For Yves Lampaert it was a spring to quickly forget. The Soudal - Quick-Step rider finished eighteenth in the Tour of Flanders and 36th in Paris-Roubaix. On a private level, everything is running smoothly. Today the former Belgian champion married his great love Astrid Demeulemeester. Together they...

Saturday morning waking up to a gale in our little Welsh air bnb I suddenly realised I had forgotten my heart rate strap! As someone who loves to see her numbers this really threw me I didnt need to worry as on a message to Dave from RCR he had a spare I could use. []The post Battle On The Beach Race Report appeared first on Beyond The Mud.

Few riders get to have the confidence of Tadej Pogacar and for good reason. Almost every single race the Slovenian touches he turns into a victory, and he is looking to do so for the second time at Lige-Bastogne-Lige.I don't regret skipping this classic. It was terrible to see the boys in action...

I.T.A.G stands for International Trail Ability Grading and was created for mountain bike coaches to encourage standardisation and safety out on the trails in the UK. When I (Rafe, art of the Beyond the Mud team) dreamt up I.T.A.G Framework at the tail end of COVID after watching all these new riders emerge from their []The post What is ITAG? appeared first on Beyond The Mud.

Tom Dumoulin has many times attempted the Lige-Bastogne-Lige - Giro d'Italia combination but never managed to have his best legs in both. He doesn't doubt that Tadej Pogacar may however, and he backs the Slovenian to win comfortably unless something unusual happens."Anyway, nowadays you see that...

Hey there, Im Ben, hitting the ripe age of 34 this year. Ive been tearing up the trails for a solid 22 years now, dabbling in all sorts of cycling disciplines along the way. Started out with dirt jumping and I then quickly got into riding Downhill back in 2006. Nowadays, I ride so many []The post Welcome to the team Ben Matthews! appeared first on Beyond The Mud.

Mathieu van der Poel showed up at the start of Lige-Bastogne-Lige today with several layers of clothes ahead of the imminent cold, but keeping modest expectations as he understands the Belgian classic has over the years became more suited to the climbers.I weigh more than 75kg, unfortunately," v...

Black Friday has become a big deal. Its primarily a time for big companies to compete in a race to the bottom with massive sales that produce massive waste. You could boycott it, but our view is that if we want to do something more positive. Lets take that Black Friday traffic and offer an []The post Do something different this Black Friday appeared first on Beyond The Mud.