Twenty years ago a famous escape for Marco Pantani on the Galibier enlivened the 1998 Tour and led Giles Belbin into discovering the world of professional cycling

An exploration of love, loss and life with Annalisa Casartelli, widow of the last competitor to die during the Tour de France

Nor Peter Sagan’s podium goggles for that matter. Stage 10 of the 2018 Tour includes a couple of kilometres of dirt track on the Plateau de...

He was a prologue specialist familiar with winning over short distances. But looking to right a historic wrong on home turf, Thierry Marie soloed 234km to a...

It should have been a spectacular ride across the ocean, but the 1999 Tour’s disastrous crossing from Noirmoutier spelt an early bath for several riders...

The Sochi scam, The Cold War and Trump, how politics and sport are so often intertwined. Matt Seaton believes the problem is us

Tucked away in a park in Trentino is a collection of paracarri – stone road markers, from Italy and beyond – each dedicated to riders past...

An emerald-green Colnago bike can be the object of desire and the ultimate betrayal. Philippa York’s Rouleur column on growing up in Glasgow’s Presbyterian society

From football stadiums to hippodromes, Classic finishes are moveable feasts. But what makes an iconic finish, and what do the places mean to past winners?...

When the gravelled Colle delle Finestre first appeared in the Giro in 2005, it was an instant hit

Venice in pink, the bunch dreams and ‘Grazie Fausto’: Jeff Parr captures the spirit of the Giro on canvas

Rolf Sorensen developed a reputation as a Classics and hilly race specialist and still has vivid memories of his 1993 win in Liege-Bastogne-Liege, his –...

Breakaway hopeful Dirk Demol recalls his 1988 victory in Paris-Roubaix, a day everything aligned and altered the course of his career

In 1990 Steve Bauer finished second by a centimetre — behind Eddy Planckaert — in a race that was his favourite Classic. “I don’t have any...

The American hard man on boozy fans, brutal bergs and what makes the Tour of Flanders special

Edwig Van Hooydonck knew exactly where he could attack on the Bosberg and keep his speed to the top. But practice and knowledge couldn’t compete with 90’s new...

It was a wet Wednesday in Wevelgem but there was no hanging around for Sean Yates and his fellow escapee. After 246km out front, they...

A major inspiration behind Rouleur, all 132 editions of Jock Wadley’s pioneering publication uploaded

As Swiss company Assos celebrate over 40 years in the sport, we take a look at the profound influence founder Toni Maier has had on cycling

Jørgen Leth is the director of some of the most celebrated cycling films ever made. Jakob Kristian Sørensen visited him in a Haiti where they headed...

Are those ski pants you’re wearing? Didn’t a triathlete invent the aero bar? What have cycling and winter sports got in common? Quite a lot actually

Two former pros reflect on winter cycling kit and extreme conditions in the 1970s and 1980s

Joop Zoetemelk won the Tour de France at 33, the world road championship at 38 and a Classic at 40. There’s hope for us all....

Lance in the confessional box, Eddy at the altar, coffee named after a drug… Deification or derision? Paul Maunder counts his blessings in Flanders

Bernard Hinault was the last French rider to win the Tour de France and the last French rider to effectively terrify the peloton. He’s still...

Back before team buses, personal motorhomes and private jets, riders travelled in their team car. But there was still a complex pecking order at play.

Winner of the 2017 William Hill Sports Book of the Year, Tom Simpson: Bird on the Wire, by Rouleur editor Andy McGrath, explores the feats and complexities of Simpson’s life...

Racing through the Franco era, Basque separatism, and losing the Vuelta by 14 seconds… “I’ll never get that silence out of my head”

“My first race was in Treviglio, and we had a little three-wheeled van belonging to a greengrocer as a team car, with us sitting in...

Twenty-six years ago a brash Texan asserted himself as the new star of the English speaking cycling world. William Fotheringham was there