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Cover Stories: Rouleur issue 18.2 – Paris Roubaix by Pauline Ballet
Fine photos from David Powell, Pauline Ballet and Paolo Ciaberta vied for the coveted Rouleur cover spot. Which one won?
Fabian Cancellara: doing the double at Flanders and Roubaix
Private jets, boozy post-Flanders celebrations and banging hangovers. How will he go at Roubaix? Not bad, it transpires…
Alex Edmondson: “I remember winning my first novice race on a borrowed bike, riding with sand shoes”
After his surprise win in the Australian road championships, Rouleur talks to Alex Edmondson about his formative years and “inspirational” sister
Much ado about March – a guide to this month’s glut of racing
With several notable week long stage races and a wealth of important one-day events, March is a busy month on cycling’s calendar.
“I thrive visually on the chaos…the dust, the riders, the accidents”
With Rouleur issuing a new set of prints that celebrate the Monuments, we catch up with one of the makers of those images – photographer Kristof...
Dispatch from the desert: Abu Dhabi Tour
As the Middle East’s only WorldTour race, the 2018 Abu Dhabi Tour attracted the fastest riders around. With a time trial and a summit finish, however,...
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
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...
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.
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...
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
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...
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...
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
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...
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
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
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.
“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
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
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....
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”
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...
Speedplay: “Win on Sunday, sell on Monday”
San Diego’s king of all things pedal-related: Richard Bryne, his story and his amazing collection
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
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
Robert Millar and the Muddy Marmite
Cyclo-cross? Seriously, don’t bother, says refusenik Robert Millar
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...
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
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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