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Giro d'Italia 2022: Stage Three Preview - first chance for the sprinters
Rouleur previews stage three of the 2022 Giro d’Italia, set to be a battle between the star sprinters like Mark Cavendish and Caleb Ewan
Itzulia Women 2022 Preview: Route, contenders and predictions
We look ahead to the first ever edition of this three-day WWT event in the Basque Country of Northern Spain
Giro d'Italia 2022: Things to Look Out For
What we're looking forward to about the 2022 Giro d'Italia, from Mark Cavendish to Mathieu van der Poel and Biniam Girmay, plus the riders both young and...
755 bidons per rider per year: How to solve cycling’s water bottle problem
Aiming to minimise its environmental impact, Cannondale has created compostable water bottles to be used by its professional teams this season
Giro d’Italia 2022: The Toughest Stages
The decisive stages of the 2022 Giro d’Italia where the race for the pink jersey will be won or lost
Giro d'Italia 2022: The GC Favourites
Rouleur assesses the GC riders in with a shot of claiming the pink jersey of the 2022 Giro d'Italia
Rouleur 111, The Youth Issue - Out Now
We celebrate the ongoing youthquake that is revolutionising cycling
Giro d'Italia 2022: Stage Two Preview - a short time-trial
Rouleur previews stage two of the 2022 Giro d’Italia, a short time-trial in Budapest. Strong time-triallists like João Almeida and Tom Dumoulin will hope to...
Giro d'Italia 2022: Stage One Preview - uphill finish for puncheurs
The 2022 Giro d’Italia kicks off with a punchy uphill finish, with Mathieu van der Poel among the contenders vying for the first pink jersey
Tour de France - how does it work?
New to the Tour? Here's a quick run down of how exactly the race works
Pinarello Bikes: an interview with Fausto Pinarello
"I like beautiful bicycles, I think everyone does." In conversation with the man behind Cicli Pinarello, first published in Rouleur issue 107
Tales of the Giro d’Italia: Gangsters, great Danes, seven-hour slogs and gods of the road
Tall tales of epic mountain stages and the hard men of Italian cycling from the annals of the Giro d'Italia
The Giro d’Italia Trophy Maker: inside the factory
From Issue 19.3, Andy McGrath and Paolo Ciaberta tracked down the maker of the Giro d’Italia’s instantly recognisable trophy, the Trofeo Senza Fine
Richard Carapaz: Strong Like the Wind
From Rouleur issue 20.3, first published in 2020, Matt Rendell travelled to Ecuador to meet the 2019 Giro d'Italia winner, Richard Carapaz
Ernesto Colnago: This Cycling Life
From Rouleur issue 19.7, first published in November 2019, Marco Pastonesi sits down with the inimitable Ernesto Colnago
Giro d'Italia 2022 Preview: Route, favourites and predictions
Route details and contenders for the 2022 Giro d'Italia, the first Grand Tour of the season, which begins in Hungary on May 6th
Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig’s guide to getting through Covid-19
The Danish rider tested positive for coronavirus a few days after the Tour of Flanders and was forced to miss the Ardennes Classics that followed....
Liège-Bastogne-Liège 2022 Debrief: Monumental Remco Evenepoel
The 22-year-old Belgian became the youngest winner of Liège-Bastogne-Liège in over 50 years after attacking on the Côte de la Redoute and riding solo to...
Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes 2022 Debrief: Hard enough for Annemiek van Vleuten
The hardest one-day race on the calendar delivers a race hard enough for the peloton's hardest individual: Annemiek van Vleuten
Liège–Bastogne–Liège Femmes 2022 - Route, predictions and contenders
Will Demi Vollering be able to take another win in Liège–Bastogne–Liège?
Liège–Bastogne–Liège 2022 - Route, predictions and contenders
Could Tadej Pogačar deny Julian Alaphilippe victory for the second year in a row? Or will we see a surprise winner?
Comment: Tub-thumping for Thibaut Pinot at the Tour of the Alps
He couldn't come back and win, could he? Oh yes he could. Thibaut Pinot has won a bike race at the Tour of the Alps,...
Tour de Romandie 2022 - Route, predictions and contenders
Who will take victory in the 2022 Tour de Romandie, the week-long stage race in Switzerland featuring Giro d'Italia and Tour de France contenders?
About Liège, the Belgian city only a mother could love
“Liège is authentic. Which means beautiful. Are you with me? You are not with me. Nevermind.” Morten Okbo‘s paen to the Wallonian heartland
La Redoute: the centrepiece climb of Liège-Bastogne-Liège
As an armchair fan, by the time the leaders have grovelled up the final ascent to the finish line in the Liège suburb of Ans,...
La Flèche Wallonne Debrief: Dylan Teuns faster than a speeding bullet
Forty-two-year-old Alejandro 'Bala' Valverde comes up short in his final Flèche Wallonne, with Alexandr Vlasov in third ahead of Julian Alaphilippe and Tadej Pogačar
La Flèche Wallonne Femmes Debrief: Marta Cavalli’s clever mastery of the Mur de Huy
Calm and composed, the FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope rider dissected the race’s key climb in a clinical fashion
La Flèche Wallonne 2022 Men's Preview – Route, predictions and contenders
Can Julian Alaphilippe defend his title as 'King of the Huy' in La Flèche Wallonne 2022?
La Flèche Wallonne Femmes 2022 - Route, Predictions and Contenders
With seven-time champion Anna van der Breggen now retired, La Flèche Wallonne is finally open to a new winner. Who will it be?
“I could see pretty far inside my leg”: the pain and pride of Lewis Askey at Paris-Roubaix
The image of the British rider's injured knee was a shocking reminder of the brutality of professional cycling. The Roubaix debutant tells Rouleur how he made it...

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