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'UAE will be inventive tomorrow': peloton expects early fireworks at Milan-Sanremo
In Tadej Pogačar's bid for a maiden Milan-Sanremo title, there are some expecting the race to blow apart several hours before the finish on the...
Sanremo Women contenders: Who will win the first edition in 20 years?
2025 will see a showdown on the Cipressa and Poggio from the women’s peloton
How Tadej Pogačar will win Milan-Sanremo
The Slovenian has said that he’s “getting so close but it’s so far, it’s unbelievable”. But his tortured relationship with the Italian Classic will end...
Milan-Sanremo 2025 men’s contenders: Who will win La Classicissima?
As the peloton takes on 290km along the Italian Riviera, Rouleur looks at who is in with a chance of winning the first Monument of...
The tortured romance: Michael Matthews and the spell of Sanremo
After numerous top-10 finishes, the Australian rider starts the 2025 edition of Milan-Sanremo with the hope that this could finally be his year
The Tour de France is coming to the UK: Can the world’s biggest bike race revive a dwindling domestic racing scene?
Le Retour du Tour: England, Scotland and Wales to host Tour de France stages in 2027, 13 years after Yorkshire Grand Départ
Meet the new aggressors: The Ineos Grenadiers have finally moved with the times
Two GC podiums and two stage wins show that a change of tactics can bring results
Half the distance, double the entertainment? Why a shorter race could be better for Sanremo Women
For the first time in two decades, RCS have reintroduced Milan-Sanremo to the women’s race calendar - but they will only race 156 kilometres compared...
Crashes, comebacks and co-leadership: Tour de France contenders state of play
With Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel returning from setbacks while the likes of Matteo Jorgenson continue to impress, can we make some early predictions ahead...
Meet Matthew Riccitello: Israel-Premier Tech’s future Grand Tour champion?
The 23-year-old rider has already shown his potential to climb with the best and believes that with patience and steady progression, he can one day...
'That I’m able to do pro sport again is incredible’: Lennard Kämna’s racing return after a year out injured
Lenny Kämna will make his debut for Lidl-Trek at the Volta a Catalunya, a year after a training ride crash that left him in intensive...
Opinion: It’s time for change – the WorldTour race calendar needs a shake up
Having Paris-Nice and Tirreno–Adriatico run in the same week is impossible to follow for fans and means neither event gets the attention it deserves
Is there any point in teams belonging to a particular nation?
Is too much importance put on the flag that sits next to a team’s name when many will come to the Tour de France without...
Trofeo Alfredo Binda 2025 preview: route, predictions, and contenders
Is Lidl-Trek’s four year dominance at the Lombardy race about to end?
Gaia Realini: The joking assassin who is going to be the best in the world
The young Italian rider is confident she is only a couple of years from being the best in the Women's WorldTour
‘One kilogram heavier but a better cyclist’ - Iván Romeo on big dreams, basketball and bringing fun back to cycling
The 21-year-old Movistar rider who is the current under-23 time trial world champion is making a name for himself in the WorldTour, but stresses the...
‘The competition is higher than ever’ - Can Demi Vollering maintain her dominance over the women’s WorldTour peloton?
Although the FDJ-Suez rider looked stronger than ever in this year’s recent edition of Strade Bianche, the progression of her rivals will ensure she does...
Gallery: A Day in the Dust at Strade Bianche 2025
Inside a brutal but beautiful day on Tuscany's white roads
Milan-Sanremo: Everything you need to know
Key information on the first Monument of the season
Tirreno-Adriatico 2025 preview: who will win the Race of the Two Seas?
A strong start list heads to Italy to contest the overall and stage wins in one of cycling's most prestigious stage races
‘You never stop believing’ - Connor Swift is a master of the gravel
The British rider finished in 13th place in Siena, but deserves credit for his plucky, determined performance throughout the race
Pauline Ferrand-Prévot is a road star once again: 'I now know I can be with the best'
The Frenchwoman was Strade Bianche's most aggressive rider, an ominous sign for a peloton getting used to her face once again.
The view from the back wheel: Inside Tadej Pogačar's shocking Strade Bianche crash
Rouleur speaks to Connor Swift, Tom Pidcock and Pogačar himself about the dramatic moment in Tuscany on Saturday
‘I need to find a way to beat her’ - Van der Breggen versus Vollering is duel for the ages
Strade Bianche 2025 was a spectacular battle between the FDJ-Suez and SD Worx-Protime riders in a golden era for women’s cycling
Meet Enrico Della Casa: the most influential man in cycling you’ve never heard of
David Lappartient's former and current right-hand man is also his expected successor
‘People have have learnt from last weekend’ - Women’s peloton vows to not repeat Omloop stalemate at Strade Bianche
After a stalemate between the big teams in Belgium, riders are expecting an entirely different story in Italy on Saturday
Gaze, Hatherly, Blackmore: Could we see a mountain bike takeover at Strade Bianche 2025?
Plenty of riders with off-road experience are taking to the start in Siena - could this make a difference on the Tuscan gravel?
Strade Bianche 2025 men’s contenders: Who will conquer the white roads of Tuscany?
As the WorldTour takes on the dirt roads of northern Italy, Rouleur looks at who is in with a chance of winning in Siena
Strade Bianche 2025 women’s contenders: a showdown over the dirt roads of northern Italy
Rouleur looks at the contenders to take victory in Siena at the tenth anniversary of Strade Bianche Donne
Tadej Pogačar vs Jonas Vingegaard: the stats behind the Tour's titanic rivalry
Rouleur takes a look at the stats behind the rivalry between the peloton’s two best Grand Tour riders and all is not as it seems

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