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Buried in the CPA's Statement This Week: Pro Cyclists Are the Only Athletes on Earth Who Fund the Tests That Catch Them

Nowhere else in Olympic sport do the athletes contribute to their own testing budget. In cycling, they do, they always have, and it changes what the current reform fight is really about.

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1926 vs 2026 Tour de France: The Longest Tour in History, and Why Stage 16 From Evian Is a 100-Year Reckoning

Stage 16 rolls out of Evian today, exactly 100 years after the town hosted the longest Grand Départ in Tour history: 5,745km, 17 stages, and a survival rate of 33%.

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Smell of Rot, Water Running Down the Walls: Why the Modern Tour Hotel Wrecks Rider Recovery More Than the Racing Does

Uno-X, Alpecin-Premier Tech, and Picnic PostNL riders slept on hotel balconies during the 2026 Tour rest day. The recovery cost is not just uncomfortable, it is measurable in HRV and deep sleep.

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Tour de France Salary Cap 2026: Prudhomme Backs Cycling Financial Reform

The Tour de France race director just told The Athletic he backs a salary cap. Coming from the man who runs the sport's biggest race, that is not a small statement. It is a match to a very old fuse.

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98% of Cyclists Are Wrecking Their Tubeless Setup With One Rookie Mistake. Here Are the 7 Errors Costing You Flats and Watts.

The tire holds air, sure. It also loses 2 to 4 watts, seals slowly, and can eject explosively on a hot descent. Here is the honest fix list.

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Tour de France Riders Are Now Drinking 28 Water Bottles a Stage. A Decade Ago It Was Six

Picnic-PostNL soigneurs are handing out 28 bidons per rider on hot 2026 Tour stages. The number is not an outlier. It is what happens when cycling finally stops pretending heat is optional.

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Mathieu van der Poel Tour de France Stage 9 Win: Heat Adaptation Explained

Mathieu van der Poel started this Tour slowly. Then it hit 41°C and something clicked. His Stage 9 breakaway was not luck. It was preparation age-group riders can copy.

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Tour de France 2026: Riders Union Demands Earlier Start Times Amid Extreme Heat

The CPA told ASO and the UCI that summer race start times must change before the 2027 season…

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Jeannie Rice: The 77-Year-Old With the VO2 Max of a 25-Year-Old, What Cyclists Should Steal From Her Playbook

At 77, marathon world record holder Jeannie Rice tested at a VO2 max of 47.9, the highest ever recorded for a woman over 75. For cyclists, her story rewrites the ceiling on what your aerobic engine can do at any age.

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“I Didn't Start Exercising Until 50. At 87, I've Now Completed 200 Triathlons. Here's What Kept Me Going.”

Luise Easton is 87, still races multisport events, and just told the world exactly what has kept her going. For cyclists staring down 40, 60, or 70, her playbook is more relevant than you think.