The USA’s best hope for the upcoming World Championship is Visma | Lease a Bike’s Matteo Jorgenson. The young American is having a breakout first year on the team, including wins in the spring and Top 10’s at both the Tour de France and the Olympics. Following a month of altitude training in the Rockies, Matteo checks in and tells what’s on his mind as he takes aim at the World Championships.

There’s no shortage of exciting races on the calendar – and maybe we’re partial to Strade Bianche because the event just concluded – but here are the reasons why cycling’s “sixth monument” is number one in our book.

Inspiration, dedication, community, individuality, expression, comradery, friendship, joy, pain, endurance, vison. Because.

Warren Kniss. Do you know that name? Although this 23-year-old shredder has mostly been under the radar, Warren’s talents on and off the race course are making waves.

It’s a simple formula: take a few of the best riders in the world and go to a faraway place and rely on a host to show us the goods. In this case, Josh...