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Geraint Thomas: did Froome want to attack me? (book extract)

Geraint Thomas: did Froome want to attack me? (book extract)

In this extract from his new book, The Tour According to G, 2018 Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas recalls the ‘weird team meeting’ and how his relationship...

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Bradley Wiggins: what fascinates me about Lance Armstrong (book extract)

Bradley Wiggins: what fascinates me about Lance Armstrong (book extract)

“I don’t think it was part of some Machiavellian plot to ruin my career,” writes Sir Bradley Wiggins of when he first met Lance Armstrong....

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Lizzie Deignan: I was cycling until three days before my daughter’s birth

Lizzie Deignan: I was cycling until three days before my daughter’s birth

Rouleur sits down with the former world champion (and daughter Orla – although she didn’t say much) to discuss parenthood, training through pregnancy and Yorkshire...

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Reflections: On hill climb season

Reflections: On hill climb season

A Rouleur contributor reflects on his fondness for hill climb season. The only time of year that the below-average amateur gets to feel like a...

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The history of the World Championships in ten posters

The history of the World Championships in ten posters

From Valkenburg 1938 to Ronse 1988, these ten vintage promotional posters offer an alternative journey through World Championship history

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The Road Book: Ned Boulting’s 2018 season in review

The Road Book: Ned Boulting’s 2018 season in review

Ned Boulting and Cillian Kelly have teamed up to create The Road Book, a cycling almanack that provides an account of the 2018 season through...

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2019 Tour de France route: who does it favour?

2019 Tour de France route: who does it favour?

As the Tour de France celebrates 100 years of the yellow jersey, we look at what the 2019 parcours has in store. Will the planets...

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Girona Gala for Qhubeka: Kittel, Hesjedal, Dennis and friends

Girona Gala for Qhubeka: Kittel, Hesjedal, Dennis and friends

For the third year, the Girona Gala proved to be a star-studded occasion and a terrific night for a great... The post Girona Gala for...

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The role of the road captain in professional cycling

The role of the road captain in professional cycling

They may not be seen on the podium or get the accolades at the end of the race, but the road captain is crucial in all professional...

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Cyrille Guimard: You need to be a rouleur to win the Tour de France

Cyrille Guimard: You need to be a rouleur to win the Tour de France

Having managed Bernard Hinault, Laurent Fignon and Greg Lemond, legendary directeur sportif Cyrille Guimard knows a thing or two about winning the Tour de France. But...

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An alternative vision for the Tour de France

An alternative vision for the Tour de France

Forget smaller teams, salary caps, grid starts and even Ventoux, Daniel Ostanek shares his ideas on how to change the Tour de France formula

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On the cusp: the formative years of Ineos’s Eddie Dunbar

On the cusp: the formative years of Ineos’s Eddie Dunbar

Writer Tom Daly has witnessed Team Ineos’s Dunbar go from an 11-year-old kid in Kanturk without a bike to one of the brightest prospects in...

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Cycling Hall of Fame Competition: Win a cycling cap signed by Ernesto Colnago

Cycling Hall of Fame Competition: Win a cycling cap signed by Ernesto Colnago

Win a one-of-a-kind Colnago casquette, signed by the company’s founder and first recipient of the Cycling Hall of Fame’s Patron Award, Ernesto Colnago

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Reflections: what to make of pro-racing’s new taste for adventure?

Reflections: what to make of pro-racing’s new taste for adventure?

Why is professional road racing increasingly turning its attention to gravel roads, adventure racing and bikepacking? And is that a good thing?

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On time: the parallel worlds of watches and two wheels

On time: the parallel worlds of watches and two wheels

The CEO of rising Swiss watchmaker IWC talks cycling partnerships, Fabian Cancellara and timeless timepieces

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Twenty-two and on the WorldTour scrapheap: James Shaw’s tough break

Twenty-two and on the WorldTour scrapheap: James Shaw’s tough break

His Monument debut ended in a broken collarbone. The Lotto-Soudal youngster hopes it is not the end, before his career has barely gotten going. His...

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The Knowledge: Larry Warbasse takes an impulse deep dive

The Knowledge: Larry Warbasse takes an impulse deep dive

  Sign up to the Rouleur Chronicle newsletter to receive a weekly supply of curated cycling content   I’ve lived... The post The Knowledge: Larry...

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Ivan Basso: Optimism’s the best option

Ivan Basso: Optimism’s the best option

After a cancer diagnosis during his 2015 Tour de France expedited his retirement from professional racing, double Giro winner Ivan Basso now finds satisfaction managing the new...

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Sylvain Chavanel: what I learned from 19 years in the pro peloton

Sylvain Chavanel: what I learned from 19 years in the pro peloton

“Keep your chin up. There are worse things in life than a bad bike race.” Pearls of wisdom from Sylvain Chavanel as he retires from...

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Rouleur cover stories: issue 18.7 by Wilfrid Wood

Rouleur cover stories: issue 18.7 by Wilfrid Wood

Former Spitting Image puppet maker Wilfrid Wood sculpted our very special member cover for the latest issue – Peter Sagan

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Matt Seaton column: Suck it and see, at the back of the bunch

Matt Seaton column: Suck it and see, at the back of the bunch

When you’re in a race that’s out of your league, there might only be the option of ‘wheelsucking’ left for you

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Vote for the Sharon Laws Road Rider of the Year

Vote for the Sharon Laws Road Rider of the Year

Two rounds of voting have narrowed it down to Coryn Rivera, Amanda Spratt, Annemiek van Vleuten and Anna van der Breggen. It’s time to vote...

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Reflections: Evenepoel, Pidcock and the danger of overhyping junior talent

Reflections: Evenepoel, Pidcock and the danger of overhyping junior talent

Talent deserves recognition, but is it a case of too much too young for the most gifted riders coming through the junior ranks these days?...

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George Bennett guest column: a stitch in time

George Bennett guest column: a stitch in time

Crossing the world to pursue professional cycling in Europe is not to be taken on by the faint hearted. Thousands of miles away from home...

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Union City Blues: David Millar loses bid for CPA presidency

Union City Blues: David Millar loses bid for CPA presidency

“I’m not just going to be like a child and run away. I still want this to work and end up being a positive exercise.”...

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The Cycling Hall of Fame: Beryl Burton

The Cycling Hall of Fame: Beryl Burton

As we prepare to officially open the Cycling Hall of Fame at the Rouleur Classic in November, we’re proud to announce its inaugural members: Eddy...

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What is the best way to prepare for the Worlds?

What is the best way to prepare for the Worlds?

From the Lakeland Fells to the flats of Flanders, the Vuelta to Montreal: where is the best racing to warm up for the Worlds? Ahead...

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Worlds 2018: Matt Brammeier on his new role managing the British team

Worlds 2018: Matt Brammeier on his new role managing the British team

Having retired from racing, Matt Brammeier has stepped straight into a role both as lead coach of British Cycling’s under-23 academy and managing the elite...

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Can Peter Sagan survive the climbs and win the Worlds again?

Can Peter Sagan survive the climbs and win the Worlds again?

At the heart of Innsbruck’s pitch to host the 2018 World Championships was an elite men’s road race with nearly 5,000m of climbing. With a...

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Edwige Pitel: France’s 51-year-old World Championships wonder

Edwige Pitel: France’s 51-year-old World Championships wonder

Age is just a number. Meet the multi-talented computer engineer from Grenoble who habitually beats rivals half her age

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