vollering, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, and Kasia Niewiadoma are set for a Ventoux-decided showdown […]

The 2026 Tour de France may be over, but the biggest conversations in professional cycling are only just beginning.  This week’s edition of The Outer Line AIRmail, looks beyond Tadej Pogačar’s dominant fifth Tour victory to examine the deeper issues shaping the sport. From growing calls for ASO to modernize professional cycling’s business model and […]

When we first introduced the S-Works Evade 4 and BOA FS2 in Gear Break back in June, the headline news was unexpected. The new Evade wasn’t slipperier than its predecessor; the real story is the all-new Fit System 2 from BOA. This collaborative integration pairs the latest aero helmet from Specialized with a new suspension […]

TOOLBOX: Cyclists are being encouraged to consume more carbohydrates than ever, with some professionals reporting 100–150 grams per hour. But does ultra-high carbohydrate intake improve performance—or simply send more unabsorbed sugar through your gut? Recent research challenges the assumption that more fuel always means more speed.   ~I follow a mix of sports and nutrition […]

PEZ SEz – I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one feeling down this Monday – the Tour has ended.  After three+ weeks of waking up early to check the early stage broadcast on Flobikes to see if anything was happening, then going back to sleep until around 6:30 am local time here in Vancouver […]

*sniff* — We’re already missing the Tour de France (even if this year’s version left us wanting…). Mike rounds up the winners and losers of the Grande Boucle, from time trials reclaiming relevance and Remco Evenepoel’s podium resurgence to Alpe d’Huez’s increasingly dangerous fan crowds and a quiet Tour for INEOS. The revamped green jersey […]

RACE REPORT: The final stage of the Tour de France is usually little more than a champagne parade before the sprinters settle matters on the Champs-Élysées. Not this year. With a redesigned finale featuring three ascents of the steep cobbled Côte de la Butte Montmartre, Stage 21 became one last all-out battle – and Mathieu […]

In 1977 an American journalist for the International Herald Tribune in Paris switched from the news desk to become sports editor.  In June that year he found himself covering the Tour de France for the first time.  Samuel Abt had no particular interest in bike racing even if his wife was a fan. To him, […]

RACE REPORT: For the second straight day, Alpe d’Huez provided cycling theatre worthy of its legendary status. But unlike Friday, this time Tadej Pogačar wasn’t chasing stage glory. Instead, the Yellow Jersey spent much of the Tour’s Queen Stage doing something almost unimaginable—working as a domestique. While Richard Carapaz battled Sepp Kuss across four massive […]

Paris Winner Interview: The Tour de France didn’t finish in Paris this year (2024), but the Olympic Games road races do.  So look back to 1987 when Jeff Pierce was one of only two US riders to have won the final stage of the Tour de France on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. The other is […]

RACE REPORT: If anyone thought Tadej Pogačar might finally show a hint of weakness after three brutal weeks of racing, Alpe d’Huez provided the answer. The Slovenian produced one of the defining rides of this Tour de France, wiping out a three-minute deficit to an elite breakaway before launching not one, not two, but three […]

As the peloton is set for arrival in Paris, Gear Break is aiming to get you dialed in on the latest equipment, gear, and kit to get you ready for you next all road adventure. Yes, All road. Le Tour is nearly done, and it’s time we get back to where we ride. First up, […]

Richard Carapaz has been knocking on the door since Stage 1 of this Tour de France, launching attack after attack only to see each one reeled back in. On Stage 18, the Olympic champion finally got his reward. The EF Education-EasyPost leader timed his move to perfection on the final climb to Orcières-Merlette, riding clear […]

One of the excellent features of the indoor training app Rouvy is its regular celebration of racing’s greatest events.  You might not be able to drive an F1 car or play baseball at Yankee Stadium but bike racing allows you not only the opportunity to buy almost exactly the same equipment the pros use (if […]