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Updates, stories and opinions from inside the world's greatest sport, written and captured by Rouleur journalists
‘I am completely open-minded’ – Zoe Bäckstedt on Opening Weekend, the Roubaix dream and building Lego
The two-time junior World Champion will start her road season with EF Education-Tibco SVB in just a couple of days, she talks to Rouleur about...
‘The bicycle feels like a drawing tool’ – Artist Krysten Koehn on falling in love with Colorado again
For American rider and frame painter Krysten Koehn, cycling is much bigger than power numbers or racing. She tells Rouleur how it has inspired and...
Team owner and manager at 18, rapid descents, and laughing out loud: meet DSM’s big GC hope Marco Brenner
Marco Brenner feels like he is on the cusp of his maiden professional win. In his free time, meanwhile, he’s overseeing one of Germany’s best...
Men's UAE Tour 2023 - Contenders and predictions
We’re expecting a big showdown between some of the best climbers and sprinters in the world on the roads of the UAE. Who will come...
Geraint Thomas: happy in his own world
Thomas has reached the juncture in his career where he's inevitably fielding questions about retirement, but the Welshman says he'll take same approach to 2023 he always...
Sprint standings: who's flying high so far this season?
It might be the early season, but there's already been some telling battles between the fast finishers
What's in edition 117 of Rouleur?
The new Rouleur magazine, the Body issue, is now available. Editor Edward Pickering tells us what’s in the magazine
Tadej Pogačar is back to dominating races already: Is this what we have to look forward to at the Classics?
The Slovenian rider breezed to a seemingly effortless solo victory at the Jaén Paraiso Interior. While his performances are impressive, are they still entertaining?
Sandstorm: the 2023 women’s UAE Tour in review
How the inaugural Women's UAE Tour unfolded in the desert
Trailblazer: Safiya al Sayegh
As the first Arab rider in the Women’s WorldTour, Safiya al Sayegh is making history every time she pins on a race number. Her ambitions...
A history of Mark Cavendish in Oakley sunglasses - the Manxman's most iconic looks
A relationship that has stood the test of time – and tricky contract negotiations
'I’ve got a new appreciation of hurt' - Meet Luke Plapp, Ineos Grenadiers' Aussie champion on a voyage of discovery
The 22-year-old is already an Olympian and a double national champion, but he says he's still trying to find out exactly what type of rider...
Pinarello Dogma F 2023 Review - The epitome of a pure race bike, but it’s not perfect
The Dogma F looks and feels fast, but does have some flex which can impact performance
Women’s UAE Tour 2023 – Contenders and predictions
Lippert, Longo-Borghini, Cavalli, Brown, or someone else? Who will take the win in the first ever edition of the Women’s UAE Tour?
Opinion: The 2023 men’s Cyclocross World Championships was a moment in cycling history
Technical perfection, ruthless attacks and a battle for the ages. Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert, we’ve never seen anything quite like you...
'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...
'I hope others change their mindset' - Liane Lippert on how she plans to race aggressively in 2023 with Movistar and Annemiek van Vleuten
The German national champion speaks to Rouleur about how disappointment has fuelled her motivation, the season ahead with Movistar and why she’s hoping for more...
Vuelta a San Juan gallery: Gracias, Argentina
Recap the final few days of stage racing in Argentina
Pro bike: Egan Bernal's race-ready 2023 Pinarello Dogma F
All the details you need about the bike the Ineos Grenadiers rider is using for the 2023 season
Cyclocross World Championships 2023 – course, predictions and contenders
Everything you need to know about the 2023 Cyclocross World Championships
Fergus Crawley: The view from zone two
Fergus Crawley is a hybrid athlete, an ambassador for Cervélo and a mental health advocate who survived making an attempt on his own life and learned...
The long goodbye: Peter Sagan on why he's stepping away from the WorldTour
While it's the end of Sagan as we know it, it's not the end of his career on two wheels
Vuelta a San Juan gallery: Argentina mucho gusto
A gallery from the Vuelta a San Juan race by Rouleur photojournalist James Startt
'We want to push the limits' – Inside STF Racing: the American team shaking up cyclocross
As well as being PanAm Cyclocross Champion, Raylyn Nuss is the founder of the Steve Tilford Foundation team. She tells Rouleur how she is opening...
The Mark Gunter Photo Awards: The winners
The votes are in. Here are the winners of The Mark Gunter Photo Awards.
Pro bike: Remco Evenepoel's custom world champion's S-Works Tarmac SL7
A closer look at the custom bike of the 2022 world champion
Tour Down Under 2023: how the race was won
Jay Vine made his mark as GC contender for the first time as Jayco-Alula missed out in their home race
Taylor Phinney: Creative riding
Cinelli’s partnership with former professional road cyclist Taylor Phinney is taking cycling in entirely new directions. Rouleur finds out how a creative brand and a creative cyclist are...
Thibaut Pinot and the thrall of the Tour de France nearly-men
Thibaut Pinot's absorbing career heads to its conclusion, while the rest of the class of 1990 may have seen their Tour opportunity pass by
Mark Cavendish is going to Astana Qazaqstan, but is it going to work?
It was announced with a photo of Cavendish on the team’s social media platforms that he’d be joining them for 2023, we analyse if the...

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