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The defining climbs and cobbles of the Flanders Classics season

The sections of bumpy road that give the spring season their character

Cobbled Classics contenders Canadians should be cheering for in 2019

The spring races in Flemish Belgium and Northern France are a highlight of the cycling season but who should fans in Canada be rooting for?

Germany tries to sell helmet safety with sex

Transport minister defends ad campaign that features half-nude Next Top Model stars despite criticism calling it embarrassing and sexist

8 signs you’re becoming a better cyclist

There are subtle ways to tell if you are becoming a better cyclist other than improving fitness, strong race results and dropping your friends on the group rides

Floyd’s Pro Cycling takes first UCI stage race win in Taiwan

Jonathan Clarke defends GC after winning Stage 2 while Stage 4 winner James Piccoli finishes second overall

The do’s and don’ts of bringing your bike to the mechanic this spring

Building a good relationship with your mechanic and local bike shop

Retro classics and cutting edge: Best road bikes of NAHBS 2019

A lovely array of custom, handcrafted road builds from the showroom floor in Sacramento

Queen’s Cycling boss U.S. collegiate racing at opening ECCC weekend

After the Philly Phlyer, Kingston, Ont. university leads overall standings with multiple wins across categories against big American colleges

Canada’s No. 22 recognized as Best in Show at 2019 NAHBS

Stunningly finished Drifter X helped the titanium frame built pick up three awards in Sacramento

Cyclists on teams that participate in the Tour de France linked to Aderlass doping scandal

21 athletes from five sports have been linked to German doctor Mark Schmidt who operated a blood doping ring out of Erfurt, Germany

Watch: James Piccoli solos to win on Stage 4 of the Tour de Taiwan

Montreal-native uses a bold late attack to escape and hold off reduced peloton for the dramatic win

Team Sky to become Team Ineos on May 1

Winners of six of the last seven Tour de France get the world’s second-biggest petrochemicals company as title sponsor

What is Trek’s new WaveCel?

Bontrager’s new helmets use a collapsible cellular material to reduce the risk of head injuries

Emily Flynn solos to victory at Birmingham Hammerfest

In her debut with LA Sweat after years racing for The Cyclery Racing, Ottawa-native makes an impact in USA Crit Series

Floyd’s Jonathan Clarke takes first professional win on Stage 2 of the Tour of Taiwan

Canadian UCI team opens account at the Redlands Classic with a win in the crit by Noah Granigan while overseas 34-year-old veteran wins UCI stage

Review: Farsik’s made in Victoria bar bag

Extra carrying capacity for riding in a large, durable and water-resistant bag that mounts on your bike’s handlebars

Canada concludes paracycling track worlds with five medals

Tristen Chernove claims rainbows on the final day as Canada put up a strong performance in Apeldoorn

No. 22 unveil Drifter X: a more versatile adventure bike

Handmade titanium frame builders unveil new model ahead of NAHBS

Michael Woods earns multi-year extension with EF Education First

World championship bronze medallist and Vuelta a España stage winner is set to tackle the Ardennes and Giro d’Italia in 2019

Campagnolo Super record EPS 12-speed: Details and first ride impressions from Girona

Italian component manufacturer’s high-end electronic groupset had me riding like a pro on 12-speed transmission

Trade in smelly old cycling shoes for a discount on a new pair with Shimano’s Earth Day initiative

Canada’s first cycling footwear recycling program offers a 25 per cent discount in exchange for an old pair of bike shoes

Watch: Elliot Jamieson makes incredible whoops save

Canadian junior makes big, on-the-edge-of-face-plant save on tricky course feature at Windrock Pro GRT

The alloy Trek Émonda ALR disc review

Sleek looking and smart riding sparkling purple frame makes a strong case to build a dream machine with an aluminium frameset

5 tips to ride more this spring

More hours of sunlight and increasingly warmer weather means more time in the saddle for Canadian cyclists

Gallery: A cracking men’s edition of Strade Bianche

Dust settles in the Crete Senesi as the calendar’s newest WorldTour spring classic delivers another thrilling edition

Is Strade Bianche deserving of the moniker of cycling’s sixth Monument?

Is an incredible course on beautiful Italian roads with Renaissance architecture as the backdrop of an iconic finish enough to make Tuscany’s spring classic one of cycling’s most revered one-day races?

Quick recap of the fallout from Operation Aderlass, so far

Pro cyclists Georg Preidler and Stefan Denifl have been banned by the UCI after confessions of blood doping to police

Team Sky’s Luke Rowe sparks important debate, which Canadian city is the best to watch hockey in?

Welshman wants to know where he can watch the most ice hockey games in a week

How to watch the 2019 edition of Strade Bianche live in Canada

L’Eroica Pro produced some of the finest racing of 2018 and is set to do so again on the iconic white roads of Tuscany on Saturday, March 9

Rapha launches custom apparel program with easy to use design tool

The British Apparel company are giving clubs, friends and businesses the tools to create their own custom cycling apparel

Time launches first shoe line since 2013 with the Osmos road shoes

New line of shoes gives French bicycle company a full pedal, cleat and shoe interface for road cyclists

The pros and cons of travelling with your bike versus renting

Seven things to consider when you are weighing transporting your bike against renting a bike for a cycling trip

Red Hook Criterium organizers cancel events for 2019

The fixie race series that had a high of four stops from 2015 to 2017 is scaling back considerably with no plans to hold any events in 2019

Not all spinners are winners according to new study on cycling cadence

Researchers find high cadence pedalling is inefficient for recreational cyclists

Wonderful Losers: A Different World review

An intimate and emotional look at riders like Svein Tuft whose stories impact professional cycling but often go about their jobs in the background

Giro Aether MIPS review

Integrated safety features with excellent aesthetics, fit and ventilation make Giro’s newest helmet a front runner in helmet innovation

Garmin acquires Tacx, entering the indoor cycling market

Kansas-based GPS and cycling head-unit company sees the opportunity to expand into growing indoor cycling market with the acquisition of Dutch smart trainer company

Junior race Le Tour de la relève de Rimouski cancelled because lack of local interest and volunteers

Youth stage race fails to attract necessary support to continue despite successfully preparing juniors for international racing

Mathieu van der Poel to keep split focus between road, cyclocross and mountain bike until at least 2020

24-year-old Dutch multidisciplinary star has no intentions of committing and will continue to mix things up until the Tokyo Olympic Games

A cyclist’s review of the AfterShokx Trekz Air

Bone conducting earphones so you can listen to your favourite tunes and remain aware of your surroundings on your bike

Watch: Rigoberto Uran is the star of a Netflix short

Colombian star speaks enthusiastically about cycling and leadership from the back of a truck on his home roads

Retired pro arrested in Italy for trafficking cocaine using his bike

Colombia Juan Pablo Valencia was found to be in possession of over 60 g of illicit drugs when he was arrested in Montegranaro

Former Team Sky doctor is a no show at medical tribunal on the same day Geraint Thomas expresses confidence ‘cycling is one of the cleanest sports’

Richard Freeman failed to appear to answer questions about testosterone patches delivered to Team Sky headquarters as defending Tour de France champion started building towards his title defense

Floyd’s Pro Cycling unveils new kit, race program and signs more Canadians

Noah Simms, Alec Cowan and Émile Jean land with Canadian UCI Continental team

SRAM joins 12-speed party with Red eTap AXS road groupset

American company unveils overhaul of it’s wireless groupset offering more gears, cross comparability with MTB components for gravel and programmable functions

The Cyclery Racing adds Erin Attwell to seven women 2019 roster

Ottawa-based women’s development team features a squad stacked with Canadian track talent with numerous riders who have earned national titles and international medals

8 steps to skip the remainder of the Canadian winter and ride somewhere warm

If you are sick of the cold, wet and snow at home, here is how you can plan a successful cycling getaway

Ed Veal completes 5,249 laps laps of the Forest City Velodrome covering 735.8 km in 24 hour charity ride

Real Deal 24 Hour Track Attack raised over $50,000 for long overdue repairs and upgrades to the shortest permanent indoor track in the world

Low bone density from cycling could be putting your skeleton at risk

Low-impact sports like cycling don’t put enough strain on your body to build healthy and strong bones

Watch: The moment Mathieu van der Poel won the rainbow jersey

Young Dutchman mastered the course’s off-chamber section and lay down some serious power to force Wout van Aert into a race deciding mistake

5 reasons cyclocross worlds will be more entertaining than Super Bowl LIII

289 athletes from 24 countries race in Bogense for the ‘cross rainbow stripes on Sunday. American football is on the back foot when it comes to a head-to-head match up between the sports

Course record smashed by cyclist at frosty edition of Arrowhead 135 in Minnesota

A fat biker traversed 217 km over 11 hours and 43 minutes in northern Minnesota to win ultra event in arctic conditions

Maghalie Rochette’s mixed Euro campaign will come to a close at Bogense world championships

Canadian and Pan Am champion speaks candidly about a long European cyclocross campaign and looks towards final opportunity of the season in Denmark

The absurdity of the Peloton bike’s marketing highlighted in a hilarious Twitter thread

Build yourself a multi million dollar mansion and put the exercise bike dead center in your nicest room

Michael Woods’ top travel tips for cyclists

Nutrition, sleep and health tips from Canada’s ace climber for long flights

A week of winter base training with Leah Kirchmann

The Canadian time trial champion has been in Tucson, Mallorca and Calpe preparing for the 2019 season

Ebikes to be permitted in the GranFondo Whistler

55-km Medio ride will allow participants to ride electric assist bicycles in the 2019 event

Adam Hansen is very impressed with Canada’s new food guide

The record holder for the most consecutive Grand Tours ridden endorses the new guidelines on how Canadians should eat

Enjoy your coffee rides while you can, 60 per cent of coffee species are going extinct

Many of the wild coffee species are at risk of extinction because of humans with even arabica on the endangered list

Zwift launches first pro cycling esports racing with Kiss Super League

Pro teams are going head-to-head in the first professional cycling esport league on the virtual online riding platform

Canadian B’yauling Toni becomes youngest to complete unsupported around the world ride

18-year-old Saskatoon native rolls into wintery hometown after 205 days and over 31,000 km to become the youngest person to circumnavigate the world by bike unsupported

Canada’s Food Guide: More plant-based proteins, less sugar, less dairy and social eating habits

How the guidelines for how Canadians should eat have changed and how this could affect you

The perfect destinations for a Canadian cyclist’s spring cycling getaway

Consider going abroad to one of these seven destinations to enjoy riding in a warmer climate and finding adventures on unfamiliar roads

Canada wrap up strong showing at New Zealand track World Cup

Canada leaves New Zealand with three silver medals as program prepares for world championships in February

18 year old faces extreme Canadian cold in last leg of around the world trip

Seven months after leaving his home in Saskatoon, B’yauling Toni is facing the Canadians winter after 31,000-km world circumnavigation

Gallery: Woods and the WorldTour peloton stretch their legs at the 2019 Tour Down Under

Daryl Impey wins the WorldTour opener for the second year in a row while Richie Porte wow’s with a sixth consecutive victory on Willunga

When is it too cold to ride outside?

You can ride most of the winter outside but there are some conditions where it just might not be worth getting on the bike

A big week of off-season training with Michael Woods

Canadian climber gives us a detailed look into what his winter training plan looks like as he prepares for a big season in which he hopes to be selected to ride the Tour de France

Today is the day you are most likely to give up on your New Year’s resolutions

According to Strava data, Jan. 17 is the day most people lose sight of their goals but here are five tips to keep you on track

Pro cyclists take the #10YearChallenge

Internet meme has top pros posting photos of themselves then-and-now

UCI finally ban tramadol painkiller from competition

The painkiller that has been abused in cycling for years will be banned as of March 1 and testing positive could come with a maximum suspension of nine months

The definitive ranking of the 2019 WorldTour kits

The peloton is an array of colours, fades and designs but of course we have opinions which kit designs work and which don’t

E-bike explodes into flames causing bush fire on Tour Down Under climb

A 79-year-old cyclist riding up the Corkscrew climb near Adelaide, Australia threw down his bike when the electric motor spontaneously ignited into 10 foot high flames

The new POC Vental Air with more ventilation and a slimmer profile than the Octal

EF Education First show off new helmet in the scorching heat of the Tour Down Under

Watch: Astana Pro Team produces cringe worthy rap video

Pro cyclists make awkward rappers in Astana’s attempt to gain some attention before the WorldTour season begins at the Tour Down Under

Canada makes selection for final rounds of the UCI Track World Cup in New Zealand and Hong Kong

Endurance and sprint program continue to shore up positions at the 2019 UCI Track World Championships and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics

A week of winter training in Montreal with James Piccoli

Tour de Beauce winner uses intermittent fasting, spin classes and a wide range of activities to make up for less volume while at home in January

Peter Sagan races alloy Specialized Allez Sprint with tubeless tires to second at the 2019 season opener

Slovakian Champion was racing without the rainbow stripes for the first time in three years at the Down Under Classic in Adelaide

DCBank Pro Cycling completes 2019 roster with pair of Europeans

Frenchman and Slovenia add to diverse group of talent on 11 man roster for Vancouver-based UCI Continental team

A week of winter training with Sara Poidevin

Building base is what a week in January is all about for Rally UHC’s 22-year-old climber

Trainer viewing: Incredible race finishes to get you through your workout

Five of the most memorable race finishes to keep your motivation high while knocking out the intervals

Geraint Thomas is the only cyclist to make Sports Illustrated Fittest 50 list

Tour de France winner just makes men’s list of the fittest athletes in the world across sports according to American sports magazine

Ed Veal set to ride for 24 hours on 138-m Forest City Velodrome to raise funds for upgrades and repairs

Canadian hour record holder will attempt to cover as much distance on the worlds shortest permanent indoor track to raise money so the facility can be properly maintained

First look at the bikes and team kits of the 2019 WorldTour

The 18 men’s WorldTour teams have new looks and new whips to start 2019

Phrases your non-cycling friends won’t understand

There are a lot of expressions, sayings and other words people who ride bikes use that won’t make much sense to others

Montrealer who anonymously donated $600,000 of bikes to disadvantaged youth passes away at 93 years old

The family of Montreal philanthropist Avi Morrow who became known as Bikeman will continue to donate bikes in his honour

Where are Canadian road cyclists training this winter?

Canada’s top riders are busy putting in kilometres in far-flung destinations across the world preparing for the 2019 season

Zwift raises US$120 mil to grow esports, plans national championships

Zwift is making big moves to expand the competitive environment in the world of the online riding platform

Former Beauce winner and American champion Greg Daniel joins DCBank Pro Cycling

American steps down to UCI Continental level in search of stage race victories after two seasons with Trek-Segrafedo

Watch: Mathieu van der Poel miraculously manages not to crash

How does the Dutch cyclocross star even do it?

Rally UHC Cycling partner with Felt until 2021

UCI Pro Continental men’s and UCI Women’s teams set to compete in North America, Europe and Asia abroad California-based Felt bikes

Watch: ‘Wonderful Losers: A Different World’ featuring Svein Tuft and other inspiring gregarios

Rent the cycling documentary that captures the suffering and sacrifices of cycling’s domestiques now on Vimeo

Travis Samuel returns to M1 Project and will ride for DCBank Pro Cycling in 2019

After a season with Silber Pro Cycling, Samuel will race with Vancouver-based UCI Continental team after he enjoyed his best career season with the program in 2017

EF Education First Pro Cycling announces alternative event calendar

American WorldTour team will tackle mountain bike epics, gravel rides, continent-spanning endurance events and hill climbs in 2019

Trends in cycling we hope to see disappear in 2019

Eight trends in cycling that we think we could do without in the coming year

DCBank Pro Cycling Team add Canadian and international talent to 2019 roster

Mexican brothers Emiliano and Eugenio Mirafuentes, and Canadians Josh Kropf, Jake Cullen and Thomas Schellenberg join Vancouver-based UCI Continental team

10 big cycling news stories from 2018

The news stories we wrote about from Canada and abroad that caught the cycling world’s attention over the past year

Watch: ‘Outskirts II: The Big Land’ on Canada’s Trans-Labrador Highway

Watch the entire film as four riders traverse 2,100 km of the Canadian North visiting small villages and communities along the way

Strava ‘My Year in Sport’ summarizes your stats from 2018

A personalized video that will bring back memories from your year on the bike and give you more insight into your data