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Baling out

Baling out

Do you remember stage 9 of the 2013 Tour de France? It was the one where Chris Froome found himself isolated in a powerful lead...

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The column: No inspiration without representation?

The column: No inspiration without representation?

WORDS: IAN CLEVERLY | PHOTOS: OFFSIDE/LEQUIPE 3 minute read No Chris Froome at this year’s Tour, then. Not a massive surprise, to be honest. No...

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Stars of the Future part VI: Ethan Hayter

Stars of the Future part VI: Ethan Hayter

Words: Nick Christian | Photos: Swpix.com 2 minute read This is the sixth part of an article entitled ‘Rouleur’s Super Six’, originally published in Rouleur issue...

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The Column: How Chris Froome can win the Tour de France… 2021

The Column: How Chris Froome can win the Tour de France… 2021

Don't write him off just yet. Why Chris Froome's chances of winning another Tour de France are higher than most people seem to believe

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Cover stories: Issue 20.5 by Sean Hardy

Cover stories: Issue 20.5 by Sean Hardy

This year’s Tour de France will be unlike any other. For our Tour special we needed a cover to match. Longtime Rouleur photographer Sean Hardy...

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Chris Froome and the Seventh Circle

Chris Froome and the Seventh Circle

“Can we talk about the crash?” He doesn’t hesitate. “Sure.” He shows me some of his scars.

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The column: Anticipating racing’s return

The column: Anticipating racing’s return

As pro racing prepares to return to our screens, a few thoughts on what it will look like when it does

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Ned Boulting: Ten years since I won the yellow jumper

Ned Boulting: Ten years since I won the yellow jumper

A decade since he wrote his first book, How I Won The Yellow Jumper: Dispatches From The Tour De France, Rouleur columnist Ned Boulting has...

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The column: Let’s use this time to consider the future we want for cycling

The column: Let’s use this time to consider the future we want for cycling

Rather than dwelling on what we’re missing, the races that have been cancelled, let’s look forward, and imagine what cycling could one day be, once...

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The column: Considering the Tour de France wildcards (and the ones that missed out)

The column: Considering the Tour de France wildcards (and the ones that missed out)

  This week it was announced that all the 2020 Tour de France wildcards have all gone to home teams. Favouritism? Or fair enough?

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Pick your favourite Rouleur photographer’s shot of the year from 2019

Pick your favourite Rouleur photographer’s shot of the year from 2019

Our fine body of photographers choose their best work from the 2019 season. Vote for your own personal top shot and be in with a...

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Anquetil v Poulidor

Anquetil v Poulidor

Anquetil and Poulidor. Two very different riders whose concurrent presence in the sport produced one of the Tour’s legendary rivalries, emblematic of France old and...

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Rouleur podcast: Greg LeMond

Rouleur podcast: Greg LeMond

Three-time Tour de France winner and double World Champion Lemond and his wife Kathy join Ian Parkinson at the Rouleur Classic for a memorable conversation...

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Talking shop with Andy Schleck

Talking shop with Andy Schleck

Retroactively awarded the 2010 Tour de France, Andy Schleck retired early due to injury. The Luxembourger and bike shop owner looks back on what was...

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Marcel Kittel, hair-raiser

Marcel Kittel, hair-raiser

From our 21 stages, 21 stories series: The harum-scarum life of a sprinter, staying cool in the Tour cauldron, and truth and reconciliation

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The column: What next for Julian Alaphilippe?

The column: What next for Julian Alaphilippe?

Julian Alaphilippe demonstrated at the Tour de France that he is capable of more than anyone had previously thought possible. It may, however, have left...

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Ten minutes in Paris with George Bennett, Tour de France 2019 Supreme Banana

Ten minutes in Paris with George Bennett, Tour de France 2019 Supreme Banana

Few riders at the 2019 Tour de France were put through the ringer like Jumbo Visma’s George Bennett, and none was more deserving of our...

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The Tour de France is over. Now what?

The Tour de France is over. Now what?

Does the finish of the Tour de France really mark the end of the cycling season? Of course it doesn’t. Who, in fact, would even...

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Top Banana: Tour de France stage 20 – Laurens De Plus

Top Banana: Tour de France stage 20 – Laurens De Plus

Laurens De Plus is a mellow fellow in yellow who matched Team Ineos pound for pound and pulled off a podium place for his captain

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Top Banana: Tour de France stage 18 – Romain Bardet

Top Banana: Tour de France stage 18 – Romain Bardet

Bardet bounces back in the Alps, nabs a spotty jersey and lands a banana

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Top Banana: Tour de France stage 17 – Kasper Asgreen

Top Banana: Tour de France stage 17 – Kasper Asgreen

Deceuninck’s Danish debutant has dazzled with his Tour de France workrate. At this rate of progression, he’ll be Kasper the friendly G.O.A.T

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Top Banana: Tour de France stage 16 – Lotto Soudal

Top Banana: Tour de France stage 16 – Lotto Soudal

Mellow yellow: Lotto-Soudal go banana crazy en masse

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The Cycling Hall of Fame 2019: the case for Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen

The Cycling Hall of Fame 2019: the case for Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen

The Tour de France commentary duo who gave cycling to the people for 34 years. Vote Phil and Paul.

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Collecting memories of the Tour de France

Collecting memories of the Tour de France

Deep in the Norfolk countryside, we find a treasure trove of Tour-related nicknacks and memorabilia, an understanding wife and a son named Henri Desgrange

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Top Banana: Tour de France stage 15 – Lennard Kämna

Top Banana: Tour de France stage 15 – Lennard Kämna

Lennard Kämna: Sunweb’s Tour de France debutant riding Grand Tour winners off his wheel 

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Top Banana: Tour de France stage 14 – David Gaudu

Top Banana: Tour de France stage 14 – David Gaudu

Waiting for Gaudu? No longer. The young Breton seizes the day on the Tourmalet

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Top Banana: Tour de France stage 13 – Enric Mas

Top Banana: Tour de France stage 13 – Enric Mas

Deceunink-Quick Step’s young Spaniard Enric Mas sneaks into the white jersey and gives Alaphilippe an ace card in the mountains

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Top Banana: Tour de France stage 12 – Matteo Trentin

Top Banana: Tour de France stage 12 – Matteo Trentin

A top team performance on tough terrain helps Simon Yates to his first Tour de France win – and yet another top ten for Matteo...

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Mathew Hayman: A quick Tour de France Q&A

Mathew Hayman: A quick Tour de France Q&A

Mathew Hayman is enjoying his first Tour de France since retiring in January. The legendary Australian domestique – and Paris-Roubaix winner – shares his hottest...

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