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Chris Froome and the Seventh Circle

Chris Froome and the Seventh Circle

“Can we talk about the crash?” He doesn’t hesitate. “Sure.” He shows me some of his scars.

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Desire: Pinarello’s latest thoroughbred

Desire: Pinarello’s latest thoroughbred

There are horses for courses, but Pinarello’s most recent steed has proven it can win on them all. We take a deep dive following a...

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The column: Ten more years of Team Sky?

The column: Ten more years of Team Sky?

Does the success of Team Sky’s youngsters at The Tour of the Alps herald another decade of Grand Tour dominance?

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The only way is ethics: In search of cycling’s moral compass

The only way is ethics: In search of cycling’s moral compass

  Sign up to the Rouleur Chronicle newsletter to receive a weekly supply of curated cycling content   Cycling, like... The post The only way...

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Rouleur podcast: Grand Tour preview, Radio Tour and more

Rouleur podcast: Grand Tour preview, Radio Tour and more

Looking ahead to the Giro, Tour and Vuelta – what can we expect from the Big Three? Will Sky go out on a high?

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Ian Stannard: Pure Grit, Hard Work & Stannardian Days

Ian Stannard: Pure Grit, Hard Work & Stannardian Days

“I’m supposed to be hard. Absolutely.” - Team Sky's tough guy wags chins with Ned Boulting

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Geraint Thomas: did Froome want to attack me? (book extract)

Geraint Thomas: did Froome want to attack me? (book extract)

In this extract from his new book, The Tour According to G, 2018 Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas recalls the ‘weird team meeting’ and how his relationship...

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Cyrille Guimard: You need to be a rouleur to win the Tour de France

Cyrille Guimard: You need to be a rouleur to win the Tour de France

Having managed Bernard Hinault, Laurent Fignon and Greg Lemond, legendary directeur sportif Cyrille Guimard knows a thing or two about winning the Tour de France. But...

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Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 20

Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 20

A mere 97km to go in the GC battle. What could possibly go wrong? Quite a lot… Yates, Valverde, Quintana, or a left field choice?

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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 17 – Egan Bernal

Top Banana: Tour de France stage 17 – Egan Bernal

A good day for Colombia at the Tour de France. Nairo Quintana wins the stage and Egan Bernal takes the prize Sky are really concerned...

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Inside Line: Nico Portal – the DS behind Chris Froome’s success

Inside Line: Nico Portal – the DS behind Chris Froome’s success

Nicolas Portal’s pre-race recces are as thorough as they come and his relationship with Chris Froome is fundamental to the team’s success. Meet the young...

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Hammer Series part three: Chase

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...

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Hammer Series part one: Climb

Hammer Series part one: Climb

“It was very different to what I expected: no control, but that is five-man racing.” Tao Geoghegan-Hart gets Hammered at the 2017 debut of the...

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Sky culture: Ian Boswell reflects on five years with the British team

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...

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Gallery: Tour de France stage 9 – disaster for Porte, brilliance from Uran

Gallery: Tour de France stage 9 – disaster for Porte, brilliance from Uran

Brilliance from Barguil, single-speed sprinting by Uran, sickening crash for Porte – stage 9 had everything and more

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Geraint Thomas: Grand Tour Contender?

Geraint Thomas: Grand Tour Contender?

Self-effacing, humble, humorous, but can the Welshman go the extra mile?

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