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2019 photographs of the year: Pauline Ballet
Alaphilippe in yellow, Van Aert in bits and Le Tour in Paris
2019 photographs of the year: Jojo Harper
As 2019 draws to a close, Rouleur photographers choose their personal favourite images of the past 12 months
2019 photographs of the year: Paolo Ciaberta
Ernesto Colnago’s plans, Peter Sagan’s disappointment and a memorable Strade Bianche
2019 photographs of the year: Michael Blann
Mountainscapes, Geraint Thomas and three rounds with Bouhanni – Blann’s pick of a bumper crop
The column: New kit excitement? Bah humbug
You know cycling media is desperate for content when it starts dissecting the differences between marginally altered team kits. Take a break from it all,...
Rouleur podcast: Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig, Rayner Foundation and Ribble
Danish dynamite, Rayner riders abroad, plus our Stu gets on his high horse about e-bikes
Competition: Win the ultimate cycling experience for you and a friend at Haute Route Oman 2020
Win the adventure trip of a lifetime: two places in the Haute Route Oman 2020, one of the world’s most prestigious multi-day cycling events
Rouleur’s riders of the decade: part 3
As the 2010s draw to a close, Rouleur’s editorial staff have each selected nine riders each as their stars of the sport. Part III features...
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...
Rouleur’s riders of the decade: Part I
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 I...
The Road Book 2019: Richard Carapaz tells of an unlikely Giro victory
“I come from a country with a culture of losing, where people are plagued by doubt to the point that they are unable to take...
The column: Can Landa land a big one at Bahrain-McLaren?
Mikel Landa has spent most of his career playing second fiddle. At Bahrain-McLaren he’ll be conducting the orchestra. Can he finally perform on the biggest...
Elia Viviani: Confidence man
“If you want to win the race, you must want to be the leader.” Two years of winning with #TheWolfpack has turned Elia Viviani into...
Ruthless: Stephen Roche on his path from Rás winner to World Champion
Off the bike, Stephen Roche is Mr Nice Guy; on it, he was a cold-blooded killer. Ireland’s Triple Crown king on 1987, tussles with team-mates...
Cover Stories: issue 19.8 by Daniel Roozendaal
The Dutch illustrator discusses his vibrant Fausto Coppi composition adorning the last edition of 2019
The column: Cyclo-cross is on the slide
Attendance at major races is down. Television viewing figures are also down. Belgium, we have a problem, and it’s not Mathieu van der Poel
Who was Dave Rayner?
Better known now for the organisation set up in his name to support young riders, following his tragic death 25 years ago, Tom Southam tells...
Rouleur podcast: Lachlan Morton and Emily Chappell
The mile-munchers’ episode: EF Education’s Morton on the joy of ultra-distance, plus author and former TCR winner Chappell looking for new challenges
Desire: Factor’s New Home
British brand, Factor are going back to where it all began. Superbikes, hyperbikes and everything in-between.
Bradley Wiggins: “I’ve got a masters degree in Sean Yates.”
The kid from Kilburn who completed cycling, Bradley Wiggins, in candid conversation with his very first cycling hero, Sean Yates.
There’s only one The Cycling Podcast: Interview with Richard Moore and Lionel Birnie
The cycling podcast field is increasingly crowded, but there’s one that must surely be considered the godfather of them all
The column: A paean to Poulidor
So much more than “the eternal second”, a tribute to the great Raymond Poulidor, who passed away last week
Anquetil v Poulidor
Anquetil and Poulidor. Two very different riders whose concurrent presence in the sport produced one of the Tour’s legendary rivalries, emblematic of France old and...
The column: Only at the Rouleur Classic
Forgive us, if you will, one last week of self-indulgence, as we re-live our favourite bits of the Rouleur Classic 2019
Philippa York: Don’t you want me?
Professional cycling might be a hard sport, but it’s an even tougher business. As Philippa York found out the hard way, a rider’s stock can fall a...
Rouleur podcast: Greg LeMond
Three-time Tour de France winner and double World Champion Lemond and his wife Kathy join Ian Parkinson at the Rouleur Classic for a memorable conversation...
Jacopo Guarnieri blog: Marc Madiot and me
To some he might be Mad Marc Madiot, or Mr. 1000 Volts, but to Jacopo Guarnieri, the excitable Groupama FDJ honcho “is the rare bird that...
Annemiek van Vleuten named Sharon Laws Road Rider of the Year 2019
A final victory of the season for Annemiek van Vleuten, as she’s named the Sharon Laws Road Rider of the Year at the Rouleur Classic...
The column: Sprinting is enjoying a golden age. Why aren’t we celebrating it?
Sprinting doesn’t seem to be fashionable these days. That’s a great shame, because the fast finish is currently as exciting as it’s been in years
Greg LeMond, Marianne Vos, Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen to be inducted into the Cycling Hall of Fame
The Cycling Hall of Fame welcomes a new class of special icons celebrated for what they have accomplished and given to the world of cycling....
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