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Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogačar

‘I don’t know what they were trying to do’ - The UAE-Visma mind games have started at the Tour de France

Subtle tactical choices from both teams during stage six give an insight into the mindsets of Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard

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Romance and science: How EF Education-EasyPost pulled off Tour de France perfection

Romance and science: How EF Education-EasyPost pulled off Tour de France perfection

The crazy plan behind Ben Healy’s stunning solo victory on stage six of the Tour de France

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Tadej Pogačar, Tour de France 2025

Six years and 100 victories: Tadej Pogačar is peerless

Tadej Pogačar took his 100th win in stage four of the 2025 Tour de France, further cementing his breathtaking dominance among the current crop of...

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Chaos reigns: Inside the mess of a Tour de France sprint stage

Chaos reigns: Inside the mess of a Tour de France sprint stage

A bad route design? Nervousness in the first week? A headwind? This is why the finale of the Tour de France stage three was so...

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Jonas Vingegaard

The role reversal: Visma-Lease a Bike are trying to play Tadej Pogačar at his own game

The Dutch outfit are adopting an aggressive style early in the race, with Jonas Vingegaard making the types of attacks that we might have expected...

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Tour de France 2025

Tour de France 2025 stage three preview: A chance for the sprinters

A ride out to the north French coast looks like a certain sprint finish – but will crosswinds disrupt the fastmen once again?

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'It was easier than we thought' - Welcome to the Alpecin-Deceuninck school of bike racing

'It was easier than we thought' - Welcome to the Alpecin-Deceuninck school of bike racing

The Belgian team won the opening stage of the 2025 Tour de France after a textbook lead out for sprinter Jasper Philipsen 

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Tour de France 2024

Tour de France 2025 predictions: who will be the stand-out riders in the 112th edition?

Best guesses at who will come out on top during the three weeks in France

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Tour de France 2024

How are the Tour de France climbs classified?

The Tour's race director explains to Rouleur exactly how the category of each of the race's climbs is determined

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Giro d'Italia 2025 peloton

Giro d'Italia 2025 team ratings: The best and the worst performances

Assessing the success of the 23 teams that took to the start of the Giro d'Italia this year

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Mads Pedersen

‘Not a lot of teams will ever do this’ - The inside story of Lidl-Trek’s Giro greatness

Rouleur went behind the scenes with one of the most successful squads of this year’s race to find out how the magic happens

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Let me entertain you: Are Grand Tours better without Tadej Pogačar?

Let me entertain you: Are Grand Tours better without Tadej Pogačar?

After the Giro d'Italia has concluded, Rachel Jary analyses whether the absence of the world champion leads to more exciting racing

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Simon Yates, Olav Kooij at the Giro d'Italia

‘This is the pinnacle’ - Visma-Lease a Bike and an unwavering strive for perfection

A victory on the final stage for Olav Kooij alongside Simon Yates’ general classification win is a dream come true for the Dutch team –...

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Richard Carapaz at the Giro d'Italia

Courageous or crazy – Could different tactics have won Richard Carapaz the Giro d’Italia?

The EF Education-EasyPost rider made an attack early in the stage but failed to capitalise off his work, ending up third on the general classification

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Isaac del Toro at the Giro d'Italia 2025

Opinion: UAE Team Emirates-XRG lost the Giro a long time before the Colle delle Finestre

Isaac del Toro loses the pink jersey to Simon Yates who attacked on the legendary Colle delle Finestre

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How to win a Grand Tour – Inside Visma-Lease a Bike’s tactical Giro masterclass

How to win a Grand Tour – Inside Visma-Lease a Bike’s tactical Giro masterclass

Simon Yates took the pink jersey on the penultimate day of racing after his team executed a perfect performance

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‘It was Finestre where he lost everything, and Finestre where he won it all back’ - Simon Yates proves fairytale endings exist

‘It was Finestre where he lost everything, and Finestre where he won it all back’ - Simon Yates proves fairytale endings exist

The Visma-Lease a Bike rider rode into the pink jersey after stage 20 of the Giro d’Italia, finally achieving redemption in the race which has...

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Wind, fatigue and tactical blunders – Inside the Giro d’Italia attacks that never were

Wind, fatigue and tactical blunders – Inside the Giro d’Italia attacks that never were

It was an anticlimactic stage 19 of La Corsa Rosa after many expected more explosive attacks to come on the mountainous route to Champoluc

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Youth versus experience: Del Toro, Carapaz and the mano-a-mano battle for pink

Youth versus experience: Del Toro, Carapaz and the mano-a-mano battle for pink

Richard Carapaz and Isaac del Toro could not be in more contrasting phases of their careers. They will go head to head for a final...

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‘I’ll suffer mentally and physically’ - Isaac del Toro and the biggest test of his life

‘I’ll suffer mentally and physically’ - Isaac del Toro and the biggest test of his life

The 21-year-old has a pair mountain stages left at the Giro d’Italia which will decide whether he takes home the maglia rosa in Rome

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‘Our dream went home, but we decided to fight’ - How Nico Denz turned Red Bull’s Giro around

‘Our dream went home, but we decided to fight’ - How Nico Denz turned Red Bull’s Giro around

The German rider took an impressive solo victory on stage 18 after coming to the Giro as a domestique for Primož Roglič

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Isaac Del Toro

The Giro’s endgame is here: GC teams prepare for two days that will decide the destiny of the pink jersey

With nearly 10,000 metres of climbing ahead, Isaac del Toro braces for a ruthless Alpine showdown  

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‘We were ready to change the plan’ - Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe are welcoming in a new guard of talent

‘We were ready to change the plan’ - Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe are welcoming in a new guard of talent

With Primož Roglič’s withdrawal from the Giro d’Italia, young talent from the German team is stepping up to the plate

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The road has decided UAE Team Emirates-XRG’s Giro leader – A blessing or a curse?

The road has decided UAE Team Emirates-XRG’s Giro leader – A blessing or a curse?

All talk of rivalry can be put to rest after Juan Ayuso’s stage 16 blow up – race leader Del Toro has demanded support from...

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‘Belief, desire and a dream’ - Richard Carapaz will do everything to win the Giro d’Italia

‘Belief, desire and a dream’ - Richard Carapaz will do everything to win the Giro d’Italia

The 2019 Giro winner’s spirited performance on the first real mountain showdown of this year’s race is another sign that he is back at his...

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Giro d'Italia 2025 stage 17 preview: The Mortirolo

Giro d'Italia 2025 stage 17 preview: The Mortirolo

Another difficult day in the mountains will put the general classification contenders under pressure once again

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Giulio Ciccone

The crash that caused chaos: The Giro d'Italia has had an unexpected GC shake-up

On what was supposed to be a simple sprint finish, neither the fastmen nor many of the GC riders will be pleased with how the...

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Giro d'Italia

Giro d'Italia 2025 stage 15 preview: Up and over Monte Grappa

A stage stacked full of climbing may not be enough to draw out the GC contenders, thanks to the long plateau to the finish

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Isaac del Toro

Victory by a thousand paper cuts: Can Isaac del Toro's bonus seconds strategy lead to a Giro d'Italia win?

The Mexican has been the most impressive GC rider so far in this Giro, but will face his toughest test in the high mountains next...

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Mads Pedersen

A sprint like no other: Mads Pedersen’s power rewrites uphill cycling rules

Lidl-Trek have five wins at the 2025 Giro d’Italia after Pedersen’s win on stage 13 in Vicenza

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