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Ian Stannard: Pure Grit, Hard Work & Stannardian Days

Ian Stannard: Pure Grit, Hard Work & Stannardian Days

“I’m supposed to be hard. Absolutely.” - Team Sky's tough guy wags chins with Ned Boulting

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Caught up in the moment with Roubaix runner-up Silvan Dillier

Caught up in the moment with Roubaix runner-up Silvan Dillier

A 750-1 outsider just back from injury rides to a strong second place in Paris-Roubaix. What’s Silvan Dillier’s story? What was his reaction? Had anyone expected this?

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Paris-Roubaix 2018: from sign-on to the showers

Paris-Roubaix 2018: from sign-on to the showers

Images from the 2018 Paris-Roubaix, a day of heroic rides and a terrible tragedy

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Paris-Roubaix 2018: equipment in focus

Paris-Roubaix 2018: equipment in focus

Gallery: from special pavé tyres and strapped fingers to strategically positioned helpers with spare wheels, Paris-Roubaix demands serious attention to detail

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Greg Van Avermaet’s perfect Paris-Roubaix plan that went awry

Greg Van Avermaet’s perfect Paris-Roubaix plan that went awry

How two mechanicals and an army of supporters helped Greg Van Avermaet win the 2017 Paris Roubaix

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Why Arnaud Demare could be the next French winner of Paris-Roubaix

Why Arnaud Demare could be the next French winner of Paris-Roubaix

He’s fresh, fast and French: past winners Madiot, Guesdon and team-mate Guarnieri on fancying Démare to break the home nation’s 21-year duck at Roubaix

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Dirk Demol: winning Roubaix can change your life

Dirk Demol: winning Roubaix can change your life

Breakaway hopeful Dirk Demol recalls his 1988 victory in Paris-Roubaix, a day everything aligned and altered the course of his career

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Steve Bauer – the man who lost Paris-Roubaix by millimetres

Steve Bauer – the man who lost Paris-Roubaix by millimetres

In 1990 Steve Bauer finished second by a centimetre — behind Eddy Planckaert — in a race that was his favourite Classic. “I don’t have any...

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Paris Roubaix tips from a winner – Stuart O’Grady

Paris Roubaix tips from a winner – Stuart O’Grady

Who will win the 2018 Paris-Roubaix? The 2007 champion Stuart O’Grady runs his eye over the contenders for Hell of the North

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A country for old men: John Degenkolb on Paris-Roubaix

A country for old men: John Degenkolb on Paris-Roubaix

The fourth youngest winner of Paris-Roubaix in 30 years, John Degenkolb discusses how experience counts in the Hell of the North

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Why everyone’s talking about Wout van Aert, Classics star of the future

Why everyone’s talking about Wout van Aert, Classics star of the future

Analysis: He’s not the first cyclo-cross specialist to show potential in the Classics. But Wout van Aert’s early season showing has nonetheless been turning heads

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Cover Stories: Rouleur issue 18.2 – Paris Roubaix by Pauline Ballet

Cover Stories: Rouleur issue 18.2 – Paris Roubaix by Pauline Ballet

Fine photos from David Powell, Pauline Ballet and Paolo Ciaberta vied for the coveted Rouleur cover spot. Which one won?

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Fabian Cancellara: doing the double at Flanders and Roubaix

Fabian Cancellara: doing the double at Flanders and Roubaix

Private jets, boozy post-Flanders celebrations and banging hangovers. How will he go at Roubaix? Not bad, it transpires…

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“I thrive visually on the chaos…the dust, the riders, the accidents”

“I thrive visually on the chaos…the dust, the riders, the accidents”

With Rouleur issuing a new set of prints that celebrate the Monuments, we catch up with one of the makers of those images – photographer Kristof...

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Jørgen Leth on the making of a cinematic cycling classic

Jørgen Leth on the making of a cinematic cycling classic

Jørgen Leth is the director of some of the most celebrated cycling films ever made. Jakob Kristian Sørensen visited him in a Haiti where they headed...

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