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Cover stories: issue 100

Cover stories: issue 100

The tale behind the eye-catching Fausto Coppi shot that adorns our landmark issue

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It’s always sunny in Watopia: Confessions of a late Zwift adopter

It’s always sunny in Watopia: Confessions of a late Zwift adopter

I was dead against it. It just seemed so unlike cycling to me. At the best of times indoor training was misery, a 20-minute FTP...

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Tom Pidcock: That’s Entertainment

Tom Pidcock: That’s Entertainment

“He’ll go soft in Monaco. You watch.” Only joking… Taking the boy out of Yorkshire: Pidcock’s progress

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The Column: Tao’s Giro Fantastico – the moment of 2020

The Column: Tao’s Giro Fantastico – the moment of 2020

Tao Geoghegan Hart winning the Giro may be the decisive moment of 2020,  but for Rouleur Executive Editor Ian Cleverly one specific comment said it all

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The 2020 Cycling Season in Pictures

The 2020 Cycling Season in Pictures

An unforgettable year for many reasons, but not least because of a truly historic cycling season. Here is Rouleur's choice of the images that capture...

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The Column: A crying shame – pro cycling’s toxic masculinity problem

The Column: A crying shame – pro cycling’s toxic masculinity problem

In a sport where riders put everything on the line, it really is OK to cry

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Israel Start-Up Nation appoints first ever female Sports Director to the WorldTour

Israel Start-Up Nation appoints first ever female Sports Director to the WorldTour

Israel Start-Up Nation appoints British ex-pro Cherie Pridham as new Sports Director, making her the first female DS on the WorldTour

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The wisdom of Ernesto Colnago

The wisdom of Ernesto Colnago

“We mustn’t get too excited, but we shouldn’t get depressed either. We just have to keep pedalling.” Lessons of a life well-lived – though he’s...

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#Rouleur100 Giveaway

#Rouleur100 Giveaway

Our 100th issue is nearly here. To celebrate, enter our special giveaway to win some great prizes from the Rouleur Emporium, including an ultimate prize...

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The Road to Damascus: Syrian refugees racing in Berlin

The Road to Damascus: Syrian refugees racing in Berlin

Andrew Curry and Timm Kölln's award-winning feature from Rouleur magazine: Syrian refugees reach the velodrome in Berlin with one mission - to once again make a living from...

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Getting High in Vegas with Floyd Landis

Getting High in Vegas with Floyd Landis

Former US Postal team-mates - and former dopers - Floyd Landis and David Zabriskie are now business partners in a cannabis company, Floyd's of Leadville....

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Vote for your favourite Rouleur cover

Vote for your favourite Rouleur cover

Rouleur is 100. Vote for your favourite Rouleur cover from issues 1 to 100

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Rouleur's Top Ten Features: No. 4 - Richard Carapaz: Strong like the wind

Rouleur's Top Ten Features: No. 4 - Richard Carapaz: Strong like the wind

Farm life, fishing and first places: at home with Giro d'Italia champion Richard Carapaz in Ecuador, charting his cycling beginnings

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The breakthrough cyclists of 2020: Rouleur's review of the season

The breakthrough cyclists of 2020: Rouleur's review of the season

In a truly unique year for pro cycling, we take a look at the breakthrough riders who have proved the strength of the new generation

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Rouleur's top ten features: No. 6 - Brian Holm vs Mark Cavendish (part 1)

Rouleur's top ten features: No. 6 - Brian Holm vs Mark Cavendish (part 1)

“I wasn’t sure he would want to do the interview with me. I gave him a hard time in the bunch and he didn’t always...

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The column: On Team Qhubeka Assos and the potential for a fresh start for "Africa's team"

The column: On Team Qhubeka Assos and the potential for a fresh start for "Africa's team"

The good news is, Africa's team will continue to exist next season. The bad news is, it seems all but certain that they’ll be racing...

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Lance Armstrong: The History Man

Lance Armstrong: The History Man

'Lance Armstrong: The History Man' by Morten Okbo, originally published in two parts in issues 51 and 52 of Rouleur. This is part one.This is a great...

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Leah Thomas: Four life lessons that have made me a better cyclist

Leah Thomas: Four life lessons that have made me a better cyclist

Movistar's new signing, Leah Thomas, on what life before cycling taught her, and why she's a better bike rider for those experiences

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Mapei: Modern cycling's greatest team

Mapei: Modern cycling's greatest team

A building industry behemoth that sells industrial adhesives, grouts and sealants. How unromantic, how un-Italian. And yet, its team forged in chaos became the greatest...

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The column: Groenewegen’s punishment is cruel, unusual and sets a dangerous precedent

The column: Groenewegen’s punishment is cruel, unusual and sets a dangerous precedent

The UCI’s decision to ban Dylan Groenewegen for nine months is a dangerous example of executive overreach and sets a precedent that cycling’s governing body...

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Rouleur's top ten features: No. 9 - Teniel Campbell: Trailblazer

Rouleur's top ten features: No. 9 - Teniel Campbell: Trailblazer

Teniel Campbell hails from Trinidad, not exactly a hotbed of world class cycling stars. But this determined talent is on the edge of breaking big...

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Jacopo Guarnieri: How we rode the perfect Giro d'Italia

Jacopo Guarnieri: How we rode the perfect Giro d'Italia

‘There have been three sprints so far and we’ve won four of them.’ Jacopo Guarnieri, Arnaud Demare's top lead-out rider, looks back on a dream Giro d'Italia for Groupama-FDJ

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Rouleur's top ten features: No. 10 - Greg LeMond: On the line

Rouleur's top ten features: No. 10 - Greg LeMond: On the line

Cycling was only half of the battle for the sport’s comeback king, Greg LeMond. America’s only Tour de France champion on Lance, lawsuits, trauma, triumphs...

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La Vuelta 2020 in words and pictures

La Vuelta 2020 in words and pictures

The final WorldTour race of the year dressed for the occasion in resplendent autumnal tones, as Roglič rightfully returned to Madrid in red

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Romain Bardet: The art of descending

Romain Bardet: The art of descending

Romain Bardet is one of the best descenders in cycling. Rouleur's regular columnist shares what's going through his mind when the road heads downhill

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The Column: Of Primož Roglič, La Vuelta and "worthy winners"

The Column: Of Primož Roglič, La Vuelta and "worthy winners"

The final WorldTour race of the season finishes with “a worthy winner”. Though Roglic gave up 21 second to Richard Carapaz on the Alto de...

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Hugh Potential: The story of Hugh Carthy

Hugh Potential: The story of Hugh Carthy

In 2016 Rouleur met Hugh Carthy at a winter training camp, and tracked his progress from Preston to Pamplona

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Help us choose the Rouleur 100 moments

Help us choose the Rouleur 100 moments

As Rouleur publishes its 100th issue, we want you to tell us your most abiding memory in cycling

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The Column: There's something (different) about Tao

The Column: There's something (different) about Tao

Few expected Tao Geoghegan Hart to win the Giro d'Italia, but that it should come this year is the only part that should have been a surprise

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Dreamlike memories of the Vuelta’s first visit to the Angliru

Dreamlike memories of the Vuelta’s first visit to the Angliru

The riders attacked it with triple chainsets and nervous anticipation. But even the support vehicles struggled with the Angliru’s preposterous reality.

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