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Tales of the Giro d’Italia: Gangsters, great Danes, seven-hour slogs and gods of the road
Tall tales of epic mountain stages and the hard men of Italian cycling from the annals of the Giro d'Italia
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
Richard Carapaz: Strong Like the Wind
From Rouleur issue 20.3, first published in 2020, Matt Rendell travelled to Ecuador to meet the 2019 Giro d'Italia winner, Richard Carapaz
Ernesto Colnago: This Cycling Life
From Rouleur issue 19.7, first published in November 2019, Marco Pastonesi sits down with the inimitable Ernesto Colnago
Giro d'Italia 2022 Preview: Route, favourites and predictions
Route details and contenders for the 2022 Giro d'Italia, the first Grand Tour of the season, which begins in Hungary on May 6th
Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig’s guide to getting through Covid-19
The Danish rider tested positive for coronavirus a few days after the Tour of Flanders and was forced to miss the Ardennes Classics that followed....
Liège-Bastogne-Liège 2022 Debrief: Monumental Remco Evenepoel
The 22-year-old Belgian became the youngest winner of Liège-Bastogne-Liège in over 50 years after attacking on the Côte de la Redoute and riding solo to...
Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes 2022 Debrief: Hard enough for Annemiek van Vleuten
The hardest one-day race on the calendar delivers a race hard enough for the peloton's hardest individual: Annemiek van Vleuten
Liège–Bastogne–Liège Femmes 2022 - Route, predictions and contenders
Will Demi Vollering be able to take another win in Liège–Bastogne–Liège?
Liège–Bastogne–Liège 2022 - Route, predictions and contenders
Could Tadej Pogačar deny Julian Alaphilippe victory for the second year in a row? Or will we see a surprise winner?
Comment: Tub-thumping for Thibaut Pinot at the Tour of the Alps
He couldn't come back and win, could he? Oh yes he could. Thibaut Pinot has won a bike race at the Tour of the Alps,...
Tour de Romandie 2022 - Route, predictions and contenders
Who will take victory in the 2022 Tour de Romandie, the week-long stage race in Switzerland featuring Giro d'Italia and Tour de France contenders?
About Liège, the Belgian city only a mother could love
“Liège is authentic. Which means beautiful. Are you with me? You are not with me. Nevermind.” Morten Okbo‘s paen to the Wallonian heartland
La Redoute: the centrepiece climb of Liège-Bastogne-Liège
As an armchair fan, by the time the leaders have grovelled up the final ascent to the finish line in the Liège suburb of Ans,...
La Flèche Wallonne Debrief: Dylan Teuns faster than a speeding bullet
Forty-two-year-old Alejandro 'Bala' Valverde comes up short in his final Flèche Wallonne, with Alexandr Vlasov in third ahead of Julian Alaphilippe and Tadej Pogačar
La Flèche Wallonne Femmes Debrief: Marta Cavalli’s clever mastery of the Mur de Huy
Calm and composed, the FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope rider dissected the race’s key climb in a clinical fashion
La Flèche Wallonne 2022 Men's Preview – Route, predictions and contenders
Can Julian Alaphilippe defend his title as 'King of the Huy' in La Flèche Wallonne 2022?
La Flèche Wallonne Femmes 2022 - Route, Predictions and Contenders
With seven-time champion Anna van der Breggen now retired, La Flèche Wallonne is finally open to a new winner. Who will it be?
“I could see pretty far inside my leg”: the pain and pride of Lewis Askey at Paris-Roubaix
The image of the British rider's injured knee was a shocking reminder of the brutality of professional cycling. The Roubaix debutant tells Rouleur how he made it...
Paris-Roubaix 2022 in Images
Photos tell the story of the fastest ever edition of Paris-Roubaix, won by Dylan van Baarle ahead of Wout van Aert and Stefan Küng
Faces of a Paris-Roubaix finish
Dust-stained and exhausted; the extraordinary toil of making it through Hell to the Roubaix Velodrome is written on the faces of the finishers of Paris-Roubaix
Paris-Roubaix 2022 Debrief: Speed, chaos, dust, beauty
How Dylan van Baarle (Ineos Grenadiers) won an action-packed 2022 edition of Paris-Roubaix, the fastest in history, with Wout van Aert in second and Stefan...
Opinion: Paris-Roubaix has changed, and Ineos Grenadiers were ready for it
The British team split the race with over 200km remaining in a rejection of the event's usual formula
Paris-Roubaix Femmes 2022 in Images
A selection of the best photos from a dramatic day of racing
“Crashing left, right and centre, it was madness” Tales of the Paris-Roubaix Femmes debutants
The cobbles of Roubaix are rough for everyone, but are even harder when you’re still a neo-pro
Paris-Roubaix Femmes Debrief: the tough head and brave heart of Elisa Longo Borghini
The Italian Champion took an impressive win in Paris-Roubaix Femmes through attacking and instinctive racing
Ineos Grenadiers DS Roger Hammond: Paris-Roubaix is getting more tame
“I remember getting half way along Arenberg and there was literally a four-metre section of road just missing. It wasn’t bad cobbles; it was just...
Filippo Ganna: a Paris-Roubaix winner?
He's been training on the velodrome in the weeks leading up to the race, and is yet to do a cobbled Classic this year, but...
Lewis Askey: The Paris-Roubaix debutant unafraid of the fight
Junior Paris-Roubaix winner on Groupama-FDJ speaks to Rouleur on the eve of his first senior appearance at the Hell of the North
“I'm not a nice person in the bunch” – Lucinda Brand on the battle for Paris-Roubaix Femmes
The Trek-Segafredo missed the inaugural edition of the race in 2021, but she doesn’t expect this to hinder her chances this Saturday

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