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June 18, 2018 - Can Ritchie Porte swap Suisse yellow for French yellow? It looks like Quintana, Valverde and Uran are lining up for the battle. All the news from Suisse and the OVO Tour, plus final results form Slovenia, Route d'Occitanie and the U23 Giro with video. Other cycling news: Jules Buysse and the Gran Fondo Il Lombardia and Mediofondo Fabio Casartelli.

The science of anti-doping takes center stage in Dr. Bill Apollo's analysis of Chris Froome's adverse finding for an asthma medication. Dr. Apollo, a cardiologist and avid cyclist, thoroughly dissects the science behind Salbutamol, its therapeutic use, Froome's drug test, and his possible defense strategy.

VIDEO: I talked with Stephen from BONT Shoes about their all new HELIX road shoe, with carbon sole and fully integrated BOA laces that actually wrap completely around the foot. The fit is enhanced with an anatomically shaped toe box, and they're offered in a few cool color options. You can buy 'em online for US$399, or at a select dealer.

Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and Chris Froome are all champions, they are the only three riders to have won consecutive Grand Tours, but is it fair to compare different generations? Ed Hood takes on the thankless task and looks at all the facets of these 'Kings of the Road' to find how they measure up as men, icons as well as bike riders.

This is the Maratona dles Dolomites, the queen of all granfondos. It’s grueling, breathtaking, beautiful, fun, overwhelming and unforgettable. The Maratona is a celebration of cycling, the landscape of the Dolomites and the area’s unique culture.

Rider Interview: Next up in Ed Hood's 'Young Men of the Future' is Josh Teasdale who has worked his way through the Belgian system and is now with the top Luxembourg Continental team; Differdange-Losch. Living in Belgium, Teasdale is in the centre of the cycling hot-bed and looking for that big Pro contract.

PeloPics: BMC's Stefan Küng topped off a great Tour de Suisse by winning the final time trial stage. The Suisse time trial champion beat Søren Kragh Andersen (Sunweb) by 19 seconds. BMC team leader, Richie Porte, rode a solid race to take the final overall victory - Result and photos.

PeloPics: Arnaud Démare (Groupama-FDJ) won the flat Stage 8, out-sprinting Fernando Gaviria (Quick-Step Floors), Alexander Kristoff (UAE-Team Emirates) and World champ Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe). Richie Porte (BMC) held his overall lead going into the final time trial - Report and photo gallery.

PeloPics: Nairo Quintana (Movistar) launched a bold attack on the long final Arosa climb of Tour de Suisse stage 7. Richie Porte and his BMC team fought hard to pull the Colombian back, but in the end he won by 22 seconds to move into 2nd place overall - Report, video, result and photo gallery.

Elevate-KHS Pro Cycling Rises to Top for Men; ISCorp powered by Progress Software and Feed Hungry Kids Project Big Movers for Women.

The Critérium du Dauphiné, a warm-up race before the Tour de France, begins this year with a 6.6 kilometer prologue through the streets of Valence and our PEZman in France, Daniel Thévenon, was there to soak up the 'ambience'. Dauphiné Roadside Baby!

Roadside: On the eve of the 2018 Criterium du Dauphiné start on Sunday, we take a look back at stage 6 of the 2013 Dauphiné with Chris Selden. Under the sunny Alpine skies PEZ was roadside in La Léchère where we caught up with Chris Froome, Richie Porte and all the stars of the Dauphiné at the start of stage 6. How things have changed!

The science of anti-doping takes center stage in Dr. Bill Apollo's analysis of Chris Froome's adverse finding for an asthma medication. Dr. Apollo, a cardiologist and avid cyclist, thoroughly dissects the science behind Salbutamol, its therapeutic use, Froome's drug test, and his possible defense strategy.

Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and Chris Froome are all champions, they are the only three riders to have won consecutive Grand Tours, but is it fair to compare different generations? Ed Hood takes on the thankless task and looks at all the facets of these 'Kings of the Road' to find how they measure up as men, icons as well as bike riders.

“Show me the money!” was a line from a noted film but in “American Pro,” an insider's look at professional bike racing in America, nobody is asking that question because they all know there isn't any. As author Jamie Smith notes: “In the supermarket of sports, cycling is located so far up the niche sport aisle, it's invisible to the naked eye. It sits atop a high shelf out of reach of children...”

VIDEO: This video from Bell Helmets carries on from last year's Bell All Stars series about some of cycling's modern pioneers, and shifts focus from retired riders to the future stars of road racing in 2018. This is 4:27 minutes of you life you'll be glad you spent watching...

VIDEO: With the 101st Giro d'Italia aimed straight at the feared Monte Zoncolan climb for the Stage 14 finish at the summit, it's a great time to enjoy the climb from the comfort of your own mobile device, and watch someone else do the suffering while climbing this beast.

“Train easy in order to train hard” along with “Ride your easy rides easy and your hard rides hard” epitomizes the idea of polarized training. Let’s look at the evolution of speedskating over the past four decades to see how changes in a sport led to changes in how training occurred.

There are numerous debates over different cycling training philosophies, mainly the “big three” of sweet spot, HIIT (high-intensity interval training), and polarized (80/20). While proponents of each method tend to choose the “side” they like and defend it, my experience has been that each one plays a valuable role in training over time and in specific situations. We can use them all.

Being avid cyclists, few things get our heart racing like pushing our bodies to its limit on the bike. However, can too much exercise damage our heart and risk our health? “The Haywire Heart” explores the potential link between too much exercise and potential heart damage.

As a lover of high end bikes, our reader Andy from Connecticut was always going to get a special bike when he went bike shopping but instead of just another off the shelf option he instead went all out with a sweet custom Favaloro Puma XLIGHT from Italy decked out with full Campag Super Record of course. Bellissimo!

This Trek is a special bike for many reasons: it has suspension, it has ridden Paris-Roubaix, it's an ex-team bike and it holds great memories of a wonderful man who is no longer with us. Martin Clark put the bike together in memory of his friend and took it back to Roubaix.

Today's reader is Aaron from Australia who has recently added to his ever growing stable of Specialized bikes with a new Allez Sprint LTD in bright pink which certainly doesn't go unnoticed on the roads down under.

June 11, 2018 - Geraint Thomas took the Dauphiné, but it wasn't all plain sailing for the Welshman - Top Story. All the race reports and video from the Dauphiné, Suisse, Köln and Gippingen. News from Bigla, Tuft, Britain, 'New' Lotto, Kopecky, Cunego, Fondo Casartelli, Worlds'18, Asturias PRO-AM, Fuglsang’s new bike and Malori's Video.