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We have been to Belgium and can confirm that the soul of bike racing is alive and well. We found it atop a ridge, being resuscitated by a crowd of people drinking beer underneath a giant crucifix, as deep, dark house music pumped out of a giant speaker only to be snatched by a cruel north wind and hurled over the sodden muddy fields below.

Created in collaboration with Maghalie, this year’s Rochette collection is inspired by the spectrum of emotions experienced when racing.

Shaking things up with North America’s longest running women’s pro cycling team.

Following a near fatal crash in 2021 that left her bed-bound and unable to walk, Ana Orenz could think of only one correct course of action - to return to the race that nearly killed her just one year on.

Taking to the roads, trails, and singletrack once more to support World Bicycle Relief and its Communities on the Move programme.

Meet Luke Cryer, the stylish rider from Staffordshire who broke from a life of racing to build his own lines in the woods.

One More City is an annual campaign founded by RCC London member Christine O’Connell that challenges riders to travel between two cities in support of secondary breast cancer research. Ahead of the ride in October, we’ve launched a special edition collection to celebrate the event – with all profits from the kit donated to fund research into the disease and its treatment.

Six weeks on from the grand finale of the first Tour de France Femmes in 33 years, we speak to the first ever American Tour de France winner Marianne Martin, plus EF Education-TIBCO-SVB riders Veronica Ewers, Emily Newsom and Abi Smith about the race.

Not one race but two. Not three weeks but four. There’s something special coming at this year’s Tour.

Swiss cycling's age of plenty, and the greatest race that never was...

Our jerseys have raced to victory in the world’s most prestigious races, they have been worn on cross-continental adventures, and they are the trusted choice of club riders around the world.

Even after earning a UCI DH Worlds title and three Canadian National DH Champs victories, Miranda Miller hasn’t slowed down. The Squamish local brings a committed racer’s focus and irreverent sense of humor to everything she does, and next up in her sights is the podium at the Enduro World Series.

Long days made for riding, racing, and exploring with friends await. Still, summer brings its own set of challenges to the committed cyclist. Follow our guide of tips and tricks to stay comfortable on the road as the heat rises.

Long days made for riding, racing, and exploring with friends await. Still, summer brings its own set of challenges to the committed cyclist. Follow our guide of tips and tricks to stay comfortable on the road as the heat rises.

The daylight hours grow ever more precious and the elements are working against us. But autumn and winter riding offers great riches to those willing to brave the cold. Follow our guide of tips and tricks to stay comfortable on the dirt as temps drop.

Watch the most hotly anticipated episode of Rapha Gone Racing yet to find out how Lachlan Morton defied the odds to ride every stage and every transfer of the 2021 Tour, beat the peloton to Paris and raise thousands for World Bicycle Relief in the process.

An XC team bent on doing things differently, Santa Cruz htSQD comprises three riders with three distinct styles – each with ambitions to be competitive at cross-country races and one with an eye on the Olympics.

Your favourite rider’s favourite rider, Bryn Atkinson was part of the Aussie invasion that changed the face of downhill racing. Now Bryn spends his time testing mountain biking products and self-producing films of him on the trails of his home town of Washington.

Having made his mark crushing XC tracks around the world, Adam Craig might have stopped racing but he hasn’t slowed down. A leading trail access advocate and product testing maestro, he is now a key member of the Rapha athlete roster.

With 3,479 kilometres to cover and over 47,000 vertical metres to climb, the riders of the Giro peloton have it all to do. See how they fared in the race’s first week with our gallery of images from roadside photographers.

After a bizarre but brilliant year of racing, founder Simon Mottram, staff and friends of Rapha pick their stand out moments.

A limited edition collection honouring the era when professional cycling first looked to the future, embraced new technology, and transformed itself beyond all recognition.

From the Mediterranean via the Massif Central, to a bike path in the mountains above Méribel, the 2020 Tour de France was a roller coaster. Take a look back with our photo gallery of a race like no other.

As the leaves fall from the trees and the sun sets shortly after each day’s stage finish, time is running out for riders to make their mark on this strangest of Tours. As ever, the third week is largely the preserve of the climbers and overall contenders but there are opportunities for the fastmen too. Here’s what to look out for on the run into Paris.

Fasten your seatbelts for an unusually lumpy first week of racing that will take the peloton from the Med to the Massif Central.

As professional road racing makes its long-awaited return, we take you through the rearranged race calendar, highlight the favourites and look forward to what is sure to be a scintillating, if slightly strange, cycling season.

As global uncertainty continues, pro cyclists and fans around the world have reason to rejoice this week with the long-awaited return of road racing. And even though it might feel a little different to seasons gone by, the pre-race excitement is just as palpable.

A world away from three-week tours, criterium racing is a distinct discipline deserving of dedicated kit. Created specifically for all-out efforts between the barriers, the Crit collection returns with a new reflective design modelled on road markings flashing beneath racers’ wheels.

For many of us, finding a way to continue riding together can be a challenge. In partnership with Zwift, we’ve taken the Rapha Cycling Club (RCC) community online, offering group rides and training sessions to keep you riding together and connected throughout the year. On top of this, RCC members will be first to hear about athlete rides and events hosted by Rapha on Zwift.

Meet the wild women of CANYON//SRAM as they prepare for the new year. After a slew of impressive results in stage races, classics and Monuments throughout 2019, we get a rare glimpse into a moment of unguarded introspection.

We’re back as official clothing partner to Grinduro in 2020. An exclusive collection meets Grinduro’s trademark mix of gravel racing and mountain bike enduro with new dates and new locations around the world. Somewhere between a gran fondo and a music festival, here are some of the most anticipated riding weekends on the calendar.

It’s not just mullets, mo’s, and Mitch at the Santos Tour Down Under – Rapha will be at the race once again with a pop-up hosting a packed schedule of rides and events for all. Join us in Adelaide to kick off the year in style.

From gentle warm-ups to sweat-drenched sufferfests, the indoor trainer is an oft-maligned piece of equipment with a lot to say for itself. Even before the turbo got smart, it was responsible for race wins and world records. Now there’s been something of a renaissance.

To ensure our recently launched Mechanics collection withstands long days in the workshop, we had three builders and fixers test it out. Here, we catch up with the first of them, British frame builder and ultra-endurance rider Rob Quirk, for his take on a job that is one part profession, two parts passion.

Ahead of the latest episode of EF Gone Racing at the alternative calendar, read how Lachlan Morton fared in the legendary dash through the Dales.

After hosting the Grand Départ of the world’s greatest stage race in 2014, the world’s best riders are returning to Yorkshire for the UCI Road World Championships from 21st – 29th September.

On Saturday 10th August, EF Education First Pro Cycling competed at the third event of their alternative racing calendar, the Leadville Trail 100, a 100-mile, out-and-back MTB race in the high mountains of Colorado.

Though the outcome had a familiar feel, the 2019 Tour was undoubtedly one of the most challenging and entertaining in recent memory. As the race scaled its highest peaks, some riders soared, others succumbed to exhaustion, and some even had to shelter from snow.

Watch racing, go roadside.

Mike Woods is one of the peloton’s most engaging characters and, surprisingly to some, a Tour debutant. Before you get to know him better in the next episode of EF Gone Racing, we caught up with the Canadian climber to quiz him on his teammates.

A balance of high-altitude adventures and set-piece sprints, entertaining fans and empathising with riders, planning the Tour is no mean feat. On the eve of the great race, the second instalment of the digital Doppio reviews each of the Tour’s twenty-one stages.

In the first of four double-shots of digital road racing reportage to be published in July, we review the runners and riders in this year’s Grand Boucle.

A road captain’s view of six rain-streaked days of racing at the 2019 Women’s Tour from CANYON//SRAM’s experienced Australian Tiffany Cromwell.

A limited collection, exclusive to the Rapha Cycling Club.

Hannah and Alice Barnes are sisters in arms, teammates and, since last September, world champions. We checked in with the CANYON//SRAM duo ahead of this weekend’s Tour of Yorkshire for their thoughts on a race that takes on extra significance this year…

The fact that bike races unfold on public roads and not in enclosed arenas is one of the sport’s greatest appeals but can also make it difficult to watch. The Roadmap asks how do we make cycling easier to follow.

How do we make pro cycling more engaging? New race formats, a change to the way teams are run and funded? The latest instalment of the Rapha Roadmap considers the options.

The sequencing of races in the cycling calendar is as unmoving as the mountains tackled by the racers, or is it? The Roadmap sees things differently…

Simon Mottram gives us his highlights of what’s been happening in the RCC community and the latest club updates.

The addition of Tejay van Garderen to EF Education First Pro Cycling’s stable of stage racers made waves over the winter. A proven winner at WorldTour level, the American has been on the cusp of greatness without quite achieving it. But, as he assures us in the second of EF Gone Racing’s rider interviews, his best years are still ahead of him.

In the first of EF Gone Racing’s written pieces, we introduce 22-year-old Dani Martínez, the newly crowned Colombian time trial king.

In the bus. At home. In the team cars and on top of mountains. EF Gone Racing is a new series taking you on the road with EF Education First Pro Cycling. Exclusive access, larger than life characters, and a Rapha film crew to capture it all. #GoneRacing

A pioneering group of EF Education First Pro Cycling riders are to intersperse performances in the WorldTour with global adventure, visiting the most exciting events and races in modern cycling.

Rapha Custom x Richard Sachs Cyclocross Team

In a vintage year for road racing, Rapha founder and CEO Simon Mottram picks his top moments of panache.

A forgotten race between iconic Italian cities. Two editions, twelve years apart, both won by the same rider: Milano-Roma. Rapha celebrates the best bike race you've never heard of with this luxurious special collection.

In his latest contribution to Mondial, WorldTour directeur sportif and former Rapha-Condor pro Tom Southam takes us through Britain’s storied cycling history to remind us all just how spectacular the recent run of British Grand Tour victories has been.

After British riders complete an unprecedented triple crown of Grand Tour wins, can Simon Yates go one further by adding the rainbow stripes? Rapha Mondial asked Jeremy Whittle to assess the season so far, and look ahead to Austria next week.

As the Vuelta a España splutters to its conclusion, this week’s Rapha Mondial sees Herbie Sykes trace the path towards a three-week stage race for the instant gratification generation.

From the fin-de-siècle velodromes of North America to the glamour and chaos of the first women’s Tour de France, Queens of Pain offers a sweeping panorama of female racing history.

The Rapha Cycling Club London chapter continued its dedication to fostering a strong grassroots racing community with the fourth edition of its road race on Sunday, 12th August.

In Episode 11, Rapha Race Radio makes it to Paris for the party, but not before going surfing with Tour de France stage winner Juan Antonio Flecha and meeting some proud Welsh fans at the final time trial.

Whether it be to ride a certain distance, climb that tricky hill or achieve a certain race result, goal setting is a powerful motivational tool for many cyclists. Here’s how to set your goal and, more importantly, achieve it.

The boys make their own ‘Publicity Caravan’, go inside the team car with Team EF sports director Tom Southam, and play a game of boules with Juan Antonio Flecha.

Roadside dispatches from the best bike races in the world

The latest publication from Rapha Editions plots the history not only of the world’s most famous race but also the country that hosts it. Editor Guy Andrews and renowned writer Paul Fournel discuss the inspiration behind their new book.

We ride events such as the Etape not just to pedal in the tracks of our heroes but to answer the call of the mountains. In this piece from the Mondial Archives, Julian Hoffman explores why mountains occupy such a special place in the human imagination.

Roadside dispatches from the best bike races in the world

CANYON//SRAM at the OVO Energy Women’s Tour

Roadside dispatches from the best bike races in the world

Roadside dispatches from the best bike races in the world

Roadside dispatches from the best bike races in the world

Roadside dispatches from the best bike races in the world

Roadside dispatches from the best bike races in the world

Roadside dispatches from the best bike races in the world

Roadside dispatches from the best bike races in the world

TransAm and Race to the Rock veteran Sarah Hammond, puts the Rapha Explore collection through its paces in Argentina.

The yellow jersey. Polka dots. Pink or red. Whether it’s leaders jerseys, checkered flags, team colours and rainbow bands, cycling has always been a riot of colour.

Travel with the world's finest cycling club.

Aspire Racing at the US Cyclocross Nationals

Rapha meets the American racer to talk about her pre-season concussions, the jump to elite racing, and taking on cyclocross' notorious barriers.

In 2011, track cyclist Azizul Awang’s career almost ended when a ten-inch splinter pierced his leg during a race. Six years later, the Rapha Cycling Club member is an Olympic medalist, world champion and Malaysian hero.

The Rapha Cycling Club Road Race

The RCC Summit in Boulder goes beyond riding.

The Rapha Cycling Club (RCC) exists to bring cyclists together. Wherever you ride, you won’t be far from other members of our 9,000-strong (and growing) club.

Dispatches from the front line of continental racing

Rapha Ambassador Sarah Hammond won the inaugural edition of Australia’s Race to the Rock – a 2,300km unsupported race from Adelaide to Uluru – and was the only person to complete the course.

A genre defining, one-stage endurance race across Europe, the Transcontinental challenges riders to a self-supported sprint through much of the continent.

The first RCC Summit brought together more than 60 RCC members from 10 chapters around the world to ride, race, and celebrate in beautiful Tuscany, Italy.

I’ve played a part in the Rapha’s Prestige rides since we called them Gentlemen’s Races, and in that time I’ve seen some 1,650 riders cover 1,500 miles of ‘the road less travelled’.

The front line of attack and the last line of defence. Highly breathable, wet-weather protection in a race-fit lightweight layer.

For the launch of the Brevet collection, three riders travelled to South Africa to explore part of the Tour of Ara – a 700km race across some of the country’s most notorious and challenging terrain.

More than 70 members from around the world gathered on the French Riviera for a weekend of riding, racing and relaxing at the RCC Summit Cote d’Azur.

Unique insights into every aspect of the team, showing just why it’s the little things that make Team Sky one of the world’s best.

The Rapha Adelaide Gentlemen’s Race took place in South Australia, with 18 teams lining up for the rolling 160-kilometre route that included 2,600m of climbing.

Bernie Eisel, Edvald Boasson Hagen, Mathew Hayman and Bradley Wiggins discuss the highs and the lows of racing, and why road racing isn't just any ordinary sport.

Today, a number of Rapha products are designed in London and made in China. This may seem like a contradictory statement, but it’s not.

The centenary of the Col du Tourmalet's inclusion in the Tour de France will be celebrated with a mountain-top finish on stage 17 of the 2010 edition of the race.

Rapha and RSA Films present three short films inspired by the people, places and stories of road racing.

Rapha and RSA Films present three short films inspired by the people, places and stories of road racing.