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Sharon Laws in Taiwan: Hello, it’s me

Sharon Laws in Taiwan: Hello, it’s me

Seven months of chemotherapy concluded. What to do next? Sharon heads to Taiwan for a punishing mountainous event, of course…

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Broken bones, healing hands: fixing the pro peloton in Herentals

Broken bones, healing hands: fixing the pro peloton in Herentals

For years, Rouleur received press releases detailing the upcoming surgery appointments of the peloton in the small town of Herentals, Belgium. Eventually, we sent Olivier Nilsson-Julien...

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The Rouleur Classic – The Stars of the Show

The Rouleur Classic – The Stars of the Show

In London, November 2-4, this year’s Rouleur Classic will once again feature some of the biggest names in cycling. From Cancellara to Contador, they’ll have...

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Top Banana: Tour de France stage 20 – Romain Bardet

Top Banana: Tour de France stage 20 – Romain Bardet

Another podium place was a far lesser prize than Romain Bardet wanted from this year’s Tour, but for fighting right to the line, we award...

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The Miracle of Marseille: Fabio Roscioli’s fabulous breakaway at the 1993 Tour de France

The Miracle of Marseille: Fabio Roscioli’s fabulous breakaway at the 1993 Tour de France

The domestique who had his day: Roscioli remembers his remarkable 185-kilometre solo escape to victory on the longest stage of the 1993 Tour de France.

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Tour de France: final day time-trials and the legacy of Greg LeMond

Tour de France: final day time-trials and the legacy of Greg LeMond

The domestique who had his day: Roscioli remembers his remarkable 185-kilometre solo escape to victory on the longest stage of the 1993 Tour

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Top Banana: Tour de France stage 19 – Thomas De Gendt

Top Banana: Tour de France stage 19 – Thomas De Gendt

Three things are certain in life: death, taxes and a particular plucky Belgian rider in the breakaway. Thomas De Gendt, we salute you

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Tour de France: The Longest Day

Tour de France: The Longest Day

The Tour de France is the most brutal and unforgiving test of human endurance. But compared to the race’s earliest editions, today’s feats can look like child’s play.

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Top Banana: Tour de France stage 18 – Darwin Atapuma

Top Banana: Tour de France stage 18 – Darwin Atapuma

Darwin Atapuma has now come second in stages at each of the three Grand Tours. For putting in one heck of a fight on the...

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Top Banana: La Course – Lizzie Deignan

Top Banana: La Course – Lizzie Deignan

Second place on the Izoard after many kilometres of domestique work: Deignan is the champion who can do it all

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Top Banana: Tour de France stage 17 – Jarlinson Pantano

Top Banana: Tour de France stage 17 – Jarlinson Pantano

Hurting from a crash in the crosswinds, the Trek-Segafredo rider put in an incredible shift for captain Contador

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The Cycling Jersey – Craftsmanship, Speed & Style

The Cycling Jersey – Craftsmanship, Speed & Style

Not just jerseys but bottles, bike parts, caps and medals. There’s a reason why, amongst collectors of cycling memorabilia, Patrick Den Hert is known as...

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Top Banana: Tour de France stage 16 – Simon Geschke

Top Banana: Tour de France stage 16 – Simon Geschke

Windy stages promise danger, present opportunities, and call for hard riding by the hardest of men. Sunweb, and Michael Matthews, must be glad they have...

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The Link: Armstrong strong-arms Simeoni

The Link: Armstrong strong-arms Simeoni

The 2004 Tour and a sorry tale of peloton politics and downright bullying

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Top Banana: Tour de France stage 15 – Michal Kwiatkowski

Top Banana: Tour de France stage 15 – Michal Kwiatkowski

The Polish domestique de luxe and his quick hands saved the day and the yellow jersey for Chris Froome

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Gallery: Tour de France stage 14 – Matthews masterclass, while Fabio flounders

Gallery: Tour de France stage 14 – Matthews masterclass, while Fabio flounders

The ramp to Rodez provided last-minute drama as the yellow jersey changes hands once again

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Tour de France: Caravan of Love part two

Tour de France: Caravan of Love part two

Will we go home with any freebies thrown out by the lovely people of the publicity caravan? Will our gyrating thespian Jonathan make it to...

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Top Banana: Tour de France stage 14 – Warren Barguil

Top Banana: Tour de France stage 14 – Warren Barguil

Another fine day for Team Sunweb, but it was Warren Barguil’s fine teamwork that stole the show

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Tour de France: Robert Millar on form, feeling and the fundamentals of climbing

Tour de France: Robert Millar on form, feeling and the fundamentals of climbing

Robert Millar was the most successful British climber of his generation. Here, he shares the accumulated knowledge gleaned from a career spent up the road

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Top Banana: stage 13 – Alberto Contador

Top Banana: stage 13 – Alberto Contador

Rather than rolling back the years, Alberto Contador found a new way to race. He remains a rider of relevance, one who can still excite and...

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Coryn Rivera: Living the Dream

Coryn Rivera: Living the Dream

In her first full season, Coryn Rivera has made a real splash in the WomensTour. Still, with the World Championships on the horizon, she’s not...

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Top Banana: stage 12 – Steve Cummings and his one-man tribute

Top Banana: stage 12 – Steve Cummings and his one-man tribute

The British champion goes it alone over the Port de Balès in memory of Tom Simpson. We enjoyed it immensely

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Gallery: Tour de France stage 11 – Kittel takes five

Gallery: Tour de France stage 11 – Kittel takes five

A wing and a prayer: five stages for Kittel and three Hail Marys for any other sprinters hoping to land a win before Paris

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Top Banana: Tour de France stage 11 – Maciej Bodnar

Top Banana: Tour de France stage 11 – Maciej Bodnar

Pole vaulted after a valiant effort: with more insipid tactics from everyone but Quick Step, breakaway hot rod Bodnar deserves all the kudos

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Nacer Bouhanni: A ‘Rough’ Guide

Nacer Bouhanni: A ‘Rough’ Guide

Fined and penalised for throwing a punch on stage 10. Wasn’t Sagan disqualified for a lesser infringement?

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Gallery: Tour de France stage 10 – Kittel’s quartet

Gallery: Tour de France stage 10 – Kittel’s quartet

Four stages wins and counting for the dominant sprinter of this Tour – Marcel Kittel

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Top Banana: Tour de France stage 10 – Julien Vermote

Top Banana: Tour de France stage 10 – Julien Vermote

He’s done over 800 kilometres on the front of the Tour bunch already and has great hair. Here’s to Quick Step’s breakaway buster extraordinaire Julien...

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Tour de France: Caravan of Love

Tour de France: Caravan of Love

The Tour can wait. There’s a carnival procession to be witnessed and freebies to be had. We join the publicity caravan, Henri Desgrange’s 1930 marketing...

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Gallery: Men at work: Cannondale-Drapac mechanics

Gallery: Men at work: Cannondale-Drapac mechanics

Rest day for the riders, but the mechanics are hard at it as usual. Bike prepping with the Cannondale crew

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Tour de France Week 1 – vital statistics, knowns and unknowns

Tour de France Week 1 – vital statistics, knowns and unknowns

Digging deeper to uncover the digits that other publications just can’t find: it’s the Tour de France Week 1 Alternative Facts

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