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The closest winning margins in Tour de France history

The closest winning margins in Tour de France history

We take a look at the tightest battles and biggest thrashings since the Tour de France began in 1903.

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Rouleur's top ten features: No. 10 - Greg LeMond: On the line

Rouleur's top ten features: No. 10 - Greg LeMond: On the line

Cycling was only half of the battle for the sport’s comeback king, Greg LeMond. America’s only Tour de France champion on Lance, lawsuits, trauma, triumphs...

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2019 photographs of the year: Anthony Leutenegger

2019 photographs of the year: Anthony Leutenegger

 Greg LeMond, beautiful Swiss Alps and an emotional racer

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The column: Only at the Rouleur Classic

The column: Only at the Rouleur Classic

Forgive us, if you will, one last week of self-indulgence, as we re-live our favourite bits of the Rouleur Classic 2019

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Rouleur podcast: Greg LeMond

Rouleur podcast: Greg LeMond

Three-time Tour de France winner and double World Champion Lemond and his wife Kathy join Ian Parkinson at the Rouleur Classic for a memorable conversation...

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Greg LeMond, Marianne Vos, Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen to be inducted into the Cycling Hall of Fame

Greg LeMond, Marianne Vos, Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen to be inducted into the Cycling Hall of Fame

The Cycling Hall of Fame welcomes a new class of special icons celebrated for what they have accomplished and given to the world of cycling....

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Ten things we’re looking forward to at the Rouleur Classic 2019

Ten things we’re looking forward to at the Rouleur Classic 2019

The Rouleur Classic 2019 is just one month away. Here’s ten (or so) of the attractions we’re most looking forward to catching at this year’s...

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The column: Greg Lemond puts it all on the line

The column: Greg Lemond puts it all on the line

Rouleur editor Andy McGrath meets Greg LeMond in Switzerland and finds this American icon to be open, principled and passionate, and still just as in...

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Generation Z

Generation Z

 How a truly traditional team morphed into one of the most modern and, with the help of a certain Greg Lemond, cycling entered a new...

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The Cycling Hall of Fame 2019: The case for Greg LeMond

The Cycling Hall of Fame 2019: The case for Greg LeMond

Who should be inducted into the Cycling Hall of Fame? Ian Cleverly argues in favour of Greg LeMond, an outspoken, trailblazing American who singlehandedly transformed...

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Philippa York column: Remembering the day LeMond beat Fignon by 8 seconds

Philippa York column: Remembering the day LeMond beat Fignon by 8 seconds

Pippa was a firsthand witness to the greatest Tour finish in history. “The ride back to the hotel was an eerie affair, streets deserted, the...

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Snow relation: cycling’s many ties to the Winter Olympics

Snow relation: cycling’s many ties to the Winter Olympics

Are those ski pants you’re wearing? Didn’t a triathlete invent the aero bar? What have cycling and winter sports got in common? Quite a lot actually

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Brief encounters: short Tour de France road stages

Brief encounters: short Tour de France road stages

Short Tour de France stages are not an especially new phenomenon. They’re more an eighties revival thing

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Tour de France: final day time-trials and the legacy of Greg LeMond

Tour de France: final day time-trials and the legacy of Greg LeMond

The domestique who had his day: Roscioli remembers his remarkable 185-kilometre solo escape to victory on the longest stage of the 1993 Tour

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