The 2027 Tour de France route has been revealed this morning in Paris. Richard Plugge, manager of Team Visma | Lease a Bike, admitted that Jonas Vingegaard is not the most favoured rider by the TT-heavy route; and that Briton Matthew Brennan will be considered for the Grand Depart. "In any case, it...

Old Man Mountain just released a new film project, "Second Growth," that follows experimental bikepacking team rider Alex Schultz to victory at the 2026 Oregon Timber Trail. Watch the full 30-minute video below...The post Second Growth (Video) appeared first on BIKEPACKING.com.

Hot on the heels of the release of the updated Axle Pack, Old Man Mountain (OMM) launches a new film. OMM employees Erich Weidenkeller and Zach Emerson recently spent a week out of sight, hiding in the Oregon woods. Why, you ask? Well, they were tracking Alex Schultz, a member of Old Man Mountains Experimental Bikepacking Team. They were tracking him down to film his winning run of the 2026 Oregon Timber Trail, and wanted to do it with minimal intrusion. The result is the new film Second Growth.(Photos / Old Man Mountain)Paired with interviews with Alex and the race directors, as well as footage from Alex, they produced a film about conquering a trail that is battling a forest recovering from forest fire and wind storms.Burn scarErich wrote a blog post that pairs nicely with the film. In it, he talks about their experience making the film. I didnt know, and in case you didnt as well, the Oregon Timber Trail is almost a 700-mile mountain bike trail that just about spans the state of Oregon. I mean, it goes from the California border to the Columbia River, so yeah, pretty much the whole state. Anywho, enough talkin, lets take a look at the film. Old Man Mountains Second GrowthOldManMountain.com

Days after Garmin announced its new Edge 1060 and Edge Explore computers, Coros has launched the Dura Solar.The new bike computer replaces the Coros Dura Solar, the brands first bike computer, which has gained popularity for its lengthy battery life and lower price compared to similarly specced models from established brands such as Garmin and Wahoo.TheDura 2 Solar is a significant upgrade from its predecessor and comes in at 479 / $499 for the device without the standard aluminium mount, or 479 / $549with the mount.Razr sharp The design is eye-catching. The design of the new Dura 2 Solar is striking. Some have likened it to the Motorola Razr flip phone, with its same sleek angular lines and ultra-thin profile.The whole thing weighs 99g and the top bevel is only 5.7mm thick, which Coros saysimproves aerodynamics.The larger screen is supported by a carbon backplate and anodised alloy construction "for lighter and more durable protection", according to Coros. Battery life is claimed to be up to 120 hours. Coros The computer still features a solar panel, but its now at the bottom, rather than the top as seen on the Dura Solar.Coros explains the panel is now 17% bigger and 25% more efficient, which means its able to provide the same 120 hours of battery life (70 hours in dual-frequency mode) as the previous model. Coros says the panel can provide a two-to-one solar gain, which means up to two hours of battery gain for every one hour of riding. This is based on 75,000 Lux,though, so as we approach UK winter you can expect much less than this.Haptic buttons The touchscreen buttons have haptic feedback. Coros The panels also feature two touchscreen buttons with haptic feedback to move through menus and activity pages.However, in initial testing, I found them difficult to use because the touchscreen area of the panel is quite small and not as responsive as I'd like. This resulted in plenty of failed attempts at moving through the pages (especially riding off-road) and opting to use the main screen for this job instead.The main LCD display is 3.5in, the same as Garmins new flagship Edge 1060. However, the main talking point here is we finally have a bike computer with a significantly reduced bezel.While that doesnt necessarily improve performance, it significantly improves the way the unit looks on the bike, befitting of its price and closer to what weve come to expect from virtually any new tech with an LCD screen.Theres no dial on the Dura 2 Solar, a feature found on the previous model. Instead, there are two large and textured external buttons.The right-hand button opens the sidebar during an activity and acts as an OK button when scrolling through menus. The left-hand button starts a new lapby default, but can be reconfigured, for example to move from activity pages to a redesigned Media page.No lagging Coros claims to have eliminated the lagging issues the original computer suffered from when pinching to zoom into maps. Coros In terms of navigation, Coros promises no laggingwhen pinching to zoom on the map page, something the older model struggled with. Theres also the ability to mark a pin on the map by either configuring the left button as mentioned above or through the sidebar menu while on the Map page.Offline re-routing is available with a sustained Bluetooth connection from the Coros app so long as the maps have been downloaded before syncing the route. Climb alerts are available on every ride.Theres also now a digital bell, which you can activate by double-tapping the screen during an activity. The volume is controlled by the units overall volume control, which means if you want a bell that other road users can hear, youll need to put up with all the other tones at full volume.There are also new tones that are unique to each alert. Some are more pleasant to listen to than others with our videographer, Kai, likening one of the tones to Nintendo's Wii console.

CyclistThe new Coros Dura 2 Solar bike computer has an ultra-thin carbon case and 99g claimed weightCoros has launched the Dura 2 Solar bike computer with a carbon fibre case and an anodised aluminium bezel that tapers to just 5.7mm deep. The brand claims the Dura 2 weighs just 99g and battery life lasts 70 hours and beyond in full dual-band GPS mode, with solar charging adding two hours for every hour in the sun. The Coros Dura 2 incorporates a 3.5 inch memory-in-pixel touchscreen with an anti-reflective coating, 336 x 620 pixel resolution and fast refresh rate. Coros claims its screen can be used effectively with gloves or without and says it meets the UCIs computer size regulations for racing.According to Coros CEO Lewis Wu, For too long, bike computers have looked like functional tools attached to otherwise beautiful bikes We wanted to build a bike computer that cyclists are proud to put on their bikes.The Coros Dura 2 is priced at 429 / $499 / 499, and will be on sale from 27th October. 70 hours-plus battery life and solar chargingAs well as using the touchscreen, the Dura 2 can be operated via voice control and offers a button interface via two side-mounted physical buttons and two haptic buttons built into the solar collector at the bottom of the front face. As a default, you swipe up and down to scroll through data screens, but side to side to access maps, media and camera controls.Theres full mapping built in, including street names and surface indicators, and it offers turn-by-turn navigation, with route generation on the Coros app. Coros also offers free training plans and workouts and theres the full suite of ANT+, BLE and WiFi connectivity.Other features typical of many of the best bike computers, include live tracking and on-the-fly climb detection and theres a digital bell and onboard playlists. Coros says there are new fitness metrics for cyclists in the Coros companion app too, and it has a long list of planned enhancements, including voice notes post-workout and multiple bike profiles.The Coros Dura 2 also includes offline rerouting, for when youre out of range of a mobile signal or dont want to carry your phone.It automatically uploads rides to the Coros app post-ride, collects data from Coros cycling watches and Coross heart rate monitor, for a view of on-bike and off-bike fitness, and feeds out to Strava, Komoot and other third party apps.Coros quotes a battery life of 70 hours with dual band GPS, which can be extended to over 120 hours even without solar charging. A full recharge via USB-C is claimed to take 2.5 hours.While Garmin has abandoned solar charging on its latest Edge x50 devices, Coros claims the Dura 2s solar charging will add two hours of battery life for every hour of sun exposure.Coros Dura 2 prices and availabilityYou can buy the Coros Dura 2 either with a mount or stand-alone. Coros says its compatible with all standard quarter-turn mounts.Coros sells both a mount with a standard round bar clamp and a two-bolt out-front mount stand-alone, the latter incorporating a GoPro-style adapter for an action camera or light. Both are made of aluminium and cost 69 / $79 / 79.The Coros Dura 2 Solar is priced at 429 / $499 / 499 on its own or 479 / $549 / 549 with a mount in the box, which is around double the price of the original Dura. Its available to buy from 27th October.The post The new Coros Dura 2 Solar bike computer has an ultra-thin carbon case and 99g claimed weight appeared first on Cyclist.

Chris Froome is a four-time winner of the Tour de France, and was one of the most recognizable faces on the Palais des Congrs this morning in Paris. The Briton has spoken about the route of the 2027 edition and Tadej Pogacar, the rider who should go into it as the man to beat. "It is, as usual, a...

The transfer market does not slow down and this Thursday another move has taken place between two World Tour teams. Tobias Bayer of Alpecin - Premier Tech has signed a two-year deal with EF Education-EasyPost. Tobias is the kind of rider who can race a one-day or a grand tour with the same level o...

Clotaire Mandel's latest video from his massive around-the-world bikepacking trip follows his time on the Ruta de las Vicuas, a remote route across northern Chile's high altiplano. Watch it here...The post Bikepacking Chile: Ruta de las Vicunas (Video) appeared first on BIKEPACKING.com.

The Tour de France routes for 2027 are out and here is a stage-by-stage look at the mens course. It runs between Friday 2 July and Sunday 25 July 2027.Beginning on a Friday in order to fit the British grand dpart into a long weekend Stage 1 is a road race from Edinburgh to Carlisle. Its the most northerly start of the Tour ever, anecdotal perhaps but means talk of heatwaves and forest fires will be unlikely. Theres one marked climb to award the mountains jersey at Melrose which suggests a tame stage but wait for the weather forecast as theres plenty of exposed moorland and the first days of the Tour are always high stress.Stage 2 features more moorland and if the stats on the climbs look tame, zoom in. The Trough of Bowland might be 2km at 5% but it has plenty of 10-14% slopes towards the top to blunt the legs of some heavyset sprinters and the climbs mid-stage should be spectator hotspots, a chance for locals to see riders go past slower and for TV viewers to sample the crowd size compared to the festivities of Yorkshire in 2014. Its a long stage and the weather could make things harder still giving this the feel of a classic more than regular sprint stage.Stage 3 is another hard day at 223km again and will have plenty of team managers fretting because a mistake or mishap here could sink a GC contenders season. But its nothing savage, theres 3,000 metres of vertical gain on the way to Cardiff, too much for most sprinters but the climbs are largely on wide roads, its the repetition that will shrink things down and hopefully open up space for attacks.Stage 4 and after a transfer by ferry to Cherbourg, a circuit race around Normandy peppered with sharp climbs that are often exposed and along the coast concluding with the uphill finish in 2016 where Peter Sagan, Alejandro Valverde and Julian Alaphilippe contested the win. In todays terms we could see Tadej Pogaar and Mathieu van der Poel duking it out.Stage 5 and a start in Pontorson, population around 4,000 a first for them to host the Tour because another nearby candidate said non to ASO over the costs but the strain on French finances is a story for another day. Live TV will show the Mont-Saint-Michel but this day is probably all about the second day of consecutive uphill finishes, this time in Plumelec, twice up the Cadoudal climb used in a variety of races before like the GP Morbihan, the 2016 Euro champs and both the mens and womens Tours too.Stage 6 is a flat sprint stage to Angers which as weve seen from Paris-Nice finishes is a calm place despite the name and if you dont like wordplay then skip this day given it starts in Vannes too. The brief sporting aspect is that final metres drag up to the line, reaching 5%.Stage 7 is the first time trial in the Loire valley to Chambord, which for trivia is the largest of the chteaux in the Loire and if you read it here first, chance are youll hear it 36 more times in July . Its 38km long which makes it the longest TT in a Tour since 2022s 40km race to Rocamadour. Crucially its flat, talk on the day will also be about who has the biggest chainring as its accessible to the pure time trial specialists and GC contenders alike. Assuming no mishaps on the preceding stages and Remco Evenepoel can dream of the maillot jaune many times between now and July.Stage 8 and the longest stage of the Tour, just. Theres dj vu with a similar day to Le Creusot as Stage 7 in 2021 won by Matej Mohori. Its similar but not identical, but like then it features the Croix de la Libration and then the tricky Signal dUchon which you might remember from Paris-Nice back in March too with biblical weather and bib longs. This should again be one the breakaway world championships stages with waves of riders trying to land an elusive win.Stage 9 goes into the Jura mountains where the three mid-mountain passes along the way are tiring but have no surprises and suit teams trying to set tempo rather than providing ambush terrain. Then its the Grand Colombier, tackled from Culoz via the lacets. Race director Christian Prudhomme says he wants the race to unfold slowly but this is big climb, a 40 minute effort, that should shape the overall classification at the risk of setting it, and all by the end of the first week. A rest day in the Alps awaits.With the route leaking long before, Stage 10 from Annecy to Sallanches sounded predictable but who would have guessed this course? The Salve is back after last summer but its a gentler route along the mountain rather than up a cliff face. Instead the dj vu comes from the Brison climb which is the lower half of the Plateau de Solaison which also featured on the same day. Next, Domancy is a predictable as a nod to the upcoming World Championships here. But the climb to Le Bettex is via a small back-road and similarly many standing will be standing on the pedals to get to up to the Plateau dAssy before another time up the steep Domancy climb and a fast run to Sallanches. It could be a hard one to control but equally big teams will be content to see a breakaway go clear so their leaders can save something for the following day.Stage 11 is a big day in the Alps only 150km but 4,750m of vertical gain and this years visit to the Alps only briefly spends time above 1,500m above sea level. Its all via climbs that are steeper than normal for the Alps, achieved via back-road climbs like the Col du Pr and if the finish is in the ski resort of Les Saisies, its via the Bisanne route which the hardest way up with only a short transition across to the finish line so well count it as a summit finish. Its on 14 July, aka Bastille day but a Saturday so no extended party. And thats it for the Alps.Stage 12 is a transition stage out of the Alps and to the Rhone valley. Its hilly and should be a sprint finish in Valence but could still be worth a go for the breakaway.Stage 13 is even flatter and so even more likely to finish in a sprint in Montpellier but the obligatory mention of the ability of the Mistral winds ability to make mischief.Stage 14 leaves Montpellier for Mende via plenty of rough roads and 4,300m of vertical gain. A mountain stage? Almost. The final Laurent Jalabert climb to the aerodrome is always selective so while Michael Matthews got a masterpiece win from the breakaway on this finish in 2022 we had GC action behind. This time the approach from the south instead of the north is significantly harder, and more scenic. If you wanted to ride a stage for the sake of it, this is a good choice for the scenery, empty roads and it borrows roads described in Tim Krabbs The Rider.Stage 15 might be flat enough for a sprint but with a week left in the race many teams will be desperate for a stage win and will try to get in the breakaway. You can see some of the climbs on the profile but there are more than suggested in the final hour.Stage 16 is a second individual time trial that starts in Toulouse and heads south before turning back and following the Garonne river back into the city via the walll-like Pech David climb used two years ago.If the weather is good then the Pyrenees will be visible on the horizon for hours asStage 17 tracks west from Muret to Pau for a likely sprint finish.Stage 18 is the Queen Stage of the Tour with 5,400m of vertical gain and via a parade of royalty climbs starting with the Soulor and then the Tourmalet where the race climbs beyond 2,000 metres for the first time before the Hourquette dAncizan and then the new climb of the Col du Portet, which as a reminder is the Pla dAdet climb before turning onto a ski lift access path that was tarmacked in time for the 2018 Tour and is now the highest official paved pass in the French Pyrenees. Nairo Quintana won here in 2018 (and Chris Froome was yanked off his bike by a gendarme) while Tadej Pogaar won in 2022 after nearly 50 minutes of climb time.Stage 19 is the hipster Pyrenean stage, starting in Hasparren which was once famous for making shoes, its via the Burdincurutcheta which as well as being a tongue-twister is a lung-buster with plenty of 10-12% slopes. The Soudet is a backroad route to the La Pierre-Saint-Martin ski station before the Marie Blanque which is climbed, of course, via its steeper side before the descent to Laruns where Tadej Pogaar won his first Tour de France stage.Stage 20 is a flat stage to take the riders to Libourne for a probable sprint finish and handily it has its own TGV station to take the race to Paris.Stage 21 and where Champs-Elyses and Rue Lepic now go together like steak-frtes or jambon-beurre and hopefully we get another Paris match thriller.The Tour in NumbersFlatter in feel with only three summit finishes this time when 2026 had four in the Alps alone. There are seven likely sprint finishes when last time there were five, and more time trials too. The 2027 Tour de France route feels like a calmer edition where the imported mantra of citius, altius, fortius is reset. But what do the numbers say?The most solo kilometres since 2012 and as the chart shows, above average but not exceptional. Where the difference comes is the manner, 2027s vintage is with the brief exception of Pech David all flat, these are TT stages that will appeal as much to Filippo Ganna and Josh Tarling as to Tadej Pogaar and Paul Seixas while Remco Evenepoel will be licking his lips at the possibility of stage wins and time gains.This chart says its not actually a flatter Tour at all, 53,450 metres of vertical gain is well above average for the Christian Prudhomme era. But again its the details within the stages that count, plenty of climbing in 2027 but far fewer set-piece mountain stages with summit finishes.The VerdictA vanilla route even if the Tour is rarely plain given the quality of riders and intensity of racing. The 2027 edition doesnt have any wow factors, no cobbles nor gravel and little novelty either, no new mountains. Visiting the Basque Pyrenees is enticing because its rare rather than new, likewise tackling Mont Aigoual. Instead its defined by fewer summit finishes and more time trial kilometres. Will this make the race closer? To wonder which rider it suits the feels like a dead end given Tadej Pogaars record of five wins but if the Tour presentation gives us embers to keep burning during the dark winter nights, one of the brightest flames must be for Remco Evenepoel who now has three weeks in July with a route that flickers with a yellow flame.The post 2027 Tour de France Route first appeared on The Inner Ring.

A finish on the iconic Puy de Dme volcano will bring down the curtain on a much-anticipated 2027 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift (30 July to 7 August).Since the event's 2022 launch, director Marion Rousse has judiciously cherry-picked famed climbs from the mens race. Tourmalet, Alpe dHuez and Ventoux the three triple-A cols of Tour de France legend have now appeared, each with tremendous success.Last year, Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney won her battle with arch-rival Demi Vollering on the barren slopes of the Giant of Provence, even if shed eventually lose the war come the Nice finish.Next summer, their battle will resume on the Puy de Dme, a climb that most thought had been lost to history. A combination of environmental concerns around hosting the Tour behemoth and a railway installed in 2012 alongside its road meant 35 years passed between its appearance in 1988 and a return in 2023. 2027 Tour de France route revealed: beefed-up solo time-trial kilometres and more climbing dominate The Puy de Dme volcano dominates the region. Getty Images That most recent race, won by Michael Woods, saw Tadej Pogaar and Jonas Vingegaard fight a yellow-jersey battle further down the mountain in near silence. One of the concessions the organisation made to taking the race back to Puy de Dme was to lock out fans from the climbs upper reaches, something the race will have to contend with again next summer. Without fans, the Pogacar-Vingegaard Puy de Dme duel harked back to Covid-era racing. Getty Images Before that showdown, theres much to savour, including a Great Britain Grand Depart, entirely within the borders of England.The opening stage (30 July) does cross a border the Yorkshire-Lancashire divide with an 86km stage across the Pennines that begins at Leeds town hall, the site of the departure of the mens 2014 Tour. The two classified climbs here come well before the finish, with a bunch sprint nailed on. Stage 2 of the 2027 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. Its followed up on stage 2 with arguably the hardest route across either Grand Depart and its smorgasbord of Peak District climbs between Manchester and Sheffield (154km).The Grand Depart finale is in London, where an 18km team time trial ends as in the Olympics road races in front of Buckingham Palace on The Mall, prior to seeing the sights of Big Ben, St Pauls and Hyde Park.That London finish for the British leg of the race and the proximity to the Channel Tunnel means no rest day is needed, so the following day the race resumes with stage 4, a lumpy 123km route that ends with a flat run-in to Calais.The riotous stage 5 from Neufchtel-en-Bray to Magnanville is ripped straight from the Liege-Bastogne-Liege playbook, with six short but categorised climbs in the final 50km. Stage 5 of the 2027 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. As is now the formula for this race, the serious climbing is loaded into the final third of the race, in a bid to prolong the jeopardy.Stage 7, from Nevers to La Loge des Gardes (155km), offers a challenging summit finish to the ski resort, while stage 8 to Clermont-Ferrand will appeal to breakaway riders with its up-and-down profile a day before the mouth-watering Puy de Dme finale. Stage 9 of the 2027 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift.