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Desire: CHPT3’s One More Lap x Factor O2 bike

Desire: CHPT3’s One More Lap x Factor O2 bike

There will always be unfinished business with Paris-Roubaix for David Millar, pulling up in the centre of the Roubaix velodrome in 2014 not realising he...

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Introducing… Slovenia’s first Tour de l’Avenir winner, Tadej Pogačar

Introducing… Slovenia’s first Tour de l’Avenir winner, Tadej Pogačar

Rouleur meets last year’s Tour de l’Avenir winner, Tadej Pogačar, as he prepares for his first season in the WorldTour. Although following in some famous footsteps...

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Coursework: designing the Yorkshire 2019 Worlds route

Coursework: designing the Yorkshire 2019 Worlds route

Creating the ideal course, natural disaster planning and bespoke safety nets: cruising cycling-obsessed Yorkshire with the organisers aiming to host the greatest World Championships in...

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Peter Sagan Q&A: “I’ve never had a hangover”

Peter Sagan Q&A: “I’ve never had a hangover”

“I’m living my dream, though it’s a bit bigger than I expected,” Peter Sagan says. Responding to our unorthodox questions over a beer, the superstar...

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Pick your favourite Rouleur photographer’s shot of the year from 2018

Pick your favourite Rouleur photographer’s shot of the year from 2018

Our fine body of photographers choose their best work from the 2018 season. Vote for your own personal top shot

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Why Trek-Segafredo have signed ten-year-old school girl, Ruby Isaac

Why Trek-Segafredo have signed ten-year-old school girl, Ruby Isaac

Northamptonshire schoolgirl, Ruby Isaac is Trek-Segafredo’s youngest bike rider. How did that happen?

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Desire: Shimano S-Phyre sunglasses

Desire: Shimano S-Phyre sunglasses

Sunglasses, they’re an essential part of a pro cyclist’s poker face, they help hide their suffering. Shimano has finally got in on the game launching...

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Bernard Hinault interview (part 3): on the attack

Bernard Hinault interview (part 3): on the attack

From walking off air during a TV interview, to openly criticising Chris Froome, the Badger’s fierce reputation precedes him. But underneath it, maybe there is...

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Bernard Hinault interview (part 2): the toy box in the corner

Bernard Hinault interview (part 2): the toy box in the corner

Part two of three of the life of Bernard Hinault; as a professional cyclist you miss out on family life, grandchildren can be the way...

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Bernard Hinault interview (part 1): hunting for The Badger

Bernard Hinault interview (part 1): hunting for The Badger

A look into the remote world of Bernard Hinault. The Badger focuses his hunt on a different type of prey nowadays but still with the...

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Brexit, trade tariffs and what your next bike might be

Brexit, trade tariffs and what your next bike might be

In his column for Rouleur 18.7, Matt Seaton wonders what leaving the customs union might do for your aspirations of a custom build

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Desire: Sagan Collection S-Works 7

Desire: Sagan Collection S-Works 7

Stepping into Sagan’s shoes would be a daunting task, Specialized have made it easier with the launch of the Sagan S-Works collection shoe

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Definitions: climber by Paul Fournel

Definitions: climber by Paul Fournel

“From the first accelerations on the early slopes of a col, the peloton splits and transforms itself into a contest of grimaces and every man...

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What SRAM and Kanye West have in common

What SRAM and Kanye West have in common

Chicago, home to Kanye West and SRAM. Linking the rap revolutionary to cycling’s radical thinkers

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The Tour on telly (part 4): the outsider – Gary Imlach

The Tour on telly (part 4): the outsider – Gary Imlach

In the words of Francis Ford Coppola, live television is a high wire act. And without an autocue, it’s even... The post The Tour on...

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Desire: Podia long sleeve jersey

Desire: Podia long sleeve jersey

When blogging about cycling turns into you creating your own apparel brand; Max Burgess listened to people’s requests and came up with the goods

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Definitions: sprinter by Paul Fournel

Definitions: sprinter by Paul Fournel

“The sprinter is all thighs. Whether he is small and powerful like Cavendish, or big and powerful like Cipollini, he is always powerful”

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The Tour on telly (part 3): The man in the director’s chair

The Tour on telly (part 3): The man in the director’s chair

Surrounded by screens, flashing buttons and high-tech controllers it’s a complex mission to broadcast the Tour de France. ITV’s director-producer Steve Docherty has seen a...

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Desire: Assos S9 bibshorts

Desire: Assos S9 bibshorts

Will the new Assos S9 bibshorts help turn a crosswind into a tail wind? Potentially not, but the new design technology apparently means they’ll hold...

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Definitions: baroudeur by Paul Fournel

Definitions: baroudeur by Paul Fournel

“The baroudeur – the fighter, the adventurer, the chancer, the opportunist – is a spoil sport. A spoiler of riding in peace, a spoiler of...

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The Tour on telly (part 2): Ealing, we have a problem

The Tour on telly (part 2): Ealing, we have a problem

As one team are trawling their way thousands of kilometres around France, the other are in dark rooms in Ealing piecing everything together. Calm is...

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Definitions: rouleur by Paul Fournel

Definitions: rouleur by Paul Fournel

“He manages the wind like a bass manages the sea. He rides gears as heavy as anvils while having the elegance to never show it”

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The Tour on telly (part 1): how ITV captures a moving circus

The Tour on telly (part 1): how ITV captures a moving circus

The 2017 Tour de France was the first edition of wall-to-wall live coverage for ITV4. Andy McGrath goes behind the scenes with Boardman, Boulting and...

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Desire: Le Col Wiggins Jersey

Desire: Le Col Wiggins Jersey

Do kids from Guildford win the Tour de France? A collaborative jersey between Le Col and Bradley Wiggins, made for fans to honour the icons...

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Philippa York column: who’s the Patron?

Philippa York column: who’s the Patron?

If there’s more than one name bandied around as the Patron, that means there probably isn’t one. Back in the day of Bernard Hinault there...

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Gerrans says goodbye: reflections of a cunning Classics star

Gerrans says goodbye: reflections of a cunning Classics star

“I probably wasn’t the most gifted rider in the bunch, but I was tactically astute.” The Milan-Sanremo and Liège-Bastogne-Liège winner on his double retirement, how...

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Rising star: former British points race champion Joe Nally

Rising star: former British points race champion Joe Nally

A look at the emerging British talent coming through the ranks. This month: Joe Nally, who made the transition from junior to under-23 GB Academy rider...

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The Wolfpack: inside Team Quick Step with photographer Sigfrid Eggers

The Wolfpack: inside Team Quick Step with photographer Sigfrid Eggers

A year on the road with Quick Step in 2018 offered Belgian photographer Sigfrid Eggers a unique insight into Team Quick Step

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Rick Zabel Q&A: “I was a really bad kid”

Rick Zabel Q&A: “I was a really bad kid”

Rick Zabel tells us all about the important stuff: foreign cuisine, receding hairlines, doing The Floss and having someone like Andre Greipel to look up...

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Desire: BBUC x Festka Collaboration

Desire: BBUC x Festka Collaboration

When unicorns and bikes come together. One of the coolest collaborations around, BBUC partnered up with Festka to celebrate the 2018 World Championships in Innsbruck...

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