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2019 photographs of the year: Pauline Ballet

2019 photographs of the year: Pauline Ballet

Alaphilippe in yellow, Van Aert in bits and Le Tour in Paris

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2019 photographs of the year: Jojo Harper

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

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2019 photographs of the year: Paolo Ciaberta

2019 photographs of the year: Paolo Ciaberta

Ernesto Colnago’s plans, Peter Sagan’s disappointment and a memorable Strade Bianche

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2019 photographs of the year: Michael Blann

2019 photographs of the year: Michael Blann

Mountainscapes, Geraint Thomas and three rounds with Bouhanni – Blann’s pick of a bumper crop

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The column: New kit excitement? Bah humbug

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,...

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Rouleur podcast: Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig, Rayner Foundation and Ribble

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

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Competition: Win the ultimate cycling experience for you and a friend at Haute Route Oman 2020

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

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Rouleur’s riders of the decade: part 3

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...

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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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Rouleur’s riders of the decade: Part I

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...

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The Road Book 2019: Richard Carapaz tells of an unlikely Giro victory

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...

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The column: Can Landa land a big one at Bahrain-McLaren?

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...

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Elia Viviani: Confidence man

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...

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Ruthless: Stephen Roche on his path from Rás winner to World Champion

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...

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Cover Stories: issue 19.8 by Daniel Roozendaal

Cover Stories: issue 19.8 by Daniel Roozendaal

The Dutch illustrator discusses his vibrant Fausto Coppi composition adorning the last edition of 2019

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The column: Cyclo-cross is on the slide

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

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Who was Dave Rayner?

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...

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Rouleur podcast: Lachlan Morton and Emily Chappell

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

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Desire: Factor’s New Home

Desire: Factor’s New Home

British brand, Factor are going back to where it all began. Superbikes, hyperbikes and everything in-between.

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Bradley Wiggins: “I’ve got a masters degree in Sean Yates.”

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.

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There’s only one The Cycling Podcast: Interview with Richard Moore and Lionel Birnie

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

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The column: A paean to Poulidor

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

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Anquetil v Poulidor

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...

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The column: Only at the Rouleur Classic

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

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Philippa York: Don’t you want me?

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...

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Rouleur podcast: Greg LeMond

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...

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Jacopo Guarnieri blog: Marc Madiot and me

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...

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Annemiek van Vleuten named Sharon Laws Road Rider of the Year 2019

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...

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The column: Sprinting is enjoying a golden age. Why aren’t we celebrating it?

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

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Greg LeMond, Marianne Vos, Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen to be inducted into the Cycling Hall of Fame

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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