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Flashback: Froome was overweight, in pain and thinking of quitting  

Flashback: Froome was overweight, in pain and thinking of quitting  

There were mutterings of dissent and an audience unsympathetic to his plight. From inside the Sky camp at the Giro in 2018, Kenny Pryde reports...

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How I learned to love the Dauphiné

How I learned to love the Dauphiné

I was fast. Seriously fast. I had a yellow Peugeot jersey, black woolly shorts and perforated leather shoes.  Admittedly,... The post Paper Trail: Or How...

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The Column: How Chris Froome can win the Tour de France… 2021

The Column: How Chris Froome can win the Tour de France… 2021

Don't write him off just yet. Why Chris Froome's chances of winning another Tour de France are higher than most people seem to believe

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Chris Froome and the Seventh Circle

Chris Froome and the Seventh Circle

“Can we talk about the crash?” He doesn’t hesitate. “Sure.” He shows me some of his scars.

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Cover stories: Issue 20.3 by Grace Russell

Cover stories: Issue 20.3 by Grace Russell

A message of hope: Grace’s illustrated cover for our globe-trotting interview extravaganza. Rouleur 20.3 is coming soon

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Rouleur’s riders of the decade: part 3

Rouleur’s riders of the decade: part 3

As the 2010s draw to a close, Rouleur’s editorial staff have each selected nine riders each as their stars of the sport. Part III features...

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A short sit-down with Paul Fournel

A short sit-down with Paul Fournel

“I ride to rest and to tire myself out. I ride to do myself good and to do myself harm.” An interview with master of...

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The column: Enough of summit finish snooze-fests

The column: Enough of summit finish snooze-fests

A summit finish in a Grand Tour ought to mean attacks galore and guarantee GC gaps. Instead they’re pedestrian, predictable and change little, as riders...

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The column: Ten more years of Team Sky?

The column: Ten more years of Team Sky?

Does the success of Team Sky’s youngsters at The Tour of the Alps herald another decade of Grand Tour dominance?

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Cillian Kelly: You don’t watch anything with kids

Cillian Kelly: You don’t watch anything with kids

How has Chris Froome managed to win two Tours de France since having kids? Cycling stats supremo Cillian Kelly can barely snatch twenty minutes of...

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Rouleur podcast: Grand Tour preview, Radio Tour and more

Rouleur podcast: Grand Tour preview, Radio Tour and more

Looking ahead to the Giro, Tour and Vuelta – what can we expect from the Big Three? Will Sky go out on a high?

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Geraint Thomas: did Froome want to attack me? (book extract)

Geraint Thomas: did Froome want to attack me? (book extract)

In this extract from his new book, The Tour According to G, 2018 Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas recalls the ‘weird team meeting’ and how his relationship...

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Tour de France 2018 – the Rouleur review

Tour de France 2018 – the Rouleur review

Who was the best team of this year’s Tour de France? What about the most unlucky? What was the biggest surprise? Rouleur contributors look back...

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Tour de France stage 17: good, bad and ugly

Tour de France stage 17: good, bad and ugly

Fast and furious racing, beautiful scenery, Sagan crashing, and Froome and Thomas involved in dramatic incidents. We were on the Col de Portet taking it...

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Inside Line: Nico Portal – the DS behind Chris Froome’s success

Inside Line: Nico Portal – the DS behind Chris Froome’s success

Nicolas Portal’s pre-race recces are as thorough as they come and his relationship with Chris Froome is fundamental to the team’s success. Meet the young...

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Can Adam Yates learn from his brother’s mistakes to beat Froome at the Tour?

Can Adam Yates learn from his brother’s mistakes to beat Froome at the Tour?

Simon Yates led the Giro d’Italia into its final week but came undone after a heavy assault by Chris Froome. What lessons can his brother...

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Giro d’Italia protagonists: who’s in shape to claim pink

Giro d’Italia protagonists: who’s in shape to claim pink

Days away from the first ever depart of a Grand Tour to be held outside of Europe we look at who’s in shape for the...

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Doing the double: Miguel Indurain on Froome’s Giro-Tour ambitions

Doing the double: Miguel Indurain on Froome’s Giro-Tour ambitions

Miguel Indurain is one of the few riders to have won the Giro d’Italia and Tour de France in the same year. What advice does he have...

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Richie Porte: On Froome and snakes in the grass

Richie Porte: On Froome and snakes in the grass

At home with BMC’s crocked captain, talking Froome, venomous snakes and the Dauphiné betrayal that affected their friendship

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Comment: Processional final Grand Tour stages rock – leave well alone

Comment: Processional final Grand Tour stages rock – leave well alone

Photo ops, champagne, tootling into town, then a big sprint at the end. It’s a winning formula that needs no alteration

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In pictures: week three at the Vuelta a España

In pictures: week three at the Vuelta a España

With the 2017 Vuelta a España done and dusted, we take a look back at the movers and shakers of the final week

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In pictures: week two at the Vuelta a España

In pictures: week two at the Vuelta a España

As Chris Froome retained his grip on the overall, we look back at a second week in the Vuelta where some less familiar names also came to the...

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Tour de France Week 1 – vital statistics, knowns and unknowns

Tour de France Week 1 – vital statistics, knowns and unknowns

Digging deeper to uncover the digits that other publications just can’t find: it’s the Tour de France Week 1 Alternative Facts

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Gallery: Tour de France stage 5 – Aru conquers the mountain

Gallery: Tour de France stage 5 – Aru conquers the mountain

Aru takes the stage, Quintana loses time, Thomas loses yellow, Froome takes the biscuit

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Tour de France 2017 preview: Fourth Title for Froome?

Tour de France 2017 preview: Fourth Title for Froome?

From Düsseldorf to Paris and all stops between, your guide to a thoroughly enjoyable 104th Tour

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Comment: for Froome the bell tolls?

Comment: for Froome the bell tolls?

With Cavendish ailing, Contador ageing and Froome in uncertain form, this year’s Tour de France could mark the end of a generation

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