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Eddie Dunbar: The grafter from Cork
When the going gets tough, Eddie Dunbar gets going. The Irish climber aiming high at the Giro with a new team – and a new...
‘Visma are the indisputable favourites’: UAE Team Emirates-XRG forced into Giro d’Italia rethink after João Almeida ruled out
Joxean Fernández Matxin tells Rouleur that UAE will now back Adam Yates who will be vying to keep the maglia rosa in the family after...
The picky cannibal: Pogačar brings stardust to Tour de Romandie
The world champion brings some much-needed attention to what used to be key build-up race to the Tour de France
Paul Seixas gets close to the sun – and doesn’t burn. Tadej Pogačar has a new rival
The 19-year-old Frenchman finishes second to the world champion at Liège-Bastogne-Liège
Cruelty and promise: how the youngest lit up the oldest Monument
Paula Blasi, 23, and Isabella Holmgren, 20, finished fifth and sixth at Liège-Bastogne-Liège and showed they could be Ardennes stars in the years to come
'I like the tough days' - Joe Blackmore on winning L'Avenir, riding with Froomey and Tour dreams
The south London-raised former off-roader on riding with Chris Froome, fuelling with custard creams and terrible golf swings
Tadej Pogačar-esque: Demi Vollering is looking unstoppable this spring
As if the Tour of Flanders wasn't proof enough of resounding form, the Dutchwoman flew to victory yet again at La Flèche Wallone. The gap...
'I’m strong when it's hard': Seixas conquers the Mur – but can he topple Pogačar at Liège?
The 19-year-old French rider produced a masterclass to win atop the Mur de Huy
One crisis ends, another extends: Remco Evenepoel's Amstel Gold triump inflicts more pain on Lidl-Trek
What does Evenepoel's Amstel win mean for the bigger picture?
A star is born: Paula Blasi announces her arrival with convincing Amstel Gold win
Rouleur tells the cycling story of 23-year-old Paula Blasi, who outrode the favourites in another unpredictable edition of Amstel Gold.
'I wanted to have nothing to regret in the end': Magdeleine Vallieres on her Worlds breakthrough
Rouleur meets the new rainbow jersy wearer to hear about her journey from Canadian club races to cycling's top table ahead of her Ardennes campaign.
Hell of an Adventure: ‘Dude, I was just soaking it all in’
Modern Adventure duo Cole Kessler, 22, and Ezra Caudell, 19, reflect on their first Monument
‘The coverage doesn’t tell the whole story of the race’: Why Paris-Roubaix Femmes deserves its own day
The main talking point of this year’s Paris-Roubaix Femmes had nothing to do with the racing. It was the lack of live coverage.
Paul Seixas' Tour credentials: Was the Basque Country the evidence we needed?
The French prodigy won the stage race by 2:30
'I realised this crazy race is for me': Roubaix crowns Koch its latest queen
The FDJ-United Suez rider stunned Visma-Lease a Bike's Marianne Vos and Pauline Ferrand-Prévot in a dramatic sprint finale.
Paris-Roubaix: Tadej Pogačar's new Achilles heel
The world champion was second to Wout van Aert on Sunday, but he showed, yet again, that he can win the cobbled Monument
No records broken, but hearts won at the Hell of the North
Wout van Aert wins the 2026 Paris-Roubaix, eight years on from when his teammate Michael Goolaerts died at the race
Born ready: Zoe Bäckstedt is raring to go ahead of Paris-Roubaix
Rouleur speaks to one of Paris-Roubaix Femmes’s youngest veterans as she looks to take a top result at this year’s edition. Could she become the...
The Paris-Roubaix obsession: A love letter to cycling’s greatest race
Ahead of Sunday’s races, Rachel Jary reflects on what makes the Hell of the North so special
‘A rider who can do everything’ – How do Alpecin solve the Pogačar problem at Paris-Roubaix?
Mathieu van der Poel has won the last three editions of Paris-Roubaix, but he is up against the greatest ever cyclist
Belief, becoming, and the space in between: A rest day with St. Michel-Preference Home-Auber93
Inside a brief lull in the chaos before Paris-Roubaix with Saint Michel-Preference Home-Auber93
'Always keep riding’ - looking back at Mat Hayman's remarkable 2016 Paris-Roubaix
Aged 37 and recovering from injuries sustained in a crash weeks before, Mathew Hayman took on the best Classics rider of his generation and won...
Bad luck and a blistering attack: talking points from Ronde van Vlaanderen
Rouleur dissects the action from the women’s race
De Ronde’s definitive ranking: how this year’s Tour of Flanders ordered the Big Four
Rouleur analyses the tactics that won and lost the 2026 men’s Monument
The fight of Flanders: Inside the mind of its latest victor
Demi Vollering found quiet in the chaos to take her first De Ronde triumph
‘De Ronde is going to be a regular part Remco’s schedule’ – Red Bull delight at best Flanders debut in eight years
Olympic champion was third behind Tadej Pogačar and Mathieu van der Poel but demonstrated why there was so much excitement around his debut at the...
'It’s more stressful with Remco here': No one controls Flanders. Not even Pogačar
Why the principal act is welcoming his fellow long-range attacker at Ronde van Vlaanderen
‘Every year it gives me goosebumps’: Wout van Aert older, wiser, but excited as ever for Ronde van Vlaanderen
The Belgian may have ruled himself out of the favourites' conversation ahead of Tour of Flanders, but a happy Van Aert is a dangerous Van...
'I know my qualities, and that’s enough’ - Kopecky’s calm before the storm
Life would be a lot easier if we could all be as cool and collected as Lotte Kopecky. As all eyes turn to the hellingen...
Red Bull’s joker: Why Evenepoel’s participation shuffles De Ronde’s pack
Remco Evenepoel will make his debut at the Tour of Flanders on Sunday. He’s another card to play for a stacked Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe team, but...
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