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Fans, frozen mist and forearms on ice: How teams stay cool at the Tour de France when the heat is on
Grand Tour time trials have always been a tech battle between teams, but these days it's more than just bikes
Is that Tony Stark in the start hut? HJC and Marvel suit up Team TotalEnergies for Tour stage 16
Stark Industries is finally in the Tour de France with a special Iron Man helmet paintjob – but will the riders get a matching exosuit?
Flying start: How the new Orbea Orca Aero carried Baptiste Veistroffer to the combativity award
There was no stage win for a home rider on Bastille Day – and let's not talk about what happened to France in the football...
Making light work: how Tom Pidcock's Q36.5 Tour kit is designed to beat the heat
He couldn't sprint for the win on stage nine due to a problem with his shifter, but here we take a closer look at the...
Pinarello reworks the Dogma X: race performance for a wider audience
The Dogma for everyday riders is packed with new and improved features including reconfigured X-Stays, aimed at delivering even more comfort and control on rough...
Why Olav Kooij’s signature-edition helmet gave him a ‘tactical advantage’ in the stage 5 sprint
Decathlon CMA CGM's new Dutch fastman has his own colourway – and there's a good reason for it, as he demonstrated when he won the...
Reserve’s new 48|53 GR gravel race wheels: ‘Tour de France aerodynamics and World Cup XC capability’
Here's something you won't see on the roads of France in the next three weeks... but they're aiming for the top in gravel racing globally...
Climbing bikes are back: top contenders' bikes at the Tour de France prove that grams matter again
The dedicated climbing bike might have mostly disappeared from the pro peloton with more emphasis on aerodynamics than ever before, but lightweight bikes are making...
Is POC's radical new TT helmet, debuted at the Tour de France, the fastest yet?
POC was the first to bring out a modern, oversize, radical-looking TT helmet with the Tempor in 2012 – its striking replacement was spotted at...
New Shimano disc wheel and super-deep front at the Tour de France: is a new Dura-Ace range imminent?
All of the fuss and general media scrum at the Alpecin team hotel before the Barcelona TTT was around Van der Poel's bikes, but hiding...
Scope's new TriSpoke: has Netcompany Ineos found its edge for Tour stage one?
Developed hand-in-hand with the WorldTour squad infamous for bringing the phrase “marginal gains” to the masses, the Scope TriSpoke prototype lands just as Netcompany Ineos...
Vingegaard's Tour de France Nimbl x Nike Étoile shoes: is Nike back for good after more than a decade out?
The Swoosh returns as the Visma-Lease a Bike team prepare to roll out with some special, very shiny kicks
Orbea Orca Aero 360°: the fastest bike Orbea has ever made – and the lowest bottom bracket in the peloton
Arnaud De Lie and his Lotto-Intermarché team will race Orbea's new aero bike at the Tour de France — I got an early ride on...
525 watches celebrating 525 victories: Breitling launches new Top Time B01 Eddy Merckx
The luxury watch brand celebrates the career of the greatest cyclist of all time with its latest cycling-themed model in the Top Time collection
Giant and Liv are ready to go gravel racing – and they've brought the Cadex wheels to match
New Giant Revolt Advanced SL and Liv Devote Advanced SL bikes plus a new Cadex tyre and wheel system too equals some serious off-road performance
The new BMC Kaius: more of everything, for no extra weight
BMC's second-generation Kaius adds aero, tyre clearance and cargo capacity while shedding 63 grams over its predecessor. Inside the Impec Lab, here's how they did...
Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL9: ‘the fastest road bike ever made’
The latest generation of the all-conquering all-rounder aero bike refines rather than reinvents the category – and claims to beat all-comers under real-world race conditions
New LOOK 795 Blade RS 3: French icon focuses on fit in faster update to its aero bike
More than 350 configurations combined with aerodynamic improvements in real-world conditions aim to deliver a bike that is faster for all riders, all the time
Gobik Reactive 2.0 jersey and Lancer bib shorts: inside Netcompany Ineos' new race kit
As Dave Brailsford returns to the WorldTour with Netcompany INEOS, the team's new Gobik Reactive 2.0 jersey and Lancer bib shorts are built to wring...
Wilier Filante SLR ID2: Built in collaboration with Groupama-FDJ United
How Wilier and Groupama-FDJ United co-developed the Filante SLR ID2 — from NACA-airfoil forks and a 420-configuration fit system to an Aerokit triangle that cuts...
Selle San Marco Shortfit Allroad
Selle San Marco brings 90 years of saddle-making to gravel with its new Shortfit Allroad range, pairing the proven Shortfit shape with a flexing Bow...
Campagnolo Record 13: Top-tier tech that trickles down
Campagnolo's Record 13 brings the Super Record 13's wireless 2x13-speed platform to a lower price point — all five configurations, made in Italy, with only...
Updated Canyon Aeroad will be ‘unequivocally the fastest bike in the Tour de France’
The bike that Mathieu Van der Poel et al will ride has had a watt-saving upgrade ahead of the Grande Boucle
Glory Days: how Gloria is making the case for titanium in a carbon-obsessed world
Gloria is making titanium bikes for a smarter generation of cyclist that's rejecting marginal gains and mass-produced carbon for something more durable, practical and meaningful
The technology behind DMT's 195g Pogi's Superlight
Weight reduction, aerodynamics, power transfer and direct collaboration with Tadej Pogačar: a closer look at the solutions that shaped the latest evolution of DMT's flagship...
Ursus: 60 Years of wheel Innovation
Rouleur travelled to Veneto to discover the meaning behind "Made in Ursus" — high-end technologies and manufacturing processes derived from industry and automotive, applied to...
Among champions, history and innovation: Wilier turns 120
Rouleur travelled to Villa Contarini, near Padua, where Wilier Triestina celebrated 120 years of cycling history and unveiled the new Filante Ultimate
Bastion Panterra takes the ‘pinnacle of design and engineering’ to the gravel
Based on the Australian brand's Archetype aero road bike, could this be the ultimate, custom, no-expense-spared, dream gravel racer?
New Colnago TT2: Pogačar's redesigned time trial bike that pushes the limits
UAE Team Emirates-XRG and UAE Team ADQ asked Colnago to make its TT1 lighter and better-handling without sacrificing aero. The result, the TT2, is 550g...
New Eddy Merckx 525R: has the Cannibal’s brand chewed up and spat out the traditional aero bike?
The new flagship race bike is faster than the last one, as you'd expect, but it has some unexpected geometry that challenges the thinking of...
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