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Larry Warbasse blog – eight things I’d tell the younger me 

Larry Warbasse blog – eight things I’d tell the younger me 

Aqua Blue Sport’s Larry Warbasse recalls the frosty reception he got when he first joined the pro-ranks and considers what he might have done differently

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Over the rainbow: Pearl Izumi P.R.O Leader v4 shoes

Over the rainbow: Pearl Izumi P.R.O Leader v4 shoes

Pearl Izumi don’t care what’s at the end of the rainbow. They just took the whole thing and used it to decorate the bottom of...

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Under wraps: images from Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne

Under wraps: images from Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne

As if the cobbled hills and other riders weren’t enough, there was another factor to take on in Belgium: that bitter wind.

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Luke Rowe on breaking his leg: “Sh*t happens”

Luke Rowe on breaking his leg: “Sh*t happens”

A freak accident cost Luke Rowe six months of his career, but it might have been much worse. As he returns to action at the...

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Toni Maier – how Assos championed lycra, carbon and aero wheels

Toni Maier – how Assos championed lycra, carbon and aero wheels

As Swiss company Assos celebrate over 40 years in the sport, we take a look at the profound influence founder Toni Maier has had on cycling

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A sense of space: scenes from the pros’ track day in Abu Dhabi

A sense of space: scenes from the pros’ track day in Abu Dhabi

You can almost hear the tyres screech in Russ Ellis’s photos from the Yas Marina race track. It’s not the Grand Prix though, it’s the...

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Race preview: Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

Race preview: Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

After our fill of desert races and riders taking selfies with kangaroos, Omloop Het Nieuwsblad lifts the curtain once again on the spring Classics. Here’s...

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Tony Martin: Commanding the cobbles

Tony Martin: Commanding the cobbles

After conquering the Worlds four times, Tony Martin has set his sights on the Hell of the North. Rouleur sits down with Katusha’s classics captain

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Jørgen Leth on the making of a cinematic cycling classic

Jørgen Leth on the making of a cinematic cycling classic

Jørgen Leth is the director of some of the most celebrated cycling films ever made. Jakob Kristian Sørensen visited him in a Haiti where they headed...

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What’s in the next issue? 18.2 goes big on the Classics

What’s in the next issue? 18.2 goes big on the Classics

Fabian Cancellara, Greg Van Avermaet, riding shotgun with Mavic at Roubaix, Tour of Flanders in photos and more

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Snow relation: cycling’s many ties to the Winter Olympics

Snow relation: cycling’s many ties to the Winter Olympics

Are those ski pants you’re wearing? Didn’t a triathlete invent the aero bar? What have cycling and winter sports got in common? Quite a lot actually

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Museum Pieces and Modern Masters

Museum Pieces and Modern Masters

When he’s not making roof racks for WorldTour teams, Leo Moors tends to his remarkable collection of vintage pro bikes.

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“Young, dumb but lots of fun” – dressing for cold weather back in the good old days

“Young, dumb but lots of fun” – dressing for cold weather back in the good old days

Two former pros reflect on winter cycling kit and extreme conditions in the 1970s and 1980s

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In pictures: glorious mud at the 2018 world cyclo-cross championships

In pictures: glorious mud at the 2018 world cyclo-cross championships

If there was one defining characteristic to all the races at this year’s world cyclo-cross championships, it was the muddy conditions they were run in

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Joop Zoetemelk, a poster-geezer for old blokes everywhere

Joop Zoetemelk, a poster-geezer for old blokes everywhere

Joop Zoetemelk won the Tour de France at 33, the world road championship at 38 and a Classic at 40. There’s hope for us all....

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Tom Pidcock: “I don’t really practice on a ‘cross bike”

Tom Pidcock: “I don’t really practice on a ‘cross bike”

The junior world champion now aims for the under-23 title in Valkenburg.  Sven Nys’ assessment of Pidcock’s talents: “He rides like a Belgian”

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Rainbows in the mud: Britain’s first cyclo-cross world champion

Rainbows in the mud: Britain’s first cyclo-cross world champion

In 1986 Stuart Marshall ploughed through the mud to claim the junior world championship. Reading about the drama in the pages of a magazine had a profound effect...

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Speedplay: “Win on Sunday, sell on Monday”

Speedplay: “Win on Sunday, sell on Monday”

San Diego’s king of all things pedal-related: Richard Bryne, his story and his amazing collection

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Hard and fast: Brian Holm’s winter fashion rules

Hard and fast: Brian Holm’s winter fashion rules

When it comes to riding in cold weather, most of us prioritise survival over looking good. Brian Holm has a few suggestions as to how you can do both

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Sir Bradley Wiggins on his team: ‘it’s a positive, lasting legacy to my career’

Sir Bradley Wiggins on his team: ‘it’s a positive, lasting legacy to my career’

We meet frontman Bradley Wiggins and his fresh-faced stars of tomorrow at their winter get-together in Liverpool

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Robert Millar and the Muddy Marmite

Robert Millar and the Muddy Marmite

Cyclo-cross? Seriously, don’t bother, says refusenik Robert Millar

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British cyclo-cross champion Grant Ferguson: ‘I was the youngster once!’

British cyclo-cross champion Grant Ferguson: ‘I was the youngster once!’

Grant Ferguson is still only 24 but has British Under-23 titles in cyclo-cross and cross-country mountain biking. He just added the 2018 National elite cyclo-cross...

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Tales of torment from the turbo trainer

Tales of torment from the turbo trainer

While the professionals are enjoying tropical training camps and sub-saharan season starts, for us mere mortals it’s turbo time. Matt Seaton feels your pain

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Gallery: Quick Step training camp on the Costa Blanca

Gallery: Quick Step training camp on the Costa Blanca

The Belgian team enjoy sun and sea views at a pre-season training camp on Spain’s southeastern coast

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Cover stories: issue 18.1 – Eddy and the Angels

Cover stories: issue 18.1 – Eddy and the Angels

Lance in the confessional box, Eddy at the altar, coffee named after a drug… Deification or derision? Paul Maunder counts his blessings in Flanders

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School of hard Knox: a neo-pro’s journey from fell-running to Quick Step

School of hard Knox: a neo-pro’s journey from fell-running to Quick Step

It took some tough lessons and a lot of patience before James Knox got noticed by the World Tour. But the young climber has a...

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What? When? Where? An early season race guide

What? When? Where? An early season race guide

With the 2018 international road season getting underway, we take a look at the far flung races that host the first skirmishes of the year

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Why Specialized have a boardroom dedicated to Mario Cipollini

Why Specialized have a boardroom dedicated to Mario Cipollini

Rouleur takes a look round the gaudiest meeting room at Specialized HQ, recalling the impact Mario Cipollini had in introducing the Californian brand to the European pro peloton

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What’s in the next issue of Rouleur magazine? 18.1 – a Classic

What’s in the next issue of Rouleur magazine? 18.1 – a Classic

Philippe Gilbert, Svein Tuft, forgotten finishes of the Classics, Philippa York, Belgian bicycle worship gone mad and more

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Coming together: new class meets old at Katusha-Alpecin

Coming together: new class meets old at Katusha-Alpecin

Once as Russian as ice-cold vodka, in recent years Team Katusha-Alpecin have transformed themselves into the UN of professional cycling. Rouleur sits down with riders old and...

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