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Summit Finish: The Tour de Yorkshire’s Cow and Calf
The Tour de Yorkshire will feature its first summit finish in 2018. But for cycling author and journalist Pete Cossins who used to live at the bottom of...
Brand reps: how cycling companies choose their ad models
Who are the people that cycling companies get to model their kit? Where do they come from? Do they really ride bikes? What difference do...
Doing the double: Miguel Indurain on Froome’s Giro-Tour ambitions
Miguel Indurain is one of the few riders to have won the Giro d’Italia and Tour de France in the same year. What advice does he have...
Fighting for life: the despair and hope of Stig Broeckx’s family
After a collision with a race motorbike in the 2016 Tour of Belgium, things have never been the same for Lotto-Soudal rider Stig Broeckx or...
Rouleur Cover Stories: issue 17.8 – Yes It Hurts by Russ Ellis
A very British race: Russ shot the National Hill Climb championships in Northumberland for our latest member’s cover
Beautiful frames: the rise of the custom paint scheme
From club colours to elaborate art-inspired designs, there’s a growing demand for custom painted frames. Dave Nash takes a look at the booming trend
Bird on the Wire, an extract from the Tom Simpson biography
Winner of the 2017 William Hill Sports Book of the Year, Tom Simpson: Bird on the Wire, by Rouleur editor Andy McGrath, explores the feats and complexities of Simpson’s life...
Gallery: the Revolution of small things
Photographer Conan Marshall centres his attention on the cameras and cakes, bidons and bags at November’s round of the Revolution series
Number Crunchers: Pro Cycling Stats
“You must be some kind of nerd to visit out website”. We sincerely hope not, as PCS is the single most useful cycling database on...
Desire: Cold weather kit and off-road rides to solve your cross conundrums
Gravel, mud, even the Thames Estuary – everything you’ll need for a day away from the tarmac
Lingua franca: how language and cycling have shaped Italian culture
Italy is riven by divides – physical, linguistic and cultural. In this column for the 17.3 edition of Rouleur, Matt Rendell considers cycling’s role in unifying the...
Best breakthrough rides of 2017
Getting your World Tour contract is one thing, but being truly competitive at that level is another. We take a look at the rides this...
Interaction: Léon van Bon’s Ghent six-day photography
Photographer and former rider Léon van Bon turns his lens on rider interaction at his favourite six-day event in Ghent
Joanna Rowsell-Shand: I haven’t “retired”
With a second gold medal in the team pursuit in Rio, Joanna Rowsell-Shand was able to end her cycling career on a high. Just don’t...
It’s the pits: inside cyclo-cross’ technical area
Step into a world of jet washes and waterproofs at the Gavere round of the Superprestige cycle-cross series in Belgium
Power couples: car and bike brand collaborations
Making a concept bike is a rite of passage for a car company. Tapping into automotive prestige and expertise is a dream for many bike builders....
Remembrance: D-Day, seasickness and an unloaded pistol
The 2016 Tour de France paid tribute to the soldiers of D-Day in Normandy. Our own tribute from issue 63 of Rouleur
Kyoto Keirin: The colourful world of Japanese track racing
Laura from the Peloton Brief lays her bets at the velodrome in Kyoto and goes behind the scenes for the money shot
Cav gets a grilling, and other photos from the Asian crits
At the end of every season the stars of the Tour de France head east for exhibition races and some slightly embarrassing photo shoots. We’ve...
Patrick Lefevere: “If I had signed Sagan, I’d have no team anymore”
Quick Step’s CEO on why he didn’t sign Peter Sagan, pro cycling’s unhealthy business model and the folly of six-rider Grand Tour teams
Tiffany Cromwell’s off-season: rest, relaxation and running a marathon
The off-season is a time for a bit of R & R, which in Tiffany Cromwell’s case stands for rowing and running a marathon – just two activities...
New colours reflect bright future for EF Education First-Drapac
The POC made kit for the next incarnation of Cannondale-Drapac made its first outing at the Rouleur Classic on Friday
Gallery: Stars come out for opening night of Rouleur Classic
First part of three-day show sees Bradley Wiggins, Fabian Cancellara, Philippa York, Johan Museeuw and Jonathan Vaughters make appearances
Annemiek van Vleuten wins Voxy Award 2017
Having been on winning form from January through to September, world time trial champion Annemiek van Vleuten has had a remarkable season
The Link: Cyclo-cross à Melun, 1924
Early cyclo-cross: winter training for roadies or preparation for war?
Gallery: Drillium and sawn-off bars at the national hill-climb
Photographer Chris Auld zooms in on the modified and minimalist bikes raced by Britain’s best hill-climbers
Gallery: Six Day London by Benedict Campbell
Cavendish rocks London: action from Lee Valley Velopark
Anti-Social Media: Twitter addiction and high anxiety in the peloton
A useful promotional tool when you get it right; a world of bickering and insults when it goes wrong. Pro riders share their experiences from...
Philippa York: The Hammer Series and Dutch cheese
The Hammer Series felt like the biggest thing to hit cycling in 2017. Many of the pundits seemed to love it, but Philippa York has...
Larry Warbasse blog: The lows and highs of La Vuelta
It was the race he and his team, AquaBlue Sport, had been building up to all season, but in the Vuelta’s first week, it all...
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