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The Dark Side of Losing Weight with Ozempic That Doctors Won’t Tell You About
Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) medications, such as Ozempic or Wegovy, have taken centre stage in conversations about weight loss. They are celebrated for their efficacy. Yet, as their popularity rises, a darker, less discussed side emerges. It’s overlooked by doctors and, until recently, even by clinical…
Is Remco’s Tour de France Strategy an Act of Desperation or Genius?
Remco Evenepoel is trying to win the Tour de France without riding in a race for more than two months prior to stage 1. Is that an act of desperation or a brilliant course of action based on innovative principles of sport science? We can’t…
UCI’s Race Nutrition Project: The 120 g/h Carb Revolution
The UCI Sport Nutrition Project is a landmark initiative, the first time the global governing body of cycling has united top scientists and WorldTour team practitioners to document and analyse the evolution of fuelling strategies in the sport. In this first article, we dive into…
Finding Something of Her Own: The Quiet Strength Bubbling in Ewa Zwolska
When Ewa joined The Unseen Stage, she hoped it would pull her out of routine and give her a reason to focus on herself again. Since then, her preparation for L’Étape Poland has been anything but straightforward. Between running a mountain hut, working punishingly long…
Giro d’Italia Women 2026: Demi Vollering’s Masterclass, a Generational Battle, and a Race That Delivered Big Time
The 2026 Giro d’Italia Women was rightly billed as one of the most demanding editions in recent memory. With nine stages, over 1,150 kilometres of racing, a brutal uphill time trial, the iconic Colle delle Finestre, and a route heavily weighted toward climbers, it promised…
Seixas Takes on del Toro, Ayuso in Tour Auvergne (Formerly Critérium du Dauphiné)
Let’s say, arbitrarily, that the Tour Auvergne–Rhône-Alpes – the race formerly known as the Critérium du Dauphiné – is the start of preparations for the 2026 Tour de France. It isn’t, of course. Riders targeting the TdF yellow jersey have been preparing for it for months,…
Between Mountain Hut Shifts and Training: Ewa Zwolska’s Hardest Cycling Hill to Climb Yet
When we first met Ewa, she described herself not as an athlete, but as someone who simply likes to “do things”: long mountain trails, thousand-kilometre bike trips across Poland, adventures powered more by curiosity than competition. The Unseen Stage was meant to push her into…
L’Étape Bike, Gear, and Course Analysis: Preparing for Race Day
Looking closer at the L’Étape Hilly Stage course, I realised I might need to tweak my bike setup. I have goals for my average pace and even the KOM competition, but my inexperience with racing has made it hard to put together a pacing strategy.…
How to Peak for a Cycling Event in 2 Weeks (Without Losing Fitness)
Two weeks before your big cycling event is where cyclists suddenly forget every sensible training decision they’ve ever made.
Speed, Group Riding, and Tapering: Preparing for l’Étape Race Day
April didn’t go to plan, and May started even worse. My training was derailed, so I had to get creative. Here is my last update before the race, where I talk about my training progress so far, my group riding practice, and how I plan…
“I was waiting for this win so much”: Balsamo Backs up Maglia Rosa Promotion
Elisa Balsamo didn’t get the opening maglia rosa in the way she would have chosen.
Vingegaard and Visma Dominate Giro as Magnier Wins Purple Jersey
Jonas Vingegaard and his Visma–Lease a Bike teammates capped three weeks of domination of the Giro d’Italia by winning the last two fully competitive stages of the race in a manner that demonstrated what we’d expected from the start: no one else had a chance.