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Men’s Road Race Debrief - World Championships 2021

Men’s Road Race Debrief - World Championships 2021

The World Championships in Flanders concluded with one of the enthralling encounters of the 2021 season. Julian Alaphilippe successfully defended the rainbow jersey in the men’s...

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World Championships 2021: Men’s Road Race Preview

World Championships 2021: Men’s Road Race Preview

The route, predictions and contenders for the men’s road race in Flanders. Wout Van Aert, Mathieu van der Poel and Sonny Colbrelli are among the...

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Rouleur predicts... Imola 2020: Women's World Championships road race

Rouleur predicts... Imola 2020: Women's World Championships road race

In 2019 we went with Tomorrow's Worlds, this year we thought about calling it Battle of the Bands. What matters is who's going to be wearing rainbows. Will it...

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Anna Henderson: from champion skier to British cycling starlet

Anna Henderson: from champion skier to British cycling starlet

World Championship bronze just the beginning for lifelong competitor Henderson after her meteoric rise on two wheels

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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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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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Winning the worlds: Maurizio Fondriest guest column

Winning the worlds: Maurizio Fondriest guest column

The 1988 world champion recalls the controversial circumstances of his world title win and the significance of racing in the rainbow stripes

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Sir Gary Verity Q&A – the cyclist behind Yorkshire’s big race obsession

Sir Gary Verity Q&A – the cyclist behind Yorkshire’s big race obsession

The CEO of Welcome to Yorkshire tells Rouleur about his cafe rides in the Dales, his language skills and sheep farming

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Coursework: designing the Yorkshire 2019 Worlds route

Coursework: designing the Yorkshire 2019 Worlds route

Creating the ideal course, natural disaster planning and bespoke safety nets: cruising cycling-obsessed Yorkshire with the organisers aiming to host the greatest World Championships in...

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Stars in stripes: celebrating 30 years of Santini and the rainbow jersey

Stars in stripes: celebrating 30 years of Santini and the rainbow jersey

Maurizio Fondriest was the first road world champion to wear Santini’s rainbow jersey on the podium; in September, Alejandro Valverde became the 31st. For Santini,...

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How Yorkshire became the heart of UK cycle racing

How Yorkshire became the heart of UK cycle racing

From the Tour de France to the World Championships, Yorkshire has shown little restraint in its ambition to host top-drawer cycle racing

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Lizzie Deignan: I was cycling until three days before my daughter’s birth

Lizzie Deignan: I was cycling until three days before my daughter’s birth

Rouleur sits down with the former world champion (and daughter Orla – although she didn’t say much) to discuss parenthood, training through pregnancy and Yorkshire...

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The history of the World Championships in ten posters

The history of the World Championships in ten posters

From Valkenburg 1938 to Ronse 1988, these ten vintage promotional posters offer an alternative journey through World Championship history

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Reflections: Evenepoel, Pidcock and the danger of overhyping junior talent

Reflections: Evenepoel, Pidcock and the danger of overhyping junior talent

Talent deserves recognition, but is it a case of too much too young for the most gifted riders coming through the junior ranks these days?...

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What is the best way to prepare for the Worlds?

What is the best way to prepare for the Worlds?

From the Lakeland Fells to the flats of Flanders, the Vuelta to Montreal: where is the best racing to warm up for the Worlds? Ahead...

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Can Peter Sagan survive the climbs and win the Worlds again?

Can Peter Sagan survive the climbs and win the Worlds again?

At the heart of Innsbruck’s pitch to host the 2018 World Championships was an elite men’s road race with nearly 5,000m of climbing. With a...

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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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Norway ’93: Lance Armstrong’s Worlds win revisited

Norway ’93: Lance Armstrong’s Worlds win revisited

Twenty-six years ago a brash Texan asserted himself as the new star of the English speaking cycling world. William Fotheringham was there

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Worlds 1927: Alfredo Binda, Nürburgring and the first rainbow jersey

Worlds 1927: Alfredo Binda, Nürburgring and the first rainbow jersey

In an extract from his new book on the Worlds, Giles Belbin recalls the first championship opened to professionals

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