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"Everything is possible at San Remo": Philippe Gilbert on striving for five

"Everything is possible at San Remo": Philippe Gilbert on striving for five

Rouleur speaks to Philippe Gilbert ahead of his seventeenth Milan-San Remo, where he seeks to make history and become the fourth rider to win all...

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Sarah Sturm: Finding the Balance in Bikepacking

Sarah Sturm: Finding the Balance in Bikepacking

A latecomer to cycling, Sarah Sturm went straight into racing before realising that there was a lot more to life both on and off the...

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Less is more: the men can keep their clashing calendar

Less is more: the men can keep their clashing calendar

The congested men’s calendar might leave fans spoilt for choice, but you can have too much of a good thing

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Fabian Cancellara on Milan-San Remo – the most difficult one-day race

Fabian Cancellara on Milan-San Remo – the most difficult one-day race

Why La Primavera remains the toughest day of racing on the calendar according to the 2008 winner Fabian Cancellara

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Matt Goss's Milan-San Remo win - Romance on the Italian Riviera

Matt Goss's Milan-San Remo win - Romance on the Italian Riviera

On March 19 2011, Matt Goss sprinted to victory in Milan-San Remo. Much of his triumph that year owed to hiding in plain sight. Even before...

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E3 Saxo Bank Classic 2021 Preview

E3 Saxo Bank Classic 2021 Preview

Rouleur preview the 2021 E3 Saxo Bank Classic. Wout Van Aert and Mathieu van der Poel are among the key favourites.

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Milan-San Remo 2021 Preview

Milan-San Remo 2021 Preview

Rouleur preview the 112th edition of Milan-San Remo. 'La Classicissima', is the first monument in the cycling season and was won by Wout Van Aert in...

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Trofeo Alfredo Binda - Comune di Cittiglio 2021 Preview

Trofeo Alfredo Binda - Comune di Cittiglio 2021 Preview

Rouleur previews Trofeo Alfredo Binda. SD Worx will hope to continue their supremacy but Jumbo Visma’s Marianne Vos will be seeking a fifth win in...

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Top 10: Finish Line Faces of Milan-San Remo

Top 10: Finish Line Faces of Milan-San Remo

It must be the distance – almost 300km from the city to the sea – and the herculean effort that brings out the rawest of emotions on...

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Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico 2021 Debrief

Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico 2021 Debrief

Rouleur review the 2021 editions of Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico after one of the most eventful weeks of cycling racing this year

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Healthy Ageing Tour 2021 Debrief

Healthy Ageing Tour 2021 Debrief

A race restricted to closed circuits with a simple out-and-back time trial might initially sound like a boring proposition, but the Healthy Ageing Tour last...

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Tour of Flanders for Women 2021 Preview

Tour of Flanders for Women 2021 Preview

The Tour of Flanders has been a highlight of the women's calendar since its inception in 2004, and this year's race on 4th April looks...

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Tour of Flanders 2021 Preview

Tour of Flanders 2021 Preview

Rouleur look ahead to the second Monument of the 2021 season, the Tour of Flanders. Mathieu van der Poel will look to defend his crown

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The Six Day Virtual Racing Series Returns

The Six Day Virtual Racing Series Returns

Track racing gets a new look with Six Day's new virtual format

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Rouleur 102

Meals and wheels: Wiggins, Yates and Leblanq on Merckx

Two British cycling legends and a Michelin-starred chef cook up a storm with their Merckx memories and colourful stories for a special feature in issue...

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"Power to weight matters, but not at the cost of our health": Nikki Brammeier on RED-s

"Power to weight matters, but not at the cost of our health": Nikki Brammeier on RED-s

Nikki Brammeier’s cycling career spanned more than ten years across myriad disciplines, from track, to MTB, to road, but with her main focus being cyclocross. Having suffered...

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"The headache we could really do without" Anna Henderson on the challenges of Brexit

"The headache we could really do without" Anna Henderson on the challenges of Brexit

Based in Holland and riding for the newly established Jumbo Visma women's team, former downhill skier Anna Henderson talks to Rouleur about her unique journey...

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Concussion Repercussions: The real consequences of head traumas in cycling

Concussion Repercussions: The real consequences of head traumas in cycling

Blows to the head are a common occurrence in racing. But total recovery is not a given. We speak to riders suffering the consequences of...

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Introducing issue 102, True Grit

Introducing issue 102, True Grit

Join us on an adventure in our latest issue. Executive Editor, Ian Cleverly, reveals what's inside...

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Top Table: Fran, Lizzie, Monica & Orla in conversation

Top Table: Fran, Lizzie, Monica & Orla in conversation

Over a winter's Zoom call, four doyennes of the cycling world share their experiences. Orla Chennaoui, Lizzie Deignan, Fran Millar and Monica Santini on what...

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Strade Bianche 2021: Debrief

Strade Bianche 2021: Debrief

Rouleur take a look back at this week’s cycling action highlighted by Strade Bianche on the serene white roads of Tuscany.

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Cherie Pridham: My responsibility to succeed and carry the torch

Cherie Pridham: My responsibility to succeed and carry the torch

On International Women's Day, Israel Start-Up Nation DS Cherie Pridham writes about her ambitions for the role of women in pro cycling

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Strade Bianche 2021: Video Debrief

Strade Bianche 2021: Video Debrief

Rouleur magazine editor Andy McGrath, and Rouleur contributors Amy Jones and Joe Timms dissect the day's racing action

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Opinion: Tao, Zlatan and how to cut through pro cycling's white noise

Opinion: Tao, Zlatan and how to cut through pro cycling's white noise

This week, the Swedish footballer Zlatan Ibrahimovic hit the headlines over comments relating to the social activism and injustice-raising of basketball great Lebron James. “I...

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CyFi – A Rouleur Screenplay

CyFi – A Rouleur Screenplay

Rouleur has never published a screenplay before, but this one convinced us otherwise

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Strade Bianche 2021 Preview

Strade Bianche 2021 Preview

Without question, Strade Bianche is one of, if not the most beautiful races of the season. We preview the 2021 edition, where Wout Van Aert...

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"I'm actually on my dream team" 22-year-old Mikayla Harvey on joining Canyon//SRAM

"I'm actually on my dream team" 22-year-old Mikayla Harvey on joining Canyon//SRAM

A week after her 22nd birthday last year, Mikayla Harvey rode the race of her life to claim the youth classification and 5th overall at the...

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Ashleigh Moolman Pasio “I definitely feel like there’s unfinished business.”

Ashleigh Moolman Pasio “I definitely feel like there’s unfinished business.”

Ashleigh Moolman Pasio on becoming eSports world champion, joining her new team, and her unfinished business with Strade Bianche.

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Eight questions to be answered in women’s cycling in 2021

Eight questions to be answered in women’s cycling in 2021

With the 2021 women’s cycling season now officially underway, our minds are also racing with speculation about how the coming months will unfold. As the...

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Opinion: Give Canyon a break, mechanical failures are part of the sport

Opinion: Give Canyon a break, mechanical failures are part of the sport

Mathieu van der Poel's broken Canyon Aeroad handlebar set the internet alight, but mechanical issues are nothing new, and new technology always comes with new problems

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