Latest Pro Cycling News
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March 30, 2022
Will VR Change What’s Expected of At-Home Exercise Bike Workouts?
VR can make a lot of changes to your average workout routine. People are always looking for the next big workout trend, which will keep them engaged and strengthening their bodies. With VR a dancer can be in the club in the middle of the day, sipping on a water...
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March 29, 2022
Strava announces three-year partnership with Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift
The Tour de France and the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift will ‘come to life’ inside the Strava app with a content hub dedicated to telling the story of the riders through their daily activity uploads and photos. Fans will be able to go inside Segments and relive the...
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March 25, 2022
US Gov suspends 25% China trade tariff on select bicycle products
A 25% trade tariff on a variety of bicycles and accessories imported into the USA, from China, has been paused, ensuring the products are excluded from the import duty. Bloomberg reports, “the U.S. Trade Representative’s office is reinstating the exclusions for 352 items.” The report further highlights, “…exemptions from Trump-era...
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March 25, 2022
Injured rider sues Costco and e-bike brand over right-front brake lever setup
An Arizona woman is suing San Diego e-bike company Phantom Bikes and Costco Wholesale for $6 million. Carol Penkert's suit claims her bike came set up so the right brake lever operated the front brake, which caused her to flip over the handlebar and sustain serious injuries. Bicycle Retailer
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March 23, 2022
Giant and Orbea say they have stopped business in Russia
After initially being unavailable to comment, Giant Group and Orbea each now say they have halted business in Russia due to the country's invasion of Ukraine. Bicycle Retailer
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March 21, 2022
Zwift’s push into competitive cycling could change esports
The championship races are part of Zwift’s steady climb into the canon of serious cycling. Esports, from traditional video games like Fortnite to the more physically demanding Zwift, have found eager audiences that are growing in size. Morning Brew
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March 16, 2022
Specialized founder Mike Sinyard steps down from CEO role
After 48 years at the helm of Specialized, founder Mike Sinyard has appointed former Dyson executive Scott Maguire as the new CEO. As Founder, Chairman and Chief Rider Advocate, Sinyard will remain the brand's 'visionary leader' but the responsibility of running the business will now fall on Maguire. Cycling Weekly
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March 13, 2022
Paris-Nice peloton decimated, leaving only 59 finishers
The 2022 edition of Paris-Nice finished with the fewest riders on the final classification since 1985, with only 59 riders making it across the finish line of the final stage in Nice. Simon Yates (BikeExchange-Jayco) won the final stage but was his team's only finisher, while overall champion Primož Roglič,...
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March 11, 2022
Chris Froome says data has made pro cycling more competitive and more dangerous
Chris Froome believes the depth and breadth of data in professional cycling has raised the bar in terms of the overall standard of performance but also made the sport more dangerous. The four-time Tour de France winner started his career back in 2008 and is now in his 15th season...
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March 10, 2022
Peloton Tests New Pricing Model, Integrates With Apple Watch
Peloton’s downhill stretch could end soon as the company shifts gears, testing new prices, and releasing products roughly a month after Barry McCarthy took over as CEO. The at-home fitness company will begin a pricing pilot on Friday allowing customers to pay a monthly fee that covers both their workout...
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March 10, 2022
NBC Sports to broadcast Tour de France Femmes
NBC Sports announced it will showcase the 2022 and 2023 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. This year’s event will run July 24-31 and start in Paris on the final day of racing at the men’s Tour de France. The eight-day race will be shown in the United States, on...
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March 9, 2022
SRAM acquires cycling clothing brand Velocio?
It appears the silly season of mergers and acquisitions is continuing with another announcement involving SRAM. Just over a month ago, SRAM announced that it had acquired the cycling computer brand Hammerhead. Now, we’ve received word through Velocio that they’ve just sold to SRAM as well. Bike Rumor
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March 7, 2022
Accell Group’s Revenues Climb 6.2 Percent In 2021
Accell Group reported EBIT grew 47 percent in 2021 on a 6.2 percent sales gain. Net sales of €1,377 million, up 6.2 percent despite ongoing component shortages. Growth was driven by higher sales of parts & accessories, mainly volume-driven, and higher bicycle sales due to improved pricing and mix offsetting...
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March 5, 2022
Netflix Tour de France series struggling to convince biggest teams to join
The Netflix Tour de France ‘Drive to Survive’ documentary series is struggling to secure the participation of several leading teams due to concerns about editorial control, privacy, and polemics during the sport’s biggest race of the season, as well as fees paid to the teams. Only five of the biggest eight teams are...
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March 4, 2022
Zwift plugs cheating hole allowing in-game height and weight adjustment
Zwift made an announcement regarding the updates to the companion app in a forum on its website. The updates, which Zwift terms “security changes,” are meant to address an exploit that permitted a Zwifter to change their avatar’s in-game height and weight in order to gain an unfair advantage. VeloNews
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March 3, 2022
Tour de France series on Netflix may be in the works
Professional cycling may be about to get a high-profile boost with the Telegraph Sport reporting on Thursday that streaming giant Netflix is in discussion with the Tour de France organisers ASO and eight WorldTour teams - including British squad Ineos Grenadiers - for a docu-drama series similar to Formula 1:...
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March 3, 2022
Peloton ex-CEO John Foley sells $50 million in stock to Michael Dell’s investment firm
Peloton co-founder and ex-CEO John Foley has sold about $50 million in stock to an investment firm backed by Michael Dell, MSD Partners, according to a securities filing. The sale involved about 1.92 million shares, the Wednesday filing said. Foley still owns enough after the sale to maintain effective voting...
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March 3, 2022
Outerbike postpones summer events due to demo bike shortage
Western Spirit Cycling, the producer of Outerbike, is postponing three summer events due to a shortage of demo bikes. The company also announced an expanded expo format at its two remaining planned 2022 events, in Bentonville, Arkansas and Moab. Bicycle Retailer
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March 2, 2022
Alexandre Geniez gets four-month suspended prison sentence for domestic violence
Alexandre Geniez (Team TotalEnergies) was given a four-month suspended prison sentence on Wednesday when he was found guilty of domestic violence against his wife at the time Lucie Garrigues. Garrigues was with Geniez from 2013 to 2020, and she is the mother of their two children. Velo News
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March 2, 2022
Ukrainian cycling coach and father of recent national champion killed in war; former pro Andriy Grivko working to help country’s cyclists
The Russian invasion in Ukraine has claimed the life of one of the country's national cycling coaches, who was also the father of the rider who won the men's National Road Race Championships in 2019. Alexander Kulyk was killed on Tuesday in Kyiv during a mission to help evacuate people...
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March 1, 2022
UCI takes decisive action and bans Russian and Belarusian teams from competition
The step was taken after Russian and Belarusian forces invaded Ukraine in recent days and sees UCI teams, national teams, regional teams, and commissaires all suspended from UCI competition and, in the case of events, suspended from the UCI calendar. The world governing body has however held back from the IOC...
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March 1, 2022
Lizard Skins and BOA parent delivers record results
Compass Diversified, the parent group to Lizard Skins and BOA Technologies, among many other middle market labels, has reported a record year in its FY21 results, with annual sales reaching $1.842 billion. Both relatively new additions to the Compass portfolio, Lizard Skins and BOA are already making their contributions with the...
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February 26, 2022
Zwift Bans Cheat Whistleblower: A Deeper Dive Into the Issue
The UCI sanctioned Esports World Championship, Zwift has managed to get themselves into another cheating and rider ban debacle. This time for banning an individual that published a post of a previously known bug that allowed competitors to change their weight values mid-race without being detected, potentially significantly altering the...
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February 25, 2022
Fox Factory reports 57.8% rise in cycling product sales
Fox Factory this week reported sales for the year ended December 31, 2021, were $1,299.1 million, an increase of 45.9% compared to fiscal year 2020. With the release of Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2021 Financial Results, Fox saw Specialty Sports Group sales (largely made up of bicycle industry trade) increase...
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February 24, 2022
Strava adds 3D map feature to mobile app
Strava updated its mobile app Thursday and enabled 3D maps. For those using version 243.0.0, you will now be able to view 3D maps when planning rides, to account for route topography and elevation. You can also view route elevation for past activities. This feature had previously been available in...