Do you ever wish you were 10 years younger?  Most new fitness watch technologies allow you to analyze your level of fitness in comparison to the standard for your age and gender–so while you may be 50, depending on how much you train, you might actually have the cardiorespiratory fitness of a 40-year-old. There’s no […]

Zwift is marking its tenth anniversary with a host of new features and events designed to enhance the user experience. One exciting aspect is the opportunity to ride with your heroes—both pro cyclists and triathletes. A whole bunch of big names will be hosting special rides to celebrate Zwift’s birthday. Join the fun from Oct. […]

It was a devestating summer for Alberta’s beautiful national park; one-third of Jasper’s structures were destroyed by a massive fire. Local mountain bike legend Cory Wallace takes us on his first ride after the smoke cleared. Back on the bike after the fires “I was back in Jasper at the end of August, and some […]

Sure, Tom Boonen won the worlds in 2005 in Madrid, but he certainly didn’t win it the way Tadej Pogačar did in Zurich. “It defies the imagination,” Boonen said in Sporza’s Wielerclub Wattage podcast. “He creates chaos among the opposition. He has never been hunted in an organized manner. I don’t think he really started […]

Just three days after finishing third at the Zürich Worlds, Italian Elisa Longo Borghini signed a three-year contract with UAE-Team ADQ, the team announced on Tuesday. Longo Borghini leaves Lidl-Trek after six seasons. She’s currently third in the WorldTour rankings behind Lotte Kopecky and Demi Vollering. We are delighted to announce that Italian cycling superstar […]

The internet’s abuzz with talk of Canadian road cycling champion Mike Woods eating food from a bowl with some 208km still to go in the Elite Men’s Road race at the 2024 World Championships.  Turns out it was sodium bicarbonate (baking soda), and is believed to help reduce muscle acidity during high intensity activities. The […]

The final round of XCM at the Lake Placid UCI World Cup venue proved to be nail-bitingly close in both the men and women’s categories. Looser clinches the series title It all came down to a blistering sprint after 100 km of racing at Mt Van Hoevenberg, and Vera Looser wasn’t about to let it […]

Tadej Pogačar is not a morning person, it seems. So it’s a good thing he has fellow pro cyclist Urška Žigart around. On Sunday morning, the day of the 2024 UCI Road Worlds, he missed his alarm. Thankfully, the elite women’s Slovenian road race champion was on the case. “We had to wake up quite […]

Perfect fall weather provided dry conditions at the first ever Lake Placid UCI World Cup stop. The racing was tight and exciting at the penultimate event of the series. Frei times her XCC move to perfection The women’s elite short track race kicked off with Olympic champion Jenny Risveds leading the charge on a dry, […]

Swiss police have released an update following the tragic death of 18-year-old Muriel Furrer, who sustained fatal injuries in a crash at the junior road worlds in Zurich on Thursday. According to a statement, the Cantonal Police of Zurich, in collaboration with the public prosecutor’s office of the canton of Zurich, has initiated an investigation […]

Finally, Isaballe Holmgren gets to race in rainbows! The Orillia, Ont. native has won several rainbow jerseys, but the problem until now has been that she never got to wear them. For instance, after winning the junior cross worlds, she couldn’t sport her jersey the following season because she was racing as an under-23. Now, […]

The new Super Record S Wireless groupset expands on its predecessor with more transmission combinations and a matte black finish. The “S” in Super Record S Wireless signals the release of a Special Edition based on the top-tier Super Record Wireless groupset. This latest innovation from Campagnolo draws from decades of racing experience, offering advanced […]

Holmgren secures another win Isabella Holmgren wasn’t going to let another second-place finish get in her way at the UCI world cup. Just 24 hours after taking silver in the U23 Short Track at Mt Van Hoevenberg, the 19-year-old Canadian stormed her way to victory in the cross-country Olympic (XCO) race. After sizing up her […]

What a race. Tadej Pogačar became the first male rider since Stephen Roche to win the Triple Crown. The first to ever do it was Eddy Merckx, who won the Giro d’Italia, the Tour de France, and the rainbow jersey in 1974. But Pogi’s win on Sunday was one for the ages. Sunday’s conclusion to […]

I’ve been using the Cycplus AS2 PRO mini tire inflator on my bike tires for a few weeks now, and am satisfied it’s compact size, portability, and ease of use make it worth having along on my rides, and a nice improvement over the old manually operated mini-pump I used to carry. Here’s a closer […]

EUROTRASH Monday has all the news from the men’s and women’s Elite, U19 and U23 World road championships – Results, reports, rider quotes and video action from Zurich. Tadej Pogačar equals Eddy Merckx and Stephen Roche with his solo victory in Zurich – TOP STORY. Rider news: Muriel Furrer dies after crash in the junior […]

ZURICH, Switzerland – September 29, 2024 – The 2024 UCI Road and Para-Cycling Road World Championships in Zurich, Switzerland, concluded on Sunday with the highly anticipated Elite Men’s Road Race. Riders faced a challenging 273.9 kilometer course, which included seven laps of the technical Zurich circuit. Team USA was represented by eight riders: Matteo Jorgenson (Boise, Idaho; […]

It has been 37 years since Stephen Roche became the second male rider after Eddy Merckx to win cycling’s Triple Crown–the Giro d’Italia, the Tour de France and the rainbow jersey–but on Sunday’s conclusion to the 2024 UCI Road World Championships in Zürich, Switzerland, Tadej Pogačar entered the Pantheon of greats. The Slovenian went to […]

World Championship Race Report: Tadej Pogačar (Slovenia) won the men’s World championship road race in Zurich on Sunday. The Slovenian attacked with just under 100 kilometres to go and rode the last 50 kilometres solo. Ben O’Connor (Australia) took the silver medal. The sprint for third place went to Mathieu van der Poel (Netherlands). *** […]

We keep hearing how diet and nutrition are more important than ever in pro cycling, but Canada’s Mike Woods (Israel – Premier Tech) took that to the next level in the early kilometres of the road worlds in Zurich. The national champion was spotted eating some lunch out of Tupperware with a spoon, both hands […]

The 2024 world championships conclude on Sunday with the elite men’s road race. Tadej Pogačar, who recently dominated at the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal, is hoping to become only the third cyclist in history to win cycling’s Triple Crown. That means winning the Tour de France, the Giro d’Italia, and the road world championships. […]

Ah, mountains! Perhaps they share only with the sea something that universally arouses us to flights of poetry and fancy. Naturalist John Muir wrote in his journal: “We are now in the mountains and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell of us.” And mountains have a […]

ZURICH, Switzerland – September 28, 2024 – The 2024 UCI Road and Para-Cycling Road World Championships in Zurich, Switzerland continued Saturday morning with the Elite Women’s Road Race, covering a total distance of 154.1 kilometers. Among the 197 riders at the start, seven represented the United States.    Under rainy skies in Uster, the Elite Women’s […]

After defending her rainbow jersey, Lotte Kopecky reflected on the tragedy of junior cyclist Muriel Furrer, who died following a crash during the road race. The elite women and under-23 worlds began with a minute of silence for Furrer, casting a shadow over the event. Kopecky expressed her disbelief and condolences to Furrer’s family, stating, […]

On a wet Saturday chockablock with attacks, Lotte Kopecky defended her world title in Zürich, Switzerland, winning a six-up sprint. Busy all day, the Dutch were shut out of the elite medals but won the U23 championship through Puck Pieterse. Magdeleine Vallieres was top Canadian at 14th, while Ava Holmgren’s 22nd was fourth in the […]