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Damiano Cunego: For the love of falling leaves

Damiano Cunego: For the love of falling leaves

“You have to be born for this race.” Three-time Il Lombardia champion, Damiano Cunego, on what he remembers of his victories and what it takes to...

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Lorena Wiebes: Winning for fun

Lorena Wiebes: Winning for fun

When it comes to pure power, none of Lorena Wiebes’ rivals can touch her. Here DSM’s speed queen and serial winner reveals what it feels...

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Running, hangovers, Grand Tours and 70 pairs of Oakleys: Getting to know Tom Pidcock

Running, hangovers, Grand Tours and 70 pairs of Oakleys: Getting to know Tom Pidcock

The word versatile doesn’t even come close. Pidcock excels across the board and in every discipline he turns his hand to. Rouleur readers put the...

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Ben O’Connor on crashes, broken bones and mastering the solo breakaway

Ben O’Connor on crashes, broken bones and mastering the solo breakaway

Ben O’Connor has paid his dues on the climb to becoming a GC contender, now the Australian is itching to take that extra step on...

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Giulio Ciccone: "I'm always looking to improve. I’m more than a perfectionist"

Giulio Ciccone: "I'm always looking to improve. I’m more than a perfectionist"

Giulio Ciccone took a spectacular win for Trek-Segafredo in stage 15 of the 2021 Giro d'Italia. For the attacking racer with Italian panache, it had been...

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The Giro d’Italia Trophy Maker: inside the factory

The Giro d’Italia Trophy Maker: inside the factory

From Issue 19.3, Andy McGrath and Paolo Ciaberta tracked down the maker of the Giro d’Italia’s instantly recognisable trophy, the Trofeo Senza Fine

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Not all superheroes wear lycra: Paris-Roubaix race day with Mavic neutral service

Not all superheroes wear lycra: Paris-Roubaix race day with Mavic neutral service

Paris-Roubaix is never mellow for the fellows in yellow. In 2018, Rouleur editor Andy McGrath pounded the pavé with Mavic, pro cycling’s quick fixers

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Sectors of my heart: my Paris-Roubaix obsession

Sectors of my heart: my Paris-Roubaix obsession

Rouleur's former editor explores his deep love of Paris-Roubaix and why the gritty cobbled race fascinates so many people

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Frank Vandenbroucke and the 2003 Tour of Flanders: God is Back

Frank Vandenbroucke and the 2003 Tour of Flanders: God is Back

In an extract from God Is Dead: The Rise and Fall of Frank Vandenbroucke, author Andy McGrath recounts the fateful 2003 Tour of Flanders

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A taste of happiness: how fatherhood and Team DSM changed Romain Bardet

A taste of happiness: how fatherhood and Team DSM changed Romain Bardet

We took Romain Bardet wine tasting, and he told us about the secrets of his contentment

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Heinrich Haussler: Confessions of a cycling partyboy

Heinrich Haussler: Confessions of a cycling partyboy

The Australian Classics star on how he nearly wasted his talent through alcohol addiction and late nights

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Cover stories: issue 108 - Tom Pidcock special edition

Cover stories: issue 108 - Tom Pidcock special edition

The music notes for Little Donkey sit in the keyboard of Tom Pidcock’s living room. They belong to his piano-teaching girlfriend, not the Ineos Grenadier...

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"No prize, just a stamp on a brevet card" Fiona Kolbinger on winning the TCR, and hidden talents

"No prize, just a stamp on a brevet card" Fiona Kolbinger on winning the TCR, and hidden talents

In the summer of 2019, Fiona Kolbinger became the first female winner of the Transcontinental Race, completing the 4000km event in just 10 days, 2 hours and 48...

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"I want to just be the best at everything” Chloe Dygert: Wrecking Ball

"I want to just be the best at everything” Chloe Dygert: Wrecking Ball

In 2020, Andy McGrath spoke to cycling's controversial super-talent, delving deeper in to the personality behind Dygert's focused exterior

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Eight pivotal moments in the career of Eddy Merckx

Eight pivotal moments in the career of Eddy Merckx

In this gallery we celebrate the eight moments that, alone, could define the career of Eddy Merckx

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Inside L39ION of Los Angeles: Cycling's most exciting team

Inside L39ION of Los Angeles: Cycling's most exciting team

This American team is here to change the game. Founders Justin and Cory Williams spoke to Rouleur about L39ION's journey so far

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Pianist, student, champion: the extraordinary world of Elisa Balsamo

Pianist, student, champion: the extraordinary world of Elisa Balsamo

Elisa Balsamo stunned the cycling world when she outsprinted Marianne Vos to become world champion, but there's far more this Renaissance woman than a fast sprint

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Is there any forgiving Gianni Moscon?

Is there any forgiving Gianni Moscon?

The strongest rider at Paris-Roubaix might well be cycling’s most unpopular. Why is the Italian disliked, and what might it take for a large part...

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What’s next for Tadej Pogacar?

What’s next for Tadej Pogacar?

Winning a second Tour at the age of 22,Pogačar is on an unprecedented trajectory to stardom. What does the rest of the season hold for...

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Introducing the Mountains issue

Introducing the Mountains issue

In our latest issue, we celebrate the majesty of mountains. Editor, Andy McGrath, tells us of the inspiration behind the issue and why nature's silent...

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Fairytale final chapter: why we're all rooting for Mark Cavendish at the Tour de France

Fairytale final chapter: why we're all rooting for Mark Cavendish at the Tour de France

Cavendish’s summer of love: exploring cycling’s greatest sprinter’s shift from maverick to the people's hero

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Tadej Pogačar: from Slovenian village unicyclist to Tour de France champion

Tadej Pogačar: from Slovenian village unicyclist to Tour de France champion

Tadej Pogačar's last-gasp Tour victory in 2020 was just the beginning for this special talent. In Issue 104, we chart his remarkable path with untold stories from...

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Question Time with Elisa Longo Borghini

Question Time with Elisa Longo Borghini

Italian National Champion Elisa Longo Borghini on changing the world, milking cows and finding happiness

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Introducing the Tour de France edition

Introducing the Tour de France edition

The Giro d'Italia may have ended, but that only means the Tour de France is on its way. It also means the launch of our...

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Qhubeka Assos: the unlikely Giro success story

Qhubeka Assos: the unlikely Giro success story

Less than a year ago Qhubeka Assos nearly folded, today they're knocking out Grand Tour stage victories. We have a look at one of this...

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Colnago and Pope John Paul II: the Man with the Golden Bike

Colnago and Pope John Paul II: the Man with the Golden Bike

It’s 1979, and Ernesto Colnago is at the peak of his frame-building powers. He’d made bicycles for the likes of Gianni Motta, actor Jean-Paul Belmondo...

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Introducing Speed, our latest issue

Introducing Speed, our latest issue

Speed catches our eye. Speed makes us smile. Speed makes us fall in love with a sport. And speed is a winning theme for a...

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Trofeo Alfredo Binda 2021: Video Debrief

Trofeo Alfredo Binda 2021: Video Debrief

Rouleur's full breakdown of an excellent day of racing

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Simon Gerrans on Milan-San Remo 2021: The Debrief

Simon Gerrans on Milan-San Remo 2021: The Debrief

Milan San-Remo 2012 winner Simon Gerrans joins Rouleur editor Andy McGrath and cycling journalist Amy Jones to discuss all the action from today's race

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Matt Goss's Milan-San Remo win - Romance on the Italian Riviera

Matt Goss's Milan-San Remo win - Romance on the Italian Riviera

On March 19 2011, Matt Goss sprinted to victory in Milan-San Remo. Much of his triumph that year owed to hiding in plain sight. Even before...

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