The inaugural Lombardy Gran Trail kicks off next week, offering 550 kilometers of mixed-surface riding through northern Italy. It’s billed as an “unsupported” bikepacking adventure, but organizers are courageously providing free indoor base camps with hot showers, proving that sleeping in a ditch is officially out of style.
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For most couples, surviving a weekend trip to IKEA without filing for divorce is a major relationship milestone. Amy and Kyle Hudson are taking it further: they are attempting to break the world record for the fastest circumnavigation of the globe by bicycle.
In a major step forward for rider safety, the UCI is officially mandating the use of live GPS trackers in the professional peloton. The new technology will provide real-time location data and instant crash alerts, closing a critical safety gap highlighted by the tragic passing of Muriel Furrer.
Ten months after receiving a suspended sentence over the tragic death of his wife, Olympian Melissa Hoskins, former pro Rohan Dennis returned to social media to post a photo of a Porsche with the caption “an absolute weapon.” The tone-deaf post sparked immediate outrage.
Jonas Vingegaard didn’t need to attack on the final stage of Paris-Nice, but he did it anyway just to flex. The Visma leader blew up the race, secured his overall GC title, and then casually let local favorite Lenny Martinez take the two-man sprint for hometown glory.
Isaac Del Toro actively broke the will of the peloton on the brutal slopes of Camerino. The 22-year-old Mexican phenom crushed Visma’s Matteo Jorgenson to extend his overall lead, proving once again that UAE Team Emirates-XRG is playing a completely different sport than the rest of the WorldTour.
Normally, a mechanical with 25 kilometers to go is a guaranteed ticket to the gruppetto. Instead, XDS Astana’s Harold Tejada turned a late-stage disaster into a brilliant solo victory at Paris-Nice, while Jonas Vingegaard continues his completely unchallenged parade in the yellow jersey.
If you’ve spent any time on a back-of-beyond back country route lately, you’ve seen the state of things. It’s literal rot. Bridges that look like they’ve survived a landmine, trailheads reclaimed by the forest, and infrastructure held together by a prayer and some twenty-year-old zip-ties. It’s a miracle we aren’t all getting swallowed by potholes larger than a Smart car. The national parks, forests, and public lands are in disrepair. The original Great American Outdoors Act tried to put a band-aid on it, but without a sustained cash infusion, that progress is about to stall, leaving your favorite trail on…