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Mur de Huy: Theatre of Pain

Mur de Huy: Theatre of Pain

This article was originally published in Issue 60 of Rouleur. Download the app to read it in its entirety. Arthur Schopenhauer knew a thing or...

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Mid-race conversations: how Rolf Sorensen won Liege in 1993

Mid-race conversations: how Rolf Sorensen won Liege in 1993

Rolf Sorensen developed a reputation as a Classics and hilly race specialist and still has vivid memories of his 1993 win in Liege-Bastogne-Liege, his –...

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Toppling Valverde: six contenders who could take the Ardennes crown

Toppling Valverde: six contenders who could take the Ardennes crown

Year in year out, Señor Consistency manages to take the peloton by surprise and reigns over these lumpy one-day races. We look at a few...

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Rolf Gölz – a Flèche Wallonne winner lost in cycling’s digital Neverland

Rolf Gölz – a Flèche Wallonne winner lost in cycling’s digital Neverland

The German rider’s short career saw him win the Fleche Wallonne and stages of the Tour de France. But when the fun was lost, so...

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Michael Albasini: the pro peloton’s own coffee importer

Michael Albasini: the pro peloton’s own coffee importer

Ahead of the Ardennes Classics, Swiss veteran Michael Albasini tells Rouleur how a fortifying espresso while training in the Alps led to him setting up...

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Now we have the Ardennes – chasing a Women’s WorldTour hat-trick

Now we have the Ardennes – chasing a Women’s WorldTour hat-trick

Moving on from the cobbles, Annemiek van Vleuten reflects on the trio of hilly Classics that dominate the next phase of the season

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Brabantse Pijl: the overlooked Ardennes race

Brabantse Pijl: the overlooked Ardennes race

It may not have a cult following like its Ardenne sisters, but as so often happens with smaller races, riders are more willing to go in...

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