RACING

Updates, stories and opinions from inside the world's greatest sport, written and captured by Rouleur journalists

The breakthrough cyclists of 2020: Rouleur's review of the season

The breakthrough cyclists of 2020: Rouleur's review of the season

In a truly unique year for pro cycling, we take a look at the breakthrough riders who have proved the strength of the new generation

Leggi di più
La Vuelta 2020 in words and pictures

La Vuelta 2020 in words and pictures

The final WorldTour race of the year dressed for the occasion in resplendent autumnal tones, as Roglič rightfully returned to Madrid in red

Leggi di più
The Column: Of Primož Roglič, La Vuelta and "worthy winners"

The Column: Of Primož Roglič, La Vuelta and "worthy winners"

The final WorldTour race of the season finishes with “a worthy winner”. Though Roglic gave up 21 second to Richard Carapaz on the Alto de...

Leggi di più
Bernardo Ruiz: The Vuelta's Accidental Pioneer

Bernardo Ruiz: The Vuelta's Accidental Pioneer

He escaped Franco’s purges and endured abject poverty in Spain to win a ramshackle Vuelta. 95-year-old Bernardo Ruiz is the oldest living Grand Tour winner,...

Leggi di più
Why the Vuelta a España is the best Grand Tour

Why the Vuelta a España is the best Grand Tour

The Vuelta a España is treated as a poor cousin to the the other Grand Tours, shoved around the calendar and offered as a consolation...

Leggi di più
The column: On Movistar and “unwritten rules”

The column: On Movistar and “unwritten rules”

“Unwritten rules”? They’re just good manners. In which we argue – for a change – that things are fine, just as they are

Leggi di più
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 21

Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 21

That was the Vuelta that was. A draw is not going to be enough for Cycling Mole to win this. For stage 21 he throws...

Leggi di più
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 20

Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 20

Playing “break or bunch” for the last time at this year’s Vuelta. Can Alejandro Valverde say goodbye to the rainbow stripes in style?

Leggi di più
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 19

Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 19

It’s nearly over. Flat stage, with a bit of cobble action at the end. A day for the sprinters then, yes? But this is the...

Leggi di più
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 18

Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 18

Cycling Mole knew which way the wind was blowing on Stage 17, calling Phil Gil’s second victory of La Vuelta 2019. Can he double up...

Leggi di più
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 17

Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 17

At any other race a profile like this would mean a nailed on bunch sprint, but this is La Vuelta. For stage 17 our panel...

Leggi di più
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 16

Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 16

No score on Stage 15, leaving our panelists desperately scrabbling around for moral victories. Can the last stage ahead of a well-earned rest day deliver...

Leggi di più
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 15

Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 15

Breakaway or battle of the favourites? Our jury is divided for Stage 15, with not a duplicated selection among them. Though the Cycling Mole thinks...

Leggi di più
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 14

Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 14

In which Cycling Mole tries for a “moral victory” despite Ian’s pick actually winning stage 13… Stage 14 is a hen’s tooth, or Vuelta sprint...

Leggi di più
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 13

Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 13

Los Machucos beckons, a brute of a ramp to end stage 13. Valverde territory, Pogačar’s turf, or Lopez to leapfrog Alejandro?

Leggi di più
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 12

Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 12

Fraile? Izagirre? Jon Aberasturi? If we didn’t know better, we might think our panel was trying to provoke Cycling Mole. They’ve gone for breakaway but...

Leggi di più
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 11

Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 11

Stage 11 could end in a sprint… but it won’t says our panel. Cycling Mole doesn’t think much of some of our picks but one...

Leggi di più
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 10

Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 10

Stage 10 is individual time trial day, so all of our panel are going for Primoz Roglič, right? Apparently not. Do they know something the...

Leggi di più
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 9

Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 9

Between them our panelists seem determined that Ineos are going to get something out of this Vuelta. Cycling Mole think Stage 9 is one for...

Leggi di più
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 8

Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 8

Half of our panel think Stage 8’s single categorised climb isn’t steep enough to stop a sprint. Cycling Mole disagrees. Who’s going to be proved...

Leggi di più
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 7

Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 7

Can the breakaway take three stages on the trot? Or will stage 7 finally be one for the GC men? Some of our panel are...

Leggi di più
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 6

Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 6

A few of our panel hovered over Herrada, but no-one came close to Madrazo in Stage 5. Stage 6 looks the Costa del Ardennes, but...

Leggi di più
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 5

Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 5

No question that La Vuelta’s stage 5 will be one for the climbers, but which climbers? Cycling Mole gets the red pen out to mark...

Leggi di più
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 4

Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 4

Finally, some splits in the bunch. Sam Bennett didn’t let the pressure of being firm favourite phase him on Stage 3. Can he can deliver...

Leggi di più
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 3

Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 3

No-one had Nairo, so still no score in our game. Casquettes will be consumed if Bora Hansgrohe’s Sam Bennett doesn’t deliver a result on Stage...

Leggi di più
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 2

Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 2

A calamitous start for Jumbo-Visma in the TTT meant none of our panel, nor Cycling Mole, got a score on the board yesterday. Will they...

Leggi di più
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 1

Top Mañana: Vuelta a España 2019 – stage 1

The 2019 Vuelta a España begins, as is tradition, with a team time trial. There’s one obvious favourite but who on our panel will play...

Leggi di più
Top Mañana 2019

Top Mañana 2019

The daily Vuelta prediction game, that made its debut last year and definitely wasn’t reverse engineered from a laboured pun, is back for 2019

Leggi di più
Fantasy cycling: Team of the Vuelta 2018

Fantasy cycling: Team of the Vuelta 2018

If there were no holds barred on putting together a cycling team of riders from this year’s Vuelta, this would be your super team

Leggi di più
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 21

Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 21

And so it ends. One last Vuelta hurrah in Madrid for the sprinters. How did the Rouleur tipsters do? Nae bad, says Moley, but don’t give...

Leggi di più
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3

MEMBERSHIPS

JOIN TODAY

Independent journalism, award winning content, exclusive perks. Continue your Rouleur journey with a subscription starting from only $3/month.

Learn more