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The Cycling Hall of Fame 2019: the case for Daniel Mangeas

The Cycling Hall of Fame 2019: the case for Daniel Mangeas

Voice of the Tour de France for 41 years, Mangeas is a true legend of cycling, the patron of cycling commentators. Vote for Daniel!  

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Desire: What riders want

Desire: What riders want

Saddles, framesets, shoes and wheels. And groupsets, of course. Philippa York on what she wanted – and what she got lumped with – when it...

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Desire: Me and my Factor O2

Desire: Me and my Factor O2

Rouleur’s Desire editor, Stuart Clapp, recently decided he needed a new bike, but what to get? Should he go with rim brakes or discs? Electronic...

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The column: Football is better than cycling

The column: Football is better than cycling

It’s not, obviously, but the coincidence of the Women’s World Cup and Women’s Tour have this week shown how far cycling still has to go

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Ned Boulting: 7 Reasons your dad will love to receive The Road Book for Father’s Day

Ned Boulting: 7 Reasons your dad will love to receive The Road Book for Father’s Day

He doesn’t need it, but he wants it. Rouleur columnist, dad, and the Road Book editor, Ned Boulting, with a septet of reasons why your dad...

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Rouleur podcast: The Cervélo story

Rouleur podcast: The Cervélo story

Company founders Phil White and Anna Dopico on the rollercoaster ride of starting Cervélo, plus dandelion tyres and thoroughbred racers

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The column: Miguel Ángel López vs the Slovenian

The column: Miguel Ángel López vs the Slovenian

Six of one, half a dozen of the other? Did the guy get what he deserved? Or should the UCI have thrown the book at...

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Cover Stories: issue 19.4 by Thomas Danthony

Cover Stories: issue 19.4 by Thomas Danthony

French illustrator Thomas Danthony’s take on the Tour. Stillness, speed and reflections

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The Giro d’Italia then and now: Interview with race director, Mauro Vegni

The Giro d’Italia then and now: Interview with race director, Mauro Vegni

“Whoever doesn’t come to the Giro is missing out. It’s the Giro that makes champions, not the other way around.” The director of the Giro...

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The column: Enough of summit finish snooze-fests

The column: Enough of summit finish snooze-fests

A summit finish in a Grand Tour ought to mean attacks galore and guarantee GC gaps. Instead they’re pedestrian, predictable and change little, as riders...

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Dario Cataldo: The breakaway artist

Dario Cataldo: The breakaway artist

Meet Dario Cataldo, Grand Tour stage winner, “Picasso” of the peloton and trusted sidekick who feels the modern domestique is undervalued.

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Taming the Passo dello Stelvio

Taming the Passo dello Stelvio

Often the highpoint of the race – literally and metaphorically – the mighty Stelvio looms large over the Giro. Who keeps the roads clear of...

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Rouleur Podcast: Larry Warbasse and Conor Dunne, plus Lee “Hollywood” Turner

Rouleur Podcast: Larry Warbasse and Conor Dunne, plus Lee “Hollywood” Turner

Larry and Conor, the #NoGoTour boys reunited at the Giro, and it feels so good. Plus Lee Turner’s crazy pro kit fetish and Stu Clapp’s...

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The column: In praise of Victor Campenaerts

The column: In praise of Victor Campenaerts

Victor Campenaerts is best known as that whacky rider who asked someone out during a Grand Tour time trial. In the last month he’s become...

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The Cycling Hall of Fame 2019: the case for Tullio Campagnolo

The Cycling Hall of Fame 2019: the case for Tullio Campagnolo

Campagnolo: more than a feeling, more than just a groupset or derailleur. Style, substance and simplicity, thanks to Tullio

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Desire: Rouleur’s go-to gear

Desire: Rouleur’s go-to gear

Life’s essentials – on and off the bike – as used by our team at work, rest and play

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Tejay van Garderen and The Switch

Tejay van Garderen and The Switch

Strange goings on at Tour of California: on crashing, cable routing and good turns

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The column: A silver lining to Tom Dumoulin’s DNF?

The column: A silver lining to Tom Dumoulin’s DNF?

As disappointed as he was to abandon the Giro d’Italia, could it yet force Tom Dumoulin to make his first full-bore assault on the Tour...

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Pedro Horrillo: The crash

Pedro Horrillo: The crash

On May 16th 2009, during the 8th stage of the Giro d’Italia, Rabobank’s Pedro Horrillo slipped off the road on the descent of the Colle...

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Vote for the 2019 Sharon Laws Road Rider of the spring

Vote for the 2019 Sharon Laws Road Rider of the spring

Six star riders up for the Sharon Laws Rider of the Spring award: Annika Langvad, Annemiek Van Vleuten, Marianne Vos, Kirsten Wild, Demi Vollering and...

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Rouleur podcast: Desire special

Rouleur podcast: Desire special

The Rouleur crew pick their favourite bikes and kit from the new Desire issue. And photographer Benedict Campbell shares his top tips for shooting your...

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The column: Giro d’Italia 2019 – Considering the contenders

The column: Giro d’Italia 2019 – Considering the contenders

The favourites for the Giro d’Italia 2019 fall into two camps – time triallists and climbers. Which is more likely to come out on top...

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5 tips for photographing your bike, Desire style

5 tips for photographing your bike, Desire style

Rouleur Desire’s unique style didn’t come about on its own. We sat down with Desire aficionado, Benedict Campbell, to get the low-down on how to...

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Ned Boulting: Italy, a land of ghosts

Ned Boulting: Italy, a land of ghosts

Italy used to produce Grand Tour winners as prolifically as pasta. Recently they have become a rarity, with sprinters the new normal. Ned Boulting on the ghosts...

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Desire: Why grovel when you can gravel?

Desire: Why grovel when you can gravel?

Issue 19.3 of Desire sees Rouleur’s first foray into the gravel and as usual, we’ve turned the dial up to 11.

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Quiz: How closely were you following the Classics 2019?

Quiz: How closely were you following the Classics 2019?

From Omloop Het Nieuwsblad to Liège-Bastogne-Liège, prove how well you remember this year’s Classics season to be in with a chance of winning a membership...

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The column: Ten more years of Team Sky?

The column: Ten more years of Team Sky?

Does the success of Team Sky’s youngsters at The Tour of the Alps herald another decade of Grand Tour dominance?

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Desire: Velohawk

Desire: Velohawk

Few bike storage solutions get the blood moving quite like Velohawk’s bespoke carbon pods. We found one installed amongst esteemed company, brought a fine bike...

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Desire Special: A letter from the editor

Desire Special: A letter from the editor

Our Desire editor, Stuart Clapp, describes an early encounter with the power of style. It started him down a road that would ultimately lead to...

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Rouleur podcast: Eros Poli and David Millar

Rouleur podcast: Eros Poli and David Millar

The 6’4″ Italian who conquered Ventoux 25 years ago to win in Carpentras, led out Cipollini and drove the grupetto bus. Presented by Laka, the...

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