S13 Ep66: All Aboard the Dauphiné’s GC Sprint Train
Lionel Birnie and Graham Willgoss kick-off The Cycling Podcast’s build-up to the Tour de France, which starts in Lille on July 5. The Critérium du Dauphiné began in spectacular style with fireworks at the end of the opening stage on Sunday. The three riders who finished on the podium at last year’s Tour de France – Tadej Pogačar, Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel – lined up alongside each o...
49m Jun 09, 2025
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S13 Ep65: How The Giro Was Won (And Lost) On The Finestre, with Matt White
As the dust settles on a sensational 20th stage of the Giro d’Italia, Lionel Birnie is joined by Matt White – one of the people in cycling who knows Simon Yates best –  to analyse how the race was won (and lost) on the Colle delle Finestre. Until the eve of the Giro, Matt was head of performance at the Jayco-Alula team, having been with the Green Edge organisation since it was founded. Until t...
54m Jun 03, 2025
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S13 Ep64: Stage 21 | Roma – Roma | Giro d’Italia 2025
Join us for daily coverage of the Giro d’Italia recorded on the road as the race makes its way from Albania to Rome. Our daily coverage features race analysis, interviews and daily postcards from Italy, plus our regular check-in with Tudor Pro Cycling’s Larry Warbasse. Follow us on social media: Twitter @cycling_podcast (https://twitter.com/cycling_podcast) Instagram @thecyclingpodcast (https:...
1hr 39m Jun 01, 2025
1hr 39m
S13 Ep63: Stage 20 | Verrès – Sestrière | Giro d’Italia 2025
Join us for daily coverage of the Giro d’Italia recorded on the road as the race makes its way from Albania to Rome. Our daily coverage features race analysis, interviews and daily postcards from Italy, plus our regular check-in with Tudor Pro Cycling’s Larry Warbasse. Follow us on social media: Twitter @cycling_podcast (https://twitter.com/cycling_podcast) Instagram @thecyclingpodcast (https:...
1hr 4m May 31, 2025
1hr 4m
S13 Ep62: Stage 19 | Biella – Champoluc | Giro d’Italia 2025
Join us for daily coverage of the Giro d’Italia recorded on the road as the race makes its way from Albania to Rome. Our daily coverage features race analysis, interviews and daily postcards from Italy, plus our regular check-in with Tudor Pro Cycling’s Larry Warbasse. NordVPN Get NordVPN two-year plan + four months extra ➼ https://nordvpn.com/tcp It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back g...
59m May 30, 2025
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S13 Ep61: Irish Legs Are Smiling
On The Cycling Podcast Féminin this month, Rose Manley, Denny Gray and Rebecca Charlton head back to their virtual cabana to talk about everything that happened in the Spanish racing block. With a win at Vuelta a Burgos, Marlen Reusser’s ascendency continues. The Movistar rider has put a difficult 2024 behind her to become one of the very best GC stage race contenders in the world. Plus we can...
57m May 30, 2025
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S13 Ep60: KM0: Valley of Kings
The hardest stage of the Giro d’Italia, by general consensus, takes the race into the Valle d’Aosta two days before its conclusion. Italy’s smallest region has often played host to drama in the Giro - but exactly where is it and what does this mountainous & mysterious land represent. In this episode, Daniel Friebe & Michele Pelacci ponder and answer these questions and look ahead to what could...
32m May 29, 2025
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S13 Ep59: Stage 18 | Morbegno – Cesano Maderno | Giro d’Italia 2025
Join us for daily coverage of the Giro d’Italia recorded on the road as the race makes its way from Albania to Rome. Our daily coverage features race analysis, interviews and daily postcards from Italy, plus our regular check-in with Tudor Pro Cycling’s Larry Warbasse. Follow us on social media: Twitter @cycling_podcast (https://twitter.com/cycling_podcast) Instagram @thecyclingpodcast (https:...
49m May 29, 2025
49m
S13 Ep58: Stage 17 | San Michele all’Adige – Bormio | Giro d’Italia 2025
Join us for daily coverage of the Giro d’Italia recorded on the road as the race makes its way from Albania to Rome. Our daily coverage features race analysis, interviews and daily postcards from Italy, plus our regular check-in with Tudor Pro Cycling’s Larry Warbasse. Follow us on social media: Twitter @cycling_podcast (https://twitter.com/cycling_podcast) Instagram @thecyclingpodcast (https:...
1hr 5m May 28, 2025
1hr 5m
S13 Ep57: Stage 16 | Piazzola sul Brenta – San Valentino | Giro d’Italia 2025
Join us for daily coverage of the Giro d’Italia recorded on the road as the race makes its way from Albania to Rome. Our daily coverage features race analysis, interviews and daily postcards from Italy, plus our regular check-in with Tudor Pro Cycling’s Larry Warbasse. Follow us on social media: Twitter @cycling_podcast (https://twitter.com/cycling_podcast) Instagram @thecyclingpodcast (https:...
1hr 6m May 27, 2025
1hr 6m
S13 Ep56: Stage 15 | Fiume Veneto – Asiago | Giro d’Italia 2025
Join us for daily coverage of the Giro d’Italia recorded on the road as the race makes its way from Albania to Rome. Our daily coverage features race analysis, interviews and daily postcards from Italy, plus our regular check-in with Tudor Pro Cycling’s Larry Warbasse. Follow us on social media: Twitter @cycling_podcast (https://twitter.com/cycling_podcast) Instagram @thecyclingpodcast (https:...
1hr May 25, 2025
1hr
S13 Ep55: Stage 14 | Treviso – Nova Gorica | Giro d’Italia 2025
Join us for daily coverage of the Giro d’Italia recorded on the road as the race makes its way from Albania to Rome. Our daily coverage features race analysis, interviews and daily postcards from Italy, plus our regular check-in with Tudor Pro Cycling’s Larry Warbasse. Follow us on social media: Twitter @cycling_podcast (https://twitter.com/cycling_podcast) Instagram @thecyclingpodcast (https:...
1hr 18m May 24, 2025
1hr 18m
S13 Ep54: Stage 13 | Rovigo – Vicenza | Giro d’Italia 2025
Join us for daily coverage of the Giro d’Italia recorded on the road as the race makes its way from Albania to Rome. Our daily coverage features race analysis, interviews and daily postcards from Italy, plus our regular check-in with Tudor Pro Cycling’s Larry Warbasse. Follow us on social media: Twitter @cycling_podcast (https://twitter.com/cycling_podcast) Instagram @thecyclingpodcast (https:...
1hr 3m May 23, 2025
1hr 3m
S13 Ep53: Stage 12 | Modena – Viadana | Giro d’Italia 2025
Join us for daily coverage of the Giro d’Italia recorded on the road as the race makes its way from Albania to Rome. Our daily coverage features race analysis, interviews and daily postcards from Italy, plus our regular check-in with Tudor Pro Cycling’s Larry Warbasse. NordVPN Get NordVPN two-year plan + four months extra ➼ https://nordvpn.com/tcp It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back g...
52m May 22, 2025
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S13 Ep52: Stage 11 | Viareggio – Castelnovo ne’ Monti | Giro d’Italia 2025
Join us for daily coverage of the Giro d’Italia recorded on the road as the race makes its way from Albania to Rome. Our daily coverage features race analysis, interviews and daily postcards from Italy, plus our regular check-in with Tudor Pro Cycling’s Larry Warbasse. Saily If you are travelling abroad and want to reduce or even eliminate roaming charges you need an eSim from Saily, brought t...
1hr 9m May 21, 2025
1hr 9m
S13 Ep51: Stage 10 | Lucca – Pisa | Giro d’Italia 2025
Join us for daily coverage of the Giro d’Italia recorded on the road as the race makes its way from Albania to Rome. Our daily coverage features race analysis, interviews and daily postcards from Italy, plus our regular check-in with Tudor Pro Cycling’s Larry Warbasse. Follow us on social media: Twitter @cycling_podcast (https://twitter.com/cycling_podcast) Instagram @thecyclingpodcast (https:...
1hr 6m May 20, 2025
1hr 6m
S13 Ep50: Stage 9 | Gubbio – Siena | Giro d’Italia 2025
Join us for daily coverage of the Giro d’Italia recorded on the road as the race makes its way from Albania to Rome. Our daily coverage features race analysis, interviews and daily postcards from Italy, plus our regular check-in with Tudor Pro Cycling’s Larry Warbasse. Follow us on social media: Twitter @cycling_podcast (https://twitter.com/cycling_podcast) Instagram @thecyclingpodcast (https:...
1hr May 18, 2025
1hr
S13 Ep49: Stage 8 | Giulianova – Castelraimondo | Giro d’Italia 2025
Join us for daily coverage of the Giro d’Italia recorded on the road as the race makes its way from Albania to Rome. Our daily coverage features race analysis, interviews and daily postcards from Italy, plus our regular check-in with Tudor Pro Cycling’s Larry Warbasse. Follow us on social media: Twitter @cycling_podcast (https://twitter.com/cycling_podcast) Instagram @thecyclingpodcast (https:...
1hr 2m May 17, 2025
1hr 2m
S13 Ep48: Stage 7 | Castel Di Sangro – Tagliacozzo | Giro d’Italia 2025
Join us for daily coverage of the Giro d’Italia recorded on the road as the race makes its way from Albania to Rome. Our daily coverage features race analysis, interviews and daily postcards from Italy, plus our regular check-in with Tudor Pro Cycling’s Larry Warbasse. Follow us on social media: Twitter @cycling_podcast (https://twitter.com/cycling_podcast) Instagram @thecyclingpodcast (https:...
1hr May 16, 2025
1hr
S13 Ep47: Stage 6 | Potenza – Napoli | Giro d’Italia 2025
Join us for daily coverage of the Giro d’Italia recorded on the road as the race makes its way from Albania to Rome. Our daily coverage features race analysis, interviews and daily postcards from Italy, plus our regular check-in with Tudor Pro Cycling’s Larry Warbasse. Follow us on social media: Twitter @cycling_podcast (https://twitter.com/cycling_podcast) Instagram @thecyclingpodcast (https:...
1hr 7m May 15, 2025
1hr 7m
S13 Ep46: Stage 5 | Ceglie Messapica – Matera | Giro d’Italia 2025
Join us for daily coverage of the Giro d’Italia recorded on the road as the race makes its way from Albania to Rome. Our daily coverage features race analysis, interviews and daily postcards from Italy, plus our regular check-in with Tudor Pro Cycling’s Larry Warbasse. NordVPN Get NordVPN two-year plan + four months extra ➼ https://nordvpn.com/tcp It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back g...
58m May 14, 2025
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S13 Ep45: Stage 4 | Alberobello – Lecce | Giro d’Italia 2025
Join us for daily coverage of the Giro d’Italia recorded on the road as the race makes its way from Albania to Rome. Our daily coverage features race analysis, interviews and daily postcards from Italy, plus our regular check-in with Tudor Pro Cycling’s Larry Warbasse. Indeed If you are looking to hire someone for your company, maybe the best way isn’t to search for a candidate but to match wi...
1hr 10m May 13, 2025
1hr 10m
S13 Ep44: Arrivée | Vuelta Femenina
In this special Arrivée episode, Rose Manley and Rebecca Charlton look back at the first Grand Tour of the year for the women’s peloton, the Vuelta Femenina. The race marks the first World Tour stage race to see top rivals Anna Van der Breggen and Demi Vollering go head-to-head. Vollering may have had the edge so far this season but Van der Breggen has found further form since her comeback. An...
38m May 12, 2025
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S13 Ep43: Stage 3 | Vlorë – Vlorë | Giro d’Italia 2025
Join us for daily coverage of the Giro d’Italia recorded on the road as the race makes its way from Albania to Rome. Our daily coverage features race analysis, interviews and daily postcards from Italy, plus our regular check-in with Tudor Pro Cycling’s Larry Warbasse. Saily If you are travelling abroad and want to reduce or even eliminate roaming charges you need an eSim from Saily, brought t...
1hr 1m May 11, 2025
1hr 1m
S13 Ep42: Stage 2 | Tirana – Tirana | Giro d’Italia 2025
Join us for daily coverage of the Giro d’Italia recorded on the road as the race makes its way from Albania to Rome. Our daily coverage features race analysis, interviews and daily postcards from Italy, plus our regular check-in with Tudor Pro Cycling’s Larry Warbasse. Follow us on social media: Twitter @cycling_podcast (https://twitter.com/cycling_podcast) Instagram @thecyclingpodcast (https:...
1hr 6m May 10, 2025
1hr 6m
S13 Ep41: Stage 1 | Durrës – Tirana | Giro d’Italia 2025
Join us for daily coverage of the Giro d’Italia recorded on the road as the race makes its way from Albania to Rome. Our daily coverage features race analysis, interviews and daily postcards from Italy, plus our regular check-in with Tudor Pro Cycling’s Larry Warbasse. Follow us on social media: Twitter @cycling_podcast (https://twitter.com/cycling_podcast) Instagram @thecyclingpodcast (https:...
59m May 09, 2025
59m
S13 Ep40: Girovagando 2025: The XL Preview
The first Grand Tour of the 2025 season is also our tenth Giro d‘Italia on the ground with daily episodes. We kick things off here, with Daniel Friebe, Brian Nygaard and Rob Hatch looking ahead to the next three weeks of action, first in Albania and then Italy. First, we examine a route that may lack summit finishes but should deliver excitement from the middle of stage one. The riders on the ...
1hr 20m May 06, 2025
1hr 20m
S13 Ep39: KM0: Land of Eagles
The Giro d’Italia rolls out from Albania on Friday and in doing so will introduce cycling fans to one of the more mysterious and probably misunderstood countries on the continent of Europe. We, too, knew very little about the 'Land of Eagles' but, in January this year, were invited on a remarkable treasure hunt that began with a listener’s enigmatic direct message into Daniel Friebe’s Twitter ...
1hr 7m May 05, 2025
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S13 Ep38: Girovagando '25 - Vini, vidi, vici
As per tradition, together with our friends at Dvine Cellars in London, we’re presenting a selection of six wines showcasing the same terroir that the 2025 Giro d’Italia will visit in May. And, as we’ve done in other years, we’ve asked Greg Andrews and Luciana Girotto of Dvine to talk us through the selection ahead of the race. If you’re not into wine, this is NOT the podcast for you! We have ...
49m May 02, 2025
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S13 Ep37: Storerčar
Daniel Friebe and Lionel Birnie are your guides through the latest headlines and talking points from the world of pro cycling, this week assisted by Tudor Pro Cycling ace Larry Warbasse, fresh from his successful week at the Tour of the Alps. We look back at the latest Tadej Pogačar tour de force at Liège-Bastogne-Liège and invite Larry to speculate about the rest of Pogačar’s season. There’s ...
1hr 12m Apr 29, 2025
1hr 12m
S13 Ep36: Arrivée | Liège-Bastogne-Liège women
Rose Manley and Rebecca Charlton dissect the final Classic of the 2025 Spring season, Liège-Bastogne-Liège. With the first two Ardennes Classics - Amstel Gold Race and Flèche Wallonne - going to unexpected winners, all of the big contenders were looking for the victory in Liège. Puck Pieterse arrived looking to get her second win of the week, whilst Demi Vollering was hunting her first victory...
33m Apr 27, 2025
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S13 Ep35: Arrivée | Liège-Bastogne-Liège men
Join Daniel Friebe and Lionel Birnie as they wrap up the spring series of Arrivée episodes with La Doyenne, the oldest of the men's Monuments, Liège-Bastogne-Liège. Sponsored by Laka The Cycling Podcast’s coverage of the spring Classics is supported by Laka (https://my.laka.co/tcp) . Laka offers specialist bike insurance that goes further than you think. It’s powered by a collective of cyclist...
43m Apr 27, 2025
43m
S13 Ep34: Arrivée | Flèche Wallonne women
Join Rose Manley and Denny Gray as they pick apart all the action from this year’s Flèche Wallonne Féminine. After a surprise result for a late breakaway at Amstel Gold Race, everything was to play for at the second race of the Ardennes Classics. Despite a much-hyped expected comeback to the race, seven time winner Anna Van der Breggen didn’t take to the startline after suffering from illness ...
34m Apr 23, 2025
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S13 Ep33: Arrivée | Flèche Wallonne men
Join Daniel Friebe and Lionel Birnie for their post-race analysis following the best three minutes of the cycling season (that takes place on a Wednesday afternoon, in spring, in Wallonia). Yes, it’s the annual uphill cheeseroll competition (copyright Friebos). But just how far can we stretch the cheese analogies? What would win? A giant Camembert or 30 Mini Babybels? And what has New Year’s E...
37m Apr 23, 2025
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S13 Ep32: Marginal Dane
Daniel Friebe and Lionel Birnie are back to examine the latest headlines and talking points from the world of pro cycling, this week aided by TNT commentator Rob Hatch. The Classics have migrated (slightly) south to the hills of Limburg and the Ardennes, with the Brabantse Pijl and Amstel Gold kicking off the final phase of the spring season last week. In the former, Remco Evenepoel completed ...
50m Apr 22, 2025
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S13 Ep31: KM0: The Beast In The East
The Cicle Classic is England's answer to the spring classics. Paris-Roubaix is the Hell of the North so perhaps this ought to be known as the Beast in the East. The race celebrates its 20th anniversary this month, with the 2025 edition taking place on Sunday, April 27. Held in the East Midlands, the race criss-crosses the countryside, taking in rough, rutted farm tracks. If it was created toda...
43m Apr 22, 2025
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S13 Ep30: Sierra Yankee
Daniel Friebe and Lionel Birnie return to review the latest headlines and talking points from the world of pro cycling, this week in the company of Tudor Pro Cycling ace Larry Warbasse, aka ‘The Motown Maestro’. While the Classics leave the flatlands of Flanders behind and head south towards hillier terrain, Larry has been getting ready for his big goal of the spring, the Giro d’Italia, in Spa...
1hr 7m Apr 17, 2025
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S13 Ep29: A Saturday In Hell
We are hitting the road for this month’s episode of The Cycling Podcast Féminin. Join Rose Manley and Denny Gray in their little Bar Tabac just a stone’s throw from the famous Paris Roubaix cobbles. They’ll be calling up Rebecca Charlton to collectively cast an eye over this season’s early Classics. Talk inevitably turns to SD Worx who have been the most successful of the teams so far, althoug...
1hr 15m Apr 16, 2025
1hr 15m
S13 Ep28: Arrivée | Paris-Roubaix
Join Lionel Birnie, who is in the André-Pétrieux velodrome in Roubaix, and Daniel Friebe as they recap the 122nd edition of Paris-Roubaix. With Tadej Pogačar making his much-anticipated debut in the (senior) race, and Mathieu van der Poel aiming for a third consecutive victory – something that hasn’t been done since Francesco Moser ruled the pavé (1978-1980), the Hell of the North was billed a...
54m Apr 13, 2025
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S13 Ep27: Arrivée | Paris-Roubaix Femmes
Join Rose Manley and Denny Gray in the André Pétrieux velodrome as they record their post-race reaction to the fifth edition of Paris-Roubaix Femmes Avec Zwift. With world champion Lotte Kopecky aiming for a second consecutive Hell of the North win – which would also make her the first woman to do the Flanders-Roubaix double in the same season – can anyone stop Classics specialists SD Worx? S...
34m Apr 12, 2025
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S13 Ep26: Old Pog, New Tricks
Daniel Friebe and Lionel Birnie return to discuss the latest racing and news in professional cycling – this week with ace TNT commentator Rob Hatch. We revisit some of the big talking points after the Ronde van Vlaanderen at the weekend, including Mathieu van der Poel’s disrupted preparation and what the result means for Eddy Merckx-Tadej Pogačar comparisons. Of course on Sunday Pogačar could...
1hr 12m Apr 10, 2025
1hr 12m
S13 Ep25: Arrivée | Tour of Flanders women
Rose Manley and Rebecca Charlton pick over what was set to be a fiercely contested Tour of Flanders. Defending champion Elisa Longo Borghini heads up the top favourites for the race and arrives in fine form following her Dwars Door Vlaanderen victory. Meanwhile, World Champion Lotte Kopecky comes to the race without a win to her name this season but on the lookout for a historic third title in...
39m Apr 06, 2025
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S13 Ep24: Arrivée | Tour of Flanders men
Join Daniel Friebe and Lionel Birnie as they analyse the men’s edition of the Tour of Flanders. With the three big stars of the spring – Mathieu van der Poel, Tadej Pogačar and Mads Pedersen – set to go head to head, who else could force their way into the reckoning, and would Wout van Aert and his Visma-Lease A Bike team be able to play a part in the latter stages? Sponsored by Laka The Cycli...
54m Apr 06, 2025
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S13 Ep23: Supersonic Aircrafts
Daniel Friebe and Lionel Birnie return to discuss the latest racing and news in professional cycling - this week with top TNT commentator Rob Hatch. We discuss an intense weekend of racing, with a pair of key appetizers before the Tour of Flanders: E3 Harelbeke and Gent-Wevelgem. The two semi-Classics saw Mathieu van der Poel and Mads Pedersen in superlative form, so who, besides Tadej Pogačar...
1hr 21m Apr 01, 2025
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S13 Ep22: Harelbeke Never Lies
Daniel Friebe and Lionel Birnie return to discuss the latest racing and news in professional cycling - this week in the company of former CSC, Sky and GreenEDGE communications maestro Brian Nygaard. After our Arrivée episode at the weekend, we discuss one or two talking points that we missed in the immediate wake of Sanremo - and the hot breaking news that Tadej Pogačar will ride Paris-Roubaix...
1hr 10m Mar 26, 2025
1hr 10m
S13 Ep21: Arrivée | Milan-Sanremo men
Arrivée is The Cycling Podcast’s quick-fire race analysis show offering a first take on the biggest races. Join Daniel Friebe and Lionel Birnie as they discuss their first impressions of the opening Monument of the spring, the longest one-day race on the World Tour calendar, Milan-Sanremo. Who will triumph on the Via Roma and how did they do it? Sponsored by Laka The Cycling Podcast’s coverage...
55m Mar 22, 2025
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S13 Ep20: Arrivée | Milan-Sanremo women
Rose Manley and Jo Rowsell cast their eye over one of the most hotly anticipated races of the year, Milano-Sanremo Donne. The last time the race was staged for women was 20 years ago, leaving plenty of intrigue over how it would be approached by this current crop of riders. This season’s battle of SD Worx versus Demi Vollering was expected to continue into this race. The Dutch team boasted bot...
37m Mar 22, 2025
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S13 Ep19: King Jorg II
Daniel Friebe and Lionel Birnie return to discuss the latest racing and news in professional cycling - this week in the company of Tudor Pro Cycling ace Larry Warbasse aka ‘The Motown Maestro’. Fresh(ish) from finishing Tirreno-Adriatico, Larry delivers his verdicts from The Race of the Two Seas. Who, if anyone, was hot in the often frigid weather conditions? And who still has work to do ahead...
1hr 19m Mar 17, 2025
1hr 19m
S13 Ep18: A Good Return
With old grudges and new rivalries playing out on the gravel roads of Tuscany, Strade Bianche offered up plenty to talk about in this month’s episode of The Cycling Podcast Féminin. Rose Manley and Denny Gray are joined by cycling broadcaster Rebecca Charlton to discuss all the juicy details, plus they look ahead to the return of Milan-Sanremo with a mini-feature about the race’s predecessor, t...
1hr 3m Mar 14, 2025
1hr 3m
S13 Ep17: Can’t See Him For Dust
Lionel Birnie, Rob Hatch and Brian Nygaard recap Strade Bianche, where Tadej Pogačar recovered from a crash, picked himself up from the adjacent field and still managed to see off a spirited challenge from Tom Pidcock. We ask whether Pidcock should have waited – and whether, indeed, waiting was what he did – and discuss what the rest of the peloton can do to stop Pogačar when he’s in such irre...
1hr Mar 10, 2025
1hr