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Robert Millar and the Muddy Marmite
Cyclo-cross? Seriously, don’t bother, says refusenik Robert Millar
Gallery: Quick Step training camp on the Costa Blanca
The Belgian team enjoy sun and sea views at a pre-season training camp on Spain’s southeastern coast
School of hard Knox: a neo-pro’s journey from fell-running to Quick Step
It took some tough lessons and a lot of patience before James Knox got noticed by the World Tour. But the young climber has a...
What? When? Where? An early season race guide
With the 2018 international road season getting underway, we take a look at the far flung races that host the first skirmishes of the year
Why Specialized have a boardroom dedicated to Mario Cipollini
Rouleur takes a look round the gaudiest meeting room at Specialized HQ, recalling the impact Mario Cipollini had in introducing the Californian brand to the European pro peloton
What’s in the next issue of Rouleur magazine? 18.1 – a Classic
Philippe Gilbert, Svein Tuft, forgotten finishes of the Classics, Philippa York, Belgian bicycle worship gone mad and more
Coming together: new class meets old at Katusha-Alpecin
Once as Russian as ice-cold vodka, in recent years Team Katusha-Alpecin have transformed themselves into the UN of professional cycling. Rouleur sits down with riders old and...
World of pain: facing up to the dangerous reality of racing bikes
Starting each race knowing it may well result in agonising injury is a psychological strength often overlooked in professional cyclists. Matt Rendell pays homage to a bunch...
Philippe Gilbert: Ned Boulting meets the Belgian in Monaco
A year in Quick Step blue paid dividends for the Classics star – the first Belgian to win both Flanders and Amstel Gold in the...
2017 Rouleur Photographer of the year competition
As 2017 came to a close, we asked our regular photographers to pick their six best cycling images from this year, before asking our readers to choose their favourite
Sky culture: Ian Boswell reflects on five years with the British team
Ian Boswell started his World Tour career at Team Sky in 2013. Now as he says goodbye to that most British of teams, he looks...
Chantal Blaak: How I won the Worlds
Women’s World Champion Chantal Blaak reflects on her victory in Bergen, and how she started the 2017 season targeting one jersey but finished it with...
Nicolas Roche on the demands of the modern day pro
Cycling has changed a lot since his dad’s days in the peloton. Pros race less, train more and have bigger hang-ups about weight and days off....
Mark Cavendish dreams of running his own team
From solo breaks to retirement plans, Mark Cavendish discusses his ambitions and aspirations with our special guest editor
Helen Wyman: High and Dry
One of the best cyclo-cross riders in the world is on top of her game, winning races and aiming for the World Championships in February....
Summit Finish: The Tour de Yorkshire’s Cow and Calf
The Tour de Yorkshire will feature its first summit finish in 2018. But for cycling author and journalist Pete Cossins who used to live at the bottom of...
Doing the double: Miguel Indurain on Froome’s Giro-Tour ambitions
Miguel Indurain is one of the few riders to have won the Giro d’Italia and Tour de France in the same year. What advice does he have...
Fighting for life: the despair and hope of Stig Broeckx’s family
After a collision with a race motorbike in the 2016 Tour of Belgium, things have never been the same for Lotto-Soudal rider Stig Broeckx or...
Rouleur Cover Stories: issue 17.8 – Yes It Hurts by Russ Ellis
A very British race: Russ shot the National Hill Climb championships in Northumberland for our latest member’s cover
Gallery: the Revolution of small things
Photographer Conan Marshall centres his attention on the cameras and cakes, bidons and bags at November’s round of the Revolution series
Number Crunchers: Pro Cycling Stats
“You must be some kind of nerd to visit out website”. We sincerely hope not, as PCS is the single most useful cycling database on...
Best breakthrough rides of 2017
Getting your World Tour contract is one thing, but being truly competitive at that level is another. We take a look at the rides this...
Interaction: Léon van Bon’s Ghent six-day photography
Photographer and former rider Léon van Bon turns his lens on rider interaction at his favourite six-day event in Ghent
It’s the pits: inside cyclo-cross’ technical area
Step into a world of jet washes and waterproofs at the Gavere round of the Superprestige cycle-cross series in Belgium
Remembrance: D-Day, seasickness and an unloaded pistol
The 2016 Tour de France paid tribute to the soldiers of D-Day in Normandy. Our own tribute from issue 63 of Rouleur
Kyoto Keirin: The colourful world of Japanese track racing
Laura from the Peloton Brief lays her bets at the velodrome in Kyoto and goes behind the scenes for the money shot
Cav gets a grilling, and other photos from the Asian crits
At the end of every season the stars of the Tour de France head east for exhibition races and some slightly embarrassing photo shoots. We’ve...
Patrick Lefevere: “If I had signed Sagan, I’d have no team anymore”
Quick Step’s CEO on why he didn’t sign Peter Sagan, pro cycling’s unhealthy business model and the folly of six-rider Grand Tour teams
Tiffany Cromwell’s off-season: rest, relaxation and running a marathon
The off-season is a time for a bit of R & R, which in Tiffany Cromwell’s case stands for rowing and running a marathon – just two activities...
New colours reflect bright future for EF Education First-Drapac
The POC made kit for the next incarnation of Cannondale-Drapac made its first outing at the Rouleur Classic on Friday
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