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Zdeněk Štybar: On a decade at Deceuinck-Quick Step

Zdeněk Štybar: On a decade at Deceuinck-Quick Step

  Zdeněk Štybar is closing in on his tenth season at Patrick Lefevere’s team. Far from slowing down, the Czech rider is arguably riding better...

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The Knowledge: Abi Van Twisk, gallery gal

The Knowledge: Abi Van Twisk, gallery gal

When at home in London, Trek-Segafredo’s Abi Van Twisk enjoys a bit of gallery hopping. Back in Girona she likes to pick up a pencil...

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The column: Save our cyclists

The column: Save our cyclists

  Regardless of our level of ability, one thing all cyclists have in common is how vulnerable we are on the roads. The culture –...

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Rouleur podcast: The Medal Factory with Kenny Pryde

Rouleur podcast: The Medal Factory with Kenny Pryde

British Cycling and the cost of gold – from rank amateurs to world beaters, but at what cost?

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Chris Juul-Jensen: A new season begins

Chris Juul-Jensen: A new season begins

   Training miles are all well and good, but a racer wants to race. Chris Juul Jensen on how it feels to be back in...

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Mikkel Honoré, Deceuninck Quick Step’s philosopher-in-chief

Mikkel Honoré, Deceuninck Quick Step’s philosopher-in-chief

Meet Mikkel Honoré, the young Danish rider for whom “the classics” means more than just one-day races in the spring

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The column: In defence of… pronunciation policing

The column: In defence of… pronunciation policing

How did we reach a point where the way a rider’s name is said is something we argue over? In which we argue getting it...

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Cover stories: Issue 20.1 by Michael Blann

Cover stories: Issue 20.1 by Michael Blann

Mathieu van der Poel does Zwift for our latest member cover. The story behind the film shoot

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The column: Matt Holmes, the domestic pro done good, down under

The column: Matt Holmes, the domestic pro done good, down under

Even if Matt Holmes doesn’t start another race in 2020, his Tour Down Under win on Sunday will have made this the best season of...

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Ned Boulting: Of necessary evils and bad business

Ned Boulting: Of necessary evils and bad business

  As Britain finds itself forced to look to pastures new for business, Ned Boulting sees a few similarities with cycling. Or is it the other way...

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Sep Vanmarcke: The nearly man?

Sep Vanmarcke: The nearly man?

   “If there’s a setback I come home to a warm family and the world keeps turning.” Sep Vanmarcke, so many times the nearly man,...

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Sam Bennett: No more the one team man

Sam Bennett: No more the one team man

Before his recent move to Deceuninck-Quick Step, Sam Bennett had been at Bora Hansgrohe his entire pro career. Now indisputably at the top of the...

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The column: The riders retiring on their own terms

The column: The riders retiring on their own terms

From Kittel to Phinney, Boswell to Blythe: more top pros than ever seem to be calling it a day in their prime years. What does...

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Chris Juul-Jensen: The vanity of the pro cyclist

Chris Juul-Jensen: The vanity of the pro cyclist

“Doping is out and skinsuits are in.” Chris Juul Jensen on style, skinsuits, shaving, compression socks and how to look good as a pro cyclist

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The column: Wildcard winners and pointless points

The column: Wildcard winners and pointless points

Winning races is secondary to point scoring for teams qualifying for major races. The system is broken

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Competition: Win two entries to Haute Route Oman 2020

Competition: Win two entries to Haute Route Oman 2020

A second shot at winning a great prize: two places in the Haute Route Oman 2020, one of the world’s most prestigious multi-day cycling events

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The column: Considering the Tour de France wildcards (and the ones that missed out)

The column: Considering the Tour de France wildcards (and the ones that missed out)

  This week it was announced that all the 2020 Tour de France wildcards have all gone to home teams. Favouritism? Or fair enough?

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Being Bjarne

Being Bjarne

  “The Tour of Denmark has just finished. I’m there. I call him. You are here! Yes. But he is sick. Doesn’t feel good. I...

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The Road Book 2019: Ned Boulting’s review of the year, part one

The Road Book 2019: Ned Boulting’s review of the year, part one

As the off-season clouds part and we look towards the early races of 2020, Ned Boulting reminds us how the first part of the 2019...

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Pick your favourite Rouleur photographer’s shot of the year from 2019

Pick your favourite Rouleur photographer’s shot of the year from 2019

Our fine body of photographers choose their best work from the 2019 season. Vote for your own personal top shot and be in with a...

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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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2019 photographs of the year: Benedict Campbell

2019 photographs of the year: Benedict Campbell

Behind the scenes at Roubaix, Flanders and Le Tour

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2019 photographs of the year: Paolo Martelli

2019 photographs of the year: Paolo Martelli

As 2019 draws to a close, Rouleur photographers choose their personal favourite images of the past 12 months

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2019 photographs of the year: Pauline Ballet

2019 photographs of the year: Pauline Ballet

Alaphilippe in yellow, Van Aert in bits and Le Tour in Paris

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2019 photographs of the year: Jojo Harper

2019 photographs of the year: Jojo Harper

 As 2019 draws to a close, Rouleur photographers choose their personal favourite images of the past 12 months

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2019 photographs of the year: Paolo Ciaberta

2019 photographs of the year: Paolo Ciaberta

Ernesto Colnago’s plans, Peter Sagan’s disappointment and a memorable Strade Bianche

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2019 photographs of the year: Michael Blann

2019 photographs of the year: Michael Blann

Mountainscapes, Geraint Thomas and three rounds with Bouhanni – Blann’s pick of a bumper crop

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The column: New kit excitement? Bah humbug

The column: New kit excitement? Bah humbug

You know cycling media is desperate for content when it starts dissecting the differences between marginally altered team kits. Take a break from it all,...

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Rouleur podcast: Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig, Rayner Foundation and Ribble

Rouleur podcast: Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig, Rayner Foundation and Ribble

Danish dynamite, Rayner riders abroad, plus our Stu gets on his high horse about e-bikes

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Competition: Win the ultimate cycling experience for you and a friend at Haute Route Oman 2020

Competition: Win the ultimate cycling experience for you and a friend at Haute Route Oman 2020

Win the adventure trip of a lifetime: two places in the Haute Route Oman 2020, one of the world’s most prestigious multi-day cycling events

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