Paul Maunder, Author at The world's finest cycling magazine

Dreams and Curses: Picturing a Women’s Paris-Roubaix

“Just think of everyone who died in those fields. Pain is only temporary.” When Marijn nervously lines up in Compiègne...

Tom Pidcock: That’s Entertainment

“He’ll go soft in Monaco. You watch.” Only joking… Taking the boy out of Yorkshire: Pidcock’s progress

Hugo Koblet: This Charming Man

Paul Maunder tells of the rise and fall of the original pédaleur de charme, Hugo Koblet. His story begins with...

Artisans: Jessie Walker’s customised kicks

These shoes are made for pedalling! A way of allowing riders’ personalities to shine through, customisation of shoes is growing...

Worlds 2018: Matt Brammeier on his new role managing the British team

Having retired from racing, Matt Brammeier has stepped straight into a role both as lead coach of British Cycling’s under-23...

Hands in the air: Victory salutes deconstructed

We loved the Toms Skujins disco biscuits victory celebration at Tour of California. Paul Maunder examines other suitable ways of...

Rainbows in the mud: Britain’s first cyclo-cross world champion

In 1986 Stuart Marshall ploughed through the mud to claim the junior world championship. Reading about the drama in the pages of a...

Cover stories: issue 18.1 – Eddy and the Angels

Lance in the confessional box, Eddy at the altar, coffee named after a drug… Deification or derision? Paul Maunder counts...

Bike change: Tom Pidcock returns to cyclo-cross

Having moved up a category, the junior world champion took two top-ten placings on the opening weekend of his cyclo-cross season. Tom...

Mont Ventoux: Fear and the Mountain

The scene of so many of the race’s defining moments, Mont Ventoux occupies a unique space within the mythology of the...

Paper Trail: Or How I Learned to Love the Dauphiné

A young boy meets his heroes at the 1984 Dauphiné. Does the thrill remain on his return 30 years later?...

Giro d’Italia: The Ministry of Silly Stages

From precipitious goat tracks to downhill time-trials, the Giro loves a screwball stage. Paul Maunder picks his favourite wacky races

Tour de Trump: When Donald Trump ran a bike race

From issue 66, Rouleur looks back at the fanfare-filled but ultimately ill-fated Tour de Trump

The Day the Hardmen Cried: Hampsten and the Gavia

How Andy Hampsten set up 1988 Giro d’Italia victory in a snowstorm on the Gavia

The Other Belgians

Three Belgians have won the Giro d’Italia. One of them, Eddy Merckx, has become a God of the road. The...

The Church at San Biagio: the story of Coppi, Magni and la Dama Bianca

Paul Maunder imagines the funeral of Il Campionissimo, as seen through the eyes of his rival, Fiorenzo Magni

The Weekender: Driving School

“If I was a cynical man – and I am – I might speculate that the UCI are trying to...

Lone Star

In a small wooden cabin deep in the Luxembourg Ardennes, a man lived alone. He led a simple life, always...

Blocked: How not to Write a Cycling Novel

The Fabulous World of Cycling

We have too many books in our house. They spill off their shelves to form untidy piles on the floor,...

Author: Paul Maunder