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Fantasy cycling: Team of the Vuelta 2018
If there were no holds barred on putting together a cycling team of riders from this year’s Vuelta, this would be your super team
Larry & Conor’s NoGo Tour: Life’s adventure on two wheels
“To the fellow bike riders, fans, and friends who followed along, inspired, messaged, and supported us the whole way, I think I speak for Conor...
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 21
And so it ends. One last Vuelta hurrah in Madrid for the sprinters. How did the Rouleur tipsters do? Nae bad, says Moley, but don’t give...
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 20
A mere 97km to go in the GC battle. What could possibly go wrong? Quite a lot… Yates, Valverde, Quintana, or a left field choice?
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 19
Into Andorra we go. Majka looks a contender, but Moley goes with Valverde. The taming of the shrewd?
Interview: why David Millar wants to empower the peloton
David Millar tells Rouleur about his latest venture: a bid for presidency of the CPA. What needs changing? Why is he the man for the...
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 18
Look at that profile. It’s as flat as they come on the Vuelta. A day for the sprinters say our panel. But could a chancer...
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 17
A mixed bag of picks from our panel as usual. Mollema looks a good punt for stage 17, but does Moley agree?
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 16
A 32km time-trial tomorrow. If it’s not Rohan Dennis, then something is seriously wrong. Who else can we expect to see in the hot seat?
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 15
David Hunter, AKA Cycling Mole, is a top tipster who spends far more time studying the odds than we do. In a daily battle of...
Larry & Conor’s NoGo Tour day 6: Fine dining in Italy
On the menu for the boys today: Lautaret, Izoard, Agnel. Plus wild boar, rabbit, gnocchi, gelato… Sampling Italy’s fine cuisine via three cols
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 14
“I’m simply amazed that no one has selected Quintana, López or Simon Yates” Cycling Mole puts our pundits in their place
GP Quebec and Montreal: Serge Arsenault, the man with a plan
“I don’t point my finger. The lack of money is responsible. But we don’t all have to be pulling on the same rope. As long...
Larry & Conor’s NoGo Tour day 5: Torn
Climb every mountain, sing every Natalie Imbruglia song along the way… Larry takes the psychological approach to helping his big buddy up the climbs
Larry & Conor’s NoGo Tour day 5: Alpe d’Huez and Uncle Roger
Conor Dunne reaches Alpe d’Huez with Larry Warbasse on their NoGo Tour and reflects on his teenage inspiration – Uncle Roger
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 13
We are in accord with Moley tomorrow – unusually. Mollema, Kelderman, Kudus, Quintana or even J.Lo?
Larry & Conor’s NoGo Tour day 4: Gone Swimming
Our intrepid heroes reach Lake Annecy – and jump right in. The further adventures of Warbasse and Dunne
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 12
A sprinters’ day for sure. Or is it? Lumpy, bumpy and tricky towards the end, says Moley, but should still come together
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 11
Breakaway chancers and a clutch of GC men: Rouleur’s team are split on how stage 11 of the Vuelta a España will pan out. But...
Vincenzo Nibali: Shark life
Arguably the finest, most complete racer of the current generation and one that we’re looking forward to seeing back racing at La Vuelta. Here’s the...
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 10
Stage 10 should finish in a bunch sprint, and that’s what most on our panel are banking on. Could a fiendish climb in the final third...
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 9
Big day in the mountains on Sunday. Could be one for Yates? Otherwise, we’ve gone with Pinot, Porte, Rolland, Quintana. Holy Moley! Mollema?
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 8
Each stage, the Rouleur panel of ‘experts’ will give their picks for the following day’s race. Top tipster Cycling Mole, meanwhile, will dismantle our choices...
Back to Basics: The NoGo Tour with Larry and Conor
Irish champion Conor Dunne and former US champion Larry Warbasse are out of work. What to do? Ride their bikes, of course
Learning the ropes: a pick of the 2018 season’s stagiaires
It’s that time of year where riders jump-ship, are poached and the interns are brought in. Each day the headlines narrate shock moves, the stayers...
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 7
A mixed bag of picks from us: Trentin, Sagan, Benoot, Moreno, Prades. Moley says we are mad – it’s Valverde on his home roads of...
On the right track: Elia Viviani and his move from Sky to Quick Step
Quick-Step’s Elia Viviani is enjoying his best-ever road season and the Rio Olympic Omnium champion sees evidence of an Italian track ‘risorgimento’ too. What’s going...
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 6
Nacer Bouhanni to beat allcomers? Also featuring Van Poppel, Viviani, Nozzolo and Walsheid, but no Sagan. Cycling Mole thinks we need our bumps read…
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 5
It’s hotting up down in Spain. A lumpy 188km tomorrow, but can the sprinters’ teams hold it together? Our panel is split down the middle
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 4
One for Dan Martin, perhaps? Or Benoot? Maybe Lopez? None of the aforementioned, says Moley – he says Dylan is electric
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