The first of cycling's five monuments, Milan-San Remo, is fast approaching. Rouleur tells the the story of Costante Girardengo, a legend of Italian cycling and a prolific...

This rare collection of photos portraits Eddy Merckx at various races including Paris-Nice and The Tour de France

The wrath of the Badger

It’s 1979, and Ernesto Colnago is at the peak of his frame-building powers. He’d made bicycles for the likes of Gianni Motta, actor Jean-Paul Belmondo...

Fifteen years on from Luis Ocaña in 1973, no Spanish rider had won the Tour de France. Delgado starts the race downbeat, but soon has...

With the 2021 edition of Paris-Roubaix set to be postponed for another year, Rouleur looks back on the story of the last wet Paris-Roubaix, in the words...

It must be the distance – almost 300km from the city to the sea – and the herculean effort that brings out the rawest of emotions on...

The riders attacked it with triple chainsets and nervous anticipation. But even the support vehicles struggled with the Angliru’s preposterous reality.

On the 10th of June 1949, high on the mountain roads between Cuneo and Pinerolo, Fausto Coppi and Gino Bartali duelled for the 32nd edition...

The infamous feud between two of Italy’s greats started in 1977.Marco Pastonesi finds the quarrelsome duo still at loggerheads more than 40 years on

“That’s the one I have great memories of.” Sean Kelly tells Rouleur why the 1984 Paris-Roubaix cobble is the most cherished item in his vast...

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At home with his parents, Colin O’Brien explores modern cycling’s great tragedy – Marco Pantani

Off the bike, Stephen Roche is Mr Nice Guy; on it, he was a cold-blooded killer. Ireland’s Triple Crown king on 1987, tussles with team-mates...

The Cycling Hall of Fame welcomes a new class of special icons celebrated for what they have accomplished and given to the world of cycling....

Who should be inducted into the Cycling Hall of Fame? Ian Cleverly argues in favour of Greg LeMond, an outspoken, trailblazing American who singlehandedly transformed...

Michael Blann on how he found inspiration from – as well as a new angle on – one of the most venerated spaces in cycling

“Eddy and I complemented each other. I was the speed, he was the strength and we were friends.” At home with sixties six-day superstar, Patrick...

From walking off air during a TV interview, to openly criticising Chris Froome, the Badger’s fierce reputation precedes him. But underneath it, maybe there is...

Part two of three of the life of Bernard Hinault; as a professional cyclist you miss out on family life, grandchildren can be the way...

A look into the remote world of Bernard Hinault. The Badger focuses his hunt on a different type of prey nowadays but still with the...

Chicago, home to Kanye West and SRAM. Linking the rap revolutionary to cycling’s radical thinkers

If there’s more than one name bandied around as the Patron, that means there probably isn’t one. Back in the day of Bernard Hinault there...

The inaugural Cycling Hall of Fame saw three very special icons celebrated for what they have accomplished and given to the world of cycling. Welcome...

What happened when Eddy Merckx sat down with Bradley Wiggins and Fabian Cancellara to discuss icons of the sport at the Rouleur Classic

Having managed Bernard Hinault, Laurent Fignon and Greg Lemond, legendary directeur sportif Cyrille Guimard knows a thing or two about winning the Tour de France. But...

Pasta was nearly his career downfall when he moved to Italy, but the way of life lured Hampsten in and is now where he calls...

The former HTC and Quick Step domestique on clothing Britain’s world champions, riding with Cav and falling asleep in the shower at the Giro

Cycling Board Games celebrates its fifteenth birthday. Our feature from issue 54 on the best of collector Anki Toner’s 300-plus games

Tour winners receive a trophy handmade in Sèvres by a team of highly-skilled craftsmen and women, using centuries-old techniques and endless patience