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How are the Tour de France climbs classified?
The Tour's race director explains to Rouleur exactly how the category of each of the race's climbs is determined
The ego problem: Can UAE Team Emirates-XRG balance so many superstars in 2026?
Tadej Pogačar's leadership is a given, but where do the team's superstars fit in underneath him?
Reform versus tradition: Should cycling’s Grand Tour calendar be changed?
The debate about the Vuelta a España and Giro d’Italia’s positions in the season rumbles on…
Do harder routes make for more interesting racing?
The E3 Saxo Classic will feature an additional ascent of the Oude Kwaremont in 2026, but will that make it more or less entertaining?
Did Tadej Pogačar's domination make the 2025 season boring or brilliant?
Did you find the 2025 season boring? It depends why you watch sport
2025 men's WorldTour team ratings: Disappointment and dominance
We take a look at how the men's WorldTour teams performed over the last season
'One of the brightest young talents in cycling' - Have Lidl-Trek signed their Grand Tour winner in Juan Ayuso?
The Spaniard has signed with the American squad until 2030
Quinn Simmons and an entertaining future for bike racing: ‘It's more than just weighing our food and saying thanks to the team’
The American rider talks about his best-ever season, representing the US on a world stage and how he will try to win the rainbow jersey...
Vuelta a España 2025 team ratings: How did each squad perform in Spain?
We look at who will be happy and who will be disappointed after the final Grand Tour of the year
Ever reliable, all powerful, never in doubt: Filippo Ganna is back and Ineos are flying
Ineos Grenadiers pick up their third stage win in what has been a bumper Grand Tour for the squad
Will the Vuelta a España 2025 make it to Madrid?
Stage 16 was shortened to due protests at the finish line. The Vuelta organisers should expect the same outcome in the coming days.
Vuelta a España 2025: The battle for red comes down to the final six days of racing
Rouleur takes a look at how the final week of Grand Tour in 2025 could play out
‘I’ve broken numerous power records this Vuelta’ - Can Tom Pidcock win the podium fight?
The British rider faces a challenge from the likes of Jai Hindley to hold on to third place at the Vuelta a España as the...
The Battles of Asturias: Vuelta a España is about to be reordered through sheer brute force
A sleepy day for the GC men on stage 12 of the Vuelta a España, but there'll be no dozing off in the next two...
Relaxed in red: Jonas Vingegaard is his best self at the Vuelta a España
The Danish rider has ridden a close to perfect race so far in the Spanish Grand Tour – he now wears red again after stage...
Vuelta a España 2025 state of play: Will Vingegaard be challenged?
Rouleur analyses the battle for the red jersey after the first nine days of racing at the Vuelta
Flickers of the past: Sprinting heartbreak and relegation for veteran Elia Viviani in Zaragoza
Elia Viviani was back at the pointy end of a Grand Tour sprint, but was relegated for an irregular sprint on stage eight of the...
Calculated chaos: how risk and instinct shaped Gaudu’s red dream
David Gaudu leapfrogs Jonas Vingegaard to go into the red jersey at the Vuelta a España on stage four
Why patience and pragmatism are needed for punchy Pidcock at the Vuelta
The British rider showed strong form on stage two’s finish to Limone Piemonte
A foreign start, a familiar ending - How Philipsen came back from Tour disaster at La Vuelta
A routine win, a dominant display and a leader’s jersey to match. Jasper Philipsen’s Vuelta started the only way it was ever going to.
Vuelta a España 2025 contenders: Can anyone challenge Jonas Vingegaard in the final Grand Tour of the year?
Rouleur looks at the main players for the general classification at the 2025 Vuelta a España
Tadej Pogačar keeps talking about retirement: let the human come before the athlete
The world champion still has at least six races on his list to win, but does he really need to tick them all off? Would...
The superteam divide grows: What two-tier GC system means for cycling
With Remco Evenepoel’s move to Red Bull, the GC talent is being even more concentrated within a handful of teams
Tour de France 2025 team ratings: the final scores
A look at how each team performed over the three weeks of this year's race
Stress or spectacle - Should the Montmartre climb be included in the Tour de France finale?
Does it take away from tradition or will it make for engaging racing until the very end?
‘I’ve never done such a hard stage’ - Is this the endgame for Visma-Lease a Bike?
The Dutch team failed to take time on race leader Tadej Pogačar again despite their best efforts across the brutally hard climbs on stage 18
Brutal honesty, perfectionism and hard work: Ben O’Connor’s recipe for Tour success
Rouleur speaks to Jayco-Alula sports director, Mat Hayman, about the Australian rider’s perfect day on stage 18 of the Tour de France
‘Sprinting is not a PlayStation’ - How Lidl-Trek make their own luck at the Tour de France
It was a second stage victory at the 2025 Tour de France for the team’s Italian sprinter, Jonathan Milan, on a wet day at the...
‘You have to do it, you can’t give up’ - Valentin Paret-Peintre and the haunting magic of Mont Ventoux
Valentin Paret-Peintre delighted French fans with a victory atop the fabled mountain on stage 16 of the Tour de France. Rachel Jary recounts what it...
Tour de France 2025 team ratings: The winners and losers from a week of mountains and breakaways
Rouleur analyses the performances of the 23 squads during the second week
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