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2019 photographs of the year: Michael Blann

2019 photographs of the year: Michael Blann

Mountainscapes, Geraint Thomas and three rounds with Bouhanni – Blann’s pick of a bumper crop

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Rouleur’s riders of the decade: Part II

Rouleur’s riders of the decade: Part II

As the decade draws to a close, Rouleur’s editorial staff have selected nine riders each as their stars of cycling since January 2010. Part II...

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The column: What does the Tour de France route matter anyway?

The column: What does the Tour de France route matter anyway?

With the Tour de France 2020 route having been unveiled this week, a challenge to the idea that the parcours has any real bearing on...

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The column: Ten more years of Team Sky?

The column: Ten more years of Team Sky?

Does the success of Team Sky’s youngsters at The Tour of the Alps herald another decade of Grand Tour dominance?

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Rouleur podcast: Grand Tour preview, Radio Tour and more

Rouleur podcast: Grand Tour preview, Radio Tour and more

Looking ahead to the Giro, Tour and Vuelta – what can we expect from the Big Three? Will Sky go out on a high?

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Geraint Thomas: did Froome want to attack me? (book extract)

Geraint Thomas: did Froome want to attack me? (book extract)

In this extract from his new book, The Tour According to G, 2018 Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas recalls the ‘weird team meeting’ and how his relationship...

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Tour de France 2018 – the Rouleur review

Tour de France 2018 – the Rouleur review

Who was the best team of this year’s Tour de France? What about the most unlucky? What was the biggest surprise? Rouleur contributors look back...

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World of pain: facing up to the dangerous reality of racing bikes

World of pain: facing up to the dangerous reality of racing bikes

Starting each race knowing it may well result in agonising injury is a psychological strength often overlooked in professional cyclists. Matt Rendell pays homage to a bunch...

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Gallery: Tour de France stage 5 – Aru conquers the mountain

Gallery: Tour de France stage 5 – Aru conquers the mountain

Aru takes the stage, Quintana loses time, Thomas loses yellow, Froome takes the biscuit

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Gallery: Tour de France stage 2 – Standard Liège and Kittel’s Comeback

Gallery: Tour de France stage 2 – Standard Liège and Kittel’s Comeback

Teeming rain, the break caught within sight of the line and a sprinters’ battle royale: Düsseldorf to Liège had it all

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Gallery: Tour de France stage 1 – Geraint Thomas rocks Düsseldorf

Gallery: Tour de France stage 1 – Geraint Thomas rocks Düsseldorf

Eighth Tour de France, first Tour stage win, first Grand Tour stage win, first maillot jaune. A landmark day for the Welshman

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Geraint Thomas: Grand Tour Contender?

Geraint Thomas: Grand Tour Contender?

Self-effacing, humble, humorous, but can the Welshman go the extra mile?

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