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Caleb Ewan

Rouleur predicts... Tour de France stage 5

PHOTOS: OFFSIDE/L'EQUIPE Middle of the first week and we already have a juicy Tour on the boil, and some spot on predictions from the Rouleur...

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The Dutch Revolution: back to the future with Hennie Kuiper

The Dutch Revolution: back to the future with Hennie Kuiper

WORDS: ANDY MCGRATH | PHOTOS: OFFSIDE/L'EQUIPE Hennie Kuiper reflects on his runner-up finish at the 1980 Tour, which saw unprecedented Dutch dominance and a 1-2...

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Gallery: La Course by Le Tour de France 2020

Gallery: La Course by Le Tour de France 2020

PHOTOS: SWPIX/ASO There were some, including a certain rider who may or may not spend most of her time in a somewhat striking rainbow striped outfit,...

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Alaphilippe

Rouleur predicts... Tour de France stage 2

Will this Tour produce the anticipated fireworks? Can Jumbo-Visma really challenge the unstoppable Ineos express for GC honours? And, most importantly, will the race even...

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Lizzie Deignan

Rouleur predicts... La Course

Here we go then. A trifling 96km for the women on Sunday, while the guys are beginning their three-week jaunt around France. Ho hum... It...

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The column: The race for third place

The column: The race for third place

WORDS: NICK CHRISTIAN | PHOTOS: OFFSIDE/ASO 4 minute read You know what’s more interesting than speculating who will win the Tour de France? Speculating who will...

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Egan Bernal

Rouleur predicts... Tour de France stage 1

PHOTOS: OFFSIDE/L'EQUIPE   Will this Tour produce the anticipated fireworks? Can Jumbo-Visma really challenge the unstoppable Ineos express for GC honours? And, most importantly, will...

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Mapei: Modern Cycling's Greatest Team, part two

Mapei: Modern Cycling's Greatest Team, part two

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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Baling out

Baling out

Do you remember stage 9 of the 2013 Tour de France? It was the one where Chris Froome found himself isolated in a powerful lead...

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The column: No inspiration without representation?

The column: No inspiration without representation?

WORDS: IAN CLEVERLY | PHOTOS: OFFSIDE/LEQUIPE 3 minute read No Chris Froome at this year’s Tour, then. Not a massive surprise, to be honest. No...

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Gallery: Critérium du Dauphiné 2020

Gallery: Critérium du Dauphiné 2020

WORDS: NICK CHRISTIAN | PHOTOS: ALEX BROADWAY/ASO In an unprecedented cycling season, an unusual incarnation of a race won by an unlikely team's rider. Team EF's first WorldTour level...

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Rouleur predicts... Il Lombardia

Rouleur predicts... Il Lombardia

WORDS: NICK CHRISTIAN | PHOTOS: PRESSESPORTS/GOMEZ/CORVOS/SWPIX.COM/LAPRESSE After the success of Top Mañana and Tomorrow’s Worlds, we’ve expanded the franchise of our popular race prediction game...

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The rise of gravel

The rise of gravel

Once the scourge of cyclists, we now glorify in gravel sectors. Hugh Gladstone on how we learned to take the rough with the smooth

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How I learned to love the Dauphiné

How I learned to love the Dauphiné

I was fast. Seriously fast. I had a yellow Peugeot jersey, black woolly shorts and perforated leather shoes.  Admittedly,... The post Paper Trail: Or How...

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Gallery: The Tour of Lombardy, Il Lombardia – the race of the falling leaves

Gallery: The Tour of Lombardy, Il Lombardia – the race of the falling leaves

From the 1950s to the present, the Tour of Lombardy has showcased some of the most spectacular scenery Italy has to offer. The racing’s not...

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The Column: Exercising (remote) control - What constitutes responsible practice when it comes to crash footage?

The Column: Exercising (remote) control - What constitutes responsible practice when it comes to crash footage?

WORDS: IAN CLEVERLY | PHOTOS: ASO Trashy TV blooper programmes were quite the thing in the pre-internet era – compilations of people doing silly things...

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Gallery: Strade Bianche 2020

Gallery: Strade Bianche 2020

The white roads of Tuscany welcomed back the Women's and Men's WorldTours at the weekend, as the 2020 cycling season officially started for the second...

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Women drivers: Trek-Segafredo's myth-busters

Women drivers: Trek-Segafredo's myth-busters

WORDS: ORLA CHENNAOUI | ILLUSTRATION: MATTHEW GREEN | PHOTOS: SWPIX.COM  17 minute read This essay was originally published in The Road Book 2019, available from the...

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Rouleur predicts… Strade Bianche

Rouleur predicts… Strade Bianche

WORDS: NICK CHRISTIAN | PHOTOS: OFFSIDE/BRAKETHROUGH MEDIA/RCS After the success of Top Mañana and Tomorrow’s Worlds, we’ve expanded the franchise of our popular race prediction...

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Alberto Bettiol: Made in Tuscany, perfected in Flanders

Alberto Bettiol: Made in Tuscany, perfected in Flanders

"He's a guy who, give him another year or two under his belt, these races are perfectly suited to," says Jonathan Vaughters to camera for...

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Stars of the Future part VI: Ethan Hayter

Stars of the Future part VI: Ethan Hayter

Words: Nick Christian | Photos: Swpix.com 2 minute read This is the sixth part of an article entitled ‘Rouleur’s Super Six’, originally published in Rouleur issue...

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The Column: How Chris Froome can win the Tour de France… 2021

The Column: How Chris Froome can win the Tour de France… 2021

Don't write him off just yet. Why Chris Froome's chances of winning another Tour de France are higher than most people seem to believe

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Stars of the Future part V: Jess Pratt

Stars of the Future part V: Jess Pratt

More than just fast, fun can be life-changing too. The latest graduate of the Zwift academy, Jess Pratt, is going places

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Cover stories: Issue 20.5 by Sean Hardy

Cover stories: Issue 20.5 by Sean Hardy

This year’s Tour de France will be unlike any other. For our Tour special we needed a cover to match. Longtime Rouleur photographer Sean Hardy...

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Tourism de France

Tourism de France

In which our contributor explains why the Tour de France is not about a bike race and Jaws is not about a shark

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Chris Froome and the Seventh Circle

Chris Froome and the Seventh Circle

“Can we talk about the crash?” He doesn’t hesitate. “Sure.” He shows me some of his scars.

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Festina ’98: Into the Abyss

Festina ’98: Into the Abyss

This feature was originally published in Rouleur 18.5. Download the Rouleur app to read the whole issue. It’s twilight on... The post Festina ’98: Into...

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Stars of the Future part IV: Giulio Ciccone

Stars of the Future part IV: Giulio Ciccone

In 2019 Giulio Ciccone won the King of the Mountains at the Giro d’Italia and spent two stages in yellow at the Tour de France....

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The column: Anticipating racing’s return

The column: Anticipating racing’s return

As pro racing prepares to return to our screens, a few thoughts on what it will look like when it does

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Stars of the Future part II: Chloé Dygert

Stars of the Future part II: Chloé Dygert

With split screens showing riders in unbending aerodynamic positions and inexorably-shifting time differentials, time-trials are not often exhilarating viewing for... The post Stars of the...

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