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Drinking on Tour: From the Can Hunt to the Sticky Bottle

Drinking on Tour: From the Can Hunt to the Sticky Bottle

Richard Abraham explores the Tour de France's history with the bottle

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Comment: Tadej Pogačar speaks for cycling, he needs to be asked the questions

Comment: Tadej Pogačar speaks for cycling, he needs to be asked the questions

After a rest day press conference with just three questions apiece from three journalists, it feels like the 2021 Tour is currently lacking Pogacar's voice. In its...

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The greatest jerseys of the Tour de France

The greatest jerseys of the Tour de France

Special jerseys for the Tour de France often turn heads, we take a look back at some of the best in the race's 108 year...

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Egan Bernal is back

Egan Bernal is back

The rise, and fall, and meteoric rise of a once in a generation Grand Tour champion

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Extreme weather and rose-tinted nostalgia

Extreme weather and rose-tinted nostalgia

The decision to shorten stage 16 of the Giro d'Italia due to extreme weather signifies a big shift in professional cycling's attitudes to rider well-being

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The Coffee Roaster of Girona: Christian Meier

The Coffee Roaster of Girona: Christian Meier

Rouleur goes inside Christian Meier's roastery 'Espresso Mafia', exploring his passion for coffee in its purest form

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When the Giro d’Italia goes gravel: Remembering 2010's strade bianche stage

When the Giro d’Italia goes gravel: Remembering 2010's strade bianche stage

The Giro has gone gravel before, and it was an incredible day of racing

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Risk

Risk

Cycling is a dangerous sport. Is it possible to juggle the risks and rewards?

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“I’m not looking to change who I am. You have to accept who I am” In search of the real Nacer Bouhanni

“I’m not looking to change who I am. You have to accept who I am” In search of the real Nacer Bouhanni

French sprinter Nacer Bouhanni has had a career with its fair share of controversy. Is he cycling's bad boy or just misunderstood? We look back...

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Why is this the best men’s Spring Classics seasons in years?

Why is this the best men’s Spring Classics seasons in years?

I popped into my local bike shop yesterday and the store manager could hardly hide his childlike delight. “This has been one of the best...

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Laurens ten Dam on being a Flandrien

Laurens ten Dam on being a Flandrien

As the Tour de Flanders approaches, we spoke to the Dutch former pro about the race, nostalgia for the 90’s, Tripels, and his new projects...

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Kasia Niewiadoma: Pole position

Kasia Niewiadoma: Pole position

Feisty, fun and very fast, Katarzyna Niewiadoma takes her inspiration from Vincenzo Nibali at Sanremo: "He showed that if you attack, you just have to...

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