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The Tour de France dream is dead: Primoz Roglic’s curse of crashes
The Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe rider's dreams of winning the Tour were dashed after he crashed in the lead-up to the sprint on stage 12
Anyone's race: Giro d'Italia Women GC is on a knife-edge ahead of crucial mountain tests
Just a handful of seconds separate the top five on GC going into the final three mountain stages
Tour de France 2024 stage 13 preview - last chance sprint before the mountains
With only two sprint opportunities up for grabs, all the fast men will be vying for victory
Rebels with a cause
Ribble Rebellion is one of the most exciting prospects in the UK domestic race scene. With a mission to disrupt the global criterium circuit and...
Tour de France gallery: A day on Bardet Corner
Roman Bardet received a greeting that will not be forgotten anytime soon, as fans christened the final hairpin of the Puy Mary climb Bardet Corner
Tadej Pogačar is beatable: The Tour de France battle is on
Jonas Vingegaard got the better of Tadej Pogačar after a testing day in the Massif Central, proving that this Tour has the makings to be...
‘I thought I was going to die three months ago’ - Some victories mean more
This is the story of Jonas Vingegaard’s incredible win on stage 11 of the Tour de France after a season of setbacks
The best of the rest: What's next for Evenepoel and Roglič at the Tour de France?
Stage 11 of the 2024 Tour de France resulted in a major GC battle, a sign of what is to come in the upcoming mountain...
Tour de France 2024 stage 12 preview - a contest between the sprinters and the breakaway
It is a stage of two halves, but who will cross the line victorious?
Marcel Kittel: 'Today's sprinters have to be able go it alone'
The former sprint superstar reflects on the Tour de France's sprints so far and how the art has changed since he retired
‘He told me he was going to win’ - Jasper Philipsen has a champion’s mentality
The Alpecin-Deceuninck rider showed his mental strength by overcoming adversity to win on stage 10 of the Tour de France
The open era: Why aren't we seeing one sprinter dominate the fast finishes at the Tour de France?
No rider has been able to dominate the bunch sprints at the Tour so far, a trend that isn't unusual
Tour de France 2024 stage 11 preview - a punishing day in the Massif Central
Will the breakaway make it all the way to the line, or will the GC favourites have other ideas?
Giro d'Italia Women 2024: Leadership at last for Niamh Fisher-Black?
Even without the presence of Demi Vollering, SD Worx-Protime look capable of dominating the Italian race
A Tour in the balance: who will blink first in the second week's crucial stages?
While some riders have showed their attacking intent already in the Tour de France, the second week may just draw out those who've held fire until...
‘I’m not afraid of anyone’ - The real GC battle is about to begin at the Tour de France
It was fighting talk from the top three in the general classification after the first week of racing
Michael Mørkøv: The brains behind the operation
Michael Mørkøv talks to Rouleur about his career, navigating the personalities of bullish sprinters and why he’s so good at what he does
'One of a kind' - Remembering Raphaël Géminiani
The former professional rider and sports director passed away on Friday at the age of 99
Anthony Turgis masters the chaos
The TotalEnergies rider takes his biggest ever win, and his team’s first at the race in seven years
'The podium could have been decided today' – The Tour de France's befuddling GC stalemate
The favourites to win the yellow jersey would not work cohesively together on stage nine’s gravel roads and the tension in the peloton was clear
Tour de France 2024 gallery: A day in the dust
Photojournalist James Startt captured one of the Tour's most exciting stages
‘Are we in the Tour de France right now? This is crazy’ - Inside the peloton’s wildest day on the gravel
Wind, loose rocks and plenty of stress – it was a wild day on stage nine of the Tour
Tour de France 2024 stage 10 preview - another opportunity for the fast men
The last 60km of stage 10 are exposed – could crosswinds be a factor?
A day out in La France Profonde
Stage eight was a classic ‘quiet’ stage of the Tour, taking their riders through La France Profonde, the heart of rural France
Are riders losing faith in the lottery of breakaways?
On a stage that seemed poised for flurries of attacks from the peloton, few were willing to roll the dice on getting in the breakaway
‘I like to have pain in my legs’ - A lone wolf, the breakaway that never came and the peloton’s slowest sprint
It was a strange stage in the Tour de France as a breakaway didn’t assemble despite expectations of fireworks
‘It’s unnecessary. We take enough risks on tarmac’ - A peloton divided over Tour de France gravel stage
Stage nine's gravel sectors are instilling fear in some riders and thrill in others
Tour de France 2024 stage nine preview - the gravel stage
The much anticipated gravel stage will present a valuable opportunity for the Classics riders, but potential panic for the GC contenders
‘Everybody should be happy’ - Why Visma-Lease a Bike still believe in yellow at the Tour de France
Despite Jonas Vingegaard losing time to his rivals in stage nine’s individual time trial, his team says that the general classification at the Tour de...
'It will be like the final of Paris-Roubaix': The making of the Tour de France's first gravel stage
Years in the making, the Tour heads into an unprecedented stage which contains 14 sections of gravel roads

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