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In pictures: glorious mud at the 2018 world cyclo-cross championships
If there was one defining characteristic to all the races at this year’s world cyclo-cross championships, it was the muddy conditions they were run in
Joop Zoetemelk, a poster-geezer for old blokes everywhere
Joop Zoetemelk won the Tour de France at 33, the world road championship at 38 and a Classic at 40. There’s hope for us all....
Tom Pidcock: “I don’t really practice on a ‘cross bike”
The junior world champion now aims for the under-23 title in Valkenburg. Sven Nys’ assessment of Pidcock’s talents: “He rides like a Belgian”
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...
Speedplay: “Win on Sunday, sell on Monday”
San Diego’s king of all things pedal-related: Richard Bryne, his story and his amazing collection
Hard and fast: Brian Holm’s winter fashion rules
When it comes to riding in cold weather, most of us prioritise survival over looking good. Brian Holm has a few suggestions as to how you can do both
Sir Bradley Wiggins on his team: ‘it’s a positive, lasting legacy to my career’
We meet frontman Bradley Wiggins and his fresh-faced stars of tomorrow at their winter get-together in Liverpool
Robert Millar and the Muddy Marmite
Cyclo-cross? Seriously, don’t bother, says refusenik Robert Millar
British cyclo-cross champion Grant Ferguson: ‘I was the youngster once!’
Grant Ferguson is still only 24 but has British Under-23 titles in cyclo-cross and cross-country mountain biking. He just added the 2018 National elite cyclo-cross...
Tales of torment from the turbo trainer
While the professionals are enjoying tropical training camps and sub-saharan season starts, for us mere mortals it’s turbo time. Matt Seaton feels your pain
Gallery: Quick Step training camp on the Costa Blanca
The Belgian team enjoy sun and sea views at a pre-season training camp on Spain’s southeastern coast
Cover stories: issue 18.1 – Eddy and the Angels
Lance in the confessional box, Eddy at the altar, coffee named after a drug… Deification or derision? Paul Maunder counts his blessings in Flanders
School of hard Knox: a neo-pro’s journey from fell-running to Quick Step
It took some tough lessons and a lot of patience before James Knox got noticed by the World Tour. But the young climber has a...
What? When? Where? An early season race guide
With the 2018 international road season getting underway, we take a look at the far flung races that host the first skirmishes of the year
Why Specialized have a boardroom dedicated to Mario Cipollini
Rouleur takes a look round the gaudiest meeting room at Specialized HQ, recalling the impact Mario Cipollini had in introducing the Californian brand to the European pro peloton
What’s in the next issue of Rouleur magazine? 18.1 – a Classic
Philippe Gilbert, Svein Tuft, forgotten finishes of the Classics, Philippa York, Belgian bicycle worship gone mad and more
Coming together: new class meets old at Katusha-Alpecin
Once as Russian as ice-cold vodka, in recent years Team Katusha-Alpecin have transformed themselves into the UN of professional cycling. Rouleur sits down with riders old and...
World of pain: facing up to the dangerous reality of racing bikes
Starting each race knowing it may well result in agonising injury is a psychological strength often overlooked in professional cyclists. Matt Rendell pays homage to a bunch...
Philippe Gilbert: Ned Boulting meets the Belgian in Monaco
A year in Quick Step blue paid dividends for the Classics star – the first Belgian to win both Flanders and Amstel Gold in the...
Why you don’t want to get on the wrong side of Bernard Hinault
Bernard Hinault was the last French rider to win the Tour de France and the last French rider to effectively terrify the peloton. He’s still...
Office politics: Philippa York on the nuances of team car seating etiquette
Back before team buses, personal motorhomes and private jets, riders travelled in their team car. But there was still a complex pecking order at play.
Punk rock to PR – ‘on tour’ has dual meanings for Giro’s liaison man
All too familiar with the pressures of performing in the spotlight, band member Chuck Platt was a ‘shoe-in’ for the job of looking after Giro’s...
2017 Rouleur Photographer of the year competition
As 2017 came to a close, we asked our regular photographers to pick their six best cycling images from this year, before asking our readers to choose their favourite
2017 photographs of the year – part 5: Eugene Kim
As 2017 comes to a close, we’ve asked our regular photographers to pick their six favourite cycling images from this year.
2017 photographs of the year – part 4: Paolo Ciaberta
As 2017 comes to a close, we’ve asked our regular photographers to pick their six favourite cycling images from this year
Sky culture: Ian Boswell reflects on five years with the British team
Ian Boswell started his World Tour career at Team Sky in 2013. Now as he says goodbye to that most British of teams, he looks...
2017 photographs of the year – part 3: Benedict Campbell
As 2017 comes to a close, we’ve asked our regular photographers to pick their six favourite cycling images from this year
2017 photographs of the year – part 2: David Powell
As 2017 comes to a close, we’ve asked our regular photographers to pick their six favourite cycling images from this year
2017 photographs of the year – part 1: Pauline Ballet
As 2017 comes to a close, we’ve asked our regular photographers to pick their six favourite cycling images from this year
“The biggest heart and the softest soul” – Memories of Sharon Laws, 1974-2017
Those who knew Sharon Laws share their memories of the former British champion, who passed away on December 16, aged 43

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