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La Redoute: the centrepiece climb of Liège-Bastogne-Liège

La Redoute: the centrepiece climb of Liège-Bastogne-Liège

As an armchair fan, by the time the leaders have grovelled up the final ascent to the finish line in the Liège suburb of Ans,...

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"Everything is possible at San Remo": Philippe Gilbert on striving for five

"Everything is possible at San Remo": Philippe Gilbert on striving for five

Rouleur speaks to Philippe Gilbert ahead of his seventeenth Milan-San Remo, where he seeks to make history and become the fourth rider to win all...

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Etoile de Besseges 2021: Debrief

Etoile de Besseges 2021: Debrief

Dissecting all the action from the 2021 edition of Étoile de Bessèges

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Rouleur’s riders of the decade: Part II

Rouleur’s riders of the decade: Part II

As the decade draws to a close, Rouleur’s editorial staff have selected nine riders each as their stars of cycling since January 2010. Part II...

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Tomorrow’s Worlds: Elite men’s road race

Tomorrow’s Worlds: Elite men’s road race

A long, wet day in the saddle in prospect. Who fancies it? Super Sagan to reclaim his crown, says the Mole

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The Wolfpack: inside Team Quick Step with photographer Sigfrid Eggers

The Wolfpack: inside Team Quick Step with photographer Sigfrid Eggers

A year on the road with Quick Step in 2018 offered Belgian photographer Sigfrid Eggers a unique insight into Team Quick Step

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Tour de France 2018 – the Rouleur review

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...

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Top Banana: Tour de France stage 14 – Philippe Gilbert

Top Banana: Tour de France stage 14 – Philippe Gilbert

The groundwork was all laid, the result just didn’t turn out as planned. All the more reason then to recognise Philippe Gilbert’s effort

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Philippe Gilbert: Classics king and Flanders champion

Philippe Gilbert: Classics king and Flanders champion

“I was always dreaming of the Classics,”  Philippe Gilbert says of his boyhood self. Now the Quick Step man wins them instead. Ned meets him...

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Philippe Gilbert: Ned Boulting meets the Belgian in Monaco

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...

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