Rouleur: Inside the peloton

Red, White and Blue: Keith Lambert with Connor Swift

“Bill put ten lengths into me when he kicked – that’s what he was good at – but I eventually pegged him back and won by an inch.” Keith ‘Legs’ Lambert

Rouleur podcast: Matt Stephens, Ned Boulting, Lisa Brambani and Mandy Jones

Matt Stephens treasures his national champion’s jersey and his memories; Lisa Brambani has mislaid two of her four; while Mandy Jones goes one bett...

The column: Assessing Jakob Fuglsang’s Tour chances

How are they doing it and how long can they keep it up? Evaluating the Tour de France prospects of Jakob Fuglsang and his Astana team

The Cycling Hall of Fame 2019: the case for Daniel Mangeas

Voice of the Tour de France for 41 years, Mangeas is a true legend of cycling, the patron of cycling commentators. Vote for Daniel!

Desire: What riders want

Saddles, framesets, shoes and wheels. And groupsets, of course. Philippa York on what she wanted – and what she got lumped with – when it came to kit

Desire: Me and my Factor O2

Rouleur’s Desire editor, Stuart Clapp, recently decided he needed a new bike, but what to get? Should he go with rim brakes or discs? Electronic gr...

The column: Football is better than cycling

It’s not, obviously, but the coincidence of the Women’s World Cup and Women’s Tour have this week shown how far cycling still has to go

Ned Boulting: 7 Reasons your dad will love to receive The Road Book for Father’s Day

He doesn’t need it, but he wants it. Rouleur columnist, dad, and the Road Book editor, Ned Boulting, with a septet of reasons why your dad will enj...

Rouleur podcast: The Cervélo story

Company founders Phil White and Anna Dopico on the rollercoaster ride of starting Cervélo, plus dandelion tyres and thoroughbred racers

The column: Miguel Ángel López vs the Slovenian

Six of one, half a dozen of the other? Did the guy get what he deserved? Or should the UCI have thrown the book at Miguel Ángel López?

Cover Stories: issue 19.4 by Thomas Danthony

French illustrator Thomas Danthony’s take on the Tour. Stillness, speed and reflections

The Giro d’Italia then and now: Interview with race director, Mauro Vegni

“Whoever doesn’t come to the Giro is missing out. It’s the Giro that makes champions, not the other way around.” The director of the Giro d’Italia,...

The column: Enough of summit finish snooze-fests

A summit finish in a Grand Tour ought to mean attacks galore and guarantee GC gaps. Instead they’re pedestrian, predictable and change little, as r...