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Nutrition Guide for cyclists: fueling and hydration

Optimal energy intake in everyday life, training, and racing! Tips on how cyclists can achieve their athletic goals with smart nutrition.

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Tour de France 2026: analysis & takeaways from week three

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Nutrition Guide for cyclists: fueling and hydration

Optimal energy intake in everyday life, training, and racing! Tips on how cyclists can achieve their athletic goals with smart nutrition.

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Planning a training camp: The best time for a road bike camp

Heading to the sun in winter for training in Mallorca & Co. But when is the optimal time for amateur cyclists to fly to a camp? AC explains.

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Video: a training day with top sprinter Jasper Philipsen

YouTube documentary: Alpecin Cycling accompanied top sprinter Jasper Philipsen for a day of training in Spain with a video camera

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Indoor Cycling vs. Outdoor Training: Rain Ride or Roll – What Really Gets You Further?

What’s better: pedaling outside in the rain or riding the roller in the dry? Alpecin Cycling has compared the two training options.

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The data game: the key numbers which make you a faster cyclist

From power to heart rate and recovery scores, there is now more training data available to cyclists than ever before – and it can be wildly confusing.

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How to boost your balance on the bike

With good stability and control, you will be able to maintain a more consistent and powerful riding position.

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Tour de France 2026: analysis & takeaways from week three

Pogačar helps out, Van der Poel thrills, Carapaz dominates, Evenepoel delivers: the takeaways from week three of the 2026 Tour de France.

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Cycling Quiz on Liège-Bastogne-Liège: Test your knowledge & win!

Test your cycling knowledge in the Liège-Bastogne-Liège quiz. Answer 10 questions, set best times, and win exclusive prizes.

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Paris–Roubaix Cycling Quiz: Test your knowledge & win!

Test your cycling knowledge in the Paris-Roubaix quiz. Answer 10 questions, set the fastest times, and win exclusive prizes.

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Tour of Flanders Cycling Quiz: Test your knowledge & win!

Test your cycling knowledge in the Tour of Flanders quiz. Answer 10 questions, set the fastest times, and win exclusive prizes.

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Milan–Sanremo cycling quiz: test your knowledge & win!

Test your cycling knowledge in the Milan–San Remo quiz. Answer 10 questions, set record times, and win exclusive prizes.

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Tour de France 2026: Fab Four – Episode 1 | Who Can Beat Tadej Pogačar?

Fab Four 2026 – Part 1: Tadej Pogačar, Jonas Vingegaard, Remco Evenepoel, and Florian Lipowitz in the big Tour de France barometer.

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Nutrition Guide for cyclists: fueling and hydration

Optimal energy intake in everyday life, training, and racing! Tips on how cyclists can achieve their athletic goals with smart nutrition.

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Tour de France breakfast of champions

Over the 21 stages of the Tour de France, riders need to eat 5,000-8,000 calories a day – and breakfast offers a crucial opportunity to ingest some energy-releasing carbs.

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8 ways cyclists can boost their nutrient intake

For every athlete, it becomes all too easy to view food simply as a source of fuel, providing you with the carbs, protein and fat required to energise your workouts and repair your muscles.

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5 warming winter breakfasts for cyclists

A cold bowl of muesli or some chilly fruit and yoghurt from the fridge is not going to warm you up on a freezing cold winter morning.

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Recipe of the pros: vegetable paella

A recipe for a really tasty and healthy rice meal.

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Plant Power: how a vegan diet could boost your cycling Performance

There are many potential benefits to adopting a plant-based diet, from helping the environment to improving your long-term health and body weight.

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UCI Gravel World Series 2026: All gravel races at a glance

UCI Gravel World Series 2026: Over 40 races for amateur athletes. Calendar with dates, routes in Germany, Europe & overseas.

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Flanders to Ventoux: the most beautiful permanent challenges in Europe

If you want to ride iconic routes without the stress of racing, here are the top permanent events: Flanders, Dolomites Marathon, Stoneman, Ventoux & Co.

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Cylcosportive Events 2025: The Most Beautiful Marathons in the Alps

Looking for “the” challenge for 2025? Why not start with an bike marathon in the alps!

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Events 2024: The five cycling monuments for amateurs and hobby cyclists

“Ride like a pro” at the five cycling monuments for hobby and amateur cyclists!

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Ride like a pro: Tour de France Gran Fondos 2024

There are lots of great events which leads over the spectacular mountains of the Tour de France.

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Gravel-Worldchampionships 2024: Qualifyings for Hobby Cyclists

In the UCI Gravel Worlds Championships hobby cyclists can compete with pro-riders for the Gravel world champion title.

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Mathieu van der Poel’s Canyon Aeroad CFR: The Bike Behind His Spring Classic Wins

Mathieu van der Poel claimed his victories at the spring classics Milan-Sanremo and E3 Saxo Classic on a white Canyon-Aeroad CFR.

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Workshop: how to wax a bike chain

First step in the workshop how to wax a bike chain

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Tuning tip: The right pressure in road bike tyres

The more the better – for a long time this motto applied with regard to air pressure in road bike tyres. A myth that lasted for a long time and has not completely disappeared up to today.

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Tuning tip: bicycle chain waxing

“Der Baranski” elaborates on what other advantages wax on a bike chain provides, why wax is the better lubricant and how to wax a chain.

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Workshop & troubleshooting: mounting tubeless tyres

How can tubeless tyres for road bikes and gravel bikes be mounted quickly, smoothly and safely? Felix Schäfermeier, Product Manager Road Bike at Schwalbe tyres, is an expert in this field and gives advice on how to mount tubeless tyres like a pro. He furthermore knows some tricks for troubleshooting. How to glue in tubeless […]

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Best Sun Protection for Road Cyclists: No more Sunburn

Road cycling in the sun! There is hardly anything more beautiful than clocking up some kilometres in bright sunshine under a blue sky. The sun also supports our health and fitness, because its UVB rays are essential for our organism to produce the vital vitamin D. But too much “solar power” may have considerable side effects – immediate sunburn, medium-term premature skin aging and skin cancer in the long run. […]

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