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953 articles across 20 pagesJACK BURKE'S STRAVA RECORDS ON THE STELVIO, ALPE D'HUEZ AND MORTIROLO
Three Strava KOMs on three of the most iconic climbs in cycling. No team. No race calendar. Cold weather and a borrowed bike. The preparation behind the moment that put Jack Burke on every World Tour scout''s radar.
JOE FRIEL ON THE ROADMAN PODCAST: THE FAST AFTER 50 METHOD
Joe Friel, now in his early eighties, still rides 12 to 13 hours a week. This is the exact training method he has built over four decades of coaching masters endurance athletes — and it is not what most riders over 40 are doing.
JOHN WAKEFIELD ON TEAM BORA'S ENDURANCE BLUEPRINT
John Wakefield coaches Primož Roglič and Jai Hindley at Team Bora-Hansgrohe. Here is the WorldTour endurance blueprint he uses, translated for amateur cyclists targeting Badlands or Unbound.
JOHN WAKEFIELD ON BUILDING ENDURANCE: THE TEAM BORA COACH'S FATIGUE TEST FOR AMATEUR ULTRA RIDERS
Three minutes at threshold. A short questionnaire. Every 7 to 10 days. That is the test John Wakefield runs with Primož Roglič and Jai Hindley — and the one most amateurs targeting Badlands or Unbound have never heard of.
THE MASTERS DOPING PROBLEM: WHAT AMATEUR CYCLING HAS TO RECKON WITH
Over 180 riders started a recent local race. Drug testers showed up at the finish. Only 52 crossed the line. The rest vanished mid-race. This is masters cycling now. The doping problem is not abstract and it is not pro-only.
MICHAEL MATTHEWS ON 15 YEARS IN THE WORLDTOUR: THE TRAINING TRUTHS AMATEURS MISS
Michael Matthews has 15 years in the WorldTour. He never does base miles, rides high-200s to low-300s watts with efforts on top, and says easier riding with harder intervals left him "good for the effort, not fit enough to get through the race."
I DOUBLED MY CYCLING HOURS AND GOT SLOWER. WHY THAT HAPPENS.
Six hours a week to twelve, and slower. The pattern is so common it has a diagnostic checklist. Stress load, intensity distribution, distribution mismatch with the test, no progressive overload, and the missing coach to spot the plateau before it hardens.
NATHAN HAAS ON GRAVEL: HOW A COUNTERCULTURE SPORT IS EATING ITSELF
Eight people on a single pit stop. UCI points counting toward your overall total. Cat 4s lining up beside campers, mechanics, soigneurs and chefs. The sport gravel was meant to escape from is moving in. Nathan Haas wants the rockstars back.
NUMB HANDS WHILE CYCLING: THE FIVE FIXES BEFORE YOU PAY FOR A BIKE FIT
Numb hands are nerve compression. Usually fixable without a bike fit. Five causes, five fixes, and the discipline of changing one thing at a time so you actually know what worked.
THE SATURDAY SPIN
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30,000+ serious cyclists. What worked this week, what the pros did differently, and how to apply it.
THE FEEDBACK LOOP THAT SAVED HIM: OWEN VERMEULEN ON CYCLING AS RECOVERY
Cat four to cat three to cat two to cat one. A perfect feedback loop for a brain that had been chasing the wrong reward signal for fifteen years. Owen Vermeulen's story is the cycling-as-redemption story, told without any of the usual lies.
PELOTON'S $50 BILLION LESSON: WHY REAL CYCLISTS ALWAYS WON THIS STORY
Fifty billion dollars to three billion in two years. The biggest fitness business story of the decade quietly reminded the cycling world that inconvenience is the feature, not the bug.
THE PRO WINTER PLAYBOOK: FIVE THINGS THE BEST CYCLISTS DO WHEN NOBODY IS WATCHING
A 10 to 21 day break with no metrics. A dental check. A full blood panel. A season review that is honest about what worked. The pro winter is unsexy and structural. That is exactly why amateurs keep skipping it.
HOW RAPHA LOST $28.8M: THE CYCLING BRAND STORY THAT SHOULD WORRY THE INDUSTRY
Rapha posted a $28.8m loss in 2023-2024. Seven consecutive years unprofitable. The only profit in the brand's history was $1.8m in 2017 — the same year the Waltons bought in. The cycling story is also a warning to the rest of the industry.
IS ROAD RACING ACTUALLY DYING? WHAT THE CALENDAR NUMBERS SAY
Easter weekend used to be the biggest weekend in Irish domestic racing. Three races, 150-plus riders each, sold out before entry closed. Last year one race ran with 21 riders across multiple categories. The decline is not a phase. The sport is reorganising.
ROSA KLÖSER WON UNBOUND WITH A BORING PLAN. THE BORING BIT IS THE LESSON.
A flat tyre. A crash. A two-minute deficit at one of the deepest fields in gravel racing. Rosa Klöser still won. The training plan behind it was so simple she could describe it in two paragraphs. That is exactly the point.
SHORTER CRANKS ON A ROAD BIKE: THE 15-WATT CHANGE MOST AMATEURS HAVE NOT MADE
172.5 to 165 millimetres. A small change in the bike fit language. A 15-watt FTP gain in the Phil Burt data. A 3.5 per cent aero improvement in the Wiggins case. The pros have already moved. Most amateurs have not.
STEPHEN SEILER'S 80/20: THE DESCRIPTION OF WHAT WORKS
Eighty per cent easy. Twenty per cent hard. Almost nothing in between. Seiler did not invent it. He measured it across the world's best endurance athletes and named the pattern. The argument since has been about the implementation, not the principle.
SAME POWER, DIFFERENT DAY: WHY TEAM VISMA IS TRACKING BREATHING
Heart rate drifts. Power decays. Ventilation tells you what is actually going on. The most important metric in cycling training is the one almost nobody is measuring — yet.
BEATING TRAVEL FATIGUE: THE CYCLIST'S PRE-EVENT PROTOCOL
You spent twelve weeks training for an event and then sat in 3% humidity for seven hours, eating airline food and drinking nothing. The performance cost shows up two days later. Here is the pre-flight protocol that stops it.
THE $200,000 DONATION THAT CLOSED THE CYCLING INDUSTRY'S LOUDEST SILENCE
$200,000 to charity. No admission. No damages. That is how a fifteen-year partnership between cycling's biggest American brand and America's only Tour de France winner ended. The receipts tell a story the press releases would not.
TYLER HAMILTON, US POSTAL, AND THE COST OF FORGIVING LANCE
A Spanish hotel room. A red pill. A team doctor who said it was for his health, not doping. The first step into the apparatus that would eventually break US Postal apart. Tyler Hamilton on what the system actually felt like from inside.
ULI SCHOBERER INVENTED THE POWER METER. THE SPORT HAS SPENT FORTY YEARS CATCHING UP.
Before 1986, cycling had no language for measuring effort except heart rate and lactate tests at the lab. One engineer in Ulm decided that was not good enough. The strain-gauge crank he built in his workshop changed how the sport trains.
WHY WORLD TOUR PROS TRAIN SO EASY — AND WHY YOUR EASY ISN'T EASY ENOUGH
Most amateurs are not training too easy. They are training too hard on the wrong zones, with numbers built on a test that does not know how their metabolism actually works.
WIND TUNNEL AERO GAINS: WHAT DYLAN JOHNSON'S TEST REVEALS FOR GRAVEL
Four hours in the Silverstone wind tunnel. Thirteen watts saved. Not a single one came from a new frame or a deeper wheel. The kit is where the cheap watts are hiding — and most amateurs are still spending in the wrong order.
BEN HEALY ON THE ROADMAN PODCAST: THE TACTICAL RESET BEHIND A TOUR STAGE WIN
Ben Healy didn't get fitter between 2024 and 2025. He got smarter. Here is the story behind the yellow jersey, the descent attack at the Tour, and 495 watts at 62 kilos at Worlds.
TOUR DE FRANCE: UNCHAINED — SEASONS, EPISODES AND WHY IT ENDED
A fact-checked guide to all three seasons of Netflix's Tour de France: Unchained: what each season covers, where to watch, the official viewing figures, why there is no season 4 and where Roadman's critique begins.
AMATEUR CYCLIST FUELLING BENCHMARKS 2026: AUDIT YOUR RIDE
A transparent evidence-benchmark report for amateur cyclists. Compare the plan, what you actually consumed and what happened—without copying a pro number or pretending Roadman has population data it does not have.
BADLANDS TRAINING PLAN: 16 WEEKS FOR 800KM ACROSS ANDALUSIA
800km. 16,000m of climbing. The Tabernas Desert at 40°C and the Sierra Nevada at 2,400m. Badlands is one of the hardest self-supported gravel ultras in the world — and the rider with the best sleep strategy wins it.
HOW MUCH CARBOHYDRATE PER HOUR FOR CYCLISTS?
The practical answer is between 30 and 120 grams per hour — and the 90g/hr figure most amateurs quote is wrong for half of them. Here is how to set yours by ride duration, intensity and gut training.
CYCLING AFTER 40 RECOVERY REPORT 2026 (COMING Q3 2026)
The companion to the Masters Cycling Training Report — a dedicated read on recovery for cyclists over 40. Sleep architecture, HRV interpretation, deload cadence, and the patterns that hold up across our coaching roster. Publishing Q3 2026. Get notified.
CYCLING NUTRITION PLAN FOR A 100-MILE SPORTIVE
100 miles is the distance where amateurs blow up. Not from fitness. From fuel. Here is the hour-by-hour nutrition plan that survives contact with the back half of a sportive.
THE MASTERS CYCLING WEEKLY SCHEDULE: A PRACTICAL PLAN AFTER 40
A Monday-to-Sunday starting schedule for masters cyclists, with clear rules for changing intensity, recovery, strength and volume to fit the rider.
DRAGON RIDE TRAINING: CHOOSE YOUR ROUTE AND PREPARE
The Gran Fondo and Dragon Devil are different rides. Choose your distance first, then build your preparation around its climbs, time on the bike and the weeks you can actually train.
GRAN FONDO NEW YORK TRAINING PLAN: 12 WEEKS FOR THE GW BRIDGE TO BEAR MOUNTAIN
160km from the GW Bridge up the Hudson Valley to Bear Mountain. Timed, ranked, and pack-dominated. The ride is rolling tempo with one big climb in the middle — and the pack tactics matter as much as the watts.
KNEE PAIN FROM CYCLING: WHAT TO CHECK BEFORE YOU ADJUST
Before you move a saddle or cleat, capture the symptom, load and equipment history. This reversible checklist helps you choose the next safe step.
LEADVILLE TRAIL 100 TRAINING PLAN: 16 WEEKS FOR THE SUB-12 BUCKLE
160km. Starts at 3,100m altitude. Tops out at 3,810m on Columbine Mine. The sub-12 buckle is earned in training, not on race day. Here is how to train for Leadville.
L'EROICA TRAINING PLAN: 14 WEEKS FOR STRADE BIANCHE ON A VINTAGE BIKE
209km of Tuscan white-gravel roads on a vintage steel bike with downtube shifters and 42x21 as your easiest gear. L'Eroica is the most romantic event in cycling — and the gearing is the reason most amateurs underestimate it.
MALLORCA 312 TRAINING PLAN: 16 WEEKS FOR 312KM AND THE TRAMUNTANA
312km and 5,000m of climbing in late-April Mallorca heat. This is not a long sportive — it is an ultra-distance event with a Tramuntana climbing block at the start. Here is how to train for it.
MARATONA DLES DOLOMITES TRAINING PLAN: 14 WEEKS FOR SEVEN PASSES
138km. Seven passes. 4,230m of climbing. The densest climbing per kilometre of any major sportive — and the Giau ambushes you four hours in. Here is how to train for it.
MENOPAUSE AND CYCLING PERFORMANCE
The performance changes through perimenopause are real, predictable, and trainable. The advice most cyclists are getting is not. Here is what actually changes — and what to do about it.
ÖTZTALER RADMARATHON TRAINING PLAN: 18 WEEKS FOR FOUR ALPINE PASSES
238km. Four Alpine passes. 5,500m of climbing. The Ötztaler is regularly rated one of the world's hardest one-day cycling events — and the Timmelsjoch at the end is where the day reveals itself.
RAID PYRÉNÉEN TRAINING PLAN: 20 WEEKS FOR THE PYRENEES CROSSING
720km. 15,000m of climbing. Atlantic to Mediterranean across the Pyrenees, on your own schedule, within a fixed season. The Raid Pyrénéen is part pilgrimage, part ultra — and the rider with the best logistics wins.
SPORTIVE READINESS INDEX 2026: ARE YOU READY TO RIDE?
A transparent readiness framework for cyclists preparing for an Étape, Marmotte, Maratona, Mallorca 312 or other gran fondo. Five domains, three evidence states and no invented pass score.
STRENGTH TRAINING FOR CYCLISTS OVER 50: EVIDENCE AND PLAN
Strength training can improve muscle strength and support cycling performance after 50, but no cyclist-specific study proves one compulsory exercise list or weekly dose. Use this adaptable two-session starting plan.
TIM SPECTOR ON GUT MICROBIOME FOR CYCLISTS: WHY CALORIE COUNTING FAILS
Tim Spector has run trials, he co-founded Zoe, and he's the most cited voice in nutrition science right now. His position is that the calorie is the wrong unit. For amateur cyclists trying to lose body fat without losing power, this is the most important piece of the puzzle.
UNBOUND GRAVEL 200 TRAINING PLAN: 16 WEEKS FOR THE FLINT HILLS
320km across Kansas dirt with chert rocks that destroy lazy tyres and rollers that never end. Unbound Gravel is an ultra disguised as a sportive. Here is how to train for it.
VO2 MAX WORKOUTS FOR CYCLISTS OVER 40
VO2 max work is the highest-return training for cyclists over 40, and the most often misprescribed. Here are the three sessions that work — and the spacing that lets your body actually adapt.
ZONE 2 CYCLING: HEART RATE, POWER, RPE & LT1
Zone 2 is not one universal percentage. Learn how LT1 or VT1, power, heart rate, RPE and the talk test fit together—and what to do when they disagree.
HAUTE ROUTE ALPS TRAINING PLAN: 16 WEEKS FOR SEVEN ALPINE STAGES
Seven days. 920km. 21,000m of climbing. The Haute Route Alps is the only amateur event where day-1 fitness counts for less than day-4 recovery. Here's how to train for it.
MATEJ MOHORIC: THE MINDSET BEHIND A TOUR DE FRANCE STAGE WIN
Mohoric isn't the most talented rider in the WorldTour and he'll tell you that himself. He's a Tour de France stage winner anyway, because he ran a process that closed the gap. The process is borrowable.