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The joy of setts: How cobbled roads have come to define the most exciting Classics

The joy of setts: How cobbled roads have come to define the most exciting Classics

A look at how setts, or cobblestones to cycling fans, have become a much-loved road surface for the Classics races

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The history of the Tour of Flanders: Tales from De Ronde

The history of the Tour of Flanders: Tales from De Ronde

Eight tales from the history of the Tour of Flanders, from the Koppenberg to Tom Simpson and the race's founding father

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Tales of the Giro d’Italia: Gangsters, great Danes, seven-hour slogs and gods of the road

Tales of the Giro d’Italia: Gangsters, great Danes, seven-hour slogs and gods of the road

Tall tales of epic mountain stages and the hard men of Italian cycling from the annals of the Giro d'Italia

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Mont Ventoux: Fear and the Mountain

Mont Ventoux: Fear and the Mountain

The scene of so many of the race’s defining moments, Mont Ventoux occupies a unique space within the mythology of the Tour de France. Paul Maunder explores...

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Hands in the air: The best victory salutes

Hands in the air: The best victory salutes

We take a look back at some of the most memorable celebrations in cycling history

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A Dream of a Women's Paris-Roubaix

A Dream of a Women's Paris-Roubaix

As another spring passes without a women's edition of Paris-Roubaix, Paul Maunder writes a fictional account of the race that never was

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Tom Pidcock: That’s Entertainment

Tom Pidcock: That’s Entertainment

“He’ll go soft in Monaco. You watch.” Only joking… Taking the boy out of Yorkshire: Pidcock’s progress

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Mur de Huy: Theatre of Pain

Mur de Huy: Theatre of Pain

This article was originally published in Issue 60 of Rouleur. Download the app to read it in its entirety. Arthur Schopenhauer knew a thing or...

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Rainbows in the mud: Britain’s first cyclo-cross world champion

Rainbows in the mud: Britain’s first cyclo-cross world champion

In 1986 Stuart Marshall ploughed through the mud to claim the junior world championship. Reading about the drama in the pages of a magazine had a profound effect...

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