{"title":"Magazines \u0026 Books","description":"\u003cp\u003eBrowse our Magazines \u0026amp; Books collection. Hot Sale.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"alfonsina-cycling-is-my-life-ilona-kamps-book","title":"ALFONSINA Cycling is my life - Ilona Kamps - Book","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Module-module-35g root\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"project-module js-project-module--text module project-module-text text align-center module-content-text\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"main-text\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"title\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"title\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA graphic novel where photography \/ poetry \/ history \/ literature are combined into one narrative form. Text is in (English\/Italian \/Dutch). This book is a slow-down experience about the unrivalled ALFONSINA by a passionate photographer Ilona Kamps.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe result is a unique story told in photographs, accompanied by the reflections of Frank Heinen, Willie Verhegghe, Herman Laitem, Birgit Bekker, Bas Steman and Mariska Tjoelker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 class=\"p1\"\u003eMore information\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIn Santuario della Madonna del Ghisallo, There, in that place of pilgrimage for racing cyclists, Ilona spotted a notice on the wall, between other riders’ bicycles:\u003cspan class=\"bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBicicletta di Alfonsina Strada, prima donna al Giro d’Italia anno 1924’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eWhat? The simple reference to this woman, and her achievement, touched her. A kinship overtakes me and caught up my thoughts. 'Her energy seems like present, years after her death. On 16 August 2012, Ilona Kamps wiped the dust off the forgotten gravestone of Alfonsina Morini Strada, and made a promise ‘You deserve to be better known, Alfonsina!’\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e‘Once in a hundred years, an Alfonsina Strada is born’: a rare personality, a resolute pioneer. She had what it took to pick up the gauntlet before the whole of Italy and register for the ultra-tough Giro d’Italia of 1924 - because she wanted to, because she followed the promptings of her own heart and refused to be held back by scorn or mockery. Her perseverance enabled her to win through and live her life as a cycling pro. She died in 1959, virtually forgotten\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe scrapbooks recording her cycling career succumbed to damp in a cellar. Over the course of three years, photographer Ilona Kamps followed in La Strada’s footsteps, determined to bring to light a history that must not be lost. , Ilona captured the subtle evidence of La Strada’s existence. 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We show colourful characters from the Giro d’Italia caravan, from stage winner Alberto Bettiol to PCR testers, folk dancers and fans. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eFormer world champion Mads Pedersen takes us into his world, shoe-makers Sidi show their sole-ful side, we meet poet, Rapha ambassador and mental health advocate Duke A and a pioneering French LGBTQ+ cycling club in this varied and eye-catching 164-page edition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eMore information\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnna van der Breggen: Dutch dynamite\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eA prolific winner of every high-profile race going and an intelligent spokesperson for women’s cycling, Van der Breggen reflects on her decorated career – the highpoints, difficult moments, greatest rivals and regrets – and looks to her exciting future as a team manager.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFaces of the Giro d’Italia\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eBike races are about a lot more than those in Lycra. 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A broad-shouldered TT beast and Irish champion is ambushed: old team-mates Daniel Stewart and Ryan Mullen get close and personal, as the Trek-Segafredo domestique gives insights into what life as a pro is really like and looks ahead to riding with Sam Bennett \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLa Passione\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ePopular with riders and clothing the Movistar team next year, there’s a lot of love for La Passione. 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It's also the most cost-effective way to receive the magazine\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eLearn more\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rouleur","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54664545534318,"sku":"rcm1787874257137","price":13.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0916\/3902\/1934\/files\/issue-108---the-interview-issue_1.jpg?v=1787874262"},{"product_id":"issue-123-futurology","title":"Issue 123 - Futurology","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eCycling often gets a bad rap as a traditionalist, backward-looking sport, but it’s also one that is obsessed with the future. The history of the sport has been one of constant improvement, technologically, nutritionally, physiologically and psychologically. Yes, those guys in the 1990s and 2000s made those gains in unethical ways, but they still rode faster than those who came before. And a mark of the progress that has been made in sports science since then is that many of the speeds that were achieved with the help of large quantities of performance-enhancing drugs are now achieved with better aerodynamics, nutrition, training and bikes.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em;\"\u003eWhat’s in the magazine?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eGreg Van Avermaet\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJames Startt sat down with Greg Van Avermaet in Canada at the GPs Québec and Montréal in September. The Belgian has twice won in Montreal and, like several big-name riders from his generation, will be retiring at the end of this season. GVA was one of the best one-day riders over the past decade, winning gold in the Olympic road race in Rio in 2016 as well as Paris-Roubaix in 2017. But he also managed to wear the yellow jersey in the Tour de France in 2016 and 2018. Van Avermaet built his reputation on hard work and a low profile, and talked with James about his reasons to finally retire at the age of 38. “I could have continued,” he says, but he came to the conclusion for two reasons. Firstly, he wanted to spend more time with his family. But also he understood that winning the race he most wanted – the Tour of Flanders – was simply no longer possible.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eIt's about time\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn autumn 2022, ASO announced that the 2023 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift would be concluded with an individual time trial. The storybook for men’s road cycling often portrays the ITT as the stage for the decisive GC battle; is this the next step for the women’s peloton? Deena Blacking went in search of answers, shedding light through the voices and experiences of athletes, team managers, and engineers. In a discipline where money can buy speed, what matters more, the athlete or the machine? And how will this shape the future of women’s road cycling?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eThe future of scouting\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYears ago James Witts interviewed Oskar Svendsen, the Norwegian cyclist who holds the world-record VO2max score. Svendsen recorded a score of nearly 100 millimetres of oxygen per kilogramme of bodyweight each minute at the age of just 18. (VO2max scores in the 90s are vanishingly rare, even the 80s are highly unusual and there are many WorldTour pros with scores in the 70s.) Svendsen’s numbers were a sensation and the top teams stalked him. But just a couple years later he’d already retired. His story highlighted the fact that identifying talent isn’t solely about lab tests and numbers, and it inspired James to dig deeper into the rider-recruitment processes of the upper echelons. He discovered a world of value proposition and parental influence, but also concerns that riders’ careers will burn brighter but shorter in the current era.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAnd more...\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso in Rouleur 123: the Futurology Edition: The magazine also features interviews with two archetypally ‘modern’ riders – Taco van der Hoorn and Jay Vine; Amy Sedghi heads to Girona to take part in the 100km Traka event in a bid to understand its reputation as a gravel hotspot, the Traka’s appeal and the culture it sits within; Rachel Jary gets to know one of the most diverse and exciting cycling teams in the world, the Miami Blazers; James Startt visits Sebastian Fisher, who collects bikes from what he considers to be the golden era of bike design; Tekkers creator Alec Briggs puts Canyon’s latest Grail gravel bike to the test; Emilio Previtli visits the headquarters of KASK helmets and KOO eyewear to interview founder Angelo Gotti; Rachel Jary also learns more about BMC and Red Bull Advanced Technologies’ Project Speed; plus Swi, Lapierre, Velocio, Pas Normal Studios, Orla, Ned and much, much more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rouleur","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54664545632622,"sku":"eiq1787874259102","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0916\/3902\/1934\/files\/issue-123---futurology_1.jpg?v=1787874264"},{"product_id":"issue-114-sustainability-issue","title":"Issue 114 - Sustainability Issue","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Sustainability Issue\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe like to think that cycling is among the greenest and most sustainable things we can do. Getting around by bike is cleaner, greener, cheaper, faster, healthier, more pleasant, more fun, quieter, more considerate and mostly easier than motorised transport.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eHowever, as an industry and as a sport, we have a long, long way to go. Like any commercial enterprise, cycling relies on riders buying bikes and their constituent parts or clothes. There’s an environmental cost to manufacturing and transporting cycling gear. As for professional cycling, the sport moves vehicles, infrastructure and a lot of people from country to country and continent to continent, and its carbon footprint is huge.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThis edition of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eRouleur\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e is based around the idea of sustainability. We look at the problems cycling faces, but also at the solutions that some creative, innovative and far-sighted people are coming up with. But we also ask how riders, teams and race followers sustain their own lives in cycling.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eCycling is as close to a silver bullet for many of the ills of modern life as you could find and it’s important to promote it, advocate for it and educate people about its benefits. As long as we face up to the challenges posed by the environmental cost the activity and sport still have, cycling can contribute to saving the world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cb\u003eNetflix Does Cycling\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eLaura Winter, who works as a journalist and presenter in both F1 and cycling, asks how the upcoming Netflix docuseries filmed at the 2022 Tour de France will affect coverage of cycling and bring new audiences to the sport. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eDrive to Survive \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ehugely expanded the popularity of F1 - can Netflix do the same for cycling?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Right Time: Ralph Denk interview\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eBora-Hansgrohe is one of the WorldTour’s best teams, and they achieved their best ever result when Jai HIndley won this year’s Giro. Their manager Ralph Denk tells \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eRouleur\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e how the team has got better and better, year by year, providing a perfect model of sustainable growth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cb\u003eYou Don’t Have To Make A Choice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ePhotographer Jojo Harper covered the Tour de France Femmes this year, with a baby in tow. She explains how she juggled following the race and taking some of the event’s defining images, with looking after a young family.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Clothing Dilemma\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe cycling clothing industry faces a dilemma in a changing world: how to turn a profit but do so sustainably and in an environmentally friendly manner. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eRouleur\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e looks at what the industry is doing and can do better.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cb\u003eSmall is Beautiful\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIs the Tour de France, and WorldTour cycling itself, damaging to the environment? The short answer is yes. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eRouleur\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e looks at the environmental impact of the world’s biggest race after the hottest summer in living memory.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cb\u003eBigger than Bike Racing\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eWomen’s cycling finally got its Tour de France this year, and the event was a huge success. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eRouleur\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e was there to witness history being made.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cb\u003eJust Ride: Daniel Oss interview\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eWe catch up with the popular Italian star, who has applied careful thought to how he can maximise his cycling talents, but more importantly, keep himself happy and balanced and sustain a longer career as a result.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cb\u003eArt Cycle: When a Proto-Punk Dandy Elevated the Bicycle Wheel to High Art\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe latest in our series on the overlap between art and cycling looks at Marcel Duchamp, a chess-playing polymath who incorporated parts of a bike into one of his most famous works.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eSubscribe and get this issue free\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA subscription to Rouleur is 8 classic, timeless and collectable issues per year and a wealth of subscriber benefits. It's also the most cost-effective way to receive the magazine\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eLearn more\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rouleur","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54664545730926,"sku":"gkx1787874261692","price":9.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0916\/3902\/1934\/files\/issue-114---sustainability-issue_1.jpg?v=1787874267"},{"product_id":"issue-124-colours","title":"Issue 124 - Colours","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eThe first thing that attracted me to road racing, even before the mountains and protagonists of the Tour de France (which have been keeping me coming back for decades now), was the colour. This was a sport of attention-grabbing and bright hues – the yellow of the yellow jersey, the blue of the sky, the green of the mountains, and every possible shade of every possible colour in the garish team kits of the 1980s, all offset by dazzling sunlight on chrome. In spite of more recent forays into earth tones, monochrome and gritty black and white, cycling’s soul always has at least one foot in the brassy, lurid world of attention-grabbing kitsch, and I love it. Cycling’s relationship with the luminescent, the gaudy and the fluorescent is a deep and celebratory one. And this is an edition of Rouleur which celebrates the colours of cycling, both literal and metaphorical.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cem\u003eEd Pickering, Editor\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em;\"\u003eWhat’s in the magazine?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAnnemiek van Vleuten\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnnemiek van Vleuten has always been a bit of an enigma. She can be laser-focused in races, a ruthless competitor, and blunt and aloof in interviews. She was renowned during her career for disappearing for months at a time to train methodically at altitude and there were times when she absolutely dominated the big races on the women’s side of the sport. Her results on the bike speak for themselves, but who is Van Vleuten when she doesn’t have races to win? With the Dutch rider heading into retirement at the end of the 2023 season, Rachel Jary sat down with Van Vleuten to reflect on a career that changed women’s cycling for good and to find out what comes next.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eFilippo Pozzato\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe last time Herbie Sykes appeared in the pages of Rouleur, Filippo Pozzato was failing to win his beloved Tour of Flanders for the umpteenth time. Ten years on, the two of them convened in dreamy Vicenza, Pippo’s home town. The former pin-up boy of Italian cycling remains as charismatic and forthright as ever, only these days he’s organising the kind of bike races he once animated. Never one to hide his light, Pozzato has taken it upon himself to reinvent a cycling paradigm he regards as no longer fit for purpose and to reinvigorate it for the coming generations. Pippo Pozzato is on a mission to save Italian cycling, and good- ness knows it could do with some saving.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003ePrivateer Lessons\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter a few years on Axel Merckx’s development team, Joe Laverick never quite landed the WorldTour dream. But the young British rider wasn’t done with life on two wheels just yet, and he made the switch to becoming a privateer. And like everyone else, he is still figuring out what being a privateer actually means. How do you find sponsors? How much money does it cost? What races should you do? Is a gravel pro just a failed road pro? A self-proclaimed ‘kinda pro cyclist’, Joe dabbles between road, time trial and gravel, telling his story through words along the way. For the young Brit who swapped Grimsby for Girona, being a privateer is much more than riding a gravel bike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAnd more...\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe magazine also features an exclusive interview with two-time Tour de France winner \u003cstrong\u003eJonas Vingegaard\u003c\/strong\u003e in his home town in Denmark; Jeremy Whittle also speaks to 1980s singer-songwriter \u003cstrong\u003eLloyd Cole\u003c\/strong\u003e about his cycling adventure; Edward Pickering catches up with former elite runner \u003cstrong\u003eSarah Ruggins\u003c\/strong\u003e, who participated in the 2023 Transcontinental Race despite only starting cycling a few months before; Rouleur contributors pick a colour which speaks to them the most; Richard Abraham goes on a quest to uncover what happened to \u003cstrong\u003eMarco Patani’s Tour-winning bike\u003c\/strong\u003e; India Paine chats to Jos and Vanessa Ruiterman, founders of Megmeister; plus the Canary Islands, Treviso, Shirin van Anrooij, KOO eyewear, Fizik, Elite, ASSOS, Orla Chennaoui, Ned Boulting and much, much more.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rouleur","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54664545763694,"sku":"ufv1787874261653","price":13.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0916\/3902\/1934\/files\/issue-124---colours_1.jpg?v=1787874267"},{"product_id":"issue-126-classics","title":"Issue 126 - Classics","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eWhy is the Ronde van Vlaanderen just like Led Zeppelin’s Stairway to Heaven? Which WorldTour directeur sportif and former Gent-Wevelgem winner has a side hustle in painting expressionistic landscapes? Which major R\u0026amp;B artist is also a keen cyclist? And how did a rider nicknamed ‘The Flying Mum’ once break the women’s World Hour Record? All these questions and many more are answered in Rouleur 126: Classics, which takes a deep dive into the culture and meaning of the world’s biggest one-day races. We have exclusive interviews with Wout van Aert, who is targeting the Tour of Flanders, Paris-Roubaix and the Giro d’Italia this season, as well as the three winners of Paris-Roubaix Femmes, Lizzie Deignan, Elisa Longo Borghini and Alison Jackson, who talk about how they took victory in the Queen of Classics. We have also spoken with Flanders Classics race director Scott Sunderland, who explained how he has been weaving local history and culture into the narratives of his events. Cycling is not like other sports; the Classics are not like other bike races; and Rouleur is not like other bike magazines. Rouleur 126: Classics is a celebration everything that is special about these amazing races.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cem\u003eEd Pickering, Editor\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em;\"\u003eWhat’s in the magazine?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eWout van Aert: The Same, But Different\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2024 season is going to look a little different for Wout van Aert. He’s swapped the Giro d’Italia for the Tour de France, where he’s been on domestique duties for Jonas Vingegaard (and occasional stage-hunting forays) and is anticipating freedom to target a lot of stage wins in the Italian Grand Tour. He tells Rouleur that he’s not going for GC in Italy, why Paris-Roubaix would be his ultimate race win and why leaving the 2023 Tour de France to be present for the birth of his child was a no-brainer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eHow to win Paris-Roubaix Femmes\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eHow do you win a race like Paris-Roubaix Femmes? The best way to find out would be to ask those who have actually done it. So that’s what we did. Lizzie Deignan, the inaugural winner in 2021, her team-mate and 2022 winner Elisa Longo Borghini and reigning champion Alison Jackson told Rouleur how they each mastered the challenges and tactics of the Queen of the Classics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eStoried Classics\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eOrganising bike races is of course about designing sporting challenges and making the route safe for riders and spectators. However, this is cycling, and we at \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eRouleur \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eunderstand that races have their own narratives and meaning. This is particularly true of the Flanders Classics events, which include Gent-Wevelgem, Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Dwars door Vlaanderen, Scheldeprijs and of course the jewel in their crown, the Tour of Flanders. The Flanders Classics race director is former pro Scott Sunderland, who researched the history of each race along with their host towns and regions, and wove those stories into the race parcours. He takes \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eRouleur\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e on a tour of his races, and explains why the Ronde is just like Led Zeppelin’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eStairway to Heaven\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eFred Wright and Matej Mohorič: Fast Friends\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFred Wright and Matej Mohorič are team-mates on Bahrain Victorious, but also good friends. In a two-up interview, they explain why good bonding makes good teams, how their talents complement each other in a race, and why their team is one step ahead of their rivals in how they tackle the Classics period – nothing to do with tactics or manpower, but rather staying in a team house, where they watch replays of the races together and play games, rather than in a hotel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDJ Spoony: Dancing on the Pedals\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCome for the pictures Sean Hardy took of DJ Spoony’s incredible records room; stay for the interview with Rachel Jary in which the R\u0026amp;B star talks about his rediscovery of cycling and how he is working to make the sport more inclusive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAmerican Dreaming\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe speak with director, content creator and sometime professional bike racer Angus Morton about his new film Crit Dreams, which follows the fortunes and highs and lows of the American Cycling team as they tackle the 2023 American Criterium Cup season. This atmospheric, idiosyncratic and heartwarming film shows the races, action and passion, but also the small-town midwest context of many of the events, and most importantly builds an honest and compelling portrait of the main protagonists, including team director Thomas Craven and his rider Danny Summerhill. Do the team win the series? You’ll have to read the feature or watch the film to find out, but as always with cycling the biggest takeaway is not the result, but the meaning of the race.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDavid Lappartient: Smooth Operator\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormer Rouleur editor Andy McGrath managed to pin down possibly the most powerful individual in cycling, UCI President David Lappartient, for an exclusive interview in which he talked about his roots in race organising in his native Brittany, how he manages the delicate issue of sportswashing and did not exactly dispel the rumour that he would be interested in running to be the president of the International Olympic Committee, while not saying that he would.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eMaria Cressari: La Mamma Volonte\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough the first half of the 20th century and into the second half, the Italian cycling federation took no interest in women’s cycling. However, despite the lack of interest from the national governing body, a small number of female cyclists started to find international success in the 1960s and 1970s, culminating in the incredible story of Maria Cressari, nicknamed ‘The Flying Mum’, who flew to Mexico in the aftermath of Eddy Merckx’s famous Hour Record there, and broke the women’s version. 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And because we’re \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRouleur\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and our readers are the most cultured, inquisitive and polymathic cycling fans in the world, we have features about the seminal Futurist painting \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDynamism of a Cyclist, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eby Umberto Boccioni, and an interview with the dance music DJ Pete Tong. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRouleur 127: Italia! \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis the world’s finest cycling magazine about the world’s most beautiful country.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-a76091c2-7fff-c6f3-b455-a3d74d72974b\"\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cem\u003eEd Pickering, Editor\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em;\"\u003eWhat’s in the magazine?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eWout van Aert: The Same, But Different\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2024 season is going to look a little different for Wout van Aert. He’s swapped the Giro d’Italia for the Tour de France, where he’s been on domestique duties for Jonas Vingegaard (and occasional stage-hunting forays) and is anticipating freedom to target a lot of stage wins in the Italian Grand Tour. He tells Rouleur that he’s not going for GC in Italy, why Paris-Roubaix would be his ultimate race win and why leaving the 2023 Tour de France to be present for the birth of his child was a no-brainer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eThe World’s Greatest Cyclist, by Edward Pickering\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eTadej Pogačar is the overwhelming favourite for the 2024 Giro d’Italia, a race which should suit him down to the ground. Rouleur’s editor Edward Pickering has a look at where the Slovenian is in his career, and examines the debate around whether his dominance in races makes them too predictable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eStoried Classics\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eOrganising bike races is of course about designing sporting challenges and making the route safe for riders and spectators. However, this is cycling, and we at \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eRouleur \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eunderstand that races have their own narratives and meaning. This is particularly true of the Flanders Classics events, which include Gent-Wevelgem, Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Dwars door Vlaanderen, Scheldeprijs and of course the jewel in their crown, the Tour of Flanders. The Flanders Classics race director is former pro Scott Sunderland, who researched the history of each race along with their host towns and regions, and wove those stories into the race parcours. He takes \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eRouleur\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e on a tour of his races, and explains why the Ronde is just like Led Zeppelin’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eStairway to Heaven\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eGeraint Thomas is giving it one final push, by James Startt\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeraint Thomas is one of the peloton’s most experienced riders, having signed what he thinks is probably his last two-year contract with Ineos Grenadiers, the team he has represented since their inception in 2010. Thomas came a narrow second in the Giro last year, and is returning to the race he describes as one for the purists, before going on to tackle the Tour de France. He tells Rouleur that in spite of the fact he’s in his 18th year as a professional, his ambition is still burning as brightly as ever, and he insists that the fact of his career drawing to a close is only sharpening his focus.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eHard Route to the Top, by James Startt\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSilvia Persico made her breakthrough at the 2022 Tour de France Femmes, where she finished fifth overall, and she has also forged a strong reputation in the Classics, with a win in the 2023 Brabantse Pijl, and top 10s in the Tour of Flanders, Trofeo Binda, Strade Bianche, Flèche Wallonne, Gent-Wevelgem and more. But there has been nothing inevitable about her rise. She tells Rouleur that she was on the verge of quitting a few years ago, but that now she has no fear of her rivals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAnatomy of a Confession, by Jeremy Whittle\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCycling has got an ambivalent relationship with its past and with its secrets, especially with regard to doping. Some of the riders who took part in the widespread cheating of the 1990s and 2000s opted to or were pressured into confessing what they’d done; others have kept schtum; an unlucky few were destroyed by their secrets. Jeremy Whittle explores cycling’s institution of confession, highlighting 1997 Tour winner Jan Ullrich’s own admission that he cheated as an example of the liberating effect of telling the truth about one’s sins.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eRage Against the Machine, by Herbie Sykes\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlessandro De Marchi is one of the peloton’s most respected riders: a strong and experienced domestique and road captain, one of the very best at getting into breaks, and a very recent stage winner at the 2024 Tour of the Alps. But he’s equally notable for his usage of social media to make political points and to argue for a better world. He tells Herbie Sykes why, in an era of divisive and polarised political extremes, he is still standing up for the centre ground, and for a fairer, more equal world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eA Tale of Two Cities, by James Startt\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2024 Giro d’Italia reaches its halfway point with a stage finish in Naples, then a start in Pompeii. One is a vibrant, anarchic, colourful, noisy city, which distils stereotypical Italian energy and passion into a melting pot of busy streets, animated conversations, sketchy traffic and heat; the other is one of the most important archeological sites in the world – the preserved streets of a Roman city buried in a volcanic eruption in 79AD. James Startt’s photo essay A Tale of Two Cities compares and contrasts the two places, which highlight both the diversity and unity of Italy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eThe Giant of Buja, by Rachel Jary\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJonathan Milan is one of cycling’s most exciting up-and-coming sprinters, with a stage win and a maglia ciclamino at the Giro d’Italia already to his name. He’s also a successful track racer, with World and Olympic gold medals in the team pursuit. Following a transfer to Lidl-Trek for 2024, he is aiming high, with a dedicated leadout train for the first time in his career. He tells Rouleur about his path into the sport, his close links with his home region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia and why he also has ambitions in the Classics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eGee Whizz! By Amy Jones and Jojo Harper\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeerike Schreurs is a living example of why we should never give up on our dreams. She was a roadie in the early 2010s, a team-mate and friend of Anna van der Breggen, but she quit the sport, disillusioned with the way things were going, vulnerable to perfectionist tendencies and feeling that she was living with too much pressure. She moved into being a soigneur, and worked for the Trek team; however, she started riding again, and found success as a gravel racer. In a full-circle moment, she is now coached by Van der Breggen and is racing for SD Worx as a gravel racer, finally having found happiness in the sport.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eFrom Clubland to Quiet Roads, by Amy Sedghi\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePete Tong is one of the most famous and illustrious dance music DJs in the world. He is also a keen cyclist with a lifelong fascination and passion for bikes and riding. He tells Rouleur about his relationship with the sport, saying that it gives him equilibrium in a fast-paced and tiring lifestyle, and describing it as both a reason to go to sleep, and a reason to get up. And when he met Mark Cavendish at a LeBlanq event in Ibiza, it’s hard to tell who was the most starstruck.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eThe City at the Foot of the Alps, by Davide Mazzocco\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt’s a huge year for cycling in the city of Turin and region of Piedmont. The Giro d’Italia’s opening stages take place there, and the Tour de France will pass through en route from its Grand Départ in Florence to France. Rouleur takes a ride through the historic industrial city of Turin, before hitting the hills of the beautiful countryside around.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eThe Giant of Buja, by Rachel Jary\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJonathan Milan is one of cycling’s most exciting up-and-coming sprinters, with a stage win and a maglia ciclamino at the Giro d’Italia already to his name. He’s also a successful track racer, with World and Olympic gold medals in the team pursuit. Following a transfer to Lidl-Trek for 2024, he is aiming high, with a dedicated leadout train for the first time in his career. 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