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15 articles on cycling, newest first. Every one is sourced and links to the calculator it applies to.
How Tadej Pogačar Trains (and Why He Got Heavier in 2026)
Pogačar's training: a mountain of easy Zone 2, a small dose of very hard work, gym strength, and a deliberate 2026 weight gain for the Classics.
How Enric Mas Trains (Won the Vuelta a Year After Surgery)
Mas lost half of 2025 to a blood clot and was 32nd at the Giro in May. On 13 September he won the Vuelta. How the comeback was built, block by block.
How Wout van Aert Trains (the VLamax Fix Behind His Roubaix Win)
Van Aert won the fastest Paris-Roubaix ever, then two Vuelta stages. The training idea behind it is one number his team spent years lowering: VLamax.
How Matthew Brennan Trains (Five Vuelta Stages at 21)
Brennan won five stages of the 2026 Vuelta on his Grand Tour debut at 21. Under the sprint sits a track pursuiter's engine. Here is how it works.
What's a Good FTP (and Watts per Kilogram)?
What counts as a good FTP and a good watts-per-kilogram, with ranges from beginner to pro, why W/kg beats raw watts on climbs, and how to test yours.
The 30/15 Interval: The Cult Session That Actually Delivers
Rønnestad's 30/15 intervals: 3 sets of 13 x 30 seconds on, 15 off. What the studies found, how to run one, and why the last set hits max heart rate.
The Coggan Power Zones: All 7 Levels Explained (% of FTP)
Andrew Coggan's 7 power zones, each as a percentage of FTP: the watts range, what it trains, how it feels, and how to set yours from an FTP test.
The Best Free Power Zone Calculator (and How to Use It)
Enter your FTP and get all seven cycling power zones in watts, free, no email or account. How the calculator works and how to estimate FTP inside it.
How Jonas Vingegaard Trains (and Why He Rode the Giro First in 2026)
Vingegaard's training rests on measured thresholds, few race days and years of patience. The method, the 2026 Giro-Tour change, and what to copy.
How Marianne Vos Trains (and What Overtraining Cost Her)
Vos has won at the top of cycling for two decades. The most useful part of her career is the year she lost to overtraining, and what she changed afterwards.
How Demi Vollering Trains (and How She Won a Second Tour de France Femmes)
Vollering cut her racing from 29 days to 18, bet on training blocks over race days, and won the 2026 Tour de France Femmes. The method, and what to steal.
How Remco Evenepoel Trains (the Ex-Footballer With a Legendary Engine)
Evenepoel came to cycling from football and won Olympic time-trial gold. His power-based method, why his famous VO2max is disputed, how to estimate yours.
How Primož Roglič Trains (the Ski Jumper Who Started Cycling at 22)
Roglič was a pro ski jumper who started cycling at 22, then won four Grand Tours. What the late switch teaches about starting a sport as an adult.
How Mathieu van der Poel Trains (One Engine, Three Sports)
Van der Poel is world champion on the road, in cyclocross and on gravel. How one engine spans three disciplines, and why he isn't sure cyclocross helps his road form.
How Kasia Niewiadoma Trains (and How She Won on Mont Ventoux)
Kasia Niewiadoma soloed Mont Ventoux to take yellow at the 2026 Tour de France Femmes. The recon, the pacing and the watts per kilogram behind it.