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The column: Go home transfer window, you’re drunk

The column: Go home transfer window, you’re drunk

Nairo Quintana to Arkea Samsic? Dan Martin to Israel Cycling? Elia Viviani to Cofidis? What on earth has been going on with the transfer window?

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The Cycling Hall of Fame 2019: the case for Marianne Vos

The Cycling Hall of Fame 2019: the case for Marianne Vos

The only rider on any of our shortlists still racking up the results, Marianne Vos’ palmarès puts her in a league of her own. It...

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Vote for the Sharon Laws Road Rider of the Year 2019

Vote for the Sharon Laws Road Rider of the Year 2019

Two rounds of voting have narrowed it down to Annemiek van Vleuten, Christine Majerus, Marianne Vos and Kirsten Wild. It’s time to vote for the...

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Tomorrow’s Worlds: Elite men’s road race

Tomorrow’s Worlds: Elite men’s road race

A long, wet day in the saddle in prospect. Who fancies it? Super Sagan to reclaim his crown, says the Mole

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Tomorrow’s Worlds: Elite women’s road race

Tomorrow’s Worlds: Elite women’s road race

Vos is boss, Lizzie is queen, Rivera’s a maybe and Kasia can. Our pick of the women

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Tomorrow’s Worlds: under-23 men’s road race

Tomorrow’s Worlds: under-23 men’s road race

Can Pidcock pull it off? Will Higuita deliver a scorpion’s sting in the tail? Not for Moley – it’s going to be Stokbro, bro. Remember...

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Ten things we’re looking forward to at the Rouleur Classic 2019

Ten things we’re looking forward to at the Rouleur Classic 2019

The Rouleur Classic 2019 is just one month away. Here’s ten (or so) of the attractions we’re most looking forward to catching at this year’s...

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Rouleur podcast: From the World Championships in Harrogate

Rouleur podcast: From the World Championships in Harrogate

We’re in Harrogate to hear Ned Boulting and Rebecca Charlton sing the praises of the biggest world championships to date. It’s glorious up north

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Tomorrow’s Worlds: Men’s Elite time-trial

Tomorrow’s Worlds: Men’s Elite time-trial

Here come the Belgians… but which one? Victory for Victor is the consensus 

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Hup Hup Hup – Flags of the Worlds

Hup Hup Hup – Flags of the Worlds

Hup Hup Hup is an exhibition of flags on display at Yorkshire 2019, all of which have been created by artists and designers with a...

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Tomorrow’s Worlds: Men’s U23 time-trial

Tomorrow’s Worlds: Men’s U23 time-trial

Danish, Danish, Danish, Swiss… USA! Heck yeah! Can McNulty upset the applecart in Yorkshire? Can he ‘eck as like

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Have I Got (Cycling) News For You

Have I Got (Cycling) News For You

Fun and games with Ned Boulting, special guests and Rouleur in Harrogate on Wednesday 

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Tomorrow’s Worlds: Mixed Relay TTT

Tomorrow’s Worlds: Mixed Relay TTT

First time out at the Worlds for this new format. It’s a wide open field but the Germans look mighty good for gold, with the...

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Our guide to the Worlds – join us in Yorkshire

Our guide to the Worlds – join us in Yorkshire

Here are our tips for a top experience in Harrogate and beyond. Having travelled the course with its designers and...  

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The column: On Movistar and “unwritten rules”

The column: On Movistar and “unwritten rules”

“Unwritten rules”? They’re just good manners. In which we argue – for a change – that things are fine, just as they are

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Win: Roglic’s signed red jersey

Win: Roglic’s signed red jersey

Win a Santini jersey signed by La Vuelta winner Primoz Roglic

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Vote for the 2019 Sharon Laws Road Rider of the summer

Vote for the 2019 Sharon Laws Road Rider of the summer

Six star riders up for the Sharon Laws Rider of the Spring award: Lisa Brennauer, Lizzie Deignan, Christine Majerus, Annemiek van Vleuten, Lorena Wiebes and...

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Watching the Worlds go by – Rouleur’s Harrogate pub guide

Watching the Worlds go by – Rouleur’s Harrogate pub guide

“When we at Deserter – black belts in sitting down and enjoying a nice pint – were asked to preview the Worlds, a strategy became...

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Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 21

Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 21

That was the Vuelta that was. A draw is not going to be enough for Cycling Mole to win this. For stage 21 he throws...

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Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 20

Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 20

Playing “break or bunch” for the last time at this year’s Vuelta. Can Alejandro Valverde say goodbye to the rainbow stripes in style?

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The column: Team Ineos’s annus mediocris

The column: Team Ineos’s annus mediocris

2019 has not been Team Ineos’s season. Should we see it as merely a bump in the road or an early emblem of an ebbing...

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The Cycling Hall of Fame 2019: the case for Bradley Wiggins

The Cycling Hall of Fame 2019: the case for Bradley Wiggins

“Kids from Kilburn aren’t supposed to win the Tour de France.” Why Bradley Wiggins, Britain’s first Tour winner and most decorated Olympian, belongs in the...

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Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 19

Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 19

It’s nearly over. Flat stage, with a bit of cobble action at the end. A day for the sprinters then, yes? But this is the...

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Echelons: putting it in the gutter

Echelons: putting it in the gutter

“Poetry in motion, a magnificent animation of flow dynamics.” Echelons can be beauty and brutality in equal measure. How they form and tales of how...

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Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 18

Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 18

Cycling Mole knew which way the wind was blowing on Stage 17, calling Phil Gil’s second victory of La Vuelta 2019. Can he double up...

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Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 17

Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 17

At any other race a profile like this would mean a nailed on bunch sprint, but this is La Vuelta. For stage 17 our panel...

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Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 16

Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 16

No score on Stage 15, leaving our panelists desperately scrabbling around for moral victories. Can the last stage ahead of a well-earned rest day deliver...

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Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 15

Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 15

Breakaway or battle of the favourites? Our jury is divided for Stage 15, with not a duplicated selection among them. Though the Cycling Mole thinks...

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Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 14

Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 14

In which Cycling Mole tries for a “moral victory” despite Ian’s pick actually winning stage 13… Stage 14 is a hen’s tooth, or Vuelta sprint...

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