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Rouleur @rouleurmagazine.bsky.social · 9h

“I got into ultracycling to escape the life I didn’t want and an urge of filling the blanks and chasing intensity, overcoming my limits. But I also ended up finding peace”

Something old, something new – Ultracycling on the Van Rysel EDR Ultra

How ultracycling helped Van Rysel ambassador Victor Bouscavet rediscover his raison d’être

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Rouleur @rouleurmagazine.bsky.social · 10h

Pauliena Rooijakkers has moved from Fenix-Deceuninck to UAE Team ADQ for the 2026 season

Movers and shakers: Analysing professional cycling’s biggest transfers for 2026

A number of prominent riders will be competing for a different team in 2026

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Rouleur @rouleurmagazine.bsky.social · 2d

What we learnt from the weekend

Redemption and rising stars: Six key takeaways from the 2025 European Championships

The two favourites Demi Vollering and Tadej Pogačar delivered commanding victories in the Drôme-Ardèche, but what were the other conclusions from the weekend?

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Rouleur @rouleurmagazine.bsky.social · 2d

We sat down with the American star

'If we could all understand where others come from, the world would be a better place' - Question time with Neilson Powless

The EF Education-EasyPost rider on compartmentalisation being his superpower, Japanese short story collections and psychedelic soul band The Black Pumas

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Rouleur @rouleurmagazine.bsky.social · 7d

Can Pauline Ferrand-Prévot win on home roads?

European Championships 2025 elite women's road race route, contenders and prediction

A stacked field of favourites take on a punchy route in the Drôme-Ardèche

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Rouleur @rouleurmagazine.bsky.social · 7d

Pogačar vs Evenepoel vs Vingegaard?

European Championships 2025 elite men's road race route, contenders and prediction

One week on from his World Championship win, can anyone stop Tadej Pogačar winning his first European title?

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Rouleur @rouleurmagazine.bsky.social · 7d

It's been quite the year for the Mexican rider

Poise, power, pérdida - Isaac del Toro's rise to cycling stardom

Isaac del Toro has been one of the revelations of 2025. The Mexican rider talks Rouleur through his dramatic Giro d’Italia, where he came so close to winning the maglia rosa

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Rouleur @rouleurmagazine.bsky.social · 8d

Dinham is back

‘I couldn’t live - what did I do to deserve this?’: Matt Dinham’s two year injury ordeal finally comes to an end with racing return

The Australian climber has visited dozens of medical professionals, had seven MRIs, five ultrasounds, countless x-rays, CTs and bone density scans in the past two years. But finally he's back racing

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Rouleur @rouleurmagazine.bsky.social · 9d

Changes are coming for the 2026 season

Opinion: The WorldTour is failing and reform is needed – but the UCI just made it even more confusing

What is the point and value of the UCI WorldTour? Bank accounts, TV audience figures and rider decisions suggest it's pretty worthless and bordering on meaningless

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Rouleur @rouleurmagazine.bsky.social · 10d

Another Pogi show of class

‘I think the parcours was designed for this’ - Attritional, tactic-less racing meant there was only going to be one winner at the Worlds

Tadej Pogačar rides away to another rainbow jersey in 100km demonstration

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Rouleur @rouleurmagazine.bsky.social · 11d

Most of the time she’s a domestique. Most of the time she’s hidden away, working selflessly for her teammates. Most of the time she’s nowhere near the front of a bike race when the winning moves are made

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Rouleur @rouleurmagazine.bsky.social · 13d

Is this a match made in heaven?

'One of the brightest young talents in cycling' - Have Lidl-Trek signed their Grand Tour winner in Juan Ayuso?

The Spaniard has signed with the American squad until 2030

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Rouleur @rouleurmagazine.bsky.social · 13d

Juan Ayuso has signed for Lidl-Trek in what is one of the big transfer shake-ups ahead of the 2026 season

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Rouleur @rouleurmagazine.bsky.social · 14d

Who will be wearing the rainbow jersey by the close of play on Sunday?

Kigali World Championships 2025 elite men's road race contenders and prediction

Will Tadej Pogačar bounce back from his time trial disappointment to claim a consecutive road race title?

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Rouleur @rouleurmagazine.bsky.social · 15d

Who will win the road race on Saturday?

Kigali World Championships 2025 elite women's road race contenders and prediction

The hilly parcours of the Kigali World Championships will make it an open and exciting race. Rouleur analyses the favourites who could seize the rainbow bands on Saturday

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Rouleur @rouleurmagazine.bsky.social · 17d

"There’s a whole bunch of stuff that is wrong and it can only benefit us to make the sport more watchable. The more people that watch it, the more money we all get paid."

Quinn Simmons and an entertaining future for bike racing: ‘It's more than just weighing our food and saying thanks to the team’

The American rider talks about his best-ever season, representing the US on a world stage and how he will try to win the rainbow jersey in Rwanda

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Rouleur @rouleurmagazine.bsky.social · 18d

“15 years of being a pro rider, I want a little bit more of a normal life with my family. I almost never see my kids”

Rafał Majka, the best super-domestique, prepares to retire at the top: 'I want to remember myself still at the front'

Tadej Pogačar's loyal super-domestique will hang up his racing wheels at Il Lombardia, bringing to an end a 15 year career as one of the sport's best climbers.

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Rouleur @rouleurmagazine.bsky.social · 20d

David Millar said that at Unbound the Aluto “delivered in every condition”

New Factor Aluto gravel bike ‘sets a new standard for the all-rounder’ – without monster tyre clearance

As gravel tyres get fatter, Factor takes a different path – sharper geometry and a refined ride feel that's designed to go long

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Rouleur @rouleurmagazine.bsky.social · 20d

We look who will be happy and who will be disappointed after the final Grand Tour of the year

Vuelta a España 2025 team ratings: How did each squad perform in Spain?

We look who will be happy and who will be disappointed after the final Grand Tour of the year

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Rouleur @rouleurmagazine.bsky.social · 20d

Performance gains are not found in simply pushing harder or training longer. In her latest column Rachel Neylan explores how the brain and its chemistry influence how many watts we can push

The Neuroscience of Performance: Why Brain Chemicals Matter

Rachel Neylan, an ex-pro cyclist, Olympian, Worlds silver medallist, physiotherapist, and an MSc in Coaching Psychology student, discusses how our brain chemicals affect performance

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Rouleur @rouleurmagazine.bsky.social · 21d

Rouleur goes behind the scenes...

Big dreams, big heart: Inside Canyon//SRAM at the Tour de France Femmes

Rachel Jary spends a day inside the Canyon//SRAM Zondacrypto squad at the 2025 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift to understand how they perform at the biggest bike race in the world. In doing so, she d...

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Rouleur @rouleurmagazine.bsky.social · 21d

Learn more about some key performance metrics

How to improve your VO2 max and threshold training this off-season

Rouleur takes a deep-dive into what underlines cycling performance and the metrics that matter for a productive off-season

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Rouleur @rouleurmagazine.bsky.social · 22d

"I’m hoping I’ll get some chances for myself in WorldTour sprints – it’d be nice to see how I stack up, now that I feel I’ve made a big jump."

Noah Hobbs is Britain's next sprint king: 'I feel like I can take on any sprinter'

Signed on a two-year contract to EF Education-EasyPost from 2026, Noah Hobbs is the latest British team pursuiter to win sprints – and big ones – on the road

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Rouleur @rouleurmagazine.bsky.social · 24d

Brandon McNulty took victory at GP Montreal after crossing the line alongside Tadej Pogačar – a product of a dominant performance from UAE Team Emirates-XRG

Pogačar has the power: UAE Team Emirates-XRG and an unstoppable winning streak

Brandon McNulty took victory at GP Montreal after crossing the line alongside Tadej Pogačar – a product of a dominant performance from UAE Team Emirates-XRG

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Rouleur @rouleurmagazine.bsky.social · 24d

What a performance from the team

'It's a big deal as the 23rd team': Tom Pidcock's Vuelta a España podium rewards extra wildcard decision

Tom Pidcock finished third at the Vuelta a España – proving that the decision to increase the number of teams in Grand Tours was the right call

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