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The Exercise Book: A Cyclists’ Requisite…
Looking for a lockdown present to yourself? The Road Book are excited to add to our current range of products, the ‘Road Exercise Book’. Practical and with a splash of...
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The Red Line: UAE Tour – Matt Rendell
The Road Book presents “The Red Line”: An alternative to a simple race report, bringing you regular impressions and musings to complement the racing calendar. First thought: bike races...
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The Red Line: Omloop Het Nieuwsblad – Ned Boulting
So the opening weekend is declared open. And good grief it did us a service. Just to be reminded of what one day racing is like, along those narrow...
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The Red Line: Tour des Alpes Maritimes et du Var – Ned Boulting
From a cycling commentator’s perspective, there was something pleasingly reassuring about the first few stages of the Tour du Haut Var (I refuse to call it anything else,...
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The Red Line: Tour de la Provence – Ned Boulting
The Road Book presents “The Red Line”: An alternative to a simple race report, bringing you regular impressions and musings to complement the racing calendar. There was something a...
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Merci Roland – Ned Boulting
Over recent days I have been gazing at the landscape of the Département du Gard onfolding behind the peloton of the wonderfully named Étoile de Bessèges, the first professional stage...
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Audiobook Giveaway- Ned Boulting
Missing Le Tour? Click the link below to receive your free audiobooks! The language of cycling is vibrant, sophisticated, often impenetrable and extremely French. Find yourself confused, nodding along...
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“Time for Tom”- Ned Boulting
Full disclosure: I only had half an eye on Sunday’s bizarre-looking Cyclocross World Championship, as I was actually working on a Darts broadcast at the time for ITV. But it...
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The Road Book Illustrations: A Closer Look
Matthew Green (@matthewgreenatwork) excels in producing beautifully hand-drawn illustrations and his signature style often compared to wood-cut prints and etchings. One of the key features of The Road Book is...
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2020 Edition Preview: “Children of Summer’s Ends” by Richard Williams
The Road Book are delighted to provide readers with an exclusive essay extract from The Road Book 2020. Purchase your copy of The Road Book 2020 before 20th December 10pm...
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The Road Book Awards: The Review by Phil Liggett
As I write, Vincenzo Nibali turned 36 years of age on November 14th. This great Italian, a winner of all three Grand Tours and the only man (until this year)...
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2020 Edition Preview: “Chasing Shadows: Remco and Eddy” by William Fotheringham
Extract from The Road Book 2020 Edition. To read the full essay from William Fotheringham and many more from our array of incredible contributors, purchase your first edition copy by...
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