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Rouleur predicts.... Giro d'Italia 2020, Stage 19
What a day that was, eh? Who'd have thought the Stelvio would liven things up? *looks to camera* It was a stage that not only provided...
Last place Luigi, the Giro’s greatest loser
On the 10th of June 1949, high on the mountain roads between Cuneo and Pinerolo, Fausto Coppi and Gino Bartali duelled for the 32nd edition...
Yes, it Hurts: National Hill Climb by Russ Ellis
Hedley on the Hill, Northumberland, 2017 "I was on the very first section, no more than 250 metres from the start line, when I saw...
Rouleur predicts... Giro d'Italia 2020, Stage 18
Who thought Ben O'Connor could go long twice in a row? Not us, that's for sure. The Cycling Mole came close with his pick of Ilnur Zakarin, but...
Larry Warbasse: the art of the breakaway
Getting into a breakaway is an art. A paradox. Often a crapshoot. Yet you always find the same guys there. Try too hard to make...
Rouleur predicts... Giro d'Italia 2020, Stage 17
Roglic's win in Spain and Tratnik's triumph at the Giro was the first time two Slovenian riders had won Grand Tour stages on the same day...
The column: Sunday's Tour of Flanders gave the 2020 season the showcase showdown cycling has for so long needed
With the final third of the Giro and the entirety of the Vuelta still to come, it wouldn’t be entirely correct to characterise Sunday’s Ronde...
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...
Rouleur predicts... Giro d'Italia 2020, Stage 16
Have we all had a good rest? Then we'll begin. Tay-o, Tayyyyyy-o. Although Hackney's Geoghegan Hart won the final stage before the final week, none...
Rouleur predicts... The Men's Tour of Flanders 2020
"Everything you can do to prepare, prepare it. Know the course well, it helps you out in the end." Tom Boonen
Rouleur predicts... The Women's Tour of Flanders 2020
We've got bergs for breakfast as the best women riders in the world take on the cobbled climbs of west Belgium. Not quite the last big race...
Rouleur predicts... Giro d'Italia 2020, Stage 14
The Giro's second race of truth takes us to within a week of completing our second Grand Tour of 2020. We may yet not make it,...
Rouleur predicts... Giro d'Italia 2020, Stage 13
Flat, flat, flat, little lump, littler lump, flat. All in for Sagan? Almost...
Rouleur predicts... Giro d'Italia 2020, Stage 12
No duplicate picks today as the herd separates on a much harder day to call. Another breakaway day fancied, so it's Masnada, Ulissi, Matt Holmes...
Cover Story: Rouleur 20.7 by Russ Ellis
Our evening at a heavenly Hell of the North collection in the middle of nowhere
Rouleur predicts... Giro d'Italia 2020, Stage 11
As we head over (what is hopefully) the halfway hump, a new player has entered the arena...
Rouleur predicts... Giro d'Italia 2020, Stage 10
Portugal are having a good Giro, wouldn't you say? A week in the maglia rosa and a stage win on Sunday for Ruben Guerreiro. Team...
Rouleur predicts... Giro d'Italia 2020, Stage 9
The only way was Essex on Stage 8, as Alex Dowsett gave his all to take his first win on the road since 2011. Who will rise to the...
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Rouleur predicts... Giro d'Italia 2020, Stage 7
Who's got that Friday feeling? Three Italians versus one Frenchman go into the mix for today's picks
“Ours was a true rivalry”: Moser v Saronni
The infamous feud between two of Italy’s greats started in 1977.Marco Pastonesi finds the quarrelsome duo still at loggerheads more than 40 years on
Rouleur predicts... Giro d'Italia 2020, Stage 5
Well, how about that? The Cycling Mole didn't think it would come down to a bunch sprint and it did! In his defence the rider both...
Rouleur predicts... Giro d'Italia, Stage 4
If in doubt, Sunweb? While the Rouleur team herd towards the thoroughbred sprinters, The Cycling Mole has his eye on another shiny stallion...
Rouleur predicts... Giro d'Italia 2020, Stage 3
Close but no cigar yesterday, as Miles and Cycling Mole's pick of Peter Sagan was pipped to the post and his first Giro stage win...
Rouleur predicts... Giro d'Italia 2020, Stage 2
Three out of five correctly predicted yesterday's TT result, and with it the first maglia rosa. Today's stage, with its lumps and bumps and punchy...
Rouleur predicts... Liège-Bastogne-Liège Hommes
A Monumental 40 consecutive days of WorldTour racing is barely beginning. Strap yourselves in as we attempt to pick the winner for every one of them...
Rouleur predicts... Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes
Love Liège, go Dutch? The Netherlands' women have been dominant in the one-days of late. Will their run continue in an out of place LBL?
Rouleur predicts... Giro d'Italia 2020, Stage 1
What's the only thing better than an uphill time trial? A downhill one. Can we predict the Giro as well as we did Le Tour?...
The Column: Actually, we do need to talk about doping
We need to talk about doping. Not particularly because Nairo Quintana’s room was raided at the Tour de France.Nor, particularly, because this week saw further...

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