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The wrong Simon Yates: a funny case of Twitter mistaken identity
Due to one letter’s difference in Twitter usernames, a US-based market researcher called Simon Yates has been inundated by messages of support during the Giro. “It’s...
Svein Tuft: living on cycling’s wild side
Camping out on mountain ridges and plunging into freezing streams, this is the Svein Tuft way of professional cycling
Tour de Ned: Boulting hits the road
“There’s going to be in-depth analysis of how a team time trial, composed solely by the core members of the Wombles, might perform.” This, Boardman’s...
“I came from nothing, I had nothing”: Sacha Modolo, self-made man
There’s a lot more to sprinters than meets the eye, as a long lunch with EF Education First’s Italian fast man shows
Vote for the Sharon Laws Road Rider of the spring
Anna Van der Breggen, Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio and Kasia Niewiadoma among the riders vying for your votes in the Sharon Laws Rider of the Spring award
Giro d’Italia 2018: Why everyone loves Mitchelton-Scott
Whether their Giro success is because of or in spite of it, Mitchelton-Scott are possibly the happiest, most laid-back team on the World Tour circuit
Sore point: Rapha Pro Team and Classic Saddles
Desire – A bad saddle can be the bane of a cyclist’s life, finding the right one can be revolutionary. Rapha have taken the importance...
Inside line: what Bjarne Riis did next
Recognising potential is one thing. The question is what you do with it. Morten Okbo heads to Norway with Team Virtu Cycling talent Alexander Kamp
Maurizio and Marco: the Giro route inspectors
Ahead of the peloton, two former pro riders ensure safe passage for the Giro d’Italia
Is there an enemy in your coffee cup?
New research suggests that for around 10% of the population, caffeine can seriously undermine athletic performance
Reflections: racing between Jerusalem stone
A photographer looks back on the opening three days of the Giro d’Italia in Israel
Pink Banana: Giro d’Italia stage 4 – Valerio Conti
A bold late attack that briefly promised to flip the script lands Valerio Conti the first of our occasional Giro awards
Stay classy: Sportful BodyFit Classics Jersey
If brushed fleece is good enough for Haussler then it’s good enough for us. New kit from Sportful that strikes the balance for the Classics
Inside line: peloton pedigree at the Tour de Yorkshire
Rouleur jumps in the car with JLT-Condor manager John Herety for stage one of the Tour de Yorkshire
California sole: the making of Giro’s Empire
Giro’s Empire shoe is a modern cycling design classic. But its genesis and success falls firmly at the feet of a Taylor Phinney whim and a couple...
Culture Clubbed: Pippa York on cycling style
Italians, so stylish, aren’t they? So why are their jersey designs such a dog’s dinner? Pippa rages against the design
Win: Signed Tom Pidcock prizes
Yorkshire boy, multiple World Champion and Rouleur cover star… here’s your chance to win rare, signed products by the wonder kid riding his first Tour de Yorkshire.
Giro d’Italia protagonists: who’s in shape to claim pink
Days away from the first ever depart of a Grand Tour to be held outside of Europe we look at who’s in shape for the...
Tales from Yorkshire (part 2): there are no days for the sprinters
Continued from Tales from Yorkshire – a county of champions, in which we honour the area’s great cycling heritage with stories and reflections from native...
Tales from Yorkshire (part 1): a county of champions
As far as cyclists go, Yorkshire breeds some pretty good ones. And with the Tour de Yorkshire starting this week, here’s some tales as to why...
Reflections: can’t beat the real thing
When it comes to following professional cycling, there’s nothing quite like standing out there at the roadside and feeling the whoosh of the peloton
Michael Blann: The legs behind the lens
Michael Blann is one of the finest cycling photographers in the business. As we found out recently, he’s pretty handy on the bike, in front...
Cancellara: “Take it. Test it. Scan it. Do what you want”
Stashed away in a basement in Bern is a bike at the centre of speculation that has dogged Fabian Cancellara since 2010. Look inside, he says,...
Canvassing Opinion: Painting the Giro d’Italia
Venice in pink, the bunch dreams and ‘Grazie Fausto’: Jeff Parr captures the spirit of the Giro on canvas
Inside line: we need to talk about Bob Jungels
After his win at Liège-Bastogne-Liège, his friend and agent Gary McQuaid looks back on a moment eight years in the making
Keeping secrets: Wilier Triestina Turbine Disc
Some are better at keeping things under wraps than others; take a look at the soon to be launched disc brake TT bike from Wilier ...
In a nutshell: Tour de Romandie
We take a closer look at the 2018 Tour de Romandie which runs between April 24th and 29th
Spring break: images from Liège-Bastogne-Liège
Photographer Chris Auld shot the escapes and chases, fans and faces on a glorious spring day in the Ardennes
It’s personal: Iris Ditch Jersey
Ex-pro, Iris Slappendel has created her cycling apparel with the winning combination of Dutch cool and race ready know-how
Cover stories: issue 18.3 – Fausto and Gino
Coppi and Bartali: two great Italian champions, two impeccably-dressed gentlemen, two opposites
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