Latest Pro Cycling News
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
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:...
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...
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
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...