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No more ‘Mr January’ - Perfection from Plapp at the Giro d’Italia
The Australian rider’s win on stage eight of the Giro d’Italia is a breakthrough moment in his career which has been rife with setbacks
Giro d'Italia 2025 stage nine preview: The gravel awaits
A Strade Bianche-style stage could be decisive for general classification contenders
Strade bianche pitfalls await: GC Teams brace for Giro’s gravel gauntlet
Rouleur takes a look at how the overall contenders' teams shape up heading into stage nine on Sunday
Strength, faith and resilience: Egan Bernal is back at the Giro d’Italia
The Colombian rider’s performance on the first summit finish has announced him as a serious general classification contender once more, three years on from the...
A tale of two tactics: The first summit finish of the Giro brings more questions than answers about pink jersey battle
Red Bull pace all day only for Primož Roglič to be out of position and lose time to Juan Ayuso
Giro d'Italia 2025 stage eight preview: An up and down day in Le Marche
A tricky Tirreno-Adriatico style stage offers an opportunity for a breakaway to take victory
Neutralisations, protests and lopsided lead-outs - It's bedlam at the Giro d'Italia
Inside the craziest day of the race so far on a rain-soaked stage six around Naples
How does the loss of Jai Hindley affect Primož Roglič's Giro d'Italia bid?
Red Bull rider crashes out of the Giro d’Italia on stage six
Giro d'Italia 2025 stage seven preview: The first summit finish
The first of two proper mountain top finishes in this Giro will be the first serious test of the general classification contenders
‘What a team I have around me’ – Trust, timing, and the art of the leadout
Mads Pedersen finishes off extraordinary domestique work by teammate Mathias Vacek to win stage five of the Giro d’Italia
Giro d'Italia 2025 stage six preview: A chance for the fast men
The stage into Napoli could present the last sprint opportunity for a whole week
Giro d’Italia 2025 contenders: who will win the 108th edition?
Rouleur takes a look at the contenders to win the Maglia Rosa in Italy this month
‘Everyone kept believing’ - Team Picnic-PostNL and the power of perseverance
Casper van Uden’s victory on stage four of the Giro d’Italia is a welcome result for the team who are fighting to avoid relegation and...
Giro d'Italia 2025 stage five preview: An explosive finale
A tricky uphill run to the line and the preceding climbs will make this stage difficult for the sprinters, favouring the more versatile riders with...
The future is purple: behind the scenes at Liv AlUla Jayco
Liv AlUla Jayco, Australia’s only top-division women’s team, are ready to take on the world. Rouleur gets in the team car at their home race and discovers why...
From WorldTour rejection to Giro d'Italia stage hunting: Mark Donovan is back at cycling's top table
The Q36.5 rider has had a near-three-year hiatus from cycling's Grand Tours, but now riding better than ever he's once again looking to be in...
Mads Pedersen is at the peak of his powers
A second stage win and a return to the maglia rosa is a fitting reward for a rider in some of his best ever form
Giro d'Italia 2025 stage four preview: A fast finish in Lecce
A chance for the pure sprinters to take a stage win as the Giro resumes in Italy's heel
The Dilemma: Should Primož Roglič give away the Giro d'Italia pink jersey?
The Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe rider will next be able to take time on his rivals during stage seven's mountain-top finish and stage nine's gravel. Does he...
La Reina: Demi Vollering is exactly where she belongs
The Dutchwoman’s victory in La Vuelta España Femenina is a product of exemplary teamwork from FDJ-Suez
Giro d'Italia 2025 stage three preview: A tough Albanian farewell
A stage full of climbing will keep the GC contenders on their toes, but it could be a day for an escape group to grab...
The Giro's opening stage was as chaotic and stressful as the peloton had predicted
It's the first time that Albania has hosted top-level cycling, and most teams and riders had been unimpressed by the host country in the days...
Insatiable Mads Pedersen keeps Classics momentum going at Giro d'Italia: 'I'm hungry for more'
The former world champion credited his latest victory to the tireless work of his Lidl-Trek teammates. Continue in this manner, and the Dane could rack...
Giro d'Italia 2025 stage two preview: Against the clock
The first individual time trial of the Giro presents an opportunity for early gains in the general classification
Giro d'Italia 2025 stage one preview: A sprint for pink?
The opening stage of the Giro d'Italia will be a tightly fought contest between the sprinters and the attackers for the first maglia rosa of...
Can comeback queen Anna van der Breggen win the Vuelta a España Feminina?
Team SD Worx-Protime rider takes her 63rd career victory at stage four of La Vuelta a España Femenina, four years after her last win
Front row seat: A wild Strade Bianche VIP chase with Sportive Breaks
Rouleur joins Sportive Breaks for a hair-raising, behind-the-scenes dash around the gravel roads of Tuscany following, seeing and experiencing the chaos of Strade Bianche
Richard Carapaz returns to the Giro d'Italia as a former winner — and an underdog
Richard Carapaz will head into the 2025 Giro d’Italia as one of the pre-eminent GC riders of his day, a former winner of the race...
Giro d’Italia route 2025: Everything you need to know about the stages of this year's race
The white roads of Strade Bianche, fearsome mountain passes and a Balkan Grande Partenza
XDS Astana's Great Escape is definitely on: 'Why shouldn't we be confident?'
Alexander Vinokourov's team are making the impossible rather quite possible

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