S9 Ep184: Women’s Tour 2021: Stage 4 – Shoeburyness to Southend-on-Sea
It’s another packed podcast from the Women’s Tour. Join Rose Manley, Lionel Birnie and Lizzy Banks at the famous Rossi’s ice cream parlour on the seafront in Southend-on-Sea as they recap stage four. The stage was won by Lorena Wiebes of Team DSM and we hear her finish line reaction and get the thoughts of sports director Albert Timmer. Lizzy checked out the course, we hear reaction from the ...
59m Oct 07, 2021
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S9 Ep183: Life in the Peloton – My last Sunday in Hell
So, this is it, my final race as a professional cyclist. When I announced I'd be retiring at the end of this season I didn't know what my last race would be, but then fate stepped in. Paris-Roubaix – a race I've truly loved over the years, was rescheduled from its usual April spot to an end-of-season Sunday in October. It seemed fitting to ride this brutal race to close my career. It's been qu...
1hr 28m Oct 07, 2021
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S9 Ep182: Women’s Tour 2021: Stage 3 – Atherstone time trial
The Women’s Tour had the first time trial stage in its eight-year history as the riders tackled a 16.6-kilometre circuit round Atherstone. But this was about as far from the traditional out-and-back British 10-mile time trial as you could get. Join Rose Manley, Lionel Birnie and Lizzy Banks in the New Swan in Atherstone as they recap a stage that has turned the race on its head – and possibly ...
47m Oct 06, 2021
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S9 Ep181: Women’s Tour 2021: Stage 2 – Walsall
Join Rose Manley, Lionel Birnie and Lizzy Banks as they recap stage two of the Women’s Tour, which tackled ten climbs on a tough circuit in grim weather. A break of 10 riders got clear to deny a second bunch sprint and at the finish we saw Amy Pieters of SD Worx win her fourth Women’s Tour stage, while Clara Copponi of France took the race lead from Marta Bastianelli. In this episode, we hear...
59m Oct 05, 2021
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S9 Ep180: Women’s Tour 2021: Stage 1 – Bicester to Banbury
Join Rose Manley, Lionel Birnie and Lizzy Banks as our nightly coverage of The Women’s Tour kicks off following the opening stage to Banbury. Hear from Sophie Wright, teammate of stage winner Marta Bastianelli, and Anna Christian, who launched one of the most persistent attacks of the opening stage. Plus there’s Lizzie Deignan, who lines up as defending champion and newly-crowned Paris-Roubai...
55m Oct 04, 2021
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S9 Ep179: Paris-Roubaix
In this feature length episode from Paris-Roubaix Richard Moore and Lionel Birnie take us on a journey from Compiègne to Roubaix via some of the famous cobbles. From Saturday's first ever women's race we report from the first sector of pavé and hear from riders including Audrey Cordon-Ragot, Marlen Reusser and Lisa Brennauer. From Sunday's men's race we hear from Mitch Docker, riding his last...
1hr 41m Oct 03, 2021
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S9 Ep178: Look back at worlds, forward to Roubaix
Orla Chennaoui, Rose Manley and Richard Moore look back at the world road race championships in Flanders and ahead to the first ever women's Paris-Roubaix. We hear from Elisa Longo Borghini, who led her Italian teammate Elisa Balsamo out to victory in Flanders, and from the British riders Lizzie Deignan and Anna Henderson. There are also interviews with two riders who were retiring after the ...
1hr 13m Sep 30, 2021
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S9 Ep177: End of the worlds
In this week's episode we dissect a thrilling men's road race at the world championships in Flanders: a race hailed by some as the greatest world championship road race in history, played out in front of a crowd estimated at a million. We hear from some of the riders who contributed to the drama and excitement: Belgium's Yves Lampaert, Neilson Powless of the USA, Tom Pidcock of Great Britain a...
1hr 24m Sep 28, 2021
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S9 Ep176: Service Course | Running up that hill
It's hill-climb season once again in the UK. In this episode Tom Whalley and Lizzy Banks discuss what could be the UK's steepest climb. Could it even be the steepest climb in the world? Simon Warren, author of 100 Greatest Cycling Climbs, and Ben Lowe, the creator of Veloviewer, talk us through their attempts to climb and measure the gradiant of Bamford Clough. Lizzy also speaks to Rebecca Rich...
1hr 11m Sep 24, 2021
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S9 Ep175: Life in the Peloton – Hannah Barnes
I’m back this week with one of the more experienced riders in the Women’s Pro Peloton, British rider Hannah Barnes. After turning pro with United Healthcare in 2014, Hannah has ridden for Canyon-SRAM for the past six seasons and is set to move on to the new Uno-X team next year. As a youngster she was multiple national champion across several cycling disciplines, and most recently won the Brit...
49m Sep 22, 2021
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S9 Ep174: The worlds get started
In the first of two episodes of The Cycling Podcast Féminin this month, Rose Manley, Orla Chennaoui and Richard Moore, in Bruges for the UCI world championships, look back on Monday's time trial, won by Ellen van Dijk, and ahead to the road race at the weekend. We hear from the time trial silver medallist Marlen Reusser as well as from Leah Thomas and Joss Lowden.  The Cycling Podcast Féminin...
1hr 9m Sep 21, 2021
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S9 Ep173: In Bruges
Richard Moore is in Bruges for the World Championship time trials and he checks in with Lionel Birnie to discuss Sunday's elite men's race. It was a neck-and-neck battle between defending champion Filippo Ganna and home favourite Wout van Aert. We hear from four-time world champion Tony Martin, who confirmed his intention to retire after this week's races, from Ireland's Marcus Christie, whos...
1hr 11m Sep 20, 2021
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S9 Ep172: Tour of Britain
In this episode of The Cycling Podcast, Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe discuss the Tour of Britain, the European Championships and some of the latest transfers in the World Tour. Lionel reports back on his stint at the Tour of Britain, celebrates the Classic-esque quality of the Great Orme, and asks if there's a way to Wout van Aert-proof a week-long stage race. Plus we hear f...
1hr 8m Sep 14, 2021
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S9 Ep171: Service Course | The 1,000-kilometre sprint
In this episode Tom Whalley virtually heads off to Eurobike for a catch up with friends of the podcast, New Motion Labs, about the launch of their new Enduo chain. Lizzy Banks immerses herself in the world of ultra-endurance racing as she follows the riders at All Points North as they take on a 1,000-kilometre ride around the north of England. A weekend of dotwatching prefaced a nailbiting ru...
1hr 32m Sep 13, 2021
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S9 Ep170: Life in the Peloton – Niamh and Finn Fisher-Black
Life in the Peloton is back after the Vuelta a España and for this episode I spoke to two young Kiwi champions who are going to have very big futures. If you don't know the name Fisher-Black yet, I reckon you're going to hear it a lot in the coming months and years. Niamh and Finn Fisher-Black are brother and sister who are both racing at World Tour level. Niamh is 21 and in her first year wit...
47m Sep 08, 2021
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S9 Ep169: Kilometre 0 – The final diaries
In our final episode of Kilometre 0 from the Vuelta a España we hear for the last time from our three audio diarists, James Knox of Deceuninck-Quickstep, Pavel Sivakov of Ineos Grenadiers and Joan Bou of Euskaltel-Euskadi. While Sivakov finished the Vuelta in good shape, and able, he said, to carry on for another week, for Knox and Bou the final week was about survival. Bou crashed heavily an...
1hr 15m Sep 07, 2021
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S9 Ep168: Stage 21 | Padron - Santiago de Compostela | Vuelta a España 2021
The Vuelta a España completed its three week pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela with Primoz Roglic the winner, and The Cycling Podcast was there to witness it. The theme of this final episode from the Vuelta is pilgrims and we tell the story of the 2021 race in six parts, including the Movistar story – with an update on Miguel Angel Lopez's sensational withdrawal on the penultimate stage – R...
1hr 27m Sep 05, 2021
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S9 Ep167: Stage 20 | Sanxenxo - Mos | Vuelta a España 2021
The penultimate stage of the 2021 Vuelta a España served up a feast of exciting and dramatic racing and The Cycling Podcast was there to see it. In this episode we hear from two of the day's winners, Jack Haig and Gino Mader of the Bahrain Victorious team, while Patxi Vila and Enric Mas of Movistar reflect on the shocking withdrawal of a rider who started the day sitting third overall, "Superm...
45m Sep 04, 2021
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S9 Ep166: Stage 19 | Tapia - Monforte de Lemos | Vuelta a España 2021
There was another humdinger of a stage at the Vuelta a España and The Cycling Podcast was on the ground in Monforte de Lemos to speak to Lawson Craddock, who helped set up his teammate, Magnus Cort, for the win, as well as their sports director, Juanma Garate. We also hear from the second- and third-placed riders, Rui Oliveira and Quinn Simmons. And we consider the different plights and fortun...
1hr 2m Sep 03, 2021
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S9 Ep165: Anton Palzer and Ben Zwiehoff: Masters of reinvention
For two riders at the Vuelta a España the journey from Burgos to Santiago de Compostela represents something much bigger than a three-week Grand Tour. A year ago the Bora-Hansgrohe pair, Anton Palzer and Ben Zwiehoff, were both pro sportsmen but in completely different disciplines and indeed Palzer had never participated in a bike race. In this episode of Kilometre 0, we find out how they got...
30m Sep 03, 2021
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S9 Ep164: Stage 18 | Salas - Altu d’El Gamoniteiru | Vuelta a España 2021
The Vuelta a España tackled a new mountain, Alto d'El Gamoniteiru, at the end of stage 18 and Daniel Friebe and Richard Moore were at the summit to witness the riders coming across the line. In this episode we hear from Gino Mader, who had an important role looking after his team leader, Jack Haig, while also cementing his own position in the top ten on general classification. We hear from Hai...
50m Sep 02, 2021
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S9 Ep163: Stage 17 | Unquera - Lagos de Covadonga | Vuelta a España 2021
It was arguably the performance of his career. Primoz Roglic won the seventeenth stage of the Vuelta a España to take a commanding overall lead into the final few days of the Spanish tour, and The Cycling Podcast was roadside to witness it. We hear from some of the fans – from Spain and Slovenia – as well as the atmosphere of the roadside experience as Richard Moore and Daniel Friebe watch and...
48m Sep 01, 2021
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S9 Ep162: Stage 16 | Laredo - Santa Cruz de Bezana | Vuelta a España 2021
The Vuelta a España resumed after the second rest day in Cantabria in the north of Spain with a final stage for the sprinters, won by the man in the green jersey, Fabio Jakobsen. In tonight's episode we hear from Jakobsen's leadout man, Bert Van Lerberghe, and from Joe Dombrowski, whose team tried to distance Jakobsen on a climb. We look ahead to Wednesday's crucial stage to Lagos de Covadong...
55m Aug 31, 2021
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S9 Ep161: Kilometre 0 – The Sivakov diaries
In our latest episode of Kilometre 0 we hear about the second week of the Vuelta a España from two of our audio diarists, Pavel Sivakov of Ineos Grenadiers and Joan Bou of Euskaltel-Euskadi. Sivakov talks about getting his confidence back after the low of crashing out of the Giro d'Italia, while Bou tells us about how he is coping with his first grand tour and the longest race of his career.  ...
43m Aug 31, 2021
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S9 Ep160: The Press Conference | Rest Day 2 | Vuelta a España 2021
In The Cycling Podcast's first press conference episode of the Vuelta a España Daniel Friebe and Richard Moore answer listeners' questions, which ranged from Romain Bardet's English, Team Bike Exchange's woes, the possibility of a fourth grand tour in the Southern Hemisphere, podcasters' use of language and the recruitment process of our audio diarists. In this episode we also hear from Team D...
55m Aug 30, 2021
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S9 Ep159: Kilometre 0 – 206 beats per minute
In the latest episode of Kilometre 0 by The Cycling Podcast we hear from one of our audio diarists at the Vuelta a España, James Knox of Deceuninck-Quick-Step. James tells us about his rest day tumble, awkward Anglo-French relations with his roommate, Florian Sénéchal, and getting his heart rate up to 206 beats per minute, in his raw, insightful and entertaining account of the second week of t...
40m Aug 30, 2021
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S9 Ep158: Stage 15 | Navalmoral de la Mata – El Barraco | Vuelta a España 2021
The Vuelta a España reached its second rest day but the much-anticipated sort out failed to materialise meaning that there’s a surprising wearer of the red jersey as the race goes into its final week. Richard Moore and Lionel Birnie check in with Daniel Friebe in Spain once again to recap stage 15, which saw a long pursuit match between eventual winner Rafal Majka and Steven Kruijswijk, who ch...
51m Aug 29, 2021
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S9 Ep157: Stage 14 | Don Benito – Pico Villuercas | Vuelta a España 2021
The first of two very challenging weekend stages was a bit of a stalemate as far as the race between the overall contenders was concerned but there was an intriguing battle for the stage win. RIchard Moore and Lionel Birnie check in with our man in Spain, Daniel Friebe, to recap stage 14, which was won by Romain Bardet. The Frenchman was arguably the most dangerous of the riders in the 18-man...
54m Aug 28, 2021
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S9 Ep156: Stage 13 | Belmez - Villanueva de la Serena | Vuelta a España 2021
It was back to work for the sprinters on stage 13 of the Vuelta a España and in The Cycling Podcast we discuss a lead-out that appeared to go wrong for Deceuninck-Quick-step before going spectacularly right, with Florian Sénéchal taking the win. Tom Pidcock tells us what happened to split the bunch in the closing stages, with Matteo Trentin and Bert Van Lerberghe describing how the sprint unfo...
52m Aug 27, 2021
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S9 Ep155: Kilometre 0 – Vuelta Skelter
Tim Moore's new book, Vuelta Skelter, sees him retrace the journey of the 1941 Vuelta a España in the wheel-marks of the winner, Julián Berrendero. Berrendero was a Republican who had spoken out against Franco. He spent 18 months in a concentration camp but was released in time to ride the 1941 Vuelta,  or "the tour of a nation reborn," as it was branded by Franco and his followers. Vuelta Sk...
38m Aug 27, 2021
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S9 Ep154: Stage 12 | Jaén – Córdoba | Vuelta a España 2021
It was another dynamic and surprising stage at the Vuelta a España and so Richard Moore and Lionel Birnie dial up The Cycling Podcast’s man in Spain Daniel Friebe to recap the action. Are we witnessing the Three Days of Magnus Cort? Away in the big break two days ago, caught in sight of the line yesterday, the Great Dane won a brilliant sprint finish in Córdoba after a brilliant lead-out from ...
53m Aug 26, 2021
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S9 Ep153: Kilometre 0 – Aru-vederci
When Fabio Aru won the 2015 Vuelta a España at age 25 it was easy to foresee the Sardinian assembling an extensive Grand Tour collection before he even reached his thirties. Instead, the trajectory of Aru’s career changed dramatically, so much so that he would not finish on the podium of a three-week race again. Not only that, but Aru decided before this year’s Tour of Spain that it would be h...
18m Aug 26, 2021
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S9 Ep152: Stage 11 | Antequera – Valdepeñas de Jaén | Vuelta a España 2021
It was déjà-vu – or should that be Dane ja vu? – at the Vuelta a España as the race reached Valdepeñas de Jaén and a very steep climb past the Andalucian whitewashed buildings to the finish. Lionel Birnie dials up Daniel Friebe in Spain and they initially ponder the Buffalo, Richard Moore’s whereabouts. Don’t worry, Richard joins us midway through. We recap a second stage win for Primoz Rogli...
52m Aug 25, 2021
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S9 Ep151: Stage 10 | Roquetas de Mar – Rincón de la Victoria | Vuelta a España 2021
It was another day when the Vuelta a España was turned on its head by a big break, which led to a change of leadership and a second stage win for one of the revelations of the first week. Richard Moore and Lionel Birnie dial up to speak to Daniel Friebe to discuss the tenth stage of the race. Daniel is on the south coast of Spain, the most southerly point of this year’s race, and Norway’s Odd ...
48m Aug 24, 2021
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S9 Ep150: Kilometre 0 – Scott's second act
Scott Thwaites is at the Vuelta a España as part of one of the most successful Grand Tour teams, Alpecin-Fenix. But it's something of a miracle that he's here at all, after a crash in 2018 left him with a broken spine, neck, ribs and sternum. He raced domestically in the UK in 2019 before returning to the big time last year. In this episode he tells us about his crash and comeback.  He’s 31 n...
22m Aug 24, 2021
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S9 Ep149: Anna Kiesenhofer
In the August episode of The Cycling Podcast Féminin we have an in-depth interview with the surprise Olympic road race champion, Anna Kiesenhofer. Kiesenhofer tells us how she approached the race and started the early break, how much – or how little – she knew about what was happening behind, how she is adjusting to life as Olympic champion, and what she will do next.  Rose Manley, Orla Chenn...
1hr 6m Aug 23, 2021
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S9 Ep148: Kilometre 0 – An hour at 186bpm
In the second instalment of our riders’ diaries from the Vuelta a España we hear from James Knox of Deceuninck-Quick-Step, Pavel Sivakov of Ineos Grenadiers and Joan Bou of Euskaltel-Euskadi. Bou is from Valencia and when the Vuelta reached some of his local roads at the end of the first week he shone, figuring in a couple of breakaways, including the strong break on stage six, from which Magn...
44m Aug 23, 2021
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S9 Ep147: Stage 9 | Puerto Lumbreras – Alto de Velefique | Vuelta a España 2021
Richard Moore and Lionel Birnie dial up our man in Spain, Daniel Friebe, to discuss stage nine of the Vuelta a España, the final test in the mountains before the first rest day of the race. A couple of days ago we were hoping to learn more about the likely shape of the battle for the red jersey only for a number of riders to gain time in the break and muddy the picture at the top of the overal...
47m Aug 22, 2021
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S9 Ep146: Stage 8 | Santa Pola – La Manga del Mar Menor | Vuelta a España 2021
Although it was a quiet day on the Vuelta a España there’s plenty for Daniel Friebe, Richard Moore and Lionel Birnie to talk about. They discuss the sprint finish and a second victory for Fabio Jakobsen before reflecting on some comments from EF Education-Nippo sports director Juanma Garate about Hugh Carthy, who withdrew from the race yesterday. We ponder the impact of pressure and leadershi...
57m Aug 21, 2021
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S9 Ep145: Stage 7 | Gandia – Balcón de Alicante | Vuelta a España 2021
The Vuelta a España burst into life with the toughest stage so far, to Balcón de Alicante. There was a desperate escape from the last chance saloon by Team DSM, a crash for one member of Movistar’s trident and a clutch of dangerous riders climbed back into contention. Richard Moore and Lionel Birnie dial up Daniel Friebe in Spain to discuss the action. Richard wastes no time claiming the stage...
51m Aug 20, 2021
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S9 Ep144: Kilometre 0 – Padun of a Kind
Mark Padun’s back-to-back stage wins at the Critérium du Dauphiné in June shocked the cycling world. Long touted as a future star, the Ukrainian had seemed to stagnate in his second and third seasons as a pro - only to bounce back spectacularly in the Alps over that remarkable weekend in the late spring. Having missed out on selection for the Tour - to the surprise of many - Padun is now aimin...
19m Aug 20, 2021
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S9 Ep143: Stage 6 | Requena – Alto de la Montaña de Cullera | Vuelta a España 2021
The wind may not have blown particularly hard but it took only a gentle sea breeze and some narrow roads to create some Classic-style racing at the Vuelta a España. In this episode, Daniel Friebe has descended the Alto de la Montaña de Cullera in order to check in with Richard Moore and Lionel Birnie to recap stage six of the race which saw another change of leadership. But which Classic did ...
50m Aug 19, 2021
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S9 Ep142: Stage 5 | Tarancón – Albacete | Vuelta a España 2021
The peloton spent most of the fifth stage anticipating crosswinds which never blew but there was still late drama on the approach to Albacete. Daniel Friebe is still in Spain following the Vuelta a España, and he is joined by Richard Moore and Lionel Birnie to discuss the day’s racing. We hear from Kenny Elissonde, who was talking down his chances of taking the red jersey before the stage, an...
47m Aug 18, 2021
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S9 Ep141: Kilometre 0 – The Other Slovenians
In this episode of Kilometre 0 we meet some of the other Slovenians. The small country has two of cycling's superstars, Primož Roglič and Tadej Pogačar. But beneath them there are a lot of other good riders, three of whom are riding the Vuelta a España.  We speak to Jan Tratnik of Bahrain Victorious, Jan Polanc of UAE-Team Emirates and Luka Mezgec of Team Bike Exchange. We also hear from Gora...
27m Aug 18, 2021
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S9 Ep140: Stage 4 | El Burgo de Osma - Molina de Aragón | Vuelta a España 2021
Stage 4 of the Vuelta a España saw an emotional win for Fabio Jakobsen, just over a year after his terrible crash at the Tour of Poland, and in tonight's podcast we hear from his teammate and good friend, Florian Senechal. Rein Taaramae held on to the leader's red jersey despite a late fall and we have an interview with him and his Intermarché team's sports director, Valerio Piva. Richard Moo...
46m Aug 17, 2021
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S9 Ep139: Stage 3 | Santo Domingo de Silos - Espinosa de los Monteros | Vuelta a España 2021
The first mountain stage of the Vuelta a España was contested by the breakaway, with the stage and red jersey of overall leader going to Rein Taaramae, the Estonian on the Intermarché team. Daniel Friebe and Richard Moore discuss the stage and what we learned, and we hear from Kenny Elissonde, who was third on the stage, and Primoz Roglic, the deposed leader. Daniel speaks to Hugh Carthy and ...
49m Aug 16, 2021
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S9 Ep138: Kilometre 0 – Meet our audio diarists
In our first episode of Kilometre 0 from the 2021 Vuelta a España we meet our audio diarists, James Knox, Pavel Sivakov and Joan Bou. Knox, riding for Deceuninck-Quickstep, is riding for GC in his second grand tour of the year. Sivakov, of Ineos Grenadiers, is in a supporting role in a team that includes Egan Bernal, Richard Carapaz and Adam Yates. And Bou is riding for one of the Spanish wild...
31m Aug 16, 2021
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S9 Ep137: Stage 2 | Caleruega - Burgos | Vuelta a España 2021
In our stage 2 episode from the Vuelta a España we discuss the first bunch sprint of the 2021 race, won by Jasper Philipsen of Alpecin-Fenix, completing their clean sweep of stage wins in the three Grand Tours. We hear from their sports director, Michel Cornelisse, and from the rider who was second, Fabio Jakobsen. There was a crash with 4.5km to go and we hear from Max Schachmann, the biggest...
51m Aug 15, 2021
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S9 Ep136: Stage 1 | Burgos | Vuelta a España 2021
The Vuelta a España opened in Burgos on Saturday evening and Daniel Friebe and Richard Moore were there for The Cycling Podcast to capture the sounds, sights and smells of stage one. In tonight's episode we hear from Jack Haig of Bahrain Victorious, Joe Dombrowksi of UAE-Team Emirates, Johan Jacobs of Movistar and Fabio Jakobsen of Deceuninck-Quick Step. And we discuss Primoz Roglic's win and ...
49m Aug 14, 2021
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S9 Ep135: Vueltas y revueltas | 2021 Vuelta a España preview
In this episode Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe look ahead to the third and final grand tour of the season, the Vuelta a España. Will it be another showdown between the two newly-crowned Olympic champions Primoz Roglic and Richard Carapaz or will Egan Bernal get the Ineos Grenadiers leadership role and aim to add the Vuelta to the Giro title he won earlier this season. Which tea...
1hr 12m Aug 12, 2021
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