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Rouleur’s riders of the decade: part 3

Rouleur’s riders of the decade: part 3

As the 2010s draw to a close, Rouleur’s editorial staff have each selected nine riders each as their stars of the sport. Part III features...

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Rouleur’s riders of the decade: Part II

Rouleur’s riders of the decade: Part II

As the decade draws to a close, Rouleur’s editorial staff have selected nine riders each as their stars of cycling since January 2010. Part II...

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Rouleur’s riders of the decade: Part I

Rouleur’s riders of the decade: Part I

As the decade draws to a close, Rouleur’s editorial staff have selected nine riders each as their stars of cycling since January 2010. Part I...

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The Road Book 2019: Richard Carapaz tells of an unlikely Giro victory

The Road Book 2019: Richard Carapaz tells of an unlikely Giro victory

“I come from a country with a culture of losing, where people are plagued by doubt to the point that they are unable to take...

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The column: Can Landa land a big one at Bahrain-McLaren?

The column: Can Landa land a big one at Bahrain-McLaren?

Mikel Landa has spent most of his career playing second fiddle. At Bahrain-McLaren he’ll be conducting the orchestra. Can he finally perform on the biggest...

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Elia Viviani: Confidence man

Elia Viviani: Confidence man

“If you want to win the race, you must want to be the leader.” Two years of winning with #TheWolfpack has turned Elia Viviani into...

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Cover Stories: issue 19.8 by Daniel Roozendaal

Cover Stories: issue 19.8 by Daniel Roozendaal

The Dutch illustrator discusses his vibrant Fausto Coppi composition adorning the last edition of 2019

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The column: Cyclo-cross is on the slide

The column: Cyclo-cross is on the slide

Attendance at major races is down. Television viewing figures are also down. Belgium, we have a problem, and it’s not Mathieu van der Poel

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Who was Dave Rayner?

Who was Dave Rayner?

Better known now for the organisation set up in his name to support young riders, following his tragic death 25 years ago, Tom Southam tells...

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Rouleur podcast: Lachlan Morton and Emily Chappell

Rouleur podcast: Lachlan Morton and Emily Chappell

The mile-munchers’ episode: EF Education’s Morton on the joy of ultra-distance, plus author and former TCR winner Chappell looking for new challenges

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Bradley Wiggins: “I’ve got a masters degree in Sean Yates.”

Bradley Wiggins: “I’ve got a masters degree in Sean Yates.”

The kid from Kilburn who completed cycling, Bradley Wiggins, in candid conversation with his very first cycling hero, Sean Yates.

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There’s only one The Cycling Podcast: Interview with Richard Moore and Lionel Birnie

There’s only one The Cycling Podcast: Interview with Richard Moore and Lionel Birnie

The cycling podcast field is increasingly crowded, but there’s one that must surely be considered the godfather of them all

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The column: A paean to Poulidor

The column: A paean to Poulidor

So much more than “the eternal second”, a tribute to the great Raymond Poulidor, who passed away last week

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Anquetil v Poulidor

Anquetil v Poulidor

Anquetil and Poulidor. Two very different riders whose concurrent presence in the sport produced one of the Tour’s legendary rivalries, emblematic of France old and...

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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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Philippa York: Don’t you want me?

Philippa York: Don’t you want me?

Professional cycling might be a hard sport, but it’s an even tougher business. As Philippa York found out the hard way, a rider’s stock can fall a...

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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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Jacopo Guarnieri blog: Marc Madiot and me

Jacopo Guarnieri blog: Marc Madiot and me

To some he might be Mad Marc Madiot, or Mr. 1000 Volts, but to Jacopo Guarnieri, the excitable Groupama FDJ honcho “is the rare bird that...

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The column: Sprinting is enjoying a golden age. Why aren’t we celebrating it?

The column: Sprinting is enjoying a golden age. Why aren’t we celebrating it?

Sprinting doesn’t seem to be fashionable these days. That’s a great shame, because the fast finish is currently as exciting as it’s been in years

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Emily Chappell: Misfortune on the off-road to Montenegro

Emily Chappell: Misfortune on the off-road to Montenegro

An extract from Emily Chappell‘s new book: Where There’s a Will, the story of her journey from cycle courier to winner of the 2016 Transcontinental Race. In...

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Rouleur podcast: Tom Pidcock, Allan Peiper and Santini

Rouleur podcast: Tom Pidcock, Allan Peiper and Santini

Pidcock’s progress, Allan Peiper on cycling and cancer, Santini and Polartec’s latest developments

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Anna Henderson: from champion skier to British cycling starlet

Anna Henderson: from champion skier to British cycling starlet

World Championship bronze just the beginning for lifelong competitor Henderson after her meteoric rise on two wheels

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The column: What does the Tour de France route matter anyway?

The column: What does the Tour de France route matter anyway?

With the Tour de France 2020 route having been unveiled this week, a challenge to the idea that the parcours has any real bearing on...

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Lachlan Morton: Team EF’s off-road captain

Lachlan Morton: Team EF’s off-road captain

Lachlan Morton has spent 2019 blazing a trail as Team EF’s alternative race leader, participating in such weird and wonderful events as Dirty Kanza, GBDuro,...

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Trek-Segafredo: A season in the story of a superteam

Trek-Segafredo: A season in the story of a superteam

Hannah Troop spends a season in the wheels of Trek-Segafredo, the brand new women’s superteam making waves and winning races

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The column: How to hack the off-season

The column: How to hack the off-season

The road year is just about over, but don’t sit around moping this off-season. There’s plenty more two-wheeled action out there, you’ve just got to...

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Rouleur podcast: Six Day London with Mark Cavendish, Caleb Ewan, Owain Doull

Rouleur podcast: Six Day London with Mark Cavendish, Caleb Ewan, Owain Doull

“It’s the best field they have ever had in London, with arguably the three fastest riders of our generation, all from a track background, racing...

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Cover Stories: issue 19.7 by Pietro Pietricola of Pegoretti

Cover Stories: issue 19.7 by Pietro Pietricola of Pegoretti

The legacy of master craftsman Dario Pegoretti lives on

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The column: Go home transfer window, you’re drunk

The column: Go home transfer window, you’re drunk

Nairo Quintana to Arkea Samsic? Dan Martin to Israel Cycling? Elia Viviani to Cofidis? What on earth has been going on with the transfer window?

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Vote for the Sharon Laws Road Rider of the Year 2019

Vote for the Sharon Laws Road Rider of the Year 2019

Two rounds of voting have narrowed it down to Annemiek van Vleuten, Christine Majerus, Marianne Vos and Kirsten Wild. It’s time to vote for the...

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