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How Yorkshire became the heart of UK cycle racing

How Yorkshire became the heart of UK cycle racing

From the Tour de France to the World Championships, Yorkshire has shown little restraint in its ambition to host top-drawer cycle racing

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Bradley Wiggins: what fascinates me about Lance Armstrong (book extract)

Bradley Wiggins: what fascinates me about Lance Armstrong (book extract)

“I don’t think it was part of some Machiavellian plot to ruin my career,” writes Sir Bradley Wiggins of when he first met Lance Armstrong....

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2019 Tour de France route: who does it favour?

2019 Tour de France route: who does it favour?

As the Tour de France celebrates 100 years of the yellow jersey, we look at what the 2019 parcours has in store. Will the planets...

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An alternative vision for the Tour de France

An alternative vision for the Tour de France

Forget smaller teams, salary caps, grid starts and even Ventoux, Daniel Ostanek shares his ideas on how to change the Tour de France formula

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Chairman of the Board: the Greatest Cycling Board Games

Chairman of the Board: the Greatest Cycling Board Games

Cycling Board Games celebrates its fifteenth birthday. Our feature from issue 54 on the best of collector Anki Toner’s 300-plus games

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Fantasy cycling: Team of the Tour 2018

Fantasy cycling: Team of the Tour 2018

If you were to pick the mother of all super-teams based on this year’s Tour de France, this one would be hard to beat

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Tour de France 2018 – the Rouleur review

Tour de France 2018 – the Rouleur review

Who was the best team of this year’s Tour de France? What about the most unlucky? What was the biggest surprise? Rouleur contributors look back...

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The Coupe – making the Tour de France trophy

The Coupe – making the Tour de France trophy

Tour winners receive a trophy handmade in Sèvres by a team of highly-skilled craftsmen and women, using centuries-old techniques and endless patience

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Recollections: How Marco Pantani’s Tour winning attack changed my life

Recollections: How Marco Pantani’s Tour winning attack changed my life

Twenty years ago a famous escape for Marco Pantani on the Galibier enlivened the 1998 Tour and led Giles Belbin into discovering the world of professional cycling

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Just keep going: inside the fight for Tour de France survival

Just keep going: inside the fight for Tour de France survival

Behind the battle for Tour de France victory, there’s a bunch of exhausted riders simply trying to survive. Geraint Thomas, Malcolm Elliott and Alex Stieda...

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Charly Wegelius’ Tour blog – Too much bread

Charly Wegelius’ Tour blog – Too much bread

For some riders, a Grand Tour can be a struggle to down enough calories. Not so for sports directors, like EF Education First’s Charly Wegelius, where long...

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Top Banana: Tour de France stage 17 – Egan Bernal

Top Banana: Tour de France stage 17 – Egan Bernal

A good day for Colombia at the Tour de France. Nairo Quintana wins the stage and Egan Bernal takes the prize Sky are really concerned...

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Inside Line: Essential Tour preparation at Romain Bardet’s mile high training club

Inside Line: Essential Tour preparation at Romain Bardet’s mile high training club

Romain Bardet, Peter Sagan and Philippe Gilbert soak up the high altitude atmosphere of the Sierra Nevada in more ways than one

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A bike for the job – Luke Evans’ Tour moto blog

A bike for the job – Luke Evans’ Tour moto blog

From the pilot’s seat of his motorbike, Luke Edwardes-Evans discusses the equipment he takes on Tour and observes the demeanour of Sky’s dual leaders  

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The remarkable Tour de France cartoons of Roger Blachon

The remarkable Tour de France cartoons of Roger Blachon

Cartoonist Roger Blachon’s perfectly drawn illustrations graced the pages of l’Equipe for 20 years. Isabel Best meets those who knew him well

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Inside Line: Nico Portal – the DS behind Chris Froome’s success

Inside Line: Nico Portal – the DS behind Chris Froome’s success

Nicolas Portal’s pre-race recces are as thorough as they come and his relationship with Chris Froome is fundamental to the team’s success. Meet the young...

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Top Banana: Tour de France stage 14 – Philippe Gilbert

Top Banana: Tour de France stage 14 – Philippe Gilbert

The groundwork was all laid, the result just didn’t turn out as planned. All the more reason then to recognise Philippe Gilbert’s effort

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A little respect: has the Tour de France fallen victim to the selfie generation?

A little respect: has the Tour de France fallen victim to the selfie generation?

On Alpe d’Huez the quest for the perfect selfie ended one rider’s race and jeopardised the integrity of the whole Tour de France. What can...

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Top Banana: Tour de France 2018 stage 13 – Tom Scully

Top Banana: Tour de France 2018 stage 13 – Tom Scully

Have you heard the one about the Kiwi and the banana? It’s been a long road from the foot of New Zealand to the top...

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Mob handed with l’Equipe – Luke Evans’ Tour moto blog

Mob handed with l’Equipe – Luke Evans’ Tour moto blog

With ties that stretch back to the very beginning of the Tour de France, French newspaper L’Equipe enjoys a privileged position amongst Tour de France...

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Dutch Corner: the day they killed it

Dutch Corner: the day they killed it

Rope barriers were placed around the notorious party central hairpin to tame the crowd, but how much of the atmosphere did it really sacrifice? An...

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Top Banana: Tour de France stage 12 – Steven Kruijswijk

Top Banana: Tour de France stage 12 – Steven Kruijswijk

Dutch Tour contender Steven Kruijswijk made the early break and then took off on his own with over 70km to go. Having shaken the race...

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Guest column: Carlos Sastre on winning the Tour

Guest column: Carlos Sastre on winning the Tour

The Spaniard secured his 2008 Tour victory on Alpe d’Huez. “The road book was already in my mind before the race started, I knew almost...

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Darkness and light: remembering Fabio Casartelli

Darkness and light: remembering Fabio Casartelli

An exploration of love, loss and life with Annalisa Casartelli, widow of the last competitor to die during the Tour de France

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In amongst the crashes – Luke Evans’ Tour de France moto blog

In amongst the crashes – Luke Evans’ Tour de France moto blog

As if the crashes and punctures aren’t chaotic enough for the riders, there’s a whole bunch of people in the Tour’s convoy who need to...

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Tour de France: Hail to the bus driver

Tour de France: Hail to the bus driver

The Tour de France – one part sporting spectacle, one part logistical nightmare. Andy McGrath meets the men who keep the wheels turning

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Top Banana: Tour de France 2018 stage 9 – Oliver Naesen

Top Banana: Tour de France 2018 stage 9 – Oliver Naesen

Stage 9 brought us a second splendid serving of stones for 2018, though it could have also brought the house down on so many Tour...

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Jonathan Edwards on jumping into cycling

Jonathan Edwards on jumping into cycling

More from our Tour de France 2018, 21 stages, 21 stories series: former triple jumper Jonathan Edwards hosts British Eurosport’s coverage at the Tour. The...

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The longest day: Thierry Marie’s monster Tour de France break

The longest day: Thierry Marie’s monster Tour de France break

He was a prologue specialist familiar with winning over short distances. But looking to right a historic wrong on home turf, Thierry Marie soloed 234km to a...

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Highs and lows of the Tour de France team time trial

Highs and lows of the Tour de France team time trial

Life is very rarely linear – apart for those riding in a team time trial. Here – from Rouleur’s 21 stages, 21 stories series –...

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