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Tiesj Benoot

Rouleur predicts... Tour de France stage 16

Our Ben got a score on the board for stage 15, correctly picking Tadej Pogacar to win on Grand Colombier.  That's nine out of 15...

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Philippa York: Fruit salad for a rest day

Philippa York: Fruit salad for a rest day

How do you fill 24 hours in Andorra? Philippa York on tensions between team-mates, to ride or not to ride, and other rest day dilemmas

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What's the opposite of a firework?: 2020 Tour de France, stage 15

What's the opposite of a firework?: 2020 Tour de France, stage 15

No winding down before the rest day as Team Ineos are dealt a fatal blow at the close of the second week. If you think that means the...

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Rouleur predicts... Giro Rosa stage 4

Rouleur predicts... Giro Rosa stage 4

It's a marathon 170km day, and Hannah's on a tipping hot streak. She thinks it's one for Marianne Vos again, but a rival could come...

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Rouleur predicts... Giro Rosa stage 3

Rouleur predicts... Giro Rosa stage 3

Another hilly stage offers an opportunity to ambush Van Vleuten, but will it be a day for the break instead? Here's our best guesses

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The grapple for green: 2020 Tour de France, stage 14

The grapple for green: 2020 Tour de France, stage 14

As the Tour de France approaches its final week, the races within this beautiful race increasingly come out to play. Why Peter Sagan versus Sam...

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Rouleur predicts... Tour de France stage 15

Rouleur predicts... Tour de France stage 15

It's a brutal day in the Alps to Grand Colombier. Cycling Mole has short shrift for certain selections, while he opts for the race's breakaway...

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Thomas de Gendt

Rouleur predicts... Tour de France stage 14

"As required in the tradition of the 'bouchons lyonnais' (typical Lyon restaurants), the menu will be dense and promises a battle between the breakaway specialists,...

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Canny Dani's irresistible rise: 2020 Tour de France, stage 13

Canny Dani's irresistible rise: 2020 Tour de France, stage 13

“Wait. Don’t take it up too early, that would be the big mistake.” Commentator Sean Kelly was talking ahead of the last minute of racing...

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Alison Jackson

Rouleur predicts... Giro Rosa stage 2

The Gang of Four failed to spot the fabulous firepower of Trek-Segafredo for the opening team time trial. Must try harder. Now we reach more...

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Rouleur predicts... Giro Rosa stage 1

Rouleur predicts... Giro Rosa stage 1

The 31st edition of the biggest stage race in women’s cycling kicks off this week, the Giro d’Italia Internazionale Femminile 2020.

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Sweet like chocolate, boy: The Tour de France 2020, Stage 12

Sweet like chocolate, boy: The Tour de France 2020, Stage 12

Why, you might well ask, are we choosing to reference a popular British garage track track from more than two decades ago in the headline of...

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Tour de France stage 13

Rouleur predicts... Tour de France stage 13

Stage 13: Châtel-Guyon - Puy Mary Cantal Ben Ward Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) I haven't picked him yet, but this seems like a good stage to stamp his...

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Cover Stories: Rouleur 20.6 by Eleni Debo

Cover Stories: Rouleur 20.6 by Eleni Debo

One perk of being a Rouleur member is getting a magazine through your door with a classy, timeless and collectable cover. Belgian illustrator Eleni Debo...

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One of the last days for the fastmen and they throw everything at it: The Tour de France 2020, Stage 11

One of the last days for the fastmen and they throw everything at it: The Tour de France 2020, Stage 11

Oh Peter. Peter, Peter, Peter... You’re not that rider. The rider who cares about winning so much that he’ll dive through a door that’s practically...

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Rouleur predicts... Tour de France stage 12

Rouleur predicts... Tour de France stage 12

PHOTOS: OFFSIDE/L'EQUIPE The longest day, certainly in distance terms, with 218km on the cards for the tired legs of the peloton. Time for the break to...

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Out of the mountains and back in the wind: The Tour de France 2020, Stage 10

Out of the mountains and back in the wind: The Tour de France 2020, Stage 10

The resumption of hostilities following the first rest day brought with it a few reminders that the Tour de France is not taking place in...

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War, the Tour and adventure: Randolph Braumann's tales from journalism's golden age

War, the Tour and adventure: Randolph Braumann's tales from journalism's golden age

Randolph Braumann passed away on August 21 at the age of 85 after a long and colourful life. The respected German journalist cut his teeth in cycling,...

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Tour de France stage 7

Rouleur predicts... Tour de France stage 10

What an opening week to this this topsy turvy Tour, and what a remarkable stage on Sunday to allow us to catch our rest day breath...

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Rouleur's Tour de France Top Bananas so far

Rouleur's Tour de France Top Bananas so far

As the 2020 Tour de France pauses for breath on its first rest day, here's the rundown of the unsung heroes we picked for Top...

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Week one comes to a close, not with a whimper but a bang: The Tour de France 2020, Stage 9

Week one comes to a close, not with a whimper but a bang: The Tour de France 2020, Stage 9

Tadej Pogačar is a rider of contrasts. Firstly between the way he comes across off the bike, and his personality on it.Rouleur first interviewed him...

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Low moments on high mountains: The Tour de France 2020, Stage 8

Low moments on high mountains: The Tour de France 2020, Stage 8

Not to make light of his plight, but “Thibaut Pinot looking forlorn in the company of team-mates (also looking forlorn)” really ought to be a...

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Roglic

Rouleur predicts... Tour de France stage 9

Meaty, beaty, big and bouncy. It's the second day in the Pyrenees and we have a proper GC battle on our hands. Jumbo-Visma looked less...

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A mighty wind produces an even mightier winner: The Tour de France 2020, Stage 7

A mighty wind produces an even mightier winner: The Tour de France 2020, Stage 7

There aren’t many Grand Tour stages that are required viewing from start to finish. As little scope as organisers have to influence the way a...

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Adam Yates

Rouleur predicts... Tour de France stage 8

Time for the big boys - or the skinny little ones - to shine as we go deep into the Pyrenees with the Col de Menté,...

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The peloton decides: The Tour de France 2020, Stage 6

The peloton decides: The Tour de France 2020, Stage 6

Yesterday the peloton decided that a rider from the breakaway could win the stage. The peloton decided that the break itself was allowed to contain...

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Rouleur predicts... Tour de France stage 7

Rouleur predicts... Tour de France stage 7

PHOTOS: OFFSIDE/L'EQUIPE    Stage 7: Millau - Lavaur (168km) Ben Ward Caleb Ewan (Mitchelton-Scott) Okay, I've cracked and I'm going for one of the big favourites...

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There are no dull days at Le Tour: The Tour de France 2020, Stage 5

There are no dull days at Le Tour: The Tour de France 2020, Stage 5

WORDS: Nick Christian | PHOTOS: ASO/Pauline Ballet/CorVos/Thomas Maheux/Alex Whitehead/Swpix.com⠀ There we were, all ready to file our Stage 5 “analysis” when word reached us of...

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Primoz Roglic

Rouleur predicts... Tour de France stage 6

Another fascinating battle in prospect today in the medium mountains before we reach the hors catégorie monsters at the weekend. Roglič is looking solid so...

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Mapei: Modern Cycling's Greatest Team, part three

Mapei: Modern Cycling's Greatest Team, part three

A building industry behemoth that sells industrial adhesives, grouts and sealants. How unromantic, how un-Italian. And yet, its team forged in chaos became the greatest...

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