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Peter Sagan: A New Chapter with Team TotalEnergies Awaits

Peter Sagan: A New Chapter with Team TotalEnergies Awaits

Peter Sagan’s spell with Bora-Hansgrohe came to a subdued end at Paris-Roubaix 2021. We analyse Sagan’s stay with the German outfit before he heads to...

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Hands in the air: The best victory salutes

Hands in the air: The best victory salutes

We take a look back at some of the most memorable celebrations in cycling history

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Miguel Indurain

Rain

A heavy dread. It starts the moment you wake. It’s like an unpleasant taste lingering in your mouth, a bad dream, something unresolved that still...

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The grapple for green: 2020 Tour de France, stage 14

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...

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2019 photographs of the year: Paolo Ciaberta

2019 photographs of the year: Paolo Ciaberta

Ernesto Colnago’s plans, Peter Sagan’s disappointment and a memorable Strade Bianche

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The column: Sprinting is enjoying a golden age. Why aren’t we celebrating it?

The column: Sprinting is enjoying a golden age. Why aren’t we celebrating it?

Sprinting doesn’t seem to be fashionable these days. That’s a great shame, because the fast finish is currently as exciting as it’s been in years

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Tomorrow’s Worlds: Elite men’s road race

Tomorrow’s Worlds: Elite men’s road race

A long, wet day in the saddle in prospect. Who fancies it? Super Sagan to reclaim his crown, says the Mole

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The column: Bora-Hansgrohe should take Sam Bennett to the Tour de France

The column: Bora-Hansgrohe should take Sam Bennett to the Tour de France

With wins at every race he’s ridden this year, it’s time for Sam Bennett’s team to give him a chance to sprint on the biggest...

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Peter Sagan Q&A: “I’ve never had a hangover”

Peter Sagan Q&A: “I’ve never had a hangover”

“I’m living my dream, though it’s a bit bigger than I expected,” Peter Sagan says. Responding to our unorthodox questions over a beer, the superstar...

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Pick your favourite Rouleur photographer’s shot of the year from 2018

Pick your favourite Rouleur photographer’s shot of the year from 2018

Our fine body of photographers choose their best work from the 2018 season. Vote for your own personal top shot

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Desire: Sagan Collection S-Works 7

Desire: Sagan Collection S-Works 7

Stepping into Sagan’s shoes would be a daunting task, Specialized have made it easier with the launch of the Sagan S-Works collection shoe

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Reflections: The unfamous Peter Sagan

Reflections: The unfamous Peter Sagan

Probably the most popular current World Tour cyclist, Peter Sagan is often portrayed in the media as something of a character, a bit of an...

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Rouleur cover stories: issue 18.7 by Wilfrid Wood

Rouleur cover stories: issue 18.7 by Wilfrid Wood

Former Spitting Image puppet maker Wilfrid Wood sculpted our very special member cover for the latest issue – Peter Sagan

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What is the best way to prepare for the Worlds?

What is the best way to prepare for the Worlds?

From the Lakeland Fells to the flats of Flanders, the Vuelta to Montreal: where is the best racing to warm up for the Worlds? Ahead...

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Can Peter Sagan survive the climbs and win the Worlds again?

Can Peter Sagan survive the climbs and win the Worlds again?

At the heart of Innsbruck’s pitch to host the 2018 World Championships was an elite men’s road race with nearly 5,000m of climbing. With a...

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Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 21

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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Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 12

Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 12

A sprinters’ day for sure. Or is it? Lumpy, bumpy and tricky towards the end, says Moley, but should still come together

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Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 7

Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 7

A mixed bag of picks from us: Trentin, Sagan, Benoot, Moreno, Prades. Moley says we are mad – it’s Valverde on his home roads of...

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Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 6

Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 6

Nacer Bouhanni to beat allcomers? Also featuring Van Poppel, Viviani, Nozzolo and Walsheid, but no Sagan. Cycling Mole thinks we need our bumps read…

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Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 5

Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 5

It’s hotting up down in Spain. A lumpy 188km tomorrow, but can the sprinters’ teams hold it together? Our panel is split down the middle

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Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 3

Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 3

Sprint or break? Break or sprint? Could go either way with this stage, but Cycling Mole goes for a sprinter

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Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 2

Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 2

Valverde, Martin, Sagan, Roche or Fraile are the Rouleur panel’s picks. But Cycling Mole says no – it’s Kwiatkowski for the win

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Flourish or flounder: Egan Bernal and other cycling prodigies

Flourish or flounder: Egan Bernal and other cycling prodigies

Despite a nasty crash recently, the future looks extremely bright for Sky’s super Tour domestique Egan Bernal. But beware, history has shown us that young...

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Top Banana: Tour de France stage 15 – Peter Sagan

Top Banana: Tour de France stage 15 – Peter Sagan

Another mountain stage breakaway, more points and a helping hand to Majka from the Tour’s remarkable green machine

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Sam Bennett on overcoming imposter syndrome

Sam Bennett on overcoming imposter syndrome

You wait your whole career for a Grand Tour win, then three come along at once. Sam Bennett has finally arrived (even if he hasn’t...

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Paris Roubaix tips from a winner – Stuart O’Grady

Paris Roubaix tips from a winner – Stuart O’Grady

Who will win the 2018 Paris-Roubaix? The 2007 champion Stuart O’Grady runs his eye over the contenders for Hell of the North

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Tour de Pologne in pictures

Tour de Pologne in pictures

Sagan shines, the sun shines, and men in Speedos who really should know better: Poland through Laura’s lens

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Tour de France: Matt Seaton on hopes, dreams and breakaways

Tour de France: Matt Seaton on hopes, dreams and breakaways

The breakaway: natural home of cycling’s dreamers and romantics. Matt Seaton considers what it takes to succeed in the sport’s most kamikaze of spectacles.

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The Peter Saga: A Rough Guide to the Stage 4 ‘Incident’

The Peter Saga: A Rough Guide to the Stage 4 ‘Incident’

Peter Sagan: expelled from the Tour. Mark Cavendish: out with a broken shoulder. Arnaud Démare: in the green jersey. We try to make sense of...

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Gallery: Tour de France stage 3 – Super Sagan takes Longwy

Gallery: Tour de France stage 3 – Super Sagan takes Longwy

Complete control from Peter Sagan, Dan Martin close, Michael Matthews closer

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