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The breakthrough cyclists of 2020: Rouleur's review of the season
In a truly unique year for pro cycling, we take a look at the breakthrough riders who have proved the strength of the new generation
La Vuelta 2020 in words and pictures
The final WorldTour race of the year dressed for the occasion in resplendent autumnal tones, as Roglič rightfully returned to Madrid in red
The Column: Of Primož Roglič, La Vuelta and "worthy winners"
The final WorldTour race of the season finishes with “a worthy winner”. Though Roglic gave up 21 second to Richard Carapaz on the Alto de...
Bernardo Ruiz: The Vuelta's Accidental Pioneer
He escaped Franco’s purges and endured abject poverty in Spain to win a ramshackle Vuelta. 95-year-old Bernardo Ruiz is the oldest living Grand Tour winner,...
Why the Vuelta a España is the best Grand Tour
The Vuelta a España is treated as a poor cousin to the the other Grand Tours, shoved around the calendar and offered as a consolation...
The column: On Movistar and “unwritten rules”
“Unwritten rules”? They’re just good manners. In which we argue – for a change – that things are fine, just as they are
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 21
That was the Vuelta that was. A draw is not going to be enough for Cycling Mole to win this. For stage 21 he throws...
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 20
Playing “break or bunch” for the last time at this year’s Vuelta. Can Alejandro Valverde say goodbye to the rainbow stripes in style?
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 19
It’s nearly over. Flat stage, with a bit of cobble action at the end. A day for the sprinters then, yes? But this is the...
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 18
Cycling Mole knew which way the wind was blowing on Stage 17, calling Phil Gil’s second victory of La Vuelta 2019. Can he double up...
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 17
At any other race a profile like this would mean a nailed on bunch sprint, but this is La Vuelta. For stage 17 our panel...
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 16
No score on Stage 15, leaving our panelists desperately scrabbling around for moral victories. Can the last stage ahead of a well-earned rest day deliver...
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 15
Breakaway or battle of the favourites? Our jury is divided for Stage 15, with not a duplicated selection among them. Though the Cycling Mole thinks...
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 14
In which Cycling Mole tries for a “moral victory” despite Ian’s pick actually winning stage 13… Stage 14 is a hen’s tooth, or Vuelta sprint...
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 13
Los Machucos beckons, a brute of a ramp to end stage 13. Valverde territory, Pogačar’s turf, or Lopez to leapfrog Alejandro?
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 12
Fraile? Izagirre? Jon Aberasturi? If we didn’t know better, we might think our panel was trying to provoke Cycling Mole. They’ve gone for breakaway but...
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 11
Stage 11 could end in a sprint… but it won’t says our panel. Cycling Mole doesn’t think much of some of our picks but one...
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 10
Stage 10 is individual time trial day, so all of our panel are going for Primoz Roglič, right? Apparently not. Do they know something the...
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 9
Between them our panelists seem determined that Ineos are going to get something out of this Vuelta. Cycling Mole think Stage 9 is one for...
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 8
Half of our panel think Stage 8’s single categorised climb isn’t steep enough to stop a sprint. Cycling Mole disagrees. Who’s going to be proved...
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 7
Can the breakaway take three stages on the trot? Or will stage 7 finally be one for the GC men? Some of our panel are...
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 6
A few of our panel hovered over Herrada, but no-one came close to Madrazo in Stage 5. Stage 6 looks the Costa del Ardennes, but...
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 5
No question that La Vuelta’s stage 5 will be one for the climbers, but which climbers? Cycling Mole gets the red pen out to mark...
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 4
Finally, some splits in the bunch. Sam Bennett didn’t let the pressure of being firm favourite phase him on Stage 3. Can he can deliver...
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 3
No-one had Nairo, so still no score in our game. Casquettes will be consumed if Bora Hansgrohe’s Sam Bennett doesn’t deliver a result on Stage...
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 2
A calamitous start for Jumbo-Visma in the TTT meant none of our panel, nor Cycling Mole, got a score on the board yesterday. Will they...
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 1
The 2019 Vuelta a España begins, as is tradition, with a team time trial. There’s one obvious favourite but who on our panel will play...
Top Mañana 2019
The daily Vuelta prediction game, that made its debut last year and definitely wasn’t reverse engineered from a laboured pun, is back for 2019
Fantasy cycling: Team of the Vuelta 2018
If there were no holds barred on putting together a cycling team of riders from this year’s Vuelta, this would be your super team
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 21
And so it ends. One last Vuelta hurrah in Madrid for the sprinters. How did the Rouleur tipsters do? Nae bad, says Moley, but don’t give...
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