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‘What’s happened has changed my life’: Marta Cavalli is on a mission to overcome fear
The Italian rider has moved teams after fours years with FDJ-Suez to Picnic PostNL, can she get back to her best? Does that really matter?
Tom Pidcock: Back and better than ever at Q36.5 Pro Cycling?
The British rider is proving that his controversial departure from the Ineos Grenadiers has paid dividends when it comes to his performance
Gymnastics, living with parents, and high expectations: Sprinter Arvid de Kleijn is a self-made pro
The Dutch cyclist has proved that with patience and persistence, dreams do come true
Turning a corner: Is the Ineos Grenadiers's flurry of victories a sign of things to come?
Wins from Egan Bernal, Michał Kwiatkowski, and Josh Tarling have delivered the team's most prolific months since June last year – but can it propel...
Fabio Jakobsen: This is how you make sprints safer
As the first big sprints battles of the year take place at the UAE Tour, Picnic PostNL’s Fabio Jakobsen has an idea of how to...
Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig: ‘I want to be back racing with my heart’
The Danish rider has signed a two-year contract with CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto, changing her training, fuelling and mindset in order to get back on top of the...
UAE Tour 2025 preview and contenders: Can anyone deny Pogačar?
A raft of top sprinters are lining up to vie for stage victories in the year's second WorldTour stage race
Mathieu van der Poel is marching towards immortality: ‘You’ll always have gaps to fill’
What else is there left to win?
Is FDJ-Suez the team that can help Demi Vollering to Tour de France Femmes redemption?
There are big changes for the Dutch rider in 2025 - will they pay off? Or could leadership issues arise again?
Tadej Pogačar to Paris-Roubaix 2025 – Legendary or laughable?
The UAE Team Emirates-XRG rider has teased his participation on social media, but is it a legitimate possibility?
‘Credit should go to Lefevere for working the market’ - James Knox on Soudal–Quick-Step’s evolution from the cobbles to Tour de France contenders
Now in his sixth year with the Belgian squad, the British rider discusses what has changed following the arrival and performances of Remco Evenepoel
‘An altitude camp at the age of seven’ – Lukas Nerurkar on the power of doing things differently
The British rider had a unique upbringing, spending his early childhood in Ethiopia and learning from his marathon runner father – he tells Rouleur about...
‘I have to keep going for 96 to 100 hours to win’ - Meet Gregor Towers, the 25-year-old rider taking on the Atlas Mountain Race
The fifth edition of the 1,305km race will start on 7 February
Women’s UAE Tour 2025: Who will win the four-stage race in the Middle East?
The third edition of the Women's WorldTour race will begin on Thursday, February, 6 2025
Robert Stannard: Lost, fined, and fighting for redemption
The Australian rider speaks to Rouleur about his turbulent past 18 months
Wout van Aert says winning Flanders and Roubaix isn’t an obsession – but it is
All eyes will be on the Belgian rider as he tries to finally win two of the biggest one-day races in the sport
Frank van den Broek: hobby DJ, part-time florist, and Tour de France star
Frank van den Broek hasn't had the most conventional rise to the top
Dirty Reiver and beyond: Rouleur partners with Focal Events
Rouleur partners with leading gravel race organisers, Focal Events, to bring you the stories from the trail
‘It was not very pleasurable’: Fabio Jakobsen, the comeback master, is fighting back again
The Dutchman speaks to Rouleur about changing the way he trains, being in a younger team, and how he plans on making 2025 better
GC Kuss is probably no more: ‘I’d rather be more out of the spotlight’
The American rider looks like he'll be taking his spot as super-domestique once again
Marc Hirschi's journey back to the top
The Swiss rider is ready to step out of the background and be the main guy again at Tudor Pro Cycling
‘We need to continue to talk’ - Haley Smith on mental health advocacy and falling back in love with her sport
The Canadian mountain biker and gravel racer explains why her goals in cycling are much bigger than just race results
‘From learning to walk again to learning to win bike races’ - Tom Gloag is on his way back
The British rider has had a turbulent few years with crashes but remains positive about his place in the sport
New riders, new mentality: Are there finally positive signs for the Ineos Grenadiers?
The opening race of the WorldTour saw promising performances from the British team who say that big changes have been made ahead of the 2025...
'Whenever you win, people expect more': How Biniam Girmay is building on his history-making season
The Eritrean was one of the stars of the 2024 Tour de France, but now he is preparing to cope with the pressure of building...
‘Massive cojones, but absolute suicide’ - How Jhonatan Narváez proves that the smartest bike racer wins
The UAE Team Emirates-XRG rider executed a perfect victory on the penultimate stage of the Tour Down Under, while others fumbled ambitious plans
‘The yellow card system isn’t changing anything’ - Is it really possible to make sprinting safer?
For the second time in the race, there was discourse surrounding fair sprinting after stage four of the Tour Down Under
‘My life has changed’ - Justine Ghekiere on 13 hour turbo sessions, Tour de France fame and helping Kopecky to rainbow stripes
From struggling in the peloton to winning a Grand Tour stage, the Belgian woman tells Rouleur about her whirlwind ride to the top of the...
The importance of instinct: Is a reliance on race radios impacting rider performance?
The third stage of the Tour Down Under saw a surprise victory from Javier Romo as other riders failed to react to the Movistar rider’s...
Tao Geoghegan Hart and reforms in cycling: ‘The sport really needs to make more impact on young people’
The British rider discusses sports politics, AI, and his thoughts going into his ninth season at a WorldTour pro
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