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Interaction: Léon van Bon’s Ghent six-day photography
Photographer and former rider Léon van Bon turns his lens on rider interaction at his favourite six-day event in Ghent
Joanna Rowsell-Shand: I haven’t “retired”
With a second gold medal in the team pursuit in Rio, Joanna Rowsell-Shand was able to end her cycling career on a high. Just don’t...
It’s the pits: inside cyclo-cross’ technical area
Step into a world of jet washes and waterproofs at the Gavere round of the Superprestige cycle-cross series in Belgium
Power couples: car and bike brand collaborations
Making a concept bike is a rite of passage for a car company. Tapping into automotive prestige and expertise is a dream for many bike builders....
Remembrance: D-Day, seasickness and an unloaded pistol
The 2016 Tour de France paid tribute to the soldiers of D-Day in Normandy. Our own tribute from issue 63 of Rouleur
Kyoto Keirin: The colourful world of Japanese track racing
Laura from the Peloton Brief lays her bets at the velodrome in Kyoto and goes behind the scenes for the money shot
Cav gets a grilling, and other photos from the Asian crits
At the end of every season the stars of the Tour de France head east for exhibition races and some slightly embarrassing photo shoots. We’ve...
Patrick Lefevere: “If I had signed Sagan, I’d have no team anymore”
Quick Step’s CEO on why he didn’t sign Peter Sagan, pro cycling’s unhealthy business model and the folly of six-rider Grand Tour teams
Tiffany Cromwell’s off-season: rest, relaxation and running a marathon
The off-season is a time for a bit of R & R, which in Tiffany Cromwell’s case stands for rowing and running a marathon – just two activities...
New colours reflect bright future for EF Education First-Drapac
The POC made kit for the next incarnation of Cannondale-Drapac made its first outing at the Rouleur Classic on Friday
Gallery: Stars come out for opening night of Rouleur Classic
First part of three-day show sees Bradley Wiggins, Fabian Cancellara, Philippa York, Johan Museeuw and Jonathan Vaughters make appearances
Annemiek van Vleuten wins Voxy Award 2017
Having been on winning form from January through to September, world time trial champion Annemiek van Vleuten has had a remarkable season
The Link: Cyclo-cross à Melun, 1924
Early cyclo-cross: winter training for roadies or preparation for war?
Gallery: Drillium and sawn-off bars at the national hill-climb
Photographer Chris Auld zooms in on the modified and minimalist bikes raced by Britain’s best hill-climbers
Gallery: Six Day London by Benedict Campbell
Cavendish rocks London: action from Lee Valley Velopark
Anti-Social Media: Twitter addiction and high anxiety in the peloton
A useful promotional tool when you get it right; a world of bickering and insults when it goes wrong. Pro riders share their experiences from...
Philippa York: The Hammer Series and Dutch cheese
The Hammer Series felt like the biggest thing to hit cycling in 2017. Many of the pundits seemed to love it, but Philippa York has...
Larry Warbasse blog: The lows and highs of La Vuelta
It was the race he and his team, AquaBlue Sport, had been building up to all season, but in the Vuelta’s first week, it all...
Matt Rendell: Cycling and the age of post-truth
With the arrival of Trump, the world seems to have woken to an age of disinformation. Unfortunately in cycling, as Matt Rendell reminds us, post-truth is nothing new
Brief encounters: short Tour de France road stages
Short Tour de France stages are not an especially new phenomenon. They’re more an eighties revival thing
Bike change: Tom Pidcock returns to cyclo-cross
Having moved up a category, the junior world champion took two top-ten placings on the opening weekend of his cyclo-cross season. Tom Pidcock reflects on struggling in...
Bright futures: guiding Britain’s cyclo-cross talent
Former professional cyclo-cross rider Matt Ellis was recently appointed manager of the British cyclo-cross squad. How bright is the future, Matt?
Gallery: Girona Gala for Qhubeka
The social season kicked off in style, with a fine dinner and auction in aid of African charity Qhubeka in Girona
How X-Bionic are reinventing team kit
Seamless with sewn-in logos, Gazprom-Rusvelo’s is a team kit with properties like no other. Morten Okbo finds an Italian factory where technology trumps tradition
Desire: wind-cheating gear for faster time trials
Speedy kit from Santini, Castelli, Endura, Giro, Poc, Lazer, Mavic, Suplest and Bont. Fast bikes from Ridley, Cervélo and Neil Pryde.
Race Preview: Il Lombardia
The final Monument of the season, and for many the most beautiful, Il Lombardia offers the climbers one last chance for redemption
Farewell to Backstage Pass
In praise of Backstage Pass, Orica-Scott’s behind-the-scenes documentary series that changed the game in professional cycling
Desire: Pro rides & dreamy bikes from the Colnago Owners Day
An Elizabethan manor house, top professionals and rows of glistening Italian bikes on the lawn: it could only be the Colnago Owners Day
Alberto Contador: a champion for modern times
In his racing style, personality and even his ban, there was a solidity to Alberto Contador that places him amongst cycling’s greats
Txomin Perurena: Light in Dark Years
Racing through the Franco era, Basque separatism, and losing the Vuelta by 14 seconds… “I’ll never get that silence out of my head”
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