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The column: Matt Holmes, the domestic pro done good, down under

The column: Matt Holmes, the domestic pro done good, down under

Even if Matt Holmes doesn’t start another race in 2020, his Tour Down Under win on Sunday will have made this the best season of...

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Ned Boulting: Of necessary evils and bad business

Ned Boulting: Of necessary evils and bad business

  As Britain finds itself forced to look to pastures new for business, Ned Boulting sees a few similarities with cycling. Or is it the other way...

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Sep Vanmarcke: The nearly man?

Sep Vanmarcke: The nearly man?

   “If there’s a setback I come home to a warm family and the world keeps turning.” Sep Vanmarcke, so many times the nearly man,...

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Sam Bennett: No more the one team man

Sam Bennett: No more the one team man

Before his recent move to Deceuninck-Quick Step, Sam Bennett had been at Bora Hansgrohe his entire pro career. Now indisputably at the top of the...

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The column: The riders retiring on their own terms

The column: The riders retiring on their own terms

From Kittel to Phinney, Boswell to Blythe: more top pros than ever seem to be calling it a day in their prime years. What does...

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Chris Juul-Jensen: The vanity of the pro cyclist

Chris Juul-Jensen: The vanity of the pro cyclist

“Doping is out and skinsuits are in.” Chris Juul Jensen on style, skinsuits, shaving, compression socks and how to look good as a pro cyclist

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Desire: Issue 19.8 wrap-up

Desire: Issue 19.8 wrap-up

For the last edition of Desire in 2019, we decided to do things a little differently. Welcome to a wrap-up of issue 19.8

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Mark Cavendish on his new approach to life: From issue 116: Mind

Mark Cavendish on his new approach to life: From issue 116: Mind

Mark Cavendish has spent 16 seasons at the very top of his sport, and he’sstill motivated to find more success.

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The column: Wildcard winners and pointless points

The column: Wildcard winners and pointless points

Winning races is secondary to point scoring for teams qualifying for major races. The system is broken

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Ian Boswell

The Knowledge: Ian Boswell, tractor boy

It has always been a dream of mine to live a rural lifestyle. My fiancée Gretchen and I made that a reality in 2017 and bought...

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Competition: Win two entries to Haute Route Oman 2020

Competition: Win two entries to Haute Route Oman 2020

A second shot at winning a great prize: two places in the Haute Route Oman 2020, one of the world’s most prestigious multi-day cycling events

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The column: Considering the Tour de France wildcards (and the ones that missed out)

The column: Considering the Tour de France wildcards (and the ones that missed out)

  This week it was announced that all the 2020 Tour de France wildcards have all gone to home teams. Favouritism? Or fair enough?

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Being Bjarne

Being Bjarne

  “The Tour of Denmark has just finished. I’m there. I call him. You are here! Yes. But he is sick. Doesn’t feel good. I...

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The Road Book 2019: Ned Boulting’s review of the year, part one

The Road Book 2019: Ned Boulting’s review of the year, part one

As the off-season clouds part and we look towards the early races of 2020, Ned Boulting reminds us how the first part of the 2019...

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Pick your favourite Rouleur photographer’s shot of the year from 2019

Pick your favourite Rouleur photographer’s shot of the year from 2019

Our fine body of photographers choose their best work from the 2019 season. Vote for your own personal top shot and be in with a...

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2019 photographs of the year: Anthony Leutenegger

2019 photographs of the year: Anthony Leutenegger

 Greg LeMond, beautiful Swiss Alps and an emotional racer

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2019 photographs of the year: Benedict Campbell

2019 photographs of the year: Benedict Campbell

Behind the scenes at Roubaix, Flanders and Le Tour

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2019 photographs of the year: Paolo Martelli

2019 photographs of the year: Paolo Martelli

As 2019 draws to a close, Rouleur photographers choose their personal favourite images of the past 12 months

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2019 photographs of the year: Pauline Ballet

2019 photographs of the year: Pauline Ballet

Alaphilippe in yellow, Van Aert in bits and Le Tour in Paris

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2019 photographs of the year: Jojo Harper

2019 photographs of the year: Jojo Harper

 As 2019 draws to a close, Rouleur photographers choose their personal favourite images of the past 12 months

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2019 photographs of the year: Paolo Ciaberta

2019 photographs of the year: Paolo Ciaberta

Ernesto Colnago’s plans, Peter Sagan’s disappointment and a memorable Strade Bianche

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2019 photographs of the year: Michael Blann

2019 photographs of the year: Michael Blann

Mountainscapes, Geraint Thomas and three rounds with Bouhanni – Blann’s pick of a bumper crop

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The column: New kit excitement? Bah humbug

The column: New kit excitement? Bah humbug

You know cycling media is desperate for content when it starts dissecting the differences between marginally altered team kits. Take a break from it all,...

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Rouleur podcast: Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig, Rayner Foundation and Ribble

Rouleur podcast: Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig, Rayner Foundation and Ribble

Danish dynamite, Rayner riders abroad, plus our Stu gets on his high horse about e-bikes

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Competition: Win the ultimate cycling experience for you and a friend at Haute Route Oman 2020

Competition: Win the ultimate cycling experience for you and a friend at Haute Route Oman 2020

Win the adventure trip of a lifetime: two places in the Haute Route Oman 2020, one of the world’s most prestigious multi-day cycling events

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Rouleur’s riders of the decade: part 3

Rouleur’s riders of the decade: part 3

As the 2010s draw to a close, Rouleur’s editorial staff have each selected nine riders each as their stars of the sport. Part III features...

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Rouleur’s riders of the decade: Part II

Rouleur’s riders of the decade: Part II

As the decade draws to a close, Rouleur’s editorial staff have selected nine riders each as their stars of cycling since January 2010. Part II...

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Rouleur’s riders of the decade: Part I

Rouleur’s riders of the decade: Part I

As the decade draws to a close, Rouleur’s editorial staff have selected nine riders each as their stars of cycling since January 2010. Part I...

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The Road Book 2019: Richard Carapaz tells of an unlikely Giro victory

The Road Book 2019: Richard Carapaz tells of an unlikely Giro victory

“I come from a country with a culture of losing, where people are plagued by doubt to the point that they are unable to take...

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The column: Can Landa land a big one at Bahrain-McLaren?

The column: Can Landa land a big one at Bahrain-McLaren?

Mikel Landa has spent most of his career playing second fiddle. At Bahrain-McLaren he’ll be conducting the orchestra. Can he finally perform on the biggest...

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