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Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 20

Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 20

A mere 97km to go in the GC battle. What could possibly go wrong? Quite a lot… Yates, Valverde, Quintana, or a left field choice?

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Race preview: The Tour de Ned

Race preview: The Tour de Ned

After commentating on the Tour de France and La Vuelta for ITV, in two weeks time Ned Boulting heads out on the road for another...

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Desire: Colnago C64 Le Col Edition

Desire: Colnago C64 Le Col Edition

When two become one. The anglo-latino collaboration of Colnago and Le Col that will quite literally have the heart racing

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Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 19

Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 19

Into Andorra we go. Majka looks a contender, but Moley goes with Valverde. The taming of the shrewd?

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Larry and Conor’s NoGo Tour: Back down to earth

Larry and Conor’s NoGo Tour: Back down to earth

The NoGoTour duo have returned home to Nice. As he reflects on an incredible week of riding just to ride, Conor Dunne is forced to...

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Interview: why David Millar wants to empower the peloton

Interview: why David Millar wants to empower the peloton

David Millar tells Rouleur about his latest venture: a bid for presidency of the CPA. What needs changing? Why is he the man for the...

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Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 18

Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 18

Look at that profile. It’s as flat as they come on the Vuelta. A day for the sprinters say our panel. But could a chancer...

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Maintaining a profile: cycling’s most baffling elevation graphics

Maintaining a profile: cycling’s most baffling elevation graphics

What information can you garner about a race from it’s elevation profile? That depends on how it’s presented

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Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 17

Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 17

A mixed bag of picks from our panel as usual. Mollema looks a good punt for stage 17, but does Moley agree?

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Artisans: Optiek Van Gorp’s customised eyewear for the stars

Artisans: Optiek Van Gorp’s customised eyewear for the stars

Straight out of Classics Country is a company at the forefront of customising sunglasses. And as Optiek Van Gorp’s business grows, so too does the...

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Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 16

Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 16

A 32km time-trial tomorrow. If it’s not Rohan Dennis, then something is seriously wrong. Who else can we expect to see in the hot seat?

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Larry and Conor’s NoGo Tour day 8: A descent to normality

Larry and Conor’s NoGo Tour day 8: A descent to normality

As Larry Warbasse and Conor Dunne descend back to their homes in Nice after more riding hours in a week than they’ve ever done before,...

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Desire: Ashmei Croix de Fer jersey

Desire: Ashmei Croix de Fer jersey

In homage to the Croix de Fer alpine climb, Ashmei have launched their khaki merino wool blend jersey that’s sealed with the iron cross

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Larry and Conor’s NoGo Tour day 7: Crazy in love with cycling again

Larry and Conor’s NoGo Tour day 7: Crazy in love with cycling again

Giddy, excited, butterflies in the stomach: Larry Warbasse hasn’t felt this way for a very long time

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Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 15

Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 15

David Hunter, AKA Cycling Mole, is a top tipster who spends far more time studying the odds than we do. In a daily battle of...

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Larry & Conor’s NoGo Tour day 6: Fine dining in Italy

Larry & Conor’s NoGo Tour day 6: Fine dining in Italy

On the menu for the boys today: Lautaret, Izoard, Agnel. Plus wild boar, rabbit, gnocchi, gelato… Sampling Italy’s fine cuisine via three cols

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Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 14

Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 14

“I’m simply amazed that no one has selected Quintana, López or Simon Yates” Cycling Mole puts our pundits in their place

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GP Quebec and Montreal: Serge Arsenault, the man with a plan

GP Quebec and Montreal: Serge Arsenault, the man with a plan

“I don’t point my finger. The lack of money is responsible. But we don’t all have to be pulling on the same rope. As long...

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Larry & Conor’s NoGo Tour day 5: Torn

Larry & Conor’s NoGo Tour day 5: Torn

Climb every mountain, sing every Natalie Imbruglia song along the way… Larry takes the psychological approach to helping his big buddy up the climbs

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Vote for the Sharon Laws Road Rider of the summer

Vote for the Sharon Laws Road Rider of the summer

Six star riders up for the Sharon Laws Rider of the Summer award: Annemiek van Vleuten, Dani Rowe, Marianne Vos, Kirsten Wild, Coryn Rivera and...

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Larry & Conor’s NoGo Tour day 5: Alpe d’Huez and Uncle Roger

Larry & Conor’s NoGo Tour day 5: Alpe d’Huez and Uncle Roger

Conor Dunne reaches Alpe d’Huez with Larry Warbasse on their NoGo Tour and reflects on his teenage inspiration – Uncle Roger

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Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 13

Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 13

We are in accord with Moley tomorrow – unusually. Mollema, Kelderman, Kudus, Quintana or even J.Lo?

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Larry & Conor’s NoGo Tour day 4: Gone Swimming

Larry & Conor’s NoGo Tour day 4: Gone Swimming

Our intrepid heroes reach Lake Annecy – and jump right in. The further adventures of Warbasse and Dunne

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Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 12

Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 12

A sprinters’ day for sure. Or is it? Lumpy, bumpy and tricky towards the end, says Moley, but should still come together

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Larry & Conor’s NoGo Tour day 3: friends for life – or at least for now

Larry & Conor’s NoGo Tour day 3: friends for life – or at least for now

Conor Dunne picks up the narration and a new pair of sandals as his and Larry Warbasse’s NoGo Tour gets into the heart of the...

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Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 11

Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 11

Breakaway chancers and a clutch of GC men: Rouleur’s team are split on how stage 11 of the Vuelta a España will pan out. But...

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Larry and Conor’s NoGo Tour day 2: Finestre flip-flop farce

Larry and Conor’s NoGo Tour day 2: Finestre flip-flop farce

Back to France for our intrepid Aqua Blue Sport bike packers via weird shops, the power of love and forever-lost footwear

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Vincenzo Nibali: Shark life

Vincenzo Nibali: Shark life

Arguably the finest, most complete racer of the current generation and one that we’re looking forward to seeing back racing at La Vuelta. Here’s the...

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Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 10

Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 10

Stage 10 should finish in a bunch sprint, and that’s what most on our panel are banking on. Could a fiendish climb in the final third...

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Larry & Conor’s NoGo Tour blog: our bikes weigh a tonne

Larry & Conor’s NoGo Tour blog: our bikes weigh a tonne

Larry Warbasse and Conor Dunne get a different flavour of cycling as they set out on day one of their bike packing expedition in the...

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