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Chloe Dygert, back on top

Chloe Dygert, back on top

Four years since her last World Championships time trial win, the American rider proved nothing can hold her back from winning

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Amina Lanaya: La Petite Reine

Amina Lanaya: La Petite Reine

Amina Lanaya, the Director General of the Union Cycliste Internationale since 2018 and second in command to President David Lappartient, talks about determination and change at cycling’s...

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Getting the shot: The fight of the giants

Getting the shot: The fight of the giants

Rouleur photographer Alessandra Bucci describes how she and Rouleur photojournalist James Startt witnessed the fight for the men’s rainbow jersey

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Road World Championships 2023: elite women's time trial contenders and prediction

Road World Championships 2023: elite women's time trial contenders and prediction

There's a handful of leading contenders for the 2023 world time trial title – but can an outsider upset the favourites?

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The 1960 Vuelta a España – the craziest race in history?

The 1960 Vuelta a España – the craziest race in history?

Death threats, brawls, scandals, bicycle pumps: the story of the 1960 Vuelta a España

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Mathieu van der Poel - a world champion worthy of cycling’s Bazball era

Mathieu van der Poel - a world champion worthy of cycling’s Bazball era

The Dutch rider was simply the strongest on race day in Glasgow

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Close the gap: Meet the editorial panel for Issue 121

Close the gap: Meet the editorial panel for Issue 121

Introducing the six women who helped Rouleur create 121: Close the Gap

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Dicing with disaster: Inside the Tour de France Femmes on a race motorbike

Dicing with disaster: Inside the Tour de France Femmes on a race motorbike

Having never been on a motorbike before, Rouleur’s Rachel Jary was invited to spend a day following the Tour de France Femmes. She said yes,...

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Josie Nelson’s Tour de France Femmes debut diary - The Tourmalet, a time trial, and celebration pizzas

Josie Nelson’s Tour de France Femmes debut diary - The Tourmalet, a time trial, and celebration pizzas

The Team Coop-Hitech Products rider rounds up her final few stages in this year's Tour de France Femmes

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Young talent, fierce attacking and Magnus Bäckstedt: The reinvention of Canyon//SRAM

Young talent, fierce attacking and Magnus Bäckstedt: The reinvention of Canyon//SRAM

The Tour de France saw the German team continue an outstanding season with a fresh approach to racing

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Road World Championships 2023: Elite men's road race contenders and predictions

Road World Championships 2023: Elite men's road race contenders and predictions

Will anyone be able to stop Remco Evenepoel from claiming a second consecutive world title?

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After a week of controversy, SD Worx answers everything with collective strength

After a week of controversy, SD Worx answers everything with collective strength

The team put on a united front to take a clean sweep of the final stage of the Tour de France Femmes and first and...

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Can Lotte Kopecky top off an incredible Tour de France Femmes with a GC podium place?

Can Lotte Kopecky top off an incredible Tour de France Femmes with a GC podium place?

The Belgian rider has displayed the performance of her career at this year's Tour de France Femmes

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Gutsy, determined and human: Why Kasia Niewiadoma won hearts on the Tourmalet

Gutsy, determined and human: Why Kasia Niewiadoma won hearts on the Tourmalet

The Polish rider’s performance in the queen stage of the Tour de France Femmes may not have got her the victory, but it likely got...

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End of an era: Demi Vollering’s Tourmalet win begins a new chapter for women’s cycling

End of an era: Demi Vollering’s Tourmalet win begins a new chapter for women’s cycling

The SD Worx rider has finally, unequivocally, proven she is the strongest, while Annemiek van Vleuten was tearful at the finish line atop the Tourmalet

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Cédrine Kerbaol: The young French rider making history at the Tour de France Femmes

Cédrine Kerbaol: The young French rider making history at the Tour de France Femmes

The French rider had led the young rider's classification for the whole Tour de France Femmes

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Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift 2023 stage eight preview - the final race against the clock

Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift 2023 stage eight preview - the final race against the clock

The eight-stage race will come to a close in Pau with a race against the clock

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Does the women’s peloton need – or want –180 kilometre road stages?

Does the women’s peloton need – or want –180 kilometre road stages?

Stage four of Tour de France Femmes was the longest in women’s WorldTour history. Did it make the racing any better?

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Lotte Kopecky: I hope that a stupid 20 seconds will not decide this Tour de France

Lotte Kopecky: I hope that a stupid 20 seconds will not decide this Tour de France

The yellow jersey holder stood her ground when questioned about the penalties her team received on stage five for drafting behind the team car

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‘This one hurts’ - A bitterly disappointed Team dsm-firmenich

‘This one hurts’ - A bitterly disappointed Team dsm-firmenich

Charlotte Kool will likely leave the Tour de France Femmes without the stage win she’d been dreaming of, despite her team’s best efforts

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Three cups of coffee, a bad mood and a miracle: Emma Norsgaard’s Tour de France Femmes win

Three cups of coffee, a bad mood and a miracle: Emma Norsgaard’s Tour de France Femmes win

Once seen as a out-and-out sprinter, Emma Norsgaard proved she is back on top today, but not as we knew her

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Dashed dreams: Crash takes Veronica Ewers out of the Tour de France Femmes

Dashed dreams: Crash takes Veronica Ewers out of the Tour de France Femmes

The American rider had high hopes on beating her ninth place finish from last year's race, but sadly, a crash on stage six has forced...

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Josie Nelson’s Tour de France Femmes debut diary - pancakes for lunch, hard days, and being the lanterne rouge

Josie Nelson’s Tour de France Femmes debut diary - pancakes for lunch, hard days, and being the lanterne rouge

The 21-year-old British rider is making her debut at Tour. Rouleur caught up with Nelson through the eight-day race

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