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Homage to Switzerland: Michael Blann’s mountain photography

Homage to Switzerland: Michael Blann’s mountain photography

Swiss climbs don’t have the same notoriety as some of those across the border but that doesn’t make them any...

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Larry and Conor’s NoGo Tour: Back down to earth

Larry and Conor’s NoGo Tour: Back down to earth

The NoGoTour duo have returned home to Nice. As he reflects on an incredible week of riding just to ride,...

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Maintaining a profile: cycling’s most baffling elevation graphics

Maintaining a profile: cycling’s most baffling elevation graphics

What information can you garner about a race from it’s elevation profile? That depends on how it’s presented

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Larry and Conor’s NoGo Tour day 8: A descent to normality

Larry and Conor’s NoGo Tour day 8: A descent to normality

As Larry Warbasse and Conor Dunne descend back to their homes in Nice after more riding hours in a week...

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Larry and Conor’s NoGo Tour day 7: Crazy in love with cycling again

Larry and Conor’s NoGo Tour day 7: Crazy in love with cycling again

Giddy, excited, butterflies in the stomach: Larry Warbasse hasn’t felt this way for a very long time

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Larry & Conor’s NoGo Tour day 3: friends for life – or at least for now

Larry & Conor’s NoGo Tour day 3: friends for life – or at least for now

Conor Dunne picks up the narration and a new pair of sandals as his and Larry Warbasse’s NoGo Tour gets...

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Larry and Conor’s NoGo Tour day 2: Finestre flip-flop farce

Larry and Conor’s NoGo Tour day 2: Finestre flip-flop farce

Back to France for our intrepid Aqua Blue Sport bike packers via weird shops, the power of love and forever-lost...

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Larry & Conor’s NoGo Tour blog: our bikes weigh a tonne

Larry & Conor’s NoGo Tour blog: our bikes weigh a tonne

Larry Warbasse and Conor Dunne get a different flavour of cycling as they set out on day one of their...

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Inside Direct Energie’s Vendee manor house

Inside Direct Energie’s Vendee manor house

Direct Energie do things differently, starting with their 19th century manor house cum service course in the Vendée, and extending...

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Girona Nocturn: Serious racing or seriously good fun?

Girona Nocturn: Serious racing or seriously good fun?

Pro riders turn spectators watching amateurs smashing round the streets of Girona as the night draw in. What will they...

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Reflections: racing between Jerusalem stone

Reflections: racing between Jerusalem stone

A photographer looks back on the opening three days of the Giro d’Italia in Israel

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Racing in the Alps like you’ve never seen it before

Racing in the Alps like you’ve never seen it before

With an illustrious list of champions and spectacular backdrops, the Tour of the Alps is a little gem in its...

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Why Specialized have a boardroom dedicated to Mario Cipollini

Why Specialized have a boardroom dedicated to Mario Cipollini

Rouleur takes a look round the gaudiest meeting room at Specialized HQ, recalling the impact Mario Cipollini had in introducing the Californian brand to...

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Gallery: Girona Gala for Qhubeka

Gallery: Girona Gala for Qhubeka

The social season kicked off in style, with a fine dinner and auction in aid of African charity Qhubeka in...

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Comment: Why I will be boycotting the Giro’s 2018 start in Jerusalem

Comment: Why I will be boycotting the Giro’s 2018 start in Jerusalem

The Jerusalem Grande Partenza is an overtly political event which will serve to whitewash the oppression of the Palestinian people,...

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Red Planet: Inside Specialized’s HQ at Morgan Hill

Red Planet: Inside Specialized’s HQ at Morgan Hill

Rouleur takes a look around the design studio, wind tunnel and beigel buffet at the base of one of cycling’s biggest brands

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Sharon Laws in Taiwan: Hello, it’s me

Sharon Laws in Taiwan: Hello, it’s me

Seven months of chemotherapy concluded. What to do next? Sharon heads to Taiwan for a punishing mountainous event, of course…

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Mont Ventoux: Fear and the Mountain

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...

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Isle of Man: Dot to Dot – part two

Isle of Man: Dot to Dot – part two

How has an island with the same population as Stevenage managed to produce so many talented riders in recent years?...

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Isle of Man: A Rock and a Hard Place – part one

Isle of Man: A Rock and a Hard Place – part one

The British National Championships returns to the Isle of Man for the first time since Robert Millar’s 1995 win. A...

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One-Armed Bandits: Robert Millar Loses It

One-Armed Bandits: Robert Millar Loses It

He was robbed… Robert recalls petty pilferers and profiteers on his racing travels in Ireland and Italy

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Vigorelli Velodrome: An Italian Renaissance

Vigorelli Velodrome: An Italian Renaissance

The rich history of the Vigorelli Velodrome in Milan; renovated and restored and featured in Rouleur issue 17.3

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Arenberg Part Two: Into The Forest at Paris-Roubaix

Arenberg Part Two: Into The Forest at Paris-Roubaix

“They can only hope and pray.” Michael Barry reflects on the experience of racing down the Arenberg Trench in Paris-Roubaix.

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Arenberg Part One: The Making of a Paris-Roubaix Legend

Arenberg Part One: The Making of a Paris-Roubaix Legend

From miners’ track to hallowed racing ground; how the infamous cobbles of the Arenberg Forest became an integral part of Paris-Roubaix

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