A rouleur is a type of racing cyclist who excels at long solo efforts and time trials.
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A rouleur is a cyclist who is able to maintain a high level of power for a long period of time. They will generally be relatively poor at short, very intense efforts and will be unable to match the accelerations of pure climbers in the mountains. They excel on long efforts on relatively flat terrain, such as solo breakaways and time trials.
Examples of rouleurs include
Jacques Anquetil
Jacques Anquetil (; 8 January 1934 – 18 November 1987) was a French road racing cyclist and the first cyclist to win the Tour de France five times, in 1957 and from 1961 to 1964.
He stated before the 1961 Tour that he would gain the ye ...
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Tony Martin,
Fabian Cancellara,
Sylvain Chavanel,
Jens Voigt,
Kasper Asgreen,
Thomas De Gendt,
Alessandro De Marchi,
Steve Cummings,
Rohan Dennis
Rohan Craig Dennis (born 28 May 1990) is an Australian former cyclist, who competed professionally in the track cycling, track and road bicycle racing, road disciplines of the sport for five different teams.
Having been a member of the Australi ...
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Filippo Ganna and
Alison Jackson.
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Road bicycle racing terminology