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Baling out
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...
The column: No inspiration without representation?
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...
Stars of the Future part VI: Ethan Hayter
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...
The Column: How Chris Froome can win the Tour de France… 2021
Don't write him off just yet. Why Chris Froome's chances of winning another Tour de France are higher than most people seem to believe
Cover stories: Issue 20.5 by Sean Hardy
This year’s Tour de France will be unlike any other. For our Tour special we needed a cover to match. Longtime Rouleur photographer Sean Hardy...
Chris Froome and the Seventh Circle
“Can we talk about the crash?” He doesn’t hesitate. “Sure.” He shows me some of his scars.
The column: Anticipating racing’s return
As pro racing prepares to return to our screens, a few thoughts on what it will look like when it does
Ned Boulting: Ten years since I won the yellow jumper
A decade since he wrote his first book, How I Won The Yellow Jumper: Dispatches From The Tour De France, Rouleur columnist Ned Boulting has...
The column: Let’s use this time to consider the future we want for cycling
Rather than dwelling on what we’re missing, the races that have been cancelled, let’s look forward, and imagine what cycling could one day be, once...
The column: Considering the Tour de France wildcards (and the ones that missed out)
This week it was announced that all the 2020 Tour de France wildcards have all gone to home teams. Favouritism? Or fair enough?
Pick your favourite Rouleur photographer’s shot of the year from 2019
Our fine body of photographers choose their best work from the 2019 season. Vote for your own personal top shot and be in with a...
Anquetil v Poulidor
Anquetil and Poulidor. Two very different riders whose concurrent presence in the sport produced one of the Tour’s legendary rivalries, emblematic of France old and...
Rouleur podcast: Greg LeMond
Three-time Tour de France winner and double World Champion Lemond and his wife Kathy join Ian Parkinson at the Rouleur Classic for a memorable conversation...
Talking shop with Andy Schleck
Retroactively awarded the 2010 Tour de France, Andy Schleck retired early due to injury. The Luxembourger and bike shop owner looks back on what was...
Marcel Kittel, hair-raiser
From our 21 stages, 21 stories series: The harum-scarum life of a sprinter, staying cool in the Tour cauldron, and truth and reconciliation
The column: What next for Julian Alaphilippe?
Julian Alaphilippe demonstrated at the Tour de France that he is capable of more than anyone had previously thought possible. It may, however, have left...
Ten minutes in Paris with George Bennett, Tour de France 2019 Supreme Banana
Few riders at the 2019 Tour de France were put through the ringer like Jumbo Visma’s George Bennett, and none was more deserving of our...
The Tour de France is over. Now what?
Does the finish of the Tour de France really mark the end of the cycling season? Of course it doesn’t. Who, in fact, would even...
Top Banana: Tour de France stage 20 – Laurens De Plus
Laurens De Plus is a mellow fellow in yellow who matched Team Ineos pound for pound and pulled off a podium place for his captain
Top Banana: Tour de France stage 18 – Romain Bardet
Bardet bounces back in the Alps, nabs a spotty jersey and lands a banana
Top Banana: Tour de France stage 17 – Kasper Asgreen
Deceuninck’s Danish debutant has dazzled with his Tour de France workrate. At this rate of progression, he’ll be Kasper the friendly G.O.A.T
Top Banana: Tour de France stage 16 – Lotto Soudal
Mellow yellow: Lotto-Soudal go banana crazy en masse
The Cycling Hall of Fame 2019: the case for Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen
The Tour de France commentary duo who gave cycling to the people for 34 years. Vote Phil and Paul.
Collecting memories of the Tour de France
Deep in the Norfolk countryside, we find a treasure trove of Tour-related nicknacks and memorabilia, an understanding wife and a son named Henri Desgrange
Top Banana: Tour de France stage 15 – Lennard Kämna
Lennard Kämna: Sunweb’s Tour de France debutant riding Grand Tour winners off his wheel
Top Banana: Tour de France stage 14 – David Gaudu
Waiting for Gaudu? No longer. The young Breton seizes the day on the Tourmalet
Top Banana: Tour de France stage 13 – Enric Mas
Deceunink-Quick Step’s young Spaniard Enric Mas sneaks into the white jersey and gives Alaphilippe an ace card in the mountains
Top Banana: Tour de France stage 12 – Matteo Trentin
A top team performance on tough terrain helps Simon Yates to his first Tour de France win – and yet another top ten for Matteo...
Mathew Hayman: A quick Tour de France Q&A
Mathew Hayman is enjoying his first Tour de France since retiring in January. The legendary Australian domestique – and Paris-Roubaix winner – shares his hottest...
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