Strade Bianche is one of the most difficult races on the calendar with its steep climbs and descents; gravel roads and consistently challenging roads from start to finish. Hence, it's often a race where the strongest does come away with the win, and in this case Tadej Pogacar is likely to be in that...

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On the 7th of March, the men's peloton takes on one of its most unique and prestigious classics: Strade Bianche. On the gravel roads of Tuscany, the riders find every year a brutal route that goes through steep hills, extensive off-road sectors, and scenic landscapes, which quickly turned the race i...

On the 7th of March the women's peloton takes on one of its most unique and prestigious classics: Strade Bianche Donne. In the gravel roads of Tuscany the riders find every year a brutal route that goes through steep hills, extensive off-road sectors and scenic landscapes that quickly turned the rac...

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Quinn Simmons has begun his road race season in France, doing one-day races over the past two weekends; and is racing Strade Bianche this Saturday as one of the outsiders for a top results. The 24-year old could be very well adapted to racing in the gravel and in an event where the short efforts and...

VelociRAX is best known for making some of the best vertical hitch bike racks on the market. I recently tested the brands 412 MAX rack and was very impressed by its stability, high weight limit, and incredibly user-friendly loading process. But so far, the brand hasnt produced any platform-style hitch racks. It appears thats about to change, however, and VelociRAX will soon be offering its version of an e-bike and moto-compatible hitch rack, known as the RAXzilla.The brand has been teasing the new rack on its social media channels for the past week or so, with numerous posts showing it in action. From these posts, the new rack appears to be production-ready, although it doesnt have a product page on the website yet, just a landing page to sign up for early info and preorder access. But one thing is clear: VelociRAX has applied its user-friendly bike-loading design ethos to a heavy-duty tray-style hitch rack. View this post on Instagram Since we dont have all the details yet, heres what weve gathered based on the social media posts. It is very clearly a tray/platform-style hitch bike rack, and there are one-bike and two-bike versions. The trays appear to lock in place in the flat/horizontal/transport position and unlock to tilt down toward the passenger side of the vehicle. There is also an integrated loading ramp that slides out and locks in place from the end of each tray, making it easy to roll the bike up onto the tray.Plenty of other e-bike-compatible racks work with loading ramps, but none weve seen offer the slide-out convenience seen here.As the bike is rolled into position, its weight tilts the tray back to horizontal, and it locks in place. At the same time, the front wheel activates a hydraulic piston, which raises a wheel arm that sandwiches the front wheel against the opposing front wheel arm. At the other end of the rack, another wheel arm, which also appears to use a hydraulic piston, folds up and secures the rear wheel.We cant say for sure, but it looks like these piston-actuated wheel arms do the work of securing the wheels for you once activated. View this post on Instagram The wheel arms also appear to have a versatile shape and size that can handle anything from skinny road and gravel bike tires up to big, beefy dirt bike tires. And in the case of the latter, they demonstrate the rack with e-motos and gas-powered motos, so we assume it can handle up to ~250 pounds roughly what a 250cc dirt bike weighs but thats speculation. Still, it should be able to handle just about any bike, from road to eMTB to moto. The only things that might present compatibility issues are very small wheels and/or bikes with fenders, given the clamp-arm-style bike attachment system.Based on the videos, this looks like one of the easiest loading processes of any bike rack weve ever seen. You basically just have to tilt the rack, extend the ramp, then roll the bike into position, and youre done. In fact, one of the videos shows people loading and securing two mountain bikes on the rack in just 6 seconds. It also appears to have a tilt feature to fold it flat against the back of the vehicle to reduce its profile when not in use. View this post on Instagram VelociRAX RAXzilla: Coming Soon?Beyond the limited amount of information weve gathered from VelociRAXs social media posts, theres even more we dont know about the RAXzilla. Its not clear what the racks actual weight limits are, how much the rack weighs, when it will be available, or how much it costs.But it looks impressively versatile, and the loading process appears to be the easiest weve seen for any bike, but especially heavy e-bikes. If youre interested in learning more about the RAXzilla or placing a preorder, head to the VelociRAX website and sign up for updates.velociRAX.com/pages/raxzillaThe post VelociRAX is Teasing the RAXzilla, a Heavy-Duty and User-Friendly Hitch Rack for Bikes and Motos appeared first on Bikerumor.

What do super talents have in common? One of the many things is that they make it seem as if they never fall out of shape. And if, just like us, you consider Paul Seixas one of these generational riders, then it's not hard to draw the conclusion that at the start of 2026 season, he picked up where h...

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The one week in spring that all general classification riders eye is just around the corner. Next week of racing will be filled with action as dual-programme of Tirreno-Adriatico and Paris-Nice centralizes the cycling action in mid-March. The importance of these two stage races can be felt through t...