'Tadej Pogaar rode with Wout van Aert' says Strava that's one way of putting it

O Gran Camio 2026 will take place from the 14th to 18th of April, cementing its calendar slot with five days across some of Galicias most emblematic landscapes. The race will once again blend heritage, coast, mountains, and cycling identity in a varied, demanding route. We take a look at its start...

Concept Labs is a new program from Revel Bikes dedicated to geometry experiments, one-off prototypes, and early-stage ideas. Revel is kicking off the program with Project El Jefe Grande, a 32-inch version of the titanium El Jefe hardtail. Take a closer look here...The post Check out the Revel Bikes Concept Labs + Project El Jefe Grande appeared first on BIKEPACKING.com.

CushCore promises its new Rotary Tire Tool delivers radically fast and easy tyre changes but the workshop-grade tool represents quite the investment at $299. Most notable for its tubeless tyre inserts, CushCores new tool, which it touts as a game changer, can be used to remove and install tyres, with or without tubeless tyre inserts. Tyre inserts, which are designed to act as a safety barrier between the tyre and rim in the event of a puncture, can cause mechanics much misery, especially when it comes to removing a tyre. This is because the extra space they take up inside the rim and tyre makes it difficult to push the bead back into the rims central channel. The Rotary Tire Tool is claimed to save time with its engineered shape gliding tyres and inserts onto wheels with ease. CushCore says the tool will be available to purchase from May, with UK, European and Australian pricing to be confirmed. How does the Rotary Tire Tool work? The component parts of the tool. CushCore The tool incorporates both install and remove functions, and uses a rod with a threaded end that feeds through the wheels hub and is secured with what CushCore calls a Quicknut Hub Lock. This is secured to a bar that pivots around the wheel with a Durable Aluminium Tool Head that can slide along it. By adjusting where the head and Quicknut Hub Lock sit, the Rotary Tire Tool is compatible with 24 to 29in wheels with thru-axle diameters between 12 and 20mm (it won't work on quick-release hubs), and hub widths between 100 and 197mm. Fitted onto the head is a Polyurethane Bead Dropping Wheel, which rotates as you work the tool around the tyres circumference. The icing on the cake is an ergonomic lock-on grip fitted to the handle, and the tool can be disassembled quickly for storage or transport. To fit a tyre or insert, you hook the dropping wheel underneath a section of the tyre and then work your way round the wheel while the tool slips everything into place. Removing a tyre is a near-identical process you lift one section of the tyre up with a tyre lever and hook the dropping wheel underneath before working your way around the wheel. Gaining the upper hand? Will CushCore's solution become a common sight in bike shops? CushCore The Rotary Tire Tool certainly isnt the first tool to provide an expensive solution to an age-old problem. It therefore wouldnt be far-fetched to predict that many will dismiss it after all, weve managed to get by using our hands and tyre levers until now. But providing the tool works as easily as claimed, theres no denying the potential time savings for a busy shop or pro team mechanic fitting tyres and inserts day in, day out. The value probably isnt there for the home user but its important to remember CushCore is positioning this tool for a professional environment. Well let you know whether we think the Rotary Tire Tool delivers on its lofty claims once its in for testing.

Wout van Aert has never been just another rider. But for all his success, there has always been a lingering narrative around what he had not yet done. Cycling has seen its share of so-called eternal seconds, with Raymond Poulidor the most famous example. Van Aert never truly belonged in that categ...

At Eurobike last summer, Faction Bike Studio was one of the brands that really helped kick the 32 revolution into high gear with Project Big Ben. The full suspension bike was built around 32 wheels front and rear, and while only a prototype, the design was impressively polished. Now, Faction Bike Studio is back with the Atlas, a gravel bike built around 32-inch wheels. The concept bike serves as a testing platform to evaluate how oversized wheels affect real-world performance, geometry requirements, and integration challenges in drop-bar bicycle applications.The project addresses several technical hurdles that the industry will face with larger wheel sizes. To counteract the increased axle-to-crown height that comes with 32-inch wheels, engineers created a -35 degree stem to maintain low front stack measurements and preserve rider aerodynamics. The frame accommodates 2.1-inch tires while achieving 435mm chainstays, demonstrating that larger wheels can work with relatively short rear-end geometry to maintain handling responsiveness.Like Big Ben, Atlas features bonded frame construction developed in-house (only this time using carbon tubes and aluminum lugs instead of all aluminum). This particular frame is a 55cm, putting it in the middle of the size range. The build includes a TRP/Classified Vistar Powershift drivetrain with 46T Classified chainring, Easton 32-inch carbon rims (huh? Looks like Easton is now in the 32 game with Haven carbon?), and Schwalbe 32-inch x 50mm G-One RX PRO tires. Additional components include an EC70 Aero handlebar, Wolftooth headset and T47 bottom bracket, Fizik Vento Antares R1 Adaptive saddle, and titanium bottle cages.The bike will be displayed at Sea Otter Classic at the Tektro/TRP booth. Dont expect production bikes from Faction Bike Studio, though. They are primarily an independent product development studio that specializes in helping cycling brands develop products from concept through production-ready solutions.factionbikestudio.comThe post Faction Bike Studio is Back with Another 32 Prototype, This Time its for Gravel appeared first on Bikerumor.

The idea of anyone matching Tadej Pogacar at Lige-Bastogne-Lige would usually feel like a stretch. In 2026, it feels like the story, and that story now centres on Paul Seixas. Pogacar arrives at La Doyenne at the height of his powers. He has already won Strade Bianche, finally cracked Milano-Sanre...

Tadej Pogaar leads Wout van Aert into the Roubaix velodrome. With over 250km done in record time it felt possible that it could go either way but the more you review it, the more decisive the win for Wout van Aert becomes.Normally these race reviews list the early breakaways riders. But there were none, a clue of the exceptional race to come. The bunch was often doing 60km/h and if UAE, Ineos, Alpecin, Lidl-Trek or Red Bull werent driving the pace then most of the other teams were busy trying to prove they exist by launching moves only to cancel each other out. Their attempts often lasted seconds. It was costly to open a gap and impossible to build a lead. The field split at one point.Instead the big teams went into lead-out formation for the first cobbled sector but once delivered onto the pav the intensity eased. Mike Teunissen even escaped for a moment, the first rider to breakaway and for the anecdote hed later finish 10th, despite a crash and a puncture.The mechanicals and mishaps began on the first sector. First to puncture was apparently race organiser Thierry Gouvenous lead car, an incident curiously not relayed on race radio. Among the riders Mads Pedersen needed a bike change and began a long solo chase, alone at first to get into the vehicle convoy and then back to the bunch. If this looked disastrous, it was straightforward compared to what was to befall others.The wheel of misfortune span for Wout van Aert next, puncturing with 150km to go. He got a quick bike change and without leaving the column of vehicles found, and he found team mate Owain Doull was there to help him back, the pair slaloming amid team cars trying making emergency pitstops for their riders.UAE led the pace, their black and white kit contrasting with their rainbow-clad leader. Their pace split the peloton in half after the fifth cobbled sector, towing a group with all the main contenders clear. They stayed on the front and each further sector shrank the group further, Davide Ballerini fell, taking out Ineos pair Ben Turner and Josh Tarling. Visma-LAB lost Edoardo Affini and Per Strand Hagenes to mechanicals. It was like watching a pot of sauce reduce: the heat was on, but gently.Then it Tadej Pogaars turn. He stood up on the pedals and started to freewheel on the pav of Qurnaing, guiding his bike to a stop. Remember the peloton had split earlier, this meant his team car was not waiting, it was behind the group that was adrift.In the moment Pogaar opted not to take a spare wheel but to ride a neutral service bike, presumably just to keep going without losing any more time and to make a bike change as soon as possible. Panic? Probably and a febrile moment for the Shimano crew too which made the cardinal mistake of stopping on the left of the road and seconds later caused a traffic jam. Look at the image below and you can see a medical car about to get snarled up and plenty of riders appearing.Pogaar caught up with Hagenes and Tarling and others chasing but for a long time was without any team help, no spare bike nor team mates. Hed used up some helpers, Florian Vermeersch was being preserved and this left few riders and in the heat of the moment it seemed they could not be contacted via radio to help.Up ahead Pogaars absence was visible. Alpecin didnt accelerate immediately, Silvan Dillier seemed to be asking on the radio what to do. Come the next cobbled sector they, Red Bull and Visma picked up the pace, after all this was a race. The world champ spent almost five kilometres on the neutral service bike before the UAE team car could barge past others and once he got a spare this left him with another 18 kilometres of chasing to get back on, with the help of some diminished team mates but a lot of work done himself. He made it back just in time for the Arenberg forest.Van Aert led into the five-star sector thanks to a lead-out from Matthew Brennan. Van der Poel was second, next an impressive Laurence Pithie (Red Bull) then Jasper Philipsen and Pogaar fifth wheel. Van Aerts pace and the angular stones were causing havoc for many and suddenly Van der Poel peeled out of the line, one foot unclipped and then running, for a few steps this was his Froome-Ventoux moment until Philipsen handed over his bike and gave his leader a push to get going. Only Van der Poel was unable to clip his feet into the pedals. Philipsen came running back to recover his bike and race on.This left Van der Poel walking back down the course to recover his original bike to find Tibor Del Grosso had popped his front wheel into Van der Poels forks. Only Del Grossos rim was cracked and as Van der Poel approached the end of the sector he was struggling to ride on. Already 90 seconds behind the front, now he got a bike from his team car but he was two minutes down. For a rider who seems to float on the cobbles this time he was on the receiving end.Once upon a time, or just a few years ago, Arenberg was a point in the race where a contender or two could come undone and the exit was a moment for many to assess themselves ready for the race ahead and observe their rivals. Now most of the field had been eliminated.There were seven riders in the lead: Pogaar, Van Aert and his team mate Christophe Laporte, plus Mads Pedersen, Jasper Stuyven, Laurence Pithie and Stefan Bissegger. All the big names minus Filippo Ganna and Van der Poel. Only Ganna was thirty seconds behind and closing, towing Jordi Meeus across.Van der Poel started chasing and the gap went from two minutes to 1m30s. By this time it felt like the race was being narrated by a team of capricious scriptwriters locked in a room. Ganna punctured. Then Meus was dropped and moments later Pithie punctured to leave six in the lead.At this point Van Aerts route to victory started to become clear. He had a team mate in Laporte for support, Pogaar was sapped from his chase on a bike that didnt fit him. Mads Pedersen was a menace but possibly still short of form while Stuyven and Bissegger outsiders. Pogaar punctured again and if he got a quick bike change, he had another long chase.Behind Ganna was chasing at one minute, Van der Poel a further thirty seconds back. In reality this meant the Dutchman could see Gannas group and crucially was able to get into traffic of team cars behind and closed the gap. Ganna and Van der Poel could be seen talking, presumably an alliance to close the gap.Now Van Aert punctured, with Pogaar passing him as he got a new bike. The Belgian was left chasing. Advantage Pogaar? He too chasing to get back to the front. This was a key moment in the race as Laporte eased up for Van Aert which let Pogaar get back and then Van Aert too. This also produced the concertina-effect where Van der Poel and Ganna were able to close the gap too. With still 54km to go Van der Poel was at 20 seconds.This saw Wout van Aert attack just before entrance to the Auchy pav. In the annotated screengrab above you can see highlighted in yellow Van Aert on the attack while in the background highlighted in blue Van der Poel and Ganna are close. With Pogaar and then Pedersen chasing we got a glimpse at hierarchy, with the Dane who looked in trouble with his head dipping and back arched. Pogaar got across to Van Aert and then passed him and the increase in pace was too much for Pedersen. With 53km to go Van Aert and Pogaar were away together and would not be caught.Van der Poel was chasing with Mick van Dijcke as Ganna was goner, a puncture saw the Italian distanced and then he wiped with the the flat tire sliding on a corner.Pogaar led onto the 5-star Mons-en-Pvle sector. Halfway through the sector he tried an attack but Van Aert chased back, head bobbing. Both were tired but seemed to want to collaborate, each knew their chances together were better without with Van der Poel, their shared tormentor in many one day classics. This led to a stasis with the lead two clear of the group led by Van der Poel with Laporte, Pedersen, Stuyven, Bissegger and van Dijcke.The final cobbled sectors saw Pogaar running out of road. Rather than accelerate he was just struggling to stay with Van Aert. The Belgian wasnt attacking, he was just more lucid on the rougher sections, taking smoother lines and conserving speed while Pogaar was left reacting. Even a late attack on the false flat in Hem before Roubaix was out of the question.So after 258km it came down to a two-up sprint. Pogaar led into the velodrome and across the finish line for the first time. There were no games. This wasnt going to be a test of speed or tactics, just what was left. With half a lap remaining Van Aert launched and came around Pogaar and kept sprinting to the line while Pogaar had to sit down for a moment. Van Aert had won.The VerdictA vintage edition for the ages. Race director Thierry Gouvenou said it was probably among the best two two races hed seen, for him as good as 2016 when Matt Hayman won. If he has a different vantage point to most its still hard to argue. It was packed with drama but rarely, at least for the prime contenders, negative or vindictive. Van der Poel will have hated losing two minutes but his chase only heightened the action and ennobled the breakaway. It would be a different kind of sport if these mishaps occurred every weekend but this is why the race is most exceptional race on the calendar.If Lady Luck kept shuffling cards, there was redistributive logic with all the big names having a set-back and being forced to overcome fate, none of the obvious names that would have gone in a preview were cancelled en route. Similarly she wasnt over-promoting random riders, there was satisfaction that despite the chaos this was still a race among the best. Pogaars long chase may have cost him the win; Van der Poels even longer pursuit suggested he was the strongest. Neither got the openings they wanted.For Pogaar a loss and the compulsion to return the next year. With the possibility of winning all five Monuments in a season gone, perhaps forever if he eschews Sanremo now, he still finished runner-up in a race where little more than a year ago taking to the start with ambition was seen as audacious. As much as hell want to return, hell haunted by the near-miss and lost chances. If he hadnt punctured, if the team car had been closer and so on then he might have had the extra punch to shake Van Aert on a day when his greatest rival in Van der Poel was out of the picture.This was Van Aerts day. It was hardly a Germinal remake of the downtrodden Van Aert revolting. But it is a reward for patience and persistence, and in a year that began with a broken angle.This time luck went his way. He made it his own race, leading in to Arenberg to chose his path. Attacking when Van der Poel was within touching distance to go clear with Pogaar. Surfing the stones in the finish when Pogaar was tiring. Getting on Pogaars wheel for the velodrome. Then a decisive sprint where he left Pogaar sitting.31 years old, Van Aert has long been dreaming of taking one of the cobbled Monuments and always said if given the choice hed want to win Roubaix. He got the chances and took them all. As a final act he dedicated the win to his former team mate Michael Goolaerts who had died in this race in 2018.The post The Moment Paris-Roubaix Was Won first appeared on The Inner Ring.

Primoz Roglic has openly admitted he was broken by the demands of the 2026 Itzulia Basque Country, after a late collapse saw him fall from general classification contention to 16th overall. The Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe leader had been firmly in the mix through the opening half of the race, sitt...

Bumbinos is the answer to the question of how you were going to put an Ass Savers fender on your kids bike without having to worry with the little ones picking up on your foul language. All the classic simplicity of their Win Wing fender, now scaled down for 14-20 kids bikes, and ready to grow with your kids. And paired with a strap-on downtube mudguard, and cool sticker packs, as well. Plus, the Bumbinos fenders have much cooler designs, so much so that now I want lunar craters on my adult bike!Bumbinos simple, modular bike mudguards for kids bikes(All photos/Cory Benson)If you ever thought your kids bikes needed the same simple road & trail spray protection that your own gravel and mountain bikes get with Ass Savers, Bumbinos has got your kids asses covered. Ive used Ass Savers fenders on and off for almost the entire 15 years theyve been around. But since Ass Savers debuted the wishbone-mounted Win Wing fender 3.5 years ago, Ive been hooked. Its such a simple product that works so well at keeping you drier and cleaner than without. And it works well on almost every road, gravel & mountain bike Ive tried, often where proper full coverage fenders are simply not possible.So when Ass Savers co-founder Staffan Widell told me maybe 2 years ago that they were working on a kids version, I figured it couldnt happen soon enough. In fact, it couldnt happen soon enough for my kids. Theyve both since outgrown their 20 then 24 bikes, and now can fit adult-sized Ass Savers to their small adult-sized mountain bikes. And yet, my lanky 12-year-old still quickly snatched this Cosmic Boulder downtube fender to put on his alloy 29er.So, why did Ass Savers create a separate Bumbinos brand?Of course, wanting to sell fenders to put on kids bikes without the word Ass written on them was a key driver. And the universal fit and easy installation are maybe even bigger bonuses for kids bikes.But Bumbinos have another not-so-secret ulterior motive of making cycling a more engaging experience to lay the foundation for a lifelong interest in riding. As Bumbinos puts it: If a bike becomes part of a childs play, it is used more often. If it is used more often, riding becomes second nature. And if riding becomes second nature, some of those children will keep riding.As parents ourselves, we understand the importance of play. And we also understand just how much time gets lost to doing the laundry, so we set out to address both: fun fenders that kids will actually want to useand work as intended, describes Staffan.Review: Putting fenders on kids bikesMy kids may have outgrown their 20 bikes, but luckily good bikes last for more than just one or two kids. So the trust IslaBikes Beinn 20 that kicked off my 16-year-old daughters riding career a decade ago, is still riding around the hood. So the neighborhood kid lent me the bike back to strap some fresh fenders on. She opted for Lucky Leaves to complement the red bike. Like many kids bikes, this one still has V-brakes and external cable routing. I could have mounted the downtube fender below the cable stop and it would have been fine. But instead, I opted for a small cutout in the plastic fender blade that let it sit higher up the frame to catch more spray off the front tire. And since replacement blades are readily available, I wasnt too concerned about some creative box cutter work. No conflict with the brakes, though.small & large Bumbinos vs. adult Win Wing MTB comparisonThe small rear fender blade 24cm long, the larger one is 30cm, compared to 42cm long for the 29er-capable adult Win Wind MTB. More than 70mm between the wishbone, Bumbinos rates the fenders for up to 65mm / 2.55 tires. I mounted the longer 30cm one to a 24 Bombtrack kids gravel bike, and there was plenty of coverage. But it looked too small on a 24 Commencal mountain bike, which would be best to size up to adult Ass Savers.Interestingly, these kids Bumbinos share the same modular feet and lower leg that make the Win Wing MTB adjustable for different wheelsizes and frame designs, too just with a kid-specific upper wishbone.The small Bumbinos rear fender weighs just 80g, or 107g together with its front fender. The bigger one is just 85g for the rear, or 117g for the pair. Compare that to 116g for the adult-size Win Wing MTB.Bumbinos kids fenders Pricing, options & availabilitylarge Bumbinos for 18-20 wheels (l) or small for 14-16 wheels (r)The new Bumbinos feeders come in two sizes for 14-16 wheels (~3-6-year-old kids) & for 18-20 wheels (ages ~6-9). But dont worry, they can grow with your kid, too. Splash Packs sell for 35. That includes a set of front & rear fenders in the playful design of your choice (or simple black if you are a spoil sport), plus the adjustable rear wishbone bracket that works for either size, and a set of design-specific stickers to decorate your childs bike. If your kiddo decides they need some new riz or they just size up to a bigger bike, you can buy a new set of blades for 19 more, and reuse the wishbone & strap you already have.Like their Ass Savers big siblings, Bumbinos makes their smaller kids fenders entirely in Sweden. 100% powered by renewable energy. And the blades are made of a minimum 30% post-consumer recycled plastic. Get your direct from the new Bumbinos website, or through worldwide dealer shops, likely the same bike shops that already sold Ass Savers. Bumbinos.comThe post First Look: Bumbinos Modular Strap-On Kids Bike Fenders Take The Ass Out Of Ass Savers appeared first on Bikerumor.