Not to make light of his plight, but “Thibaut Pinot looking forlorn in the company of team-mates (also looking forlorn)” really ought to be a...

Meaty, beaty, big and bouncy. It's the second day in the Pyrenees and we have a proper GC battle on our hands. Jumbo-Visma looked less...

There aren’t many Grand Tour stages that are required viewing from start to finish. As little scope as organisers have to influence the way a...

Time for the big boys - or the skinny little ones - to shine as we go deep into the Pyrenees with the Col de Menté,...

Yesterday the peloton decided that a rider from the breakaway could win the stage. The peloton decided that the break itself was allowed to contain...

PHOTOS: OFFSIDE/L'EQUIPE    Stage 7: Millau - Lavaur (168km) Ben Ward Caleb Ewan (Mitchelton-Scott) Okay, I've cracked and I'm going for one of the big favourites...

WORDS: Nick Christian | PHOTOS: ASO/Pauline Ballet/CorVos/Thomas Maheux/Alex Whitehead/Swpix.com⠀ There we were, all ready to file our Stage 5 “analysis” when word reached us of...

Another fascinating battle in prospect today in the medium mountains before we reach the hors catégorie monsters at the weekend. Roglič is looking solid so...

A building industry behemoth that sells industrial adhesives, grouts and sealants. How unromantic, how un-Italian. And yet, its team forged in chaos became the greatest...

PHOTOS: OFFSIDE/L'EQUIPE Middle of the first week and we already have a juicy Tour on the boil, and some spot on predictions from the Rouleur...

WORDS: ANDY MCGRATH | PHOTOS: OFFSIDE/L'EQUIPE Hennie Kuiper reflects on his runner-up finish at the 1980 Tour, which saw unprecedented Dutch dominance and a 1-2...

PHOTOS: SWPIX/ASO There were some, including a certain rider who may or may not spend most of her time in a somewhat striking rainbow striped outfit,...

Will this Tour produce the anticipated fireworks? Can Jumbo-Visma really challenge the unstoppable Ineos express for GC honours? And, most importantly, will the race even...

Here we go then. A trifling 96km for the women on Sunday, while the guys are beginning their three-week jaunt around France. Ho hum... It...

WORDS: NICK CHRISTIAN | PHOTOS: OFFSIDE/ASO 4 minute read You know what’s more interesting than speculating who will win the Tour de France? Speculating who will...

PHOTOS: OFFSIDE/L'EQUIPE   Will this Tour produce the anticipated fireworks? Can Jumbo-Visma really challenge the unstoppable Ineos express for GC honours? And, most importantly, will...

A building industry behemoth that sells industrial adhesives, grouts and sealants. How unromantic, how un-Italian. And yet, its team forged in chaos became the greatest...

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...

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...

WORDS: NICK CHRISTIAN | PHOTOS: ALEX BROADWAY/ASO In an unprecedented cycling season, an unusual incarnation of a race won by an unlikely team's rider. Team EF's first WorldTour level...

WORDS: NICK CHRISTIAN | PHOTOS: PRESSESPORTS/GOMEZ/CORVOS/SWPIX.COM/LAPRESSE After the success of Top Mañana and Tomorrow’s Worlds, we’ve expanded the franchise of our popular race prediction game...

Once the scourge of cyclists, we now glorify in gravel sectors. Hugh Gladstone on how we learned to take the rough with the smooth

I was fast. Seriously fast. I had a yellow Peugeot jersey, black woolly shorts and perforated leather shoes.  Admittedly,... The post Paper Trail: Or How...

From the 1950s to the present, the Tour of Lombardy has showcased some of the most spectacular scenery Italy has to offer. The racing’s not...

WORDS: IAN CLEVERLY | PHOTOS: ASO Trashy TV blooper programmes were quite the thing in the pre-internet era – compilations of people doing silly things...

The white roads of Tuscany welcomed back the Women's and Men's WorldTours at the weekend, as the 2020 cycling season officially started for the second...

WORDS: ORLA CHENNAOUI | ILLUSTRATION: MATTHEW GREEN | PHOTOS: SWPIX.COM  17 minute read This essay was originally published in The Road Book 2019, available from the...

WORDS: NICK CHRISTIAN | PHOTOS: OFFSIDE/BRAKETHROUGH MEDIA/RCS After the success of Top Mañana and Tomorrow’s Worlds, we’ve expanded the franchise of our popular race prediction...

"He's a guy who, give him another year or two under his belt, these races are perfectly suited to," says Jonathan Vaughters to camera for...

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...