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The Cycling Hall of Fame 2019: the case for Bernard Hinault

The Cycling Hall of Fame 2019: the case for Bernard Hinault

Bernard Hinault is less lauded for his time trialling than his other qualities. For our contributor it’s more than enough to earn him a place...

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The column: Bora-Hansgrohe should take Sam Bennett to the Tour de France

The column: Bora-Hansgrohe should take Sam Bennett to the Tour de France

With wins at every race he’s ridden this year, it’s time for Sam Bennett’s team to give him a chance to sprint on the biggest...

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Gallery:  Celebrating 100 years of the yellow jersey

Gallery: Celebrating 100 years of the yellow jersey

2019 is the 100th anniversary of the first awarding of the maillot jaune, to Eugène Christophe. The Koers museum, in Roeselare, Belgium, is planning to...

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Desire: POC Omne Air

Desire: POC Omne Air

Where safety is concerned, few are dedicating as many resources as POC

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The Knowledge: Alex Dowsett, Little Bleeder

The Knowledge: Alex Dowsett, Little Bleeder

“Even my mum has said she’ll be relieved when I stop racing, and that I owe her a facelift for all the worry I’ve put...

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The column: Calling time on the Paris-Roubaix time cut

The column: Calling time on the Paris-Roubaix time cut

In one-day races all the hors délai rule does is deprive riders of their rightful place in the record books. It’s time to get rid of the...

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Cillian Kelly: You don’t watch anything with kids

Cillian Kelly: You don’t watch anything with kids

How has Chris Froome managed to win two Tours de France since having kids? Cycling stats supremo Cillian Kelly can barely snatch twenty minutes of...

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Cover Stories: issue 19.3 by Jo Burt

Cover Stories: issue 19.3 by Jo Burt

Illustrator Jo Burt found Pedro Horrillo’s account of his 2009 Giro d’Italia crash so powerful that he felt he should be as economical as possible...

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Rouleur podcast: Spring Classics with De Vlaeminck, Maertens, author Harry Pearson

Rouleur podcast: Spring Classics with De Vlaeminck, Maertens, author Harry Pearson

A Flanders themed edition to mark the climax of the Spring Classics season. Presented by Laka, bicycle insurance powered by you

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Desire: Le Col by Wiggins

Desire: Le Col by Wiggins

Sir Bradley’s eye for style is well known in cycling. His latest collaboration with Le Col is classic design, paired with technical construction – at...

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The column: We need to talk about Mathieu

The column: We need to talk about Mathieu

We’ve always been told you only get one chance to win the Tour of Flanders. Mathieu van der Poel may not have quite clinched the...

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Desire: the new Specialized Roubaix

Desire: the new Specialized Roubaix

The new Roubaix. More aero, more comfortable, more race bike.

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Letter from the editor: Blood on the race tracks

Letter from the editor: Blood on the race tracks

It’s not just riders who suffer for the spectacle of Paris-Roubaix. Rouleur editor Andy McGrath on the lengths the team went to bring you our...

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Philippa York: The pleasure of Paris-Roubaix (from the comfort of the couch)

Philippa York: The pleasure of Paris-Roubaix (from the comfort of the couch)

“If there’s one thing every cyclist ought to do, it’s to go to Northern France and ride parts of the course. Then you’ll understand how...

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Desire: SRAM Force eTap AXS

Desire: SRAM Force eTap AXS

SRAM bring wireless shifting to the masses – is the future of gear changes cableless?

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The column: Gent-Wevelgem gave us the best of Alexander Kristoff

The column: Gent-Wevelgem gave us the best of Alexander Kristoff

Alexander Kristoff has won races on cycling’s biggest stages yet is still seen as a mere support act. His win at Gent-Wevelgem should – finally...

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The Cycling Hall of Fame 2019: the case for Patrick Lefevere

The Cycling Hall of Fame 2019: the case for Patrick Lefevere

Nobody in modern cycling management matches Deceuninck-Quick Step’s CEO for achievement, nous and bouncebackability

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The column from The Chronicle: Is Milan-Sanremo too fast for the fastmen?

The column from The Chronicle: Is Milan-Sanremo too fast for the fastmen?

On Saturday we saw another edition of Milan-Sanremo that favoured the spring over the sprint. Is it all over for the fastmen at La Classicissima?

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Tom Boonen and the Ronde

Tom Boonen and the Ronde

Three-time Tour of Flanders winner Tom Boonen discusses his lifelong relationship with the race that made his name

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Hugo Koblet: This Charming Man

Hugo Koblet: This Charming Man

Paul Maunder tells of the rise and fall of the original pédaleur de charme, Hugo Koblet. His story begins with an opportunistic victory at the...

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Grand Prix de Denain: The new cobbled classic?

Grand Prix de Denain: The new cobbled classic?

With small races facing a constant battle for survival, the 60 year-old Grand Prix de Denain is looking to reinvent itself as a cobbled classic....

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Modern classic: How Reynolds created the Cycling Hall of Fame trophy

Modern classic: How Reynolds created the Cycling Hall of Fame trophy

These days Reynolds is most associated with heritage and tradition. The 3D-printed trophies created for the Cycling Hall of Fame show that the British manufacturer...

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The Knowledge: Rohan Dennis on the need for speed

The Knowledge: Rohan Dennis on the need for speed

Featuring Mini Coopers, Ducatis, the Hour Record, and Willis the Akita

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The Cycling Hall of Fame 2019: The case for Greg LeMond

The Cycling Hall of Fame 2019: The case for Greg LeMond

Who should be inducted into the Cycling Hall of Fame? Ian Cleverly argues in favour of Greg LeMond, an outspoken, trailblazing American who singlehandedly transformed...

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The Knowledge: Danish Renaissance with Mads Würtz Schmidt

The Knowledge: Danish Renaissance with Mads Würtz Schmidt

From little boys to WorldTour winners: a slew of riders from Denmark are getting top results. What is behind this confidence?

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Boardman Performance Centre

Boardman Performance Centre

In the wind tunnel with Chris Boardman

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Riding in the Zone Rouge: The story of cycling’s toughest ever stage race

Riding in the Zone Rouge: The story of cycling’s toughest ever stage race

In his new book, Riding in the Zone Rouge, author Tom Isitt takes us back one hundred years to the Circuit des Champs de Bataille, the...

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Nathan Haas: In another life

Nathan Haas: In another life

Academic, politician, ballet dancer. Had he not discovered he had the legs for cycling, things might have turned out very differently for Nathan Haas…

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John Degenkolb – BFF of Paris-Roubaix

John Degenkolb – BFF of Paris-Roubaix

The Roubaix cobbles have given John Degenkolb some of his greatest triumphs. The German sprinter tells Rouleur about how he came to give something back

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The Cycling Hall of Fame 2019: The case for Kristin Armstrong

The Cycling Hall of Fame 2019: The case for Kristin Armstrong

Who should be inducted into the Cycling Hall of Fame? Our editor bigs up a three-time Olympic gold winner who defied injury, age and expectations

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