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'We are talking about minutes' – As Alpe d’Huez looms, the GC is still all to play for at the Tour de France Femmes

'We are talking about minutes' – As Alpe d’Huez looms, the GC is still all to play for at the Tour de France Femmes

The final day of the Tour de France Femmes will decide the eventual yellow jersey winner – let the games begin

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'We were the only team riding in front' - Another frustrating day in a lacklustre Tour de France Femmes for FDJ-Suez

'We were the only team riding in front' - Another frustrating day in a lacklustre Tour de France Femmes for FDJ-Suez

The French squad lament the tactics of other teams after missing out on another chance for a stage win

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'My race instinct kicked in' - Kasia Niewiadoma’s bittersweet yellow jersey

'My race instinct kicked in' - Kasia Niewiadoma’s bittersweet yellow jersey

The Canyon//SRAM rider moved into the race lead after yellow jersey wearer Demi Vollering suffered a crash within the final ten kilometres of stage five

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Puck Pieterse represents a new era of multidisciplinary super-talents in the women’s peloton

Puck Pieterse represents a new era of multidisciplinary super-talents in the women’s peloton

The Dutch rider stated that her Tour de France Femmes stage win is a sign of the high level in women's mountain biking, something that...

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'Now it’s mine': Elisa Longo Borghini wins war of wills to take the Giro d'Italia

'Now it’s mine': Elisa Longo Borghini wins war of wills to take the Giro d'Italia

The Italian held off world champion Lotte Kopecky to take her first Grand Tour victory

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'I’m going to defend this jersey until 30 metres after the finish line' - Elisa Longo Borghini is determined to keep hold of the maglia rosa

'I’m going to defend this jersey until 30 metres after the finish line' - Elisa Longo Borghini is determined to keep hold of the maglia rosa

A career-best climbing performance from Lotte Kopecky puts her just one second behind Elisa Longo Borghini in the fight for the GC win

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Tota Magalhães on animating the Giro d’Italia Women: 'I'm much more of a person that attacks than defends'

Tota Magalhães on animating the Giro d’Italia Women: 'I'm much more of a person that attacks than defends'

The 23-year-old Brazilian has spent 172 km in the break throughout the race, and she is still looking for more 

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Anyone's race: Giro d'Italia Women GC is on a knife-edge ahead of crucial mountain tests

Anyone's race: Giro d'Italia Women GC is on a knife-edge ahead of crucial mountain tests

Just a handful of seconds separate the top five on GC going into the final three mountain stages

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Giro d'Italia Women 2024: Leadership at last for Niamh Fisher-Black?

Giro d'Italia Women 2024: Leadership at last for Niamh Fisher-Black?

Even without the presence of Demi Vollering, SD Worx-Protime look capable of dominating the Italian race

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Giro d’Italia Women 2024 preview: Route, predictions and contenders

Giro d’Italia Women 2024 preview: Route, predictions and contenders

With RCS taking over the race, will the Giro step up in 2024? 

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Double the talent: meet the multidisciplinary Holmgren twins destined for the top

Double the talent: meet the multidisciplinary Holmgren twins destined for the top

Having signed with Lidl-Trek, the Canadian duo discuss the ups and downs of their junior careers, as well as what they're expecting from their first season...

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'A development tool and a revealer of talents' - Why the inaugural Tour de l’Avenir Femmes is crucial

'A development tool and a revealer of talents' - Why the inaugural Tour de l’Avenir Femmes is crucial

This year marks the inguarual women’s Tour de l’Avenir, 59 years after the men's race 

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Women's Tour of Scandinavia 2023 - route, contenders and predictions

Women's Tour of Scandinavia 2023 - route, contenders and predictions

The next stage race in the Women’s WorldTour skirts through Denmark and Norway

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'I had kind of come from nowhere' - Claire Steels is just getting started at 36 years old

'I had kind of come from nowhere' - Claire Steels is just getting started at 36 years old

The British rider on her debut WorldTour season, keeping perspective and the Tour de France Femmes

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Giro d'Italia Donne 2023 preview - route, contenders and predictions

Giro d'Italia Donne 2023 preview - route, contenders and predictions

The 34th edition of the Giro d'Italia Donne starts this Friday in Chianciano. Can Annemiek van Vleuten defend her title, or will someone else take the...

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'You don't have to make a choice' - Jojo Harper on life as a working mother

'You don't have to make a choice' - Jojo Harper on life as a working mother

New mum Jojo Harper was determined to shoot all eight stages of the 2022 Tour de France Femmes. And so the Trek-Segafredo photographer took her eight-month-old daughter Winter along with...

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Zwift’s Movistar Challenge: The real-life impact of virtual success

Zwift’s Movistar Challenge: The real-life impact of virtual success

Imogen Cotter and Pim van Diemen secured contracts on the Movistar e-team this year. They spoke to Rouleur about how this transformed their careers

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Drops-Le Col s/b Tempur's Tom Varney: "we want to be the best team in the world"

Drops-Le Col s/b Tempur's Tom Varney: "we want to be the best team in the world"

The team manager on rider wellness, a successful season, and WorldTour ambitions

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For the collective good: how Laka are shaking up bike insurance

For the collective good: how Laka are shaking up bike insurance

When it happens to you, bike theft can be the most painful part of bike ownership. And insuring your pride and joy could be seen...

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Emma Norsgaard: "If you have a happy head, you have fast legs"

Emma Norsgaard: "If you have a happy head, you have fast legs"

The Danish dynamo on a successful 2021, her off-season nuptials, and finding a home in Movistar.

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Women's British National Championships: Debrief

Women's British National Championships: Debrief

It had been more than two years since the British national title was contested. The jersey finally changed hands after an exciting weekend of racing —...

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Joss Lowden has the Hour, but how long for?

Joss Lowden has the Hour, but how long for?

Joss Lowden may have broken the Hour Record, but she wants more women to try and take it

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"Can I actually do what I know I've done before?" Joss Lowden on her Hour attempt

"Can I actually do what I know I've done before?" Joss Lowden on her Hour attempt

The 33-year-old has had a breakthrough 2021 including taking eighth place in the time trial at the world championships last week. The British rider spoke to...

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Women's 2021 World Championship time trial: Debrief

Women's 2021 World Championship time trial: Debrief

What did we learn from the fastest race in World Championships history?

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World championships 2021: Women's individual time trial preview

World championships 2021: Women's individual time trial preview

This year's world championships take place in Flanders along a 30.3km flat, and potentially windy, course— who will come out on top?

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Anna Henderson: from her first pro win to Paris Roubaix

Anna Henderson: from her first pro win to Paris Roubaix

The 22-year-old Jumbo Visma rider on a rollercoaster 2021 season and balancing ambitions both on and off the bike

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The jump from junior - do we need a women's U23 world championships?

The jump from junior - do we need a women's U23 world championships?

With no U23 category for women at the road cycling world championships the step up from junior to elite is even greater — so who...

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Women's Tokyo 2021 Paralympics debrief

Women's Tokyo 2021 Paralympics debrief

As the cycling events at the Tokyo Paralympic Games conclude, we take a look at the medals and standout rides

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