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Tour de France 2025: Meet the eight riders lining up for Alpecin-Deceuninck

With sprinter Jasper Philipsen and former World Champion Mathieu van der Poel at the helm, Alpecin-Deceuninck are ready for the 2025 Tour de France.

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Tour de France 2025: The GC contenders to watch

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Tour de France 2025: A Look at Every Stage – with Full Profiles

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

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Route-Preview on Giro d’Italia 2025

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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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10 New Year motivation tips for cyclists

In winter, it’s cold, wet and gloomy outside, so it can be hard for many to stay focused and keep their cycling up. We have 10 tips to keep your motivation high!

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5 body warming winter workouts

With some intelligent indoor workouts, you can fire up your metabolism to warm up your body on a cold winter’s day.

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How to smash the cycling off-season like a pro

The winter off-season is a strange time of year for cyclists, but it is also one of the most important. Here we reveal ten ways to smash the off-season like a pro.

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Why road cyclists should ride a different bike this winter

Road cycling is a proudly tribal sport but embracing another genre of cycling is a great way to stay active and learn new skills over the winter months.

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Tour de France 2025: Meet the eight riders lining up for Alpecin-Deceuninck

With sprinter Jasper Philipsen and former World Champion Mathieu van der Poel at the helm, Alpecin-Deceuninck are ready for the 2025 Tour de France.

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Tour de France 2025: The GC contenders to watch

Who are the top favourites for the maillot jaune at this year’s Tour de France? We take a deep dive into the GC hopefuls aiming for glory in Paris.

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Tour de France 2025: A Look at Every Stage – with Full Profiles

A stage-by-stage look at the 2025 Tour de France. Expect thrilling sprints, gruelling mountain climbs and a fierce fight for the yellow jersey.

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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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Route-Preview on Giro d’Italia 2025

The Giro d’Italia 2025 will run from 9 May to 1 June, spanning 3,413 kilometers and climbing 52,500 meters – that’s 10,000 more than in 2024. The race consists of 21 stages: two individual time trials, six flat, eight hilly or mid-mountain, and five high-mountain stages, with three summit finishes. For the 15th time, the […]

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Stage-Preview: Paris-Nice 2025

Preview of the stages plus profiles of the WorldTour race Paris-Nice. The race is an initial test of strength towards the Tour de France.

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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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Recovery food: the 5 best recipes for post-ride snacks

Healthy recovery fuel, when you are feeling hungry and tired at the end of a long bike ride.

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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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Events 2024: Cyclosportives with 300 and more Kilometers

Rides over the distance of 300 kilometers are becoming increasingly popular.

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5 cycling classics you can actually ride

Steep climbs and brutal cobbles. These are typical charakteristica of spring classics. Those who want to experience them for themselves can do so at their cyclosportives.

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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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