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Have yourself an Alex Dowsett Christmas

Have yourself an Alex Dowsett Christmas

Christmas songs, a surprising film favourite and a less than starring role in his school’s Nativity: how Alex Dowsett does Christmas

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Chantal Blaak: How I won the Worlds

Chantal Blaak: How I won the Worlds

Women’s World Champion Chantal Blaak reflects on her victory in Bergen, and how she started the 2017 season targeting one jersey but finished it with...

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Nicolas Roche on the demands of the modern day pro

Nicolas Roche on the demands of the modern day pro

Cycling has changed a lot since his dad’s days in the peloton. Pros race less, train more and have bigger hang-ups about weight and days off....

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Desire: Bastion Road Disc

Desire: Bastion Road Disc

Filament-wound carbon tubes, 3D printed titanium lugs and automotive industry engineering, plus fine looks: these Aussies made a beaut

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Mark Cavendish dreams of running his own team

Mark Cavendish dreams of running his own team

From solo breaks to retirement plans, Mark Cavendish discusses his ambitions and aspirations with our special guest editor

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Why designing pro cycling team kit is such a tough job

Why designing pro cycling team kit is such a tough job

Former pro Iris Slappendel explains the difficulties of designing team kit and how women’s teams can bring the fun back into pro cycling outfits

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Helen Wyman: High and Dry

Helen Wyman: High and Dry

One of the best cyclo-cross riders in the world is on top of her game, winning races and aiming for the World Championships in February....

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Summit Finish: The Tour de Yorkshire’s Cow and Calf

Summit Finish: The Tour de Yorkshire’s Cow and Calf

The Tour de Yorkshire will feature its first summit finish in 2018. But for cycling author and journalist Pete Cossins who used to live at the bottom of...

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Brand reps: how cycling companies choose their ad models

Brand reps: how cycling companies choose their ad models

Who are the people that cycling companies get to model their kit? Where do they come from? Do they really ride bikes? What difference do...

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Doing the double: Miguel Indurain on Froome’s Giro-Tour ambitions

Doing the double: Miguel Indurain on Froome’s Giro-Tour ambitions

Miguel Indurain is one of the few riders to have won the Giro d’Italia and Tour de France in the same year. What advice does he have...

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Fighting for life: the despair and hope of Stig Broeckx’s family

Fighting for life: the despair and hope of Stig Broeckx’s family

After a collision with a race motorbike in the 2016 Tour of Belgium, things have never been the same for Lotto-Soudal rider Stig Broeckx or...

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Rouleur Cover Stories: issue 17.8 – Yes It Hurts by Russ Ellis

Rouleur Cover Stories: issue 17.8 – Yes It Hurts by Russ Ellis

A very British race: Russ shot the National Hill Climb championships in Northumberland for our latest member’s cover

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Beautiful frames: the rise of the custom paint scheme

Beautiful frames: the rise of the custom paint scheme

From club colours to elaborate art-inspired designs, there’s a growing demand for custom painted frames. Dave Nash takes a look at the booming trend

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Bird on the Wire, an extract from the Tom Simpson biography

Bird on the Wire, an extract from the Tom Simpson biography

Winner of the 2017 William Hill Sports Book of the Year, Tom Simpson: Bird on the Wire, by Rouleur editor Andy McGrath, explores the feats and complexities of Simpson’s life...

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Gallery: the Revolution of small things

Gallery: the Revolution of small things

Photographer Conan Marshall centres his attention on the cameras and cakes, bidons and bags at November’s round of the Revolution series

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Number Crunchers: Pro Cycling Stats

Number Crunchers: Pro Cycling Stats

“You must be some kind of nerd to visit out website”. We sincerely hope not, as PCS is the single most useful cycling database on...

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Desire: Cold weather kit and off-road rides to solve your cross conundrums

Desire: Cold weather kit and off-road rides to solve your cross conundrums

Gravel, mud, even the Thames Estuary – everything you’ll need for a day away from the tarmac

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Lingua franca: how language and cycling have shaped Italian culture

Lingua franca: how language and cycling have shaped Italian culture

Italy is riven by divides – physical, linguistic and cultural. In this column for the 17.3 edition of Rouleur, Matt Rendell considers cycling’s role in unifying the...

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Best breakthrough rides of 2017

Best breakthrough rides of 2017

Getting your World Tour contract is one thing, but being truly competitive at that level is another. We take a look at the rides this...

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Interaction: Léon van Bon’s Ghent six-day photography

Interaction: Léon van Bon’s Ghent six-day photography

Photographer and former rider Léon van Bon turns his lens on rider interaction at his favourite six-day event in Ghent

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Joanna Rowsell-Shand: I haven’t “retired”

Joanna Rowsell-Shand: I haven’t “retired”

With a second gold medal in the team pursuit in Rio, Joanna Rowsell-Shand was able to end her cycling career on a high. Just don’t...

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It’s the pits: inside cyclo-cross’ technical area

It’s the pits: inside cyclo-cross’ technical area

Step into a world of jet washes and waterproofs at the Gavere round of the Superprestige cycle-cross series in Belgium

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Remembrance: D-Day, seasickness and an unloaded pistol

Remembrance: D-Day, seasickness and an unloaded pistol

The 2016 Tour de France paid tribute to the soldiers of D-Day in Normandy. Our own tribute from issue 63 of Rouleur

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Kyoto Keirin: The colourful world of Japanese track racing

Kyoto Keirin: The colourful world of Japanese track racing

Laura from the Peloton Brief lays her bets at the velodrome in Kyoto and goes behind the scenes for the money shot   

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Cav gets a grilling, and other photos from the Asian crits

Cav gets a grilling, and other photos from the Asian crits

At the end of every season the stars of the Tour de France head east for exhibition races and some slightly embarrassing photo shoots. We’ve...

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Patrick Lefevere: “If I had signed Sagan, I’d have no team anymore”

Patrick Lefevere: “If I had signed Sagan, I’d have no team anymore”

Quick Step’s CEO on why he didn’t sign Peter Sagan, pro cycling’s unhealthy business model and the folly of six-rider Grand Tour teams

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Tiffany Cromwell’s off-season: rest, relaxation and running a marathon

Tiffany Cromwell’s off-season: rest, relaxation and running a marathon

The off-season is a time for a bit of R & R, which in Tiffany Cromwell’s case stands for rowing and running a marathon – just two activities...

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New colours reflect bright future for EF Education First-Drapac

New colours reflect bright future for EF Education First-Drapac

The POC made kit for the next incarnation of Cannondale-Drapac made its first outing at the Rouleur Classic on Friday

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Gallery: Stars come out for opening night of Rouleur Classic

Gallery: Stars come out for opening night of Rouleur Classic

First part of three-day show sees Bradley Wiggins, Fabian Cancellara, Philippa York, Johan Museeuw and Jonathan Vaughters make appearances

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Annemiek van Vleuten wins Voxy Award 2017

Annemiek van Vleuten wins Voxy Award 2017

Having been on winning form from January through to September, world time trial champion Annemiek van Vleuten has had a remarkable season

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