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The Most Dramatic Giro d'Italia Finishes
With the climax of the 2021 Giro d'Italia just around the corner, we take a look back to some of the most thrilling finishes in...
Giro d'Italia 2021: Stage 20 Preview - The Final Mountain Showdown
Rouleur previews stage 20 of the 2021 Giro d’Italia. With almost 4,000 metres of climbing and the maglia rosa up for grabs, this has all the...
Aggression: The Changing Ways of the Ineos Grenadiers
The Ineos Grenadiers have dominated Grand Tour racing over the past decade, where defensive tactics has been one of the keys to their success. How has their...
Giro d'Italia 2021: Stage 19 Preview - The Penultimate Test
Rouleur previews stage 19 of the 2021 Giro d’Italia. Egan Bernal remains in the maglia rosa, but the momentum is now with Simon Yates ahead of...
Women's WorldTeams salaries: a delicate balance
An audit commissioned by the UCI shows a promising increase in Women's WorldTeam salaries and budgets — but is this the full story across the women's peloton?
Vuelta a Burgos Feminas 2021 debrief: Clash of the titans
Last week saw the first stage race of the Women’s World Tour and some exciting racing ensued
The racing debut of the Monte Zoncolan
The Monte Zoncolan is not the most famous climb in cycling, but it is widely known as one of the very hardest. Its legend is...
Total integration, total revolution: How Shimano’s STI shifting changed cycling
Keizo Shimano revolutionised racing with the development of STI shifting. And no one who knew him was surprised
Giro d'Italia 2021: Stage 18 Preview - The Longest Stage
Rouleur previews stage 18 of the 2021 Giro d’Italia. Following a stunning Giro debut on Sega di Ala, the riders have no rest with the...
The Battle for the 2021 Giro d'Italia: Taking Stock of the GC
With Egan Bernal in the maglia rosa entering the final rest day of the 2021 Giro d'Italia, we take stock of how the teams of...
Giro d'Italia 2021: Stage 17 Preview - the Giro's hardest finish
Rouleur previews stage 17 of the 2021 Giro d’Italia. Despite a shortened queen stage, Egan Bernal blew away his opposition on the Passo Giau and...
Eolo-Kometa: The Giro is a dream come true
Team Eolo-Kometa is fulfilling its dream of riding a first Grand Tour. Rouleur spoke to Sports Director Stefano Zanatta ahead of the Giro about achieving his...
Extreme weather and rose-tinted nostalgia
The decision to shorten stage 16 of the Giro d'Italia due to extreme weather signifies a big shift in professional cycling's attitudes to rider well-being
Fausto Coppi's War: From Prisoner to Legend
Already a great champion in pre-War years, Coppi joined the Italian army in 1940 before flying to North Africa three years later, where he was...
Qhubeka Assos: the unlikely Giro success story
Less than a year ago Qhubeka Assos nearly folded, today they're knocking out Grand Tour stage victories. We have a look at one of this...
Giro d'Italia 2021: Stage 16 Preview - The Shortened Route
Rouleur previews stage 16 of the 2021 Giro d’Italia. After a breakaway victory on stage 15, the GC favourites must be at their very best...
The Breakout Riders of the 2021 Giro d'Italia
Rouleur takes a look at the riders that are blossoming to realise their potential at the Giro d’Italia 2021
Giro d'Italia 2021: Stage 15 Preview - Punchers versus Sprinters
Rouleur previews stage 15 of the 2021 Giro d’Italia. Many will be on the offensive over the short hills, but will the attackers be tamed by...
Giro d'Italia Stage 11 to Montalcino: Gallery
The best images of a Giro d'Italia gravel epic. Here is the 2021 Strade Bianche stage in pictures
Giro d'Italia 2021: Stage 14 Preview - The Zoncolan
Rouleur previews stage 14 of the 2021 Giro d’Italia. Following Giacomo Nizzolo's first victory at the Giro d'Italia, the road goes uphill with the infamous Monte...
The Zoncolan: the Giro's most feared climb
From Froome to Van Vleuten, Monte Zoncolan has given us some impressive victories but many riders will dread its infernal slopes
Giro d'Italia 2021: Stage 13 Preview - The Sprinter's Final Shot
Rouleur previews stage 13 of the 2021 Giro d’Italia. After two leg-sapping days with gravel and climbs aplenty, the peloton will enjoy a pancake-flat ride...
Giro d'Italia 2021: Stage 12 Preview - A Climber's Dream
Rouleur previews stage 12 of the 2021 Giro d’Italia. Following the brutal battle to Montalcino, the Giro isn’t slowing down with 4,500 metres of climbing.
The Cyclists' Alliance new three-step Mentor Program
The women's cycling union has devised a new programme to support riders through pre-career, mid-career, and post-retirement and partnered with some of the biggest brands in...
Pauline Ballet's unique perspective
The Paris-based photographer trained at the National School of Photography in Arles, she is a previous winner of Rouleur’s Photographer of the Year and covers...
Opinion: Giro organisers need to do more if they want the sprinters to stay
The Giro d’Italia has said goodbye to two of its strongest sprinters in the last couple of days, but we can’t blame them for leaving...
Giro d'Italia 2021: Stage 11 Preview - the Giro's gravel spectacle
Rouleur previews stage 11 of the 2021 Giro d’Italia. Finishing in Montalcino and taking place largely on the strade bianche, this could be an instant...
The column: Is it time to ditch the white jersey?
With the most junior riders in Grand Tours now comfortably competing for – and winning – the overall prize, is the young riders’ competition still...
Concussion at the Giro: Dombrowski, Mohorič and the latest protocol
Is cycling finally making progress on the troubling problem of concussion?
The Coffee Roaster of Girona: Christian Meier
Rouleur goes inside Christian Meier's roastery 'Espresso Mafia', exploring his passion for coffee in its purest form

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