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Meet Matthew Riccitello: Israel-Premier Tech’s future Grand Tour champion?

Meet Matthew Riccitello: Israel-Premier Tech’s future Grand Tour champion?

The 23-year-old rider has already shown his potential to climb with the best and believes that with patience and steady progression, he can one day...

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'That I’m able to do pro sport again is incredible’: Lennard Kämna’s racing return after a year out injured

'That I’m able to do pro sport again is incredible’: Lennard Kämna’s racing return after a year out injured

Lenny Kämna will make his debut for Lidl-Trek at the Volta a Catalunya, a year after a training ride crash that left him in intensive...

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Opinion: It’s time for change – the WorldTour race calendar needs a shake up

Opinion: It’s time for change – the WorldTour race calendar needs a shake up

Having Paris-Nice and Tirreno–Adriatico run in the same week is impossible to follow for fans and means neither event gets the attention it deserves

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Is there any point in teams belonging to a particular nation?

Is there any point in teams belonging to a particular nation?

Is too much importance put on the flag that sits next to a team’s name when many will come to the Tour de France without...

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Demi Vollering at Strade Bianche 2025

Trofeo Alfredo Binda 2025 preview: route, predictions, and contenders

Is Lidl-Trek’s four year dominance at the Lombardy race about to end?

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Gaia Realini: The joking assassin who is going to be the best in the world

Gaia Realini: The joking assassin who is going to be the best in the world

The young Italian rider is confident she is only a couple of years from being the best in the Women's WorldTour

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Ivan Romeo

‘One kilogram heavier but a better cyclist’ - Iván Romeo on big dreams, basketball and bringing fun back to cycling

The 21-year-old Movistar rider who is the current under-23 time trial world champion is making a name for himself in the WorldTour, but stresses the...

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‘The competition is higher than ever’ - Can Demi Vollering maintain her dominance over the women’s WorldTour peloton?

‘The competition is higher than ever’ - Can Demi Vollering maintain her dominance over the women’s WorldTour peloton?

Although the FDJ-Suez rider looked stronger than ever in this year’s recent edition of Strade Bianche, the progression of her rivals will ensure she does...

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Gallery: A Day in the Dust at Strade Bianche 2025

Gallery: A Day in the Dust at Strade Bianche 2025

Inside a brutal but beautiful day on Tuscany's white roads

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The WorldTour peloton at Milan-Sanremo in 2024

Milan-Sanremo: Everything you need to know

Key information on the first Monument of the season

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Juan Ayuso and Jai Hindley, Tirreno-Adriatico 2024

Tirreno-Adriatico 2025 preview: who will win the Race of the Two Seas?

A strong start list heads to Italy to contest the overall and stage wins in one of cycling's most prestigious stage races

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‘You never stop believing’ - Connor Swift is a master of the gravel

‘You never stop believing’ - Connor Swift is a master of the gravel

The British rider finished in 13th place in Siena, but deserves credit for his plucky, determined performance throughout the race

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Pauline Ferrand-Prévot is a road star once again: 'I now know I can be with the best'

Pauline Ferrand-Prévot is a road star once again: 'I now know I can be with the best'

The Frenchwoman was Strade Bianche's most aggressive rider, an ominous sign for a peloton getting used to her face once again.

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The view from the back wheel: Inside Tadej Pogačar's shocking Strade Bianche crash

The view from the back wheel: Inside Tadej Pogačar's shocking Strade Bianche crash

Rouleur speaks to Connor Swift, Tom Pidcock and Pogačar himself about the dramatic moment in Tuscany on Saturday

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‘I need to find a way to beat her’ - Van der Breggen versus Vollering is duel for the ages

‘I need to find a way to beat her’ - Van der Breggen versus Vollering is duel for the ages

Strade Bianche 2025 was a spectacular battle between the FDJ-Suez and SD Worx-Protime riders in a golden era for women’s cycling

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Enrico Della Casa

Meet Enrico Della Casa: the most influential man in cycling you’ve never heard of

David Lappartient's former and current right-hand man is also his expected successor

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‘People have have learnt from last weekend’ - Women’s peloton vows to not repeat Omloop stalemate at Strade Bianche

‘People have have learnt from last weekend’ - Women’s peloton vows to not repeat Omloop stalemate at Strade Bianche

After a stalemate between the big teams in Belgium, riders are expecting an entirely different story in Italy on Saturday

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Gaze, Hatherly, Blackmore: Could we see a mountain bike takeover at Strade Bianche 2025?

Gaze, Hatherly, Blackmore: Could we see a mountain bike takeover at Strade Bianche 2025?

Plenty of riders with off-road experience are taking to the start in Siena - could this make a difference on the Tuscan gravel?

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The peloton at Strade Bianche 2024

Strade Bianche 2025 men’s contenders: Who will conquer the white roads of Tuscany?

As the WorldTour takes on the dirt roads of northern Italy, Rouleur looks at who is in with a chance of winning in Siena

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Katarzyna Niewiadoma and Demi Vollering at Strade Bianche Donne 2024

Strade Bianche 2025 women’s contenders: a showdown over the dirt roads of northern Italy

Rouleur looks at the contenders to take victory in Siena at the tenth anniversary of Strade Bianche Donne

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Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogačar at the Tour de France in 2024

Tadej Pogačar vs Jonas Vingegaard: the stats behind the Tour's titanic rivalry

Rouleur takes a look at the stats behind the rivalry between the peloton’s two best Grand Tour riders and all is not as it seems

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Jonas Vingegaard at the Tour of Algarve 2025.

Paris-Nice 2025 preview: Who will win the Race to the Sun?

Rouleur looks at the yellow jersey contenders for the first European WorldTour stage race of the year

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‘I was always seeking my place on SD Worx’ - Marlen Reusser on her comeback, the new women’s peloton and beating the best

‘I was always seeking my place on SD Worx’ - Marlen Reusser on her comeback, the new women’s peloton and beating the best

The Swiss rider discusses recovering from chronic illness, starting the season with Movistar and why she’s happier than ever on the bike

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Tadej Pogačar Strade Bianche recon

In pictures: Inside Tadej Pogačar's Strade Bianche recon

Rouleur tracks the defending champion and his team through their pre-race recon in Tuscany

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The poetic beauty of Siena: exploring the city that hosts Strade Bianche

The poetic beauty of Siena: exploring the city that hosts Strade Bianche

Rouleur's James Startt takes a photographic journey around one of Tuscany's most picturesque cities

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Tom Pidcock winning the Amstel Gold Race in 2024 against Tiesj Benoot (L) and Marc Hirschi (R)

Amstel Gold Race: Everything you need to know

The WorldTour heads to the Netherlands for the start of the Ardennes Classics

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Opinion: Unless other teams step up, Alpecin-Deceuninck are about to dominate this Classics season

Opinion: Unless other teams step up, Alpecin-Deceuninck are about to dominate this Classics season

Good luck to the rest of the peloton, because the Belgian team are on track to be stronger than ever in 2025

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Upset at Omloop: Is this going to be the most unpredictable Classics season ever?

Upset at Omloop: Is this going to be the most unpredictable Classics season ever?

Wærenskjold’s surprise victory in the men’s Omloop Nieuwsblad shows that with the peloton at its current level, winning is tougher than ever

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Lotte Claes wins Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

Stalemate: How the breakaway took advantage of an FDJ-Suez and SD Worx-Protime standoff at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

Lotte Claes of Arkéa-B&B Hotels Women profited from politics in the peloton behind to take the biggest victory of her career

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Tirreno-Adriatico: All the essential info for the Race of the Two Seas

Tirreno-Adriatico: All the essential info for the Race of the Two Seas

Everything you need to know about the seven-stage race in Italy

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