Rouleur appoints Edward Pickering as new Editor

Rouleur have announced that its new Editor will be Edward Pickering.

Having led the respected and much loved Procycling magazine for a number of years, Ed joins Rouleur to continue its growth, celebrating cycling culture in the peloton and beyond.

Ed has been a cycling journalist for 20 years, covering road races all around the world and interviewing many of the sport’s biggest stars, past and present. He has also written several books on cycling, including The Yellow Jersey Club and Ronde, an exploration of the Tour of Flanders.

After a period of 18 months that has seen subscriptions to Rouleur triple and digital traffic increase even more, Ed joins Rouleur’s international editorial leadership group of Olga Àbalos (VOLATA) and Emilio Previtali (Rouleur Italia) to build a growing editorial team working across three languages.

“I’m very happy to join the team at Rouleur, and build on the brilliant work done by previous editors Andy McGrath and Ian Cleverly in making it such a ground-breaking magazine. Rouleur has a talented team of contributors and I’m looking forward to working with them,” said Pickering.

“Rouleur has an unparalleled reputation in the cycling world for the depth of its coverage, its innovation in subject matter and the sheer quality of its words and pictures. It’s also, simply, a beautiful publication that is always a pleasure to read.”

2020 saw the publication was purchased by by the owner of custom high-end bike manufacturer Passoni, Matteo Cassina. 2021 marked the most successful year in Rouleur’s, and that growth continues in 2022. After the triumphant return of Rouleur Live, this year will see the event go from strength to strength in a new and exciting venue, to be announced soon.

With Andy McGrath and Ian Cleverly moving on to take a different direction in their careers, we are incredibly grateful for their contribution to growing Rouleur into what it has become. Under their combined leadership over the last decade, Rouleur has grown into a cultural force, a unique outlet for the human stories that make cycling so special. They will forever be friends of the magazine and we wish them all the best in their future endeavours.