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2025 Tour Divide Day 4: Fueling the Fire

By Eszter Horanyi on June 17, 2025

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Four days into the 2025 Tour Divide, fast conditions and mild weather have turned the event into a flat-out race, where calorie intake may be just as important as cadence. Robin Gemperle continues to dominate at the front, now in Idaho with nearly 1,000 miles behind him, while Nathalie Baillon and Lael Wilcox are locked in a tight battle for the women’s lead. With metabolisms roaring and snacks flying, it’s less about sit-down meals and more about fueling the fire, one gas station aisle at a time…

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Tour Divide Day 2: Highs and Heartbreak

By Eszter Horanyi on June 15, 2025

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Day two of the 2025 Tour Divide has already delivered a heavy dose of highs and heartbreak. While frontrunners Robin Gemperle and Lael Wilcox continue to push record pace, several riders have been sidelined by illness, crashes, and forgotten food—yes, really. From a growing wildfire in New Mexico to a smashed helmet and suspected pneumonia, it’s a reminder that things can unravel fast in this race. Catch the full update here…

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How to go Bikepacking with Friends: Tips from the Komoot Women’s Rally (Video)

By Miles Arbour on February 13, 2025

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In Komoot’s latest video, Lael Wilcox and friends break down their bikepacking setups, share must-have essentials, and drop game-changing tips from the 2024 Komoot Women’s Rally in Arizona. Watch it here…

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2024 April Foolery in the Bike Industry

By Team Work on April 1, 2024

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From brake butter to nigiri-flavored saddles and oval jockey wheels to Lael Wilcox’s new cooking show, here’s our April Fools’ Day roundup to kick off your week. Check out some of our favorite bike-related April foolery from around the web here…

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Wheels on Ice: Stories of Cycling in Alaska (Book Review)

By Guest on January 17, 2024

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“Wheels on Ice: Stories of Cycling in Alaska” is a 320-page book that dives deep into tales of bicycles in the far north from the gold rush of the late 1800s up to Lael Wilcox’s recent ride of every major road in the state. Alaskan cyclist and writer John Messick offers an engaging review of the collection here…

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2023 Tour Divide Debrief (Days 1-2.5)

By Logan Watts on June 11, 2023

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Despite being slowed down by wet dirt roads and muddy conditions, the riders at the front of the 2023 Tour Divide are picking up speed. Leader Ulrich Bartholmoes recently passed Mike Hall’s 2016 record dot, and Lael Wilcox is ahead of her own women’s record. In our first 2023 Tour Divide Debrief, we take a look at what’s happening at the front of the race, share a couple of video updates from Josh Ibbett, and take a look at Alex Howes’ Lab71 Tour Divide Bike…

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RadioLab Podcast Digs into Competitive Bikepacking in “Alone Enough”

By Logan Watts on March 27, 2023

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Curious about the science behind being self-supported in an ultra-endurance bikepacking event and what it means to be truly alone? Radiolab producers Cat Jaffee and Rachael Cusick explore the subject as it relates to Cat’s battle with cancer and Lael Wilcox’s disqualified ITT on the Arizona Trail last year. Listen here…

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2022 Trans Balkan Race: A Crawl Through the Mountains

By Lael Wilcox on June 16, 2022

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Following her first-place finish in the women’s category at the 2022 Trans Balkan Race, Lael Wilcox put together this reflection that captures some of the beauty she encountered as she pedaled across Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro. Read it here, paired with a stunning set of photos by Rugile Kaladyte…

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The Rift: Riding Iceland’s Fault Line (Video Trailer)

By Lucas Winzenburg on January 25, 2022

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Just released, “The Rift: Riding Iceland’s Fault Line” is a new GCN+ documentary that tracks Lael Wilcox and Jenny Graham as they pedal their way across the land of fire and ice. Find the trailer and a gallery of photos from the 200-kilometer journey here…

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Rapha Gone Racing – Tour Divide (Film)

By Lucas Winzenburg on October 11, 2021

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The latest film in Rapha’s “Gone Racing” series follows Lael Wilcox’s most recent attempt to set the new fastest known time on the iconic Tour Divide route earlier this summer. Watch the entire 22-minute film here, and find a gallery of photos from behind the scenes…

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2021 Komoot Women’s Torino-Nice Rally Report: To The Finish!

By Lael Wilcox on October 7, 2021

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Lael Wilcox reports in from the final days of the 2021 Women’s Komoot Torino-Nice Rally to share more impressions of her time spent riding along the Italy-France border with a group of around 20 other women. Find her story and a phenomenal gallery of images here…

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2021 Komoot Women’s Torino-Nice Rally Report (Days 1-3)

By Lael Wilcox on September 30, 2021

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In her first report from the 2021 Komoot Women’s Torino-Nice Rally, Lael Wilcox shares a heartfelt update on her first few days of riding through the mountains between Italy and France with an inspiring group of 20 other women. Read it here…