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Opinion: Tao, Zlatan and how to cut through pro cycling's white noise
This week, the Swedish footballer Zlatan Ibrahimovic hit the headlines over comments relating to the social activism and injustice-raising of basketball great Lebron James. “I...
Etoile de Besseges, the tough season-opener bucking the trend
Five-day race Etoile de Bessèges should begin on Wednesday. We look back on Hampsten, Kirsipuu and Halgand trading tales from France’s back-to-school race “keeping cycling in...
Top 10: Terrible Cycling Kits
The sport of cycling has seen some sartorial shockers over the years. From Phonak to Footon, we’ve narrowed it down to the 10 worst kits
Cover stories: issue 100
The tale behind the eye-catching Fausto Coppi shot that adorns our landmark issue
The Column: A crying shame – pro cycling’s toxic masculinity problem
In a sport where riders put everything on the line, it really is OK to cry
Mapei: Modern cycling's greatest team
A building industry behemoth that sells industrial adhesives, grouts and sealants. How unromantic, how un-Italian. And yet, its team forged in chaos became the greatest...
Rouleur's top ten features: No. 9 - Teniel Campbell: Trailblazer
Teniel Campbell hails from Trinidad, not exactly a hotbed of world class cycling stars. But this determined talent is on the edge of breaking big...
Rouleur's top ten features: No. 10 - Greg LeMond: On the line
Cycling was only half of the battle for the sport’s comeback king, Greg LeMond. America’s only Tour de France champion on Lance, lawsuits, trauma, triumphs...
Hugh Potential: The story of Hugh Carthy
In 2016 Rouleur met Hugh Carthy at a winter training camp, and tracked his progress from Preston to Pamplona
Young Tao Geoghegan-Hart: the making of a Giro d'Italia champion
On tour with a teenage Tao and the young British hopefuls dreaming of the top
Cover Story: Rouleur 20.7 by Russ Ellis
Our evening at a heavenly Hell of the North collection in the middle of nowhere
Teniel Campbell: Trinidad's Trailblazer
Teniel Campbell hails from Trinidad, not the easiest place to become a pro cyclist. But this determined talent is on the edge of breaking big and...
Rouleur predicts... Giro Rosa stage 4
It's a marathon 170km day, and Hannah's on a tipping hot streak. She thinks it's one for Marianne Vos again, but a rival could come...
Rouleur predicts... Giro Rosa stage 3
Another hilly stage offers an opportunity to ambush Van Vleuten, but will it be a day for the break instead? Here's our best guesses
The grapple for green: 2020 Tour de France, stage 14
As the Tour de France approaches its final week, the races within this beautiful race increasingly come out to play. Why Peter Sagan versus Sam...
Canny Dani's irresistible rise: 2020 Tour de France, stage 13
“Wait. Don’t take it up too early, that would be the big mistake.” Commentator Sean Kelly was talking ahead of the last minute of racing...
Rouleur predicts... Giro Rosa stage 1
The 31st edition of the biggest stage race in women’s cycling kicks off this week, the Giro d’Italia Internazionale Femminile 2020.
Cover Stories: Rouleur 20.6 by Eleni Debo
One perk of being a Rouleur member is getting a magazine through your door with a classy, timeless and collectable cover. Belgian illustrator Eleni Debo...
Mapei: Modern Cycling's Greatest Team, part three
A building industry behemoth that sells industrial adhesives, grouts and sealants. How unromantic, how un-Italian. And yet, its team forged in chaos became the greatest...
Mapei: Modern Cycling's Greatest Team, part two
A building industry behemoth that sells industrial adhesives, grouts and sealants. How unromantic, how un-Italian. And yet, its team forged in chaos became the greatest...
The Tour on telly (part 3): The man in the director’s chair
Surrounded by screens, flashing buttons and high-tech controllers it’s a complex mission to broadcast the Tour de France. ITV’s director-producer Steve Docherty has seen a...
Just keep going: inside the fight for Tour de France survival
Behind the battle for Tour de France victory, there’s a bunch of exhausted riders simply trying to survive. Geraint Thomas, Malcolm Elliott and Alex Stieda...
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