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Remembering how Tom Dumoulin almost won La Vuelta
Tom Dumoulin was a 1,000-1 outsider before the Vuelta a España that kickstarted his career. How “The Butterfly of Maastricht” nearly pulled off the greatest...
The Dutch Revolution: back to the future with Hennie Kuiper
WORDS: ANDY MCGRATH | PHOTOS: OFFSIDE/L'EQUIPE Hennie Kuiper reflects on his runner-up finish at the 1980 Tour, which saw unprecedented Dutch dominance and a 1-2...
The column: A silver lining to Tom Dumoulin’s DNF?
As disappointed as he was to abandon the Giro d’Italia, could it yet force Tom Dumoulin to make his first full-bore assault on the Tour...
The column: Giro d’Italia 2019 – Considering the contenders
The favourites for the Giro d’Italia 2019 fall into two camps – time triallists and climbers. Which is more likely to come out on top...
Tour de France 2018 – the Rouleur review
Who was the best team of this year’s Tour de France? What about the most unlucky? What was the biggest surprise? Rouleur contributors look back...
Hammer Series part three: Chase
“Lotto NL-Jumbo, Cannondale-Drapac, Movistar and Orica-Scott sweep past in a 20-up time-trial formation.” Drama aplenty in our dispatch from the final day of the 2017...
Hammer Series part two: Sprint
“Have you ever raced in Holland, Belgium and Germany? We don’t hang around. Full gas from the start.” Fighting talk from Andre Greipel in our...
Comment: for Froome the bell tolls?
With Cavendish ailing, Contador ageing and Froome in uncertain form, this year’s Tour de France could mark the end of a generation
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