S7 Ep41: Stage 7 | Vasto to L'Aquila | Giro d'Italia 2019
The Giro d’Italia began its northward journey on Friday with a stage to L’Aquila in the mountains of Abruzzo, ten years after one of Italy’s worst ever earthquakes ravaged the region and the day’s finish-town in particular. Having been abandoned by Lionel, Daniel Friebe rounds up the cream of the Giro’s international press pack to dissect the day’s action, which culminated in a stage victory f...
45m May 17, 2019
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S7 Ep39: Stage 6 | Cassino to San Giovanni Rotondo | Giro d’Italia 2019
The Giro d’Italia headed to San Giovanni Rotondo, one of Italy’s most important religious centres, and stage six of the race gave the host nation its first stage victory and pink jersey of 2019. Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe recap another long day in the saddle for the bunch, and welcome the sight of some sunshine after yesterday’s cold rain. Gianni Savio’s star rider Fausto Masnada won the s...
39m May 16, 2019
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S7 Ep38: Stage 5 | Frascati to Terracina | Giro d’Italia 2019
The rain fell on the Giro d’Italia peloton more or less the whole way from Frascati to Terracina, meaning a sketchy sprint finish at the end of stage five. Join Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe as they attempt to dry out in Terracina as they recap a very wet day and a second stage win for Giro d’Italia debutant Pascal Ackermann of the Bora-Hansgrohe team. We discuss Tom Dumoulin’s departure from...
40m May 15, 2019
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S7 Ep36: Stage 4 | Orbetello to Frascati | Giro d’Italia 2019
For the second day in a row, the Giro d’Italia served up crash-related drama in the final half dozen kilometres. Join Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe for a glass of Frascati after the finish of stage four as they discuss who lost and who gained. The stage was won by Movistar’s Ecuadorian rider Richard Carapaz, who won a stage in impressive style last year. We hear from Australian Caleb Ewan of ...
46m May 14, 2019
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S7 Ep35: Stage 3 | Vinci to Orbetello | Giro d’Italia 2019
Stage three of the 2019 Giro d’Italia took the riders from the birthplace of Leonardo Da Vinci to Orbetello, with the wind and threat of rain making the peloton nervous. Join Lionel Birnie, Daniel Friebe and Ciro Scognamiglio in Orbetello as they discuss the day’s big controversial moment – the relegation of Italian champion Elia Viviani for irregular sprinting. Viviani’s victory was handed to ...
46m May 13, 2019
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S7 Ep33: Stage 2 | Bologna to Fucecchio | Giro d’Italia 2019
Join Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe at their Tuscan agriturismo as they digest the sprint finish at the end of the second stage of the Giro d’Italia. Lionel headed out to the San Baronto climb, described as the Box Hill of Tuscany by Richard, and we hear from Max Sciandri about the hill’s place in Italian cycling history and culture. Caleb Ewan and Pascal Ackermann’s Bora-Hans...
50m May 12, 2019
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S7 Ep32: Stage 1 | Bologna to Bologna San Luca | Giro d’Italia 2019
Join Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe in Bologna for a packed episode of The Cycling Podcast following the opening stage of the Giro d’Italia. The weather forecast predicted rain, which meant the top riders - apart from Simon Yates - started early and gave the day an upside-down feel. The Portico di San Luca may have been the star of the show but the rider who impressed most was P...
37m May 11, 2019
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S7 Ep31: The Pre-Giro Press Conference
Richard, Lionel and Daniel answer your questions ahead of the 102nd Giro d'Italia. You can send us WhatsApp audio notes with your questions, observations and Pédaleur de Charme nominations throughout the Giro to +44 7971338205. We'll answer as many as we can in each of the rest day Press Conferences. Not sure how to record a message? Find out how to send a Whatsapp Audio Message on the WhatsA...
1hr 22m May 09, 2019
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S7 Ep30: The Cycling Podcast Féminin | May 2019
May's episode of The Cycling Podcast Féminin covers all the racing in April as well as last weekend's Tour de Yorkshire. Orla Chennaoui, Rose Manley and Richard Moore look back on a thrilling Amstel Gold Race, won by Kasia Niewiadoma, who we hear from after her 6th place at Flèche Wallonne a few days later. There is an interview with Lizzie Deignan, who has just returned to the sport after the...
1hr 9m May 08, 2019
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S7 Ep29: Adam Blythe Interviews Thomas De Gendt
In the sixth and final episode of Adam Blythe Interviews, presented by The Cycling Podcast, Adam sits down with fellow Lotto-Soudal rider, Thomas De Gendt. De Gendt finished 3rd in the General Classification at the 2012 Giro d’Italia and was once Belgium’s biggest hope for a Grand Tour winner. He has since established himself as a breakaway specialist, winning stages at all three Grand Tours a...
50m May 02, 2019
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S7 Ep28: Revelations of the Spring
After a spring of near-misses in the one-day Classics, Jakob Fuglsang finally crossed the line first to win Liège-Bastogne-Liège, and to continue an extraordinary run of success by his Astana team. Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe discuss Fuglsang's transformation in 2019 and look at whether the new finish to La Doyenne made for a more exciting race. Lionel reports back from Belg...
1hr 3m Apr 30, 2019
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S7 Ep27: Van der Poel and the greatest race of all time?
The latest episode of The Cycling Podcast looks back at what some have called "the greatest race of all time," Sunday's Amstel Gold Race, won by Dutch superstar Mathieu van der Poel. Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe consider this claim in the cold light of the day after, and we hear from Michael Woods, who was in a promising move late in the race. Woods also looks ahead to Liège-...
1hr 12m Apr 23, 2019
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S7 Ep26: Adam Blythe Interviews Owain Doull
In the fifth episode of Adam Blythe Interviews, presented by The Cycling Podcast, Adam meets Team Sky rider Owain Doull. Doull is an Olympic gold medallist, a member of Great Britain’s team pursuit squad at the Rio Games, who is in his third year with Sky. He is also one of their standout performers this season with a stage win at the Sun Tour and second at Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne. He talks to...
39m Apr 18, 2019
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S7 Ep25: Gilbert ages like wine
The latest episode of The Cycling Podcast is all about Paris-Roubaix, where Philippe Gilbert almost completed his collection of monuments, sprinting to his fourth (of five) in the old Roubaix Velodrome. Richard Moore was there and he reports from the start in Compiègne and the track centre in Roubaix, where he spoke to Marco Haller, a strong teammate to runner-up Nils Politt, and Bernhard Eise...
1hr 15m Apr 15, 2019
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S7 Ep24: Adam Blythe Interviews Tim Harris
In the latest episode of Adam Blythe Interviews, the Lotto-Soudal professional meets Tim Harris, a former rider and mentor to many riders. Harris was the British road race champion in 1989 and enjoyed a long career with British, Dutch, Belgian, French and Portuguese teams. Now based in Belgium, he looks after young riders who dream of turning pro – and 12 years ago, one of these young hopefuls...
50m Apr 11, 2019
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S7 Ep23: The Cycling Podcast Féminin | April 2019
The April episode of The Cycling Podcast Féminin comes from the Tour of Flanders, where Marta Bastianelli continued her strong start to the season with victory over Annemiek van Vleuten and Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig. Orla Chennaoui, Rose Manley and Richard Moore report from Oudenaarde as they recap all the recent Women's World Tour races. There are also interviews with the top three from Flanders,...
59m Apr 10, 2019
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S7 Ep22: Bettiol leaves them trailing at Flanders
Before Sunday, Alberto Bettiol had not won a professional bike race. The Tour of Flanders was some way to get off the mark. Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe discuss the EF Education First rider's surprise victory and ask how he was able to stay clear of the star-packed chasing group from the top of the Oude Kwaremont all the way to the finish line. We hear from his sports direct...
1hr 7m Apr 09, 2019
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S7 Ep21: Adam Blythe Interviews Tiesj Benoot
In the third episode of Adam Blythe Interviews… Adam meets his Lotto-Soudal teammate Tiesj Benoot, the winner in 2018 of an epic edition of Strade Bianche and one of the favourites for his home race, the Tour of Flanders, this Sunday. The pair were speaking just 48 hours after Ghent-Wevelgem and the day before Dwars door Vlaanderen, where Benoot made the winning move and finished fifth. A rel...
54m Apr 04, 2019
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S7 Ep20: Flanders fine tuning and moon racing
The races leading up to Sunday's Tour of Flanders always offer some clues as to which teams and riders are in the best shape to contend on the cobbled hills. Richard Moore returns from Belgium to discuss Gent-Wevelgem with Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe and look ahead to the Tour of Flanders. We also hear from Allan Peiper, sports director of UAE Team Emirates, about Alexander Kristoff's tac...
1hr 2m Apr 02, 2019
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S7 Ep18: Adam Blythe Interviews Luke Rowe
Adam Blythe Interviews is a new six-part series by The Cycling Podcast. In each episode Adam will interview a significant figure from the world of professional cycling. In this episode, he sits down with Team Sky's Luke Rowe – who Blythe has known since they were both young children discovering bike racing. In this informal conversation, Rowe talks about life at Team Sky, the other teams who ...
43m Mar 28, 2019
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S7 Ep17: Alaphilippe extends his winning run to Sanremo
In this episode of The Cycling Podcast, Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe dissect the first one-day Monument of the season, Milan-Sanremo. The race was won Deceuninck-Quick Step's Julian Alaphilippe, who has been in blistering form this spring. The Frenchman outwitted a group that contained world champion's past and present, on the road and in cyclo-cross, grand tour champions and...
1hr 6m Mar 26, 2019
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S7 Ep16: Adam Blythe Interviews Caleb Ewan
Adam Blythe Interviews is a new six-part series by The Cycling Podcast. In each episode Adam will interview a significant figure from the world of professional cycling and the first one finds him in wide-ranging conversation with his Lotto-Soudal teammate Caleb Ewan. Ewan is the Australian sprinter who will line up at Milan-Sanremo on Saturday as one of the favourites having finished second on...
50m Mar 21, 2019
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S7 Ep15: Order! Order! Team Sky becomes Team Ineos
This episode of The Cycling Podcast kicks off with confirmation that Team Sky will become Team Ineos in time for the Tour de Yorkshire at the end of next month. Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe discuss the deal that has saved Team Sky's Dave Brailsford, their riders and staff months of uncertainty and speculation over their future and, arguably, could make the team even stronger....
1hr 5m Mar 20, 2019
1hr 5m
S7 Ep14: The Cycling Podcast Féminin March 2019
The March episode of The Cycling Podcast Féminin, with Orla Chennaoui, Rose Manley and Richard Moore, includes the latest racing news, including the first event of the Women's World Tour, Strade Bianche, won by a resurgent Annemiek van Vleuten. There's an interview with Nicole Hanselmann, the Swiss rider who had to stop when, during her solo escape, she caught the men's field at Het Nieuwsblad...
1hr 12m Mar 15, 2019
1hr 12m
S7 Ep13: Gravel roads and crosswinds
In this episode of The Cycling Podcast, Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe discuss the Italian one-day race Strade Bianche, which takes the peloton across the dusty white roads of Tuscany and into the glorious centre of Siena. Julian Alaphilippe continued Deceuninck-Quick Step's incredible run of one-day race victories, beating Jakob Fuglsang at the finish with Wout Van Aert – the ...
1hr 4m Mar 13, 2019
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S7 Ep12: Deceuninck's opening weekend double
A packed episode of The Cycling Podcast tackles all the latest stories from the world of professional cycling. Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe discuss all the talking points from the 'Opening Weekend' in Flanders. Deceuninck-Quick Step's Zdenek Stybar and Bob Jungels gave them a double taste of victory at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne, which Florian Sénéchal m...
1hr 1m Mar 07, 2019
1hr 1m
S7 Ep11: Tejay's Tour ambitions
In the latest episode of The Cycling Podcast there are interviews with Tejay van Garderen, looking to re-boot his career with EF-Education First, and his teammate Sep Vanmarcke, the former winner of Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, the Belgian race that kicks off the cobbled classics season this weekend. Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe also discuss the latest racing in Spain, Algarve and ...
1hr 7m Feb 28, 2019
1hr 7m
S7 Ep10: Astana on fire
There’s a lot of recent racing to cover in the latest episode of The Cycling Podcast, presented by Richard Moore and Daniel Friebe with Lionel Birnie in his sick bed. They discuss the astonishing run by Astana, who have dominated the early season, the Tour Colombia 2.1, which showcased the host country’s talent and its passion for the sport, and Team Sky’s hunt for a replacement sponsor. Will ...
57m Feb 21, 2019
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S7 Ep9: The Cycling Podcast Féminin | Episode 32
The February episode of The Cycling Podcast Féminin includes interviews with cyclo-cross world championship silver medallist Lucinda Brand, Olympic gold medallist Katie Archibald and the recently retired Dani Rowe. Orla Chennaoui, Richard Moore and Rose Manley discuss the latest news, including a thrilling women’s race at the cyclo-cross worlds in Denmark. Brand suffered a late mishap when she...
1hr 6m Feb 18, 2019
1hr 6m
S7 Ep8: Cavendish on the comeback trail
This week's episode of The Cycling Podcast tackles all the biggest stories from the world of professional cycling and features an exclusive interview with Mark Cavendish, who is seeking to return to his best after almost 18 months laid low with Epstein-Barr virus. In the first part, Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe recap the week's racing, discuss the reports that Dave Brailsford...
59m Feb 13, 2019
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S7 Ep7: Katusha-Alpecin's reboot
In this episode of The Cycling Podcast Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe discuss the stories thrown up by the early season stage races before focusing on Katusha-Alpecin's attempts to recover from a poor season in 2018. The Swiss team with the Russian origins had a torrid year, collecting just five wins. Marcel Kittel, their expensive marquee signing from Quick Step, failed to rep...
1hr 7m Feb 07, 2019
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S7 Ep6: The disruptors from 'Derbados'
This episode of The Cycling Podcast features an extended interview by Richard Moore with Dan Bigham, John Archibald, Jacob Tipper and Jonathan Wale of the Huub Wattbike team that has been ruffling feathers on the track. At the weekend, they won the national team pursuit title and their rider John Archibald rode a 4-09 in the 4,000-metre individual pursuit, which gives him the second and third ...
1hr 27m Jan 31, 2019
1hr 27m
S7 Ep5: Deja vu Down Under
In the latest episode of The Cycling Podcast the regular hosts, Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe, discuss the first World Tour race of the 2019 season, the Tour Down Under, won by South African Daryl Impey. There are interviews with Tim Declercq of Deceunink-Quick-Step and Pascal Eenkhoorn of Team Jumbo-Visma. Declercq discusses the prospects of his new teammate, Remco Evenepoel,...
59m Jan 24, 2019
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S7 Ep4: The Cycling Podcast Féminin | Episode 31
The first Cycling Podcast Féminin of 2019 includes interviews with new Trek-Segafredo recruit Abi Van Twisk, Canyon-SRAM’s Hannah Barnes and retired rider Iris Slappendel. Orla Chennaoui, Rose Manley and Richard Moore discuss the Women’s Tour Down Under, won by Amanda Spratt, where Trek-Segafredo got off to a flyer thanks to Letizia Paternoster’s success on stage one. After a difficult season...
1hr 6m Jan 22, 2019
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S7 Ep3: A fresh start for Caleb Ewan and a reboot for Bob Jungels
The 2019 road racing season is underway in Australia and Caleb Ewan got off to the perfect start, winning the People's Choice Classic, his first race in Lotto-Soudal colours before the Tour Down Under began. We hear from Ewan about how he hopes to return to peak form after a disappointing final year with Mitchelton-Scott where his sprinting ambitions got squeezed out as the team focused on the...
1hr 2m Jan 17, 2019
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S6 Ep2: Dumoulin's Giro ambitions
Join Richard Moore and Daniel Friebe as The Cycling Podcast returns for the 2019 season with a look at Team Sunweb and Tom Dumoulin's plans for the Grand Tours. We hear from the 2017 Giro d'Italia champion about why he's focusing on the Italian Grand Tour this season. We also hear from Team Sunweb's trainer Hendrik Werner and new signing Nicolas Roche. The Cycling Podcast is supported by Raph...
57m Jan 10, 2019
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S7 Ep1: Explore | Episode 7 | Riding and racing
We kick off 2019 with the seventh and final episode of Explore, our series looking at the worlds of bikepacking, endurance and ultra endurance riding. Lionel Birnie and Hannah Troop are joined by Richard Moore to look back at the highlights of the series and look forward to the way the world's of professional racing and endurance events may collide in future. We hear from Simon Mottram, the f...
1hr 39m Jan 01, 2019
1hr 39m
S6 Ep161: Christmas drinks with Dan Lloyd
December 23 | Our 161st and final free-to-air episode of 2018 is a twist on the semi-regular Lunch With series. Join Lionel Birnie for Christmas drinks with Dan Lloyd. Lionel met Dan at the Dancing Man Brewery in Southampton for a beer, a bite to eat and a conversation about his life and career. Okay, these were early Christmas drinks – recorded in mid-November but the Christmas decorations we...
1hr 31m Dec 23, 2018
1hr 31m
S6 Ep160: Explore | Episode 6 | Remembering Mike Hall + Riding Around the World
December 21 | Episode 6 This episode of Explore tells two stories. In the first half, Lionel Birnie travels to mid-Wales to meet Anna Haslock, race director of the Transcontinental Race and partner of the late Mike Hall, who founded the event. It brings the debut series of Explore full circle. In episode one we met James Hayden, winner of the Transcontinental Race two years running, and in e...
1hr 30m Dec 21, 2018
1hr 30m
S6 Ep159: The end of Team Sky
In this episode of The Cycling Podcast, Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe meet up at London's Soho Theatre to discuss the news that Sky's sponsorship of the cycling team will come to an end in December 2019. We reflect on Team Sky's nine years in the peloton, ask what the tenth season has in store and discuss what this means for Dave Brailsford and his star riders Chris Froome, Ge...
1hr 16m Dec 18, 2018
1hr 16m
S6 Ep158: Explore | Episode 5 | The TransAtlantic Way
December 14 | Episode 5 This episode of Explore with Lionel Birnie and Hannah Troop focuses on the TransAtlantic Way in Ireland featuring two riders who took part this year, Laura Scott and Simon Gill. The TransAtlantic Way is an unsupported ride that goes from Dublin to Derry (with riders choosing their own route for the first leg) before following the Wild Atlantic Way all the way round the...
1hr 31m Dec 14, 2018
1hr 31m
S6 Ep157: Bennett’s dilemma and Kennaugh’s return
The latest episode of The Cycling Podcast features interviews with Sam Bennett and Peter Kennaugh as Daniel spends a day in Mallorca with the Bora-Hansgrohe team. There’s also discussion of the news that Sky will be pulling out of sponsoring Team Sky at the end of 2019, with a more in-depth episode covering this story to come next week. The Cycling Podcast is supported by Rapha and Science in...
1hr 2m Dec 12, 2018
1hr 2m
S6 Ep156: The Cycling Podcast Féminin | In conversation with Ashleigh Moolman Pasio
The December episode of The Cycling Podcast Féminin is presented by Richard Moore and Orla Chennaoui and features an in-depth interview with one of the world's top riders, Ashleigh Moolman Pasio. The South African has just had her best season, which included placing second at the Giro Rosa and Flèche Wallonne, and Richard met her at her home on the outskirts of Banyoles in Catalonia. Moolman P...
1hr 15m Dec 10, 2018
1hr 15m
S6 Ep155: Explore | Episode 4 | Lionel's Low Route with Ned Boulting
December 7 | Episode 4 After the incredible feats we've covered in the first three episodes of Explore, it's time for a bit of a gear change this time as we discover the joy of cycling and the way a journey on two wheels can develop (and sometimes test) a friendship. Lionel's Low Route is the antidote to the Haute Route, which tackles every mountain on the horizon. Carefully plotting a two-an...
1hr 39m Dec 07, 2018
1hr 39m
S6 Ep154: Remembering Paul Sherwen
December 6 | In this episode of The Cycling Podcast, Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe remember Paul Sherwen, who died at the weekend aged 62. Sherwen was a pioneering rider – heading to France to make it as a professional in the late 1970s when very few British or English-speaking riders managed to make that breakthrough. He was the first of the 'second wave' of English-speakers ...
1hr 3m Dec 06, 2018
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S6 Ep153: Explore | Episode 3 | End-To-End
November 30 | Episode 3 Earlier this year, long-distance time triallist Michael Broadwith – a multiple national 24-hour champion – set about tackling Gethin Butler’s 17-year-old record for riding from Land’s End to John O’Groats. This is arguably the most prestigious of the place-to-place records, with a history stretching back to 1886. In this episode of Explore by The Cycling Podcast, we m...
1hr 20m Nov 30, 2018
1hr 20m
S6 Ep152: The Cycling Podcast Live in Cardiff
November 29 | Join Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie, Orla Chennaoui and a sold-out live audience at Cardiff's St David's Hall in this episode of The Cycling Podcast. Earlier this year, we went on our Grand Tour of (Parts of) Britain to promote our first book, A Journey Through the Cycling Year. In response to that, Joanne John – a podcast listener who runs events at St David's Hall – contacted us...
1hr 6m Nov 29, 2018
1hr 6m
S6 Ep151: Explore | Episode 2 | Australia
November 23 | Episode 2 This episode of Explore heads to Australia and then across the great nation with two riders who had very different reasons for setting out on the challenges before them. First up is a compelling interview with Rupert Guinness, an Australian cycling journalist who has been covering professional racing since 1987. Much loved by his colleagues in the Tour de France press ...
1hr 13m Nov 23, 2018
1hr 13m
S6 Ep150: Not lunch with Adam Blythe
This episode is a twist on The Cycling Podcast's occasional Lunch With... series. Richard Moore and Lionel Birnie met up with Adam Blythe during the London Six-Day at the Olympic velodrome and although they did have lunch the podcast was recorded once all the plates had been cleared away. The former British national champion is still only 29 but has packed a lot into his nine-year pro career....
1hr 16m Nov 21, 2018
1hr 16m
S6 Ep149: Explore | Episode 1 | The Transcontinental Race
November 16 | Episode 1 The Cycling Podcast’s new series Explore focuses on the booming world of endurance and ultra endurance riding and bikepacking. Join hosts Lionel Birnie and Hannah Troop, plus producer Tom Whalley, for a six-part series with new episodes released each Friday morning. Over the course of the series we’ll hear inspirational stories from people who have undertaken some rem...
1hr 23m Nov 16, 2018
1hr 23m