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Reenergised, refreshed and rebooted: can David Gaudu challenge for Vuelta a España podium?

Reenergised, refreshed and rebooted: can David Gaudu challenge for Vuelta a España podium?

The Groupama-FDJ rider can go into the race lead on stage four, the same day that the race is in his home country of France....

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Vuelta a España 2025 stage four preview: Breakaway or peloton?

Vuelta a España 2025 stage four preview: Breakaway or peloton?

Stage four is finely poised between the breakaway and the puncheurs of the peloton

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Vuelta a España 2025 stage three preview: Puncheur's delight

Vuelta a España 2025 stage three preview: Puncheur's delight

The Vuelta a España stage three looks to be one for the versatile sprinters or punchy climbers 

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Vuelta a España 2025 stage two preview: First summit finish

Vuelta a España 2025 stage two preview: First summit finish

The Vuelta takes on the category two test to Limone Piemonte

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Key climbs of the Vuelta a España 2025

Key climbs of the Vuelta a España 2025

The ascents which we think will decide the final Grand Tour of the year

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Tour de France 2025 stage 20 preview: Attritional terrain favours break

Tour de France 2025 stage 20 preview: Attritional terrain favours break

A lumpy day in the Jura mountains provides a sting in the tail as the Tour nears its end 

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Tour de France 2025 stage 19 preview: Final high mountain test

Tour de France 2025 stage 19 preview: Final high mountain test

The last Alpine day features five categorised climbs and finishes above 2,000m at La Plagne

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Tour de France 2025 stage 18 preview: The queen stage

Tour de France 2025 stage 18 preview: The queen stage

It's crunch time at the Tour de France, as the race enters the high Alps with three hors catégorie climbs on the agenda for the...

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Tour de France 2025 stage 17 preview: A rare sprint opportunity

Tour de France 2025 stage 17 preview: A rare sprint opportunity

The sprinters' teams will have their work cut out to control a breakaway, but they won't want to let a stage-winning chance slip away up...

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Tour de France 2025 stage 15 preview: Breakaway specialists eye glory

Tour de France 2025 stage 15 preview: Breakaway specialists eye glory

A lumpy transition stage seems primed for a breakaway, but a versatile sprinter could prevail

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EF Education-EasyPost riders at the Tour de France 2025

Tour de France 2025 team ratings: How all 23 squads stack up on the first rest day

Rouleur assesses the best and the worst-performing teams after 10 days of racing

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Ben Healy

‘His power file is extraordinary’ - Ben Healy and the magic of yellow

Inside the EF Education-EasyPost rider's monster effort on stage 10 of the Tour de France, which has put him in the yellow jersey going into...

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Tour de France 2025 stage 11 preview: Sprint or breakaway?

Tour de France 2025 stage 11 preview: Sprint or breakaway?

A smattering of climbs in the final half of the stage could be enough to foil the sprinters' chances of a rare bunch finish in...

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Tour de France peloton

Tour de France 2025 stage seven preview: Mûr-de-Bretagne awaits

Riders will tackle two ascents of the steep slopes of Mûr-de-Bretagne in a finish suited to the climbers and puncheurs

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Mathieu van der Poel winning the Tour de France 2025 stage two

Tour de France 2025 stage four preview: Puncheur's paradise

Four categorised are packed into the final 30km in a lumpy finale to Rouen

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The White Jersey at the Tour de France - A Brief History

The White Jersey at the Tour de France - A Brief History

The best young rider at the Tour de France is awarded the white jersey. But what is the history behind the maillot blanc?

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The Giro d'Italia 2025

It’s not over until the Finestre is conquered: Giro’s Cima Coppi set to decide the maglia rosa

The race enters favoured terrain for second-place Richard Carapaz, can he use it to usurp the pink jersey Isaac del Toro?

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Giro d'Italia 2025 stage 16 preview: The hardest test yet

Giro d'Italia 2025 stage 16 preview: The hardest test yet

A summit finish to San Valentino is almost certain to cause big changes to the GC standings

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Olav Kooij at the Giro d'Italia 2025

Giro d'Italia 2025 stage 14 preview: Last sprint chance before Rome

The Giro's penultimate chance for the sprinters awaits on a flat finish in the Slovenian city of Nova Gorica

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Giro d'Italia 2025 stage 13 preview: A steep and punchy finale

Giro d'Italia 2025 stage 13 preview: A steep and punchy finale

A testing finishing climb could draw out the GC contenders to claim vital seconds

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Giro d'Italia 2025 stage 12 preview: A fast finish

Giro d'Italia 2025 stage 12 preview: A fast finish

An opportunity for the sprinters awaits on a flat run into Viadana

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Giro d'Italia 2025 stage 10 preview: A race against the clock to the Leaning Tower

Giro d'Italia 2025 stage 10 preview: A race against the clock to the Leaning Tower

The second time trial of the Giro could be decisive for general classification contenders

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Giro d'Italia 2025 stage eight preview: An up and down day in Le Marche

Giro d'Italia 2025 stage eight preview: An up and down day in Le Marche

A tricky Tirreno-Adriatico style stage offers an opportunity for a breakaway to take victory

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How does the loss of Jai Hindley affect Primož Roglič's Giro d'Italia bid?

How does the loss of Jai Hindley affect Primož Roglič's Giro d'Italia bid?

Red Bull rider crashes out of the Giro d’Italia on stage six

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Peloton at the 2024 Giro d'Italia

Giro d'Italia 2025 stage seven preview: The first summit finish

The first of two proper mountain top finishes in this Giro will be the first serious test of the general classification contenders

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Giro d'Italia 2025 stage five preview: An explosive finale

Giro d'Italia 2025 stage five preview: An explosive finale

A tricky uphill run to the line  and the preceding climbs will make this stage difficult for the sprinters, favouring the more versatile riders with...

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Alpecin and UAE delight but Visma and Red Bull struggle - rating the teams' performances at the Spring Classics

Alpecin and UAE delight but Visma and Red Bull struggle - rating the teams' performances at the Spring Classics

With the curtains closing on the Spring Classics, Rouleur looks back on the winners and losers of this year's campaign 

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Tadej Pogačar in the pink jersey at the 2024 Giro d'Italia

How to watch and live stream the Giro d'Italia 2025

A guide to where you can catch all the Giro d'Italia action from home or on the go

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La Flèche Wallonne preview 2025 - Will Mur de Huy serve up another vintage Ardennes showdown?

La Flèche Wallonne preview 2025 - Will Mur de Huy serve up another vintage Ardennes showdown?

Pogačar, Evenepoel and Skjelmose all set to tackle the second Ardennes Classic

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