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Giro down, Tour to go: Jonas Vingegaard sets sight on joining exclusive club

Giro down, Tour to go: Jonas Vingegaard sets sight on joining exclusive club

History beckons for Vingegaard as Giro dominance sets up Tour de France showdown with Pogačar and Seixas

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Giro d'Italia 2026 stage 21 preview:  The grand finale

Giro d'Italia 2026 stage 21 preview: The grand finale

A final opportunity for the sprinters, while the rest of the peloton can relax in what is largely a ceremonial stage through the iconic streets...

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Giro d'Italia 2026 stage 19 preview: Who will conquer the queen stage?

Giro d'Italia 2026 stage 19 preview: Who will conquer the queen stage?

Jonas Vingegaard’s iron grip on the GC leaves a hotly contested battle for the remaining two podium spots in its wake. Rome is in sight...

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Giro d'Italia 2026 stage 17 preview: attacks abound in the Dolomites

Giro d'Italia 2026 stage 17 preview: attacks abound in the Dolomites

A lumpy transitional stage with a flat first 50km calls for lively action in the breakaway   

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SOS save our sprint: how the breakaway foiled the favourites in Milan

SOS save our sprint: how the breakaway foiled the favourites in Milan

What was supposed to be a straightforward sprint stage turned into one of the most enthralling dramas of this year’s Giro. With only two flat...

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Alliances, chases and late attacks: Giro d'Italia transition stage sparks into life

Alliances, chases and late attacks: Giro d'Italia transition stage sparks into life

Alec Segeart pulled off the victory he's been promising to deliver for a while, while Movistar and NSN aren't rewarded for their hard work. 

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'Make your own game': Jhonatan Narváez is the man of the Giro d'Italia

'Make your own game': Jhonatan Narváez is the man of the Giro d'Italia

A hat-trick of stage wins for Jhonatan Narváez at this year's Giro d'Italia – and now he's closing in on the jersey almost always won...

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Giro d'Italia 2026 stage 12 preview: Can the sprinters survive the climbs?

Giro d'Italia 2026 stage 12 preview: Can the sprinters survive the climbs?

A flat, straight finale into Novi Ligure holds promise for the sprinters of the peloton – but with two category three climbs in their way,...

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Reduced but not weakened: UAE Team Emirates-XRG silence Giro d'Italia sceptics

Reduced but not weakened: UAE Team Emirates-XRG silence Giro d'Italia sceptics

Movistar will be smarting that they didn't pull off victory on stage four, but UAE Team Emirates-XRG played the best tactics at the right moment.

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Giro d'Italia 2026 stage three preview: Fastmen back in action

Giro d'Italia 2026 stage three preview: Fastmen back in action

The final day in Bulgaria hands the star sprinters another opportunity with a false flat run-in to the capital  

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Giro d'Italia 2026 stage one results: Paul Magnier wins in Burgas

Giro d'Italia 2026 stage one results: Paul Magnier wins in Burgas

The 22-year-old Magnier claims the first pink jersey of this year's race

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‘I hope my momentum snowballs into winning a stage’: Could Ethan Vernon be the Giro d’Italia’s new sprint star?

‘I hope my momentum snowballs into winning a stage’: Could Ethan Vernon be the Giro d’Italia’s new sprint star?

The 25-year-old fastman is optimistic ahead of this year's race, and rightly so. Vernon has been knocking on the door of the greats all season,...

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Giro d'Italia 2026 stage one preview: Sprint battle along the Black Sea coast

Giro d'Italia 2026 stage one preview: Sprint battle along the Black Sea coast

The Grande Partenza is upon us! Who will be the first to wear pink after this year’s flat opening stage in Bulgaria?  

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The Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes peloton, ahead of the 2026 edition

Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes 2026 preview: who will win La Doyenne?

Rouleur examines the favourites for Sunday’s Monument  

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The Liège-Bastogne-Liège peloton, ahead of the 2026 edition

Liège-Bastogne-Liège 2026 men’s preview: the showdown between Pogačar and Seixas

Rouleur looks at route and the contenders for the fourth Monument of the season  

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The Return of De Ronde: who will win the men’s Tour of Flanders?

The Return of De Ronde: who will win the men’s Tour of Flanders?

Rouleur take a look at the headline acts ahead of Sunday’s cobbled showcase

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Vuelta a España 2026 route: A festival of climbing from Monaco to Granada

Vuelta a España 2026 route: A festival of climbing from Monaco to Granada

All you need to know about the route of the third Grand Tour in 2026

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‘We've had inexcusable deaths in our sport’ - Dan Bigham’s call for action to make cycling safer

‘We've had inexcusable deaths in our sport’ - Dan Bigham’s call for action to make cycling safer

The former Hour Record holder was on stage at Rouleur Live 2025 discussing the need for a detailed database for crashes in professional cycling

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Vuelta a España 2025 stage 20 preview: the final reckoning to Bola del Mundo

Vuelta a España 2025 stage 20 preview: the final reckoning to Bola del Mundo

The rough concrete climb to 'the End of the World' is a fitting amphitheatre for the final Grand Tour GC showdown of 2025

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Vuelta a España 2025 stage 13 preview: the Angliru awaits

Vuelta a España 2025 stage 13 preview: the Angliru awaits

One of the hardest climbs in the world is beckoning on a pivotal stage of the Vuelta

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Finding a different way to win: Jasper Philipsen crushes the dreams of the pretenders

Finding a different way to win: Jasper Philipsen crushes the dreams of the pretenders

The Alpecin-Deceuninck leader was nowhere to be the seen until the final 50 metres but timed his sprint to perfection to win his second Vuelta...

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Vuelta a España 2025 stage nine preview: Summit finish before the rest day

Vuelta a España 2025 stage nine preview: Summit finish before the rest day

The category one finish atop Valdezcaray will be the final play before the first rest day at the Vuelta a España

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Vuelta a España 2025 stage six preview: The first Pyrenean test

Vuelta a España 2025 stage six preview: The first Pyrenean test

A mountainous day represents the hardest stage of the 2025 Vuelta a España so far

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Vuelta a España 2025 stage one preview: The sprint for red

Vuelta a España 2025 stage one preview: The sprint for red

The first red jersey of the 2025 Vuelta a España will likely go to a sprinter

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Tour de France 2025 stage 21 preview: The Montmartre circuit

Tour de France 2025 stage 21 preview: The Montmartre circuit

The final stage may still finish on the Champs-Élysées but not by the traditional route

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Tadej Pogacar on Hautacam

Tour de France 2025 stage 14 preview: Four mighty Pyrenean climbs await

The peloton faces the Tourmalet, the Aspin, the Peyresourde and the Superbagnères

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Victor Campenaerts

From breakaway specialist to domestique deluxe: Campenaerts reinvents himself at the 2025 Tour de France

Victor Campenaerts has long been renowned as a rider who thinks creatively in the pursuit of gains. But he also understands when the situation needs a bit of...

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Tour de France 2025

Tour de France 2025 stage 12 preview: The first summit finish

The first mountain-top finish of the Tour to Hautacam looms

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Tour de France 2025 stage 10 preview: Hardest test yet

Tour de France 2025 stage 10 preview: Hardest test yet

The peloton faces almost 4,500m of climbing on challenging day in the Massif Central

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Jonas Vingegaard

Victory for Pogačar, but the signs for Jonas Vingegaard already look good at the Tour de France

On the first GC uphill battle of the Tour, Vingegaard’s form is clearly better than at the Dauphiné

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