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Alpecin and UAE delight but Visma and Red bull struggle - rating the teams' performances at the Spring Classics

Alpecin and UAE delight but Visma and Red bull struggle - rating the teams' performances at the Spring Classics

With the curtains closing on the Spring Classics, Rouleur looks back on the winners and losers of this year's campaign 

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Tadej Pogačar in the pink jersey at the 2024 Giro d'Italia

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Writing history: Why Kim Le Court’s Liège-Bastogne-Liège win is so important

The Mauritian trailblazer took the biggest victory of her career on Sunday after a challenging road to the top of the sport

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The race for second place: It is time for a new approach to try and beat Tadej Pogačar

The race for second place: It is time for a new approach to try and beat Tadej Pogačar

Another solo win for the UAE Team Emirates-XRG rider in Liège–Bastogne–Liège once again highlights that the rest of the peloton needs to anticipate rather than...

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From the Editor: No. 135 - Giro

From the Editor: No. 135 - Giro

Dear Reader, Johnny Green was the former road manager of the Clash, a sardonic, literate, poetic and sharply dressed chancer from Kent whose natural habitat...

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Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes 2025 Preview - Can Demi Vollering finally get her win?

Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes 2025 Preview - Can Demi Vollering finally get her win?

The last round of Ardennes week is the toughest challenge yet – who will come out on top?

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My ongoing three-year battle with cancer, by Lidl-Trek manager Luca Guercilena

My ongoing three-year battle with cancer, by Lidl-Trek manager Luca Guercilena

Lidl-Trek manager Luca Guercilena was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin lymphoma in the autumn of 2021 aged 48, an aggressive but treatable type of chronic cancer. For...

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‘I listened to my DS for a change’ - Perseverance has finally paid off for Puck Pieterse

‘I listened to my DS for a change’ - Perseverance has finally paid off for Puck Pieterse

Fenix-Deceuninck rider claims her first Classics win at La Flèche Wallonne

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Has order been restored? Tadej Pogačar is the King of Huy

Has order been restored? Tadej Pogačar is the King of Huy

No one could come close to the world champion when he attacked on the final climb of La Flèche Wallonne- what does this mean for...

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La Flèche Wallonne preview 2025 - Will Mur de Huy serve up another vintage Ardennes showdown?

La Flèche Wallonne preview 2025 - Will Mur de Huy serve up another vintage Ardennes showdown?

Pogačar, Evenepoel and Skjelmose all set to tackle the second Ardennes Classic

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La Flèche Wallonne Femmes 2025 preview - Can the favourites regain control over the Ardennes?

La Flèche Wallonne Femmes 2025 preview - Can the favourites regain control over the Ardennes?

After an unpredictable Amstel Gold Race last weekend, the likes of Demi Vollering and Kasia Niewiadoma will be keen to make amends in this mid-week...

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New Factor Monza: can practicality triumph over prestige?

New Factor Monza: can practicality triumph over prestige?

Amateur cyclists are addicted to pro-level bikes, but Factor is hoping to convince them that a sensible race bike is better for the 'everyday racer'...

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Tadej Pogačar on the new Colnago V5RS

New Colnago V5Rs: Subtle performance upgrades for the Italian brand’s all-round race bike

Tadej Pogačar likely to be riding new bike at Liège-Bastogne-Liège

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Paris-Roubaix 2025 tech gallery: 35mm tyres, off-road groupsets and hacks to tackle the cobbles

Paris-Roubaix 2025 tech gallery: 35mm tyres, off-road groupsets and hacks to tackle the cobbles

All of the interesting tech we spotted before the men’s and women’s editions of the 2025 Hell of the North

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Sidi Ergo 6 shoe review: legendary looks, premium performance and a new, wider fit

The Italian brand goes wide with the new Ergo – but does it risk losing the narrow-footed Sidi faithful?

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Tadej Pogačar riding a Colnago during his Strade Bianche recon

The Pogačar effect: what does a bike brand get out of sponsoring the world's best rider?

We ask Colnago how much of its recent financial success is down to Tadej Pogačar and investigate whether Scott might be about to experience a...

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Fizik Kudo hero

Fizik launches its first four helmets all at once – and the Kudo road model is an instant classic

The Italian brand's first foray into helmets is a good move – there's one for every cycling discipline and they're brimming with style and tech

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‘We want to be the biggest training platform on the planet’: Inside Vekta, the new AI app already used by WorldTour teams

Starting with Jayco-Alula at launch, Vekta will announce partnerships with some of the biggest names in the peloton in the coming weeks – co-founder and...

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Parcours Grimpeur review: why these new rim-brake wheels might be the best in history

New rim-brake wheels in 2025? You'd better believe it – they're ultra-light, optimised for 28mm tyres, they're very competitively priced – and they'll actually stop...

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Van Rysel RCR-F WorldTour aero bike finally launches with watt savings but not cost savings

Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale have been riding this bike for almost a year and now we have all the details, specs and prices – how does...

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The ASSOS Mille GT range

The ASSOS Mille GT range: why progress takes place within the comfort zone

The Swiss company was the first to bring Lycra to cycling and its latest Mille GT range represents another step forward

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Scott Addict RC

'Life's too short for heavy bikes': seizing a day in the Surrey Hills with the 5.9kg Scott Addict RC

The beautiful, wooded Surrey Hills are packed full of gradients and are perfect for enjoying this ultra-light bike – and they were also home to...

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Enter Ventete, the inflatable helmet aiming to effect full-blown change

The British start-up has won multiple design awards for its unique air-filled helmet, which not only folds down into a 3.5cm-thick slice, but has performed...

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Rouleur 135 is a celebration of the Giro d’Italia and of Italian cycling culture in all its texture, depth and meaning.

We talk to Richard Carapaz and Gianni Bugno, two of the riders to have won the maglia rosa, explore the Tuscan cities of Lucca and Pisa, linked by a time trial in the 2025 Giro, and enjoy the story of Il dio di Roserio, the greatest cycling novel in Italian literature.

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