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Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 2
Valverde, Martin, Sagan, Roche or Fraile are the Rouleur panel’s picks. But Cycling Mole says no – it’s Kwiatkowski for the win
Why Giorgia Bronzini will make an inspirational sports director
With over 80 victories to her name, Georgia Bronzini has decided to hang up her wheels and move behind the steering wheel
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 1
An eight kilometre prologue – it’s got to be Rohan Dennis, surely? Or has it? Our picks for the Vuelta opener
Inside Line: Three parties banking on a German cycling renaissance
As the Deutschland Tour returns to the roads of southwest Germany this week, can the nation’s public re-embrace a sport that so badly burnt them?
Desire: Colnago 64 Gold Private Collection
Ernesto Colnago’s desire is for his bikes to deliver the ‘simplice’ look. The new C64 Gold Private Collection doesn’t just limit itself to simple, it’s simply...
Paolo Bianchini: from champion cyclist to winning winemaker
How turning down a pro cycling contract put Paolo Bianchini on the path to becoming one of Italy’s top winemakers with Ciacci Picclomini
Adam Hansen – the man with a programme
There’s more to this man than 20 consecutive Grand Tours, there’s two stage wins and he can fix your computer
Andy Hampsten guest column: my stomach is Italian
Pasta was nearly his career downfall when he moved to Italy, but the way of life lured Hampsten in and is now where he calls...
Desire: Sportful BodyFit Pro Light Jersey
One for the weight weenies, Sportful have made a jersey so light riding along you’ll feel nothing but the breeze
Pasta al denture: passed down dietary wisdom in cycling’s lower leagues
From spaghetti in a flask to an absolute ban on melted cheese, James Stout recalls the bizarre traditions and ill-founded nutritional knowledge handed down through...
Team kit and leading out Cav: František Raboň’s services to British cycling
The former HTC and Quick Step domestique on clothing Britain’s world champions, riding with Cav and falling asleep in the shower at the Giro
British Cycling: Manchester united?
As BC’s new batch of hopefuls enters the medal factory in Manchester, we ask how the organisation sets them up for success
Cover stories: issue 18.6 – Alejandro Valverde by Timm Kölln
“A photo shoot should never take more than five minutes, in contrast to the subsequent meal which may easily stretch to over three hours.” Timm...
Flourish or flounder: Egan Bernal and other cycling prodigies
Despite a nasty crash recently, the future looks extremely bright for Sky’s super Tour domestique Egan Bernal. But beware, history has shown us that young...
Rising star: junior Gent-Wevelgem winner Pfeiffer Georgi
A look at the emerging British talent coming through the ranks. This month: 17 year old Pfeiffer Georgi – a rider raised on the Herne...
Desire: Katusha Light Rain Jacket
The matter of a good rain jacket is not to be taken lightly. It isn’t just about keeping the rain off you as Nathan Haas...
Chairman of the Board: the Greatest Cycling Board Games
Cycling Board Games celebrates its fifteenth birthday. Our feature from issue 54 on the best of collector Anki Toner’s 300-plus games
Who do you think you are?
From rouleurs and grimpeurs to puncheurs and sprinteurs, an explanation of the types of riders that make the peloton
Fantasy cycling: Team of the Tour 2018
If you were to pick the mother of all super-teams based on this year’s Tour de France, this one would be hard to beat
Tour de France 2018: Rouleur Rider Awards
Rouleur picks the best riders by coffee cup category for the 2018 Tour de France best in class. Who will be the best grimpeur, sprinteur,...
Going downhill fast – Luke Evans’ Tour moto blog
The descent off the Aubisque was probably the fastest and most thrilling of the Tour. Photography motorbike pilot Luke Edwardes-Evans was right there in the...
Tour de France 2018 – the Rouleur review
Who was the best team of this year’s Tour de France? What about the most unlucky? What was the biggest surprise? Rouleur contributors look back...
Philippa York column: Remembering the day LeMond beat Fignon by 8 seconds
Pippa was a firsthand witness to the greatest Tour finish in history. “The ride back to the hotel was an eerie affair, streets deserted, the...
Super Banana: Tour de France overall – Dan Martin
For sheer enjoyment of racing, entertainment value and landing a tasty little result en route, we salute the Irishman with a renewed love of the...
Jacopo Guarnieri blog: bursting the bubble on the Tour’s final stage
“It’s a beautiful mess”: Groupama-FDJ’s lead-out man on what makes the Tour’s last stage so different and returning to reality post-race
The Coupe – making the Tour de France trophy
Tour winners receive a trophy handmade in Sèvres by a team of highly-skilled craftsmen and women, using centuries-old techniques and endless patience
Top Banana: Tour de France stage 20 – Michael Hepburn
The big engines, those domestique bottle-carriers who suffer through the mountains of the Tour, are offered a ‘day off’ during a time-trial. But they don’t...
What it’s like being in the time-trial hot seat
Tour de France 2018 – 21 stages, 21 stories. We talk to time-trial hot seat regulars Alex Dowsett, Ryan Mullen and Jos Van Emden about...
Top Banana: Tour de France stage 19 – Robert Gesink
LottoNL-Jumbo land their third Top Banana of this Tour. This time it’s lanky Dutchman Gesink taking the plaudits. And the fruit
Tour de France stage 17: good, bad and ugly
Fast and furious racing, beautiful scenery, Sagan crashing, and Froome and Thomas involved in dramatic incidents. We were on the Col de Portet taking it...
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