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A foreign start, a familiar ending - How Philipsen came back from Tour disaster at La Vuelta
A routine win, a dominant display and a leader’s jersey to match. Jasper Philipsen’s Vuelta started the only way it was ever going to.
'He's a winner': Remco Evenepoel is departing, but another Belgian GC hotshot is emerging at Soudal Quick-Step
Junior Lecerf is riding his second successive Vuelta a España, fresh from taking his biggest ever victory. His team are confident that he's going to...
Vuelta a España 2025 stage two preview: First summit finish
The Vuelta takes on the category two test to Limone Piemonte
Vuelta a España 2025 stage one preview: The sprint for red
The first red jersey of the 2025 Vuelta a España will likely go to a sprinter
Vuelta España 2025 predictions: the riders to watch out for at the Spanish Grand Tour
Rouleur predicts who will come out on top in the battles for the red jersey, the sprints finishes, the mountain stages and breakaways at the...
Only winning is good enough for Jonas Vingegaard at the Vuelta a España: 'I'm the top favourite'
The Visma-Lease a Bike rider has the perfect chance to win his third Grand Tour, and doesn't he know it.
'Things like this don’t happen to guys like me': Rory Townsend's decade of hard graft finally pays off with WorldTour win
Irish champion Rory Townsend completed a university degree, spent almost a decade riding for third-tier teams, and battled imposter syndrome before denying Wout van Aert...
Key climbs of the Vuelta a España 2025
The ascents which we think will decide the final Grand Tour of the year
Vuelta a España 2025 contenders: Can anyone challenge Jonas Vingegaard in the final Grand Tour of the year?
Rouleur looks at the main players for the general classification at the 2025 Vuelta a España
Breakaway Femmes: The untold and extraordinary story of the Tour de France Féminin
A new documentary film, Breakaway Femmes, covers the largely untold and extraordinary story of the Tour de France Féminin, a women’s race which ran alongside the...
Vuelta a España 2025 route: everything you need to know about the stages of the 80th edition
A stage-by-stage guide to the route of the 2025 Vuelta a España
Tadej Pogačar keeps talking about retirement: let the human come before the athlete
The world champion still has at least six races on his list to win, but does he really need to tick them all off? Would...
No more superteams: How the women’s peloton has changed for the better
The most recent edition of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift further signifies how talent is more evenly distributed throughout the women’s WorldTour
The superteam divide grows: What two-tier GC system means for cycling
With Remco Evenepoel’s move to Red Bull, the GC talent is being even more concentrated within a handful of teams
What Evenepoel’s move means for his Tour chances, Red Bull’s leadership puzzle, and the future of the Wolfpack
Remco Evenepoel will ride for Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe in 2026
Cycling in and around Alicante: There is treasure in the hills
Known globally for its fine beaches, Alicante is also one of the hilliest areas in Spain, with more than 170 climbs, most of them short...
Tour de France Femmes 2025 team ratings: Who are the winners and losers?
Rouleur has a look at how each team performed over the nine days at this year's race
‘There is stigma that I am a drama queen’ - Demi Vollering vows to come back to the Tour de France Femmes – as she is
The FDJ-Suez rider was reflective and keen to look ahead following her second place in the Tour this year
‘I don’t want to be skin and bones’ - The Tour de France Femmes and a question of weight
Both Pauline Ferrand-Prévot and Demi Vollering faced questions after stage nine regarding body image and the example being set for future generations
‘This is my life, I love what I am doing’ - Pauline Ferrand-Prévot’s Tour de France Femmes victory is just the beginning
The Visma-Lease a Bike rider has just taken the yellow jersey in her debut Tour participation, and she’s already looking to what comes next
Tour de France Femmes 2025 standings: the final results
The latest results and standings from the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift 2025
Timepiece: Canins completes a landmark double at the Tour de France Féminin
As the 2025 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift nears its conclusion, we look back at the riders that animated a historic edition of the...
‘I couldn’t give up due to my own self respect’ - Susanne Andersen honours the beauty of the Tour de France Femmes
The Norwegian rider was out of the time cut on stage eight but battled to the summit of the Col de la Madeleine, powered by...
‘Kim’s sacrifice gave me goosebumps’ - The selfless teamwork of AG Insurance-Soudal at the Tour de France Femmes
Sarah Gigante lit up the summit finish to the Col de la Madeleine, coming second behind Pauline Ferrand-Prévot
Dreams, dedication and the call of a nation - Pauline Ferrand-Prévot is perfect in yellow
The Frenchwoman delighted a nation with her victory atop the iconic Col de la Madeleine on Saturday's stage of the Tour de France Femmes avec...
‘This isn’t what we normally expect’ - Demi Vollering’s Tour de France Femmes dream has died
The FDJ-Suez rider lost over three minutes on stage eight after cracking on early slopes of the Col de la Madeleine
Tour de France Femmes 2025 stage nine preview: A mountainous end to the Tour
The peloton faces three tough climbs including the Col de Joux Plane halfway through the stage
The story of Marianne Martin - The first American to win the Tour de France
Reminiscing with the American trailblazer who won the first women's Tour de France and shared the podium with Laurent Fignon in 1984
Timepiece: An Alpine battle to decide the Tour
As the 2025 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift tackles its queen stage to the Col de la Madeleine, we look back at another race-defining...
The spectre of the Madeleine: Has the Tour de France Femme's queen stage caused a cagey GC race?
The race's only summit finish has loomed large over the fight for the yellow jersey
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