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When Bradley Wiggins met Eddy Merckx
What happened when Eddy Merckx sat down with Bradley Wiggins and Fabian Cancellara to discuss icons of the sport at the Rouleur Classic
Doors open at the Rouleur Classic
The doors are open, the fourth edition of the Rouleur Classic is underway. Here’s how you can follow along on our channels and see what’s...
Desire: CHPT3 x POC sunglasses and helmet
David Millar’s CHPT3 team up with Swedish headwear specialists POC to present a special edition Devesa Ventral SPIN helmet and the Crave and Require sunglasses
The future is now: Saddleback’s virtual reality exhibition at the Rouleur Classic
The Rouleur Classic returns this week and one of the show’s long-time supporters, Saddleback, will be offering a glimpse into the future while presenting some...
Stars in stripes: celebrating 30 years of Santini and the rainbow jersey
Maurizio Fondriest was the first road world champion to wear Santini’s rainbow jersey on the podium; in September, Alejandro Valverde became the 31st. For Santini,...
Geraint Thomas: did Froome want to attack me? (book extract)
In this extract from his new book, The Tour According to G, 2018 Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas recalls the ‘weird team meeting’ and how his relationship...
How Yorkshire became the heart of UK cycle racing
From the Tour de France to the World Championships, Yorkshire has shown little restraint in its ambition to host top-drawer cycle racing
Bradley Wiggins: what fascinates me about Lance Armstrong (book extract)
“I don’t think it was part of some Machiavellian plot to ruin my career,” writes Sir Bradley Wiggins of when he first met Lance Armstrong....
Lizzie Deignan: I was cycling until three days before my daughter’s birth
Rouleur sits down with the former world champion (and daughter Orla – although she didn’t say much) to discuss parenthood, training through pregnancy and Yorkshire...
Artisans: Rolo, Luxembourg’s custom build perfectionists
Boasting truly global roots and influences, Luxembourg based Rolo makes exquisite custom bikes with an unflinching eye for perfection
Four issues of Rouleur for £30 - UK exclusive offer
The new Rouleur magazine, the Design issue, is now available. Editor Edward Pickering tells us what’s in the magazine. Good design is invisible, so they say. The...
Reflections: On hill climb season
A Rouleur contributor reflects on his fondness for hill climb season. The only time of year that the below-average amateur gets to feel like a...
The history of the World Championships in ten posters
From Valkenburg 1938 to Ronse 1988, these ten vintage promotional posters offer an alternative journey through World Championship history
The Road Book: Ned Boulting’s 2018 season in review
Ned Boulting and Cillian Kelly have teamed up to create The Road Book, a cycling almanack that provides an account of the 2018 season through...
2019 Tour de France route: who does it favour?
As the Tour de France celebrates 100 years of the yellow jersey, we look at what the 2019 parcours has in store. Will the planets...
Girona Gala for Qhubeka: Kittel, Hesjedal, Dennis and friends
For the third year, the Girona Gala proved to be a star-studded occasion and a terrific night for a great... The post Girona Gala for...
The role of the road captain in professional cycling
They may not be seen on the podium or get the accolades at the end of the race, but the road captain is crucial in all professional...
Cyrille Guimard: You need to be a rouleur to win the Tour de France
Having managed Bernard Hinault, Laurent Fignon and Greg Lemond, legendary directeur sportif Cyrille Guimard knows a thing or two about winning the Tour de France. But...
An alternative vision for the Tour de France
Forget smaller teams, salary caps, grid starts and even Ventoux, Daniel Ostanek shares his ideas on how to change the Tour de France formula
Box craft: when bike storage gets stylish
If all you yearn for in life is the knowledge that your high-performance best friend is safe and sound then Velohawk might just have created...
Artisans: Jessie Walker’s customised kicks
These shoes are made for pedalling! A way of allowing riders’ personalities to shine through, customisation of shoes is growing as is Jessie Walker’s client...
On the cusp: the formative years of Ineos’s Eddie Dunbar
Writer Tom Daly has witnessed Team Ineos’s Dunbar go from an 11-year-old kid in Kanturk without a bike to one of the brightest prospects in...
Cycling Hall of Fame Competition: Win a cycling cap signed by Ernesto Colnago
Win a one-of-a-kind Colnago casquette, signed by the company’s founder and first recipient of the Cycling Hall of Fame’s Patron Award, Ernesto Colnago
Reflections: what to make of pro-racing’s new taste for adventure?
Why is professional road racing increasingly turning its attention to gravel roads, adventure racing and bikepacking? And is that a good thing?
On time: the parallel worlds of watches and two wheels
The CEO of rising Swiss watchmaker IWC talks cycling partnerships, Fabian Cancellara and timeless timepieces
Twenty-two and on the WorldTour scrapheap: James Shaw’s tough break
His Monument debut ended in a broken collarbone. The Lotto-Soudal youngster hopes it is not the end, before his career has barely gotten going. His...
Generation game: building eTap-equipped custom bikes for kids
SRAM eTap for toddlers? Pat and Linette MacArthur build bespoke bikes for children – and the sky truly is the limit
Twelve things we’re looking forward to at the Rouleur Classic 2018
The Rouleur Classic 2018 is just weeks away. Here are 12 of the attractions we’re most looking forward to catching at this year’s show
Artisans: seeing stars with HydroVision’s custom sunglasses
HydroVision supplies custom sunglasses to the stars, including the new British national champion, Connor Swift
The Knowledge: Larry Warbasse takes an impulse deep dive
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