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A foreign start, a familiar ending - How Philipsen came back from Tour disaster at La Vuelta

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.

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'He's a winner': Remco Evenepoel is departing, but another Belgian GC hotshot is emerging at Soudal Quick-Step

'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...

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Vuelta a España 2025 stage two preview: First summit finish

Vuelta a España 2025 stage two preview: First summit finish

The Vuelta takes on the category two test to Limone Piemonte

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Vuelta a España 2025 stage one preview: The sprint for red

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

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Vuelta España 2025 predictions: the riders to watch out for at the Spanish Grand Tour

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...

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Only winning is good enough for Jonas Vingegaard at the Vuelta a España: 'I'm the top favourite'

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.

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'Things like this don’t happen to guys like me': Rory Townsend's decade of hard graft finally pays off with WorldTour win

'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...

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Key climbs of the Vuelta a España 2025

Key climbs of the Vuelta a España 2025

The ascents which we think will decide the final Grand Tour of the year

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Vuelta a España 2025 contenders: Can anyone challenge Jonas Vingegaard in 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

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Breakaway Femmes: The untold and extraordinary story of the Tour de France Féminin

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...

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Tadej Pogačar keeps talking about retirement: let the human come before the athlete

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...

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Women's peloton hero image

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

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Tour de France 2025 podium

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

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Cycling in and around Alicante: There is treasure in the hills

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...

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Tour de France Femmes 2025 team ratings: Who are the winners and losers?

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

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‘There is stigma that I am a drama queen’ - Demi Vollering vows to come back to the Tour de France Femmes – as she is

‘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

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Tour de France Femmes

‘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 

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Pauline Ferrand-Prevot

‘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

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Pauline Ferrand Prevot

Tour de France Femmes 2025 standings: the final results

The latest results and standings from the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift 2025

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Timepiece: Canins completes a landmark double at the Tour de France Féminin

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...

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‘I couldn’t give up due to my own self respect’ - Susanne Andersen honours the beauty of the Tour de France Femmes

‘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...

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Tour de France Femmes

‘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

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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...

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Demi Vollering

‘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

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Tour de France Femmes 2025 stage nine preview: A mountainous end to the Tour

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

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The story of Marianne Martin - The first American to win the Tour de France

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

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Timepiece: An Alpine battle to decide the Tour

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...

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The spectre of the Madeleine: Has the Tour de France Femme's queen stage caused a cagey GC race?

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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