S12 Ep129: Review of 2024 - Ep.3: Farewells
We continue our review of the men’s 2024 professional season, this week focussing on the riders who have called time on their career in recent months and weeks. Daniel Friebe is joined by one still relatively new retiree, Joe Dombrowski, and a rider who is very much still an active member of the pro peloton, Larry Warbasse, as we reflect on the achievements and legacies of Mark Cavendish, Thom...
1hr 30m Nov 21, 2024
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S12 Ep128: Review of 2024 - Ep.2: Annus Horribilis
We continue our review of the men’s 2024 professional season, this week focussing on the riders, teams and trends that had a year to forget. After Daniel’s controversial suggestion last week that it was in fact such a bad year that it was a good one for INEOS Grenadiers, who will come under the spotlight this time around? Rob Hatch has at least one nomination for a team that fared worse than t...
1hr 29m Nov 13, 2024
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S12 Ep127: One Foot in the Gravel
On this month’s episode of Féminin, Orla Chennaoui joins Rose Manley and Denny Gray to look ahead to the Tour de France Femmes 2025. With the route announced by race organisers ASO last week, we offer up our thoughts and predictions on what should be a gripping nine days of racing. We can also finally discuss one of the biggest transfers in women’s cycling. After months of speculation (and som...
52m Nov 07, 2024
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S12 Ep126: Review of 2024 - Ep.1: Annus Mirabilis
In this week’s episode of The Cycling Podcast, Daniel Friebe is joined by Rob Hatch and Richard Abraham, as we kick off our series of 2024 season review episodes. This year the boys’ task was simple: come up with a list of riders, teams, trends and concepts for whom 2024 was a memorable year, preferably without dwelling too much on the exploits of a certain Slovenian. The nominations were whim...
1hr 14m Nov 06, 2024
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S12 Ep125: Prudy Project – The 2025 Tour route(s)
In this week’s episode of The Cycling Podcast, Daniel Friebe is joined by François Thomazeau & Richard Abraham, as we deliver our verdict on the newly minted 2025 men’s & women’s Tour de France routes. François is in Paris to catch up with old friends and familiarise himself with the new Tour parcours. We discuss whether it really is a Jean-Marie Leblanc tribute Tour, how delighted Tadej Pogač...
1hr 36m Oct 30, 2024
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S12 Ep124: Last Orders
In this week’s episode of The Cycling Podcast, Daniel Friebe is in Mallorca, at the home of ace commentator Rob Hatch, for a final check-in of the European road season - & a tired but already excited look ahead to 2025. Daniel & Rob discuss the week’s news, a grand finale to the season at the Veneto Classic & the latest rumours regarding Tom Pidcock’s future. There’s also talk of anniversaries...
1hr 10m Oct 21, 2024
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S12 Ep123: Lonely G.O.A.T
In this week’s episode of The Cycling Podcast, Daniel Friebe is on Fran Reyes’s home turf - Granada in southern Spain - and that pair is joined by Richard Abraham for another week of analysis and reflection on, yes, yet another Tadej Pogačar masterpiece, this time at the Tour of Lombardy. The build-up to the final Monument of the season had been enlivened or overshadowed - depending on your vi...
1hr 12m Oct 14, 2024
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S12 Ep122: The Pog & Baloney Show
In this week’s episode of The Cycling Podcast, Daniel Friebe is joined by Larry Warbasse of Décathlon-AG2r La Mondiale and journalist Richard Abraham, as we review the action from a soggy Giro dell’Emilia last weekend in Bologna - home of the cured meat known there as ‘mortadella’ & in the USA as, ahem, baloney. No surprise, it was the newly crowned world champion, Tadej Pogačar, who would bri...
1hr 11m Oct 08, 2024
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S12 Ep121: Rewriting The Rulebook
In this week’s episode of The Cycling Podcast, Daniel Friebe is joined by Larry Warbasse of Décathlon-AG2r La Mondiale and Team USA, plus Eurosport commentator Rob Hatch, as we look back at the men’s elite world championship road race that took place in Zürich last Sunday. The build-up to the rainbow jersey showdown had been soured by the news of Swiss rider Muriel Furrer’s death after her cra...
1hr 10m Oct 01, 2024
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S12 Ep120: Arrivée | Women’s World Championships Road Race
Join Rose Manley and Jo Rowsell as they discuss a thrilling Women’s Elite World Championships Road Race which took place over a punchy 154 kilometres, finishing in Zurich. With an inter-team rivalry at SD Worx that has been building all year, the race was expected to be a showdown between defending World Champion Lotte Kopecky and all-conquering Demi Vollering. But also lining up were Tour de ...
42m Sep 28, 2024
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S12 Ep119: Goldeneye
In this week’s episode of The Cycling Podcast, Daniel Friebe is joined by Richard Abraham & Eurosport commentator Rob Hatch, as we look back at the World TT champs last Sunday and ahead to the men’s elite road race at the weekend. Remco Evenepoel’s victory sealed an historic Olympic-Worlds TT double…but the Belgian could yet achieve an even unlikelier feat if he adds Sunday’s road race title t...
1hr 29m Sep 24, 2024
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S12 Ep118: Worlds Apart
The Cycling Podcast Féminin is back! Returning for the first time since the Tour de France Femmes, Rose Manley and Denny Gray are this month joined by double Olympic gold medallist Jo Rowsell. We look back at the Tour de Romandie where Team SD Worx's Lotte Kopecky dramatically took the overall win at the expense of usual stage racing leader Demi Vollering, doing nothing to quell rumours of a s...
1hr Sep 19, 2024
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S12 Ep117: The Zürich Worlds & What’s Love Got To Do With It
In this week’s episode of The Cycling Podcast, Daniel Friebe is joined by Richard Abraham & Swiss journalist Emil Bischofberger to look ahead to next week’s World Cycling & Para-cycling Championships in Emil’s home town, Zürich. We discuss the city’s, ahem, generally lukewarm feelings about the Worlds & whether they may have changed in just over a week’s time. We also look at the courses & zer...
1hr 3m Sep 19, 2024
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S12 Ep116: Stage 21 | Madrid to Madrid | Vuelta a España 2024
Join Daniel Friebe and Rob Hatch as they take us on a journey from Lisbon, venue for this year’s ‘Gran Salida’, to the Vuelta’s traditional finish-line in Madrid. There’ll be analysis, interviews, wistful gazing and tepid takes from on the ground, in the thick of the action - and a return for both popular and unpopular features from previous editions! Follow us on social media: Twitter @cycli...
1hr 15m Sep 08, 2024
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S12 Ep115: Stage 20 | Villarcayo to Picón Blanco | Vuelta a España 2024
Join Daniel Friebe and Rob Hatch as they take us on a journey from Lisbon, venue for this year’s ‘Gran Salida’, to the Vuelta’s traditional finish-line in Madrid. There’ll be analysis, interviews, wistful gazing and tepid takes from on the ground, in the thick of the action - and a return for both popular and unpopular features from previous editions! Follow us on social media: Twitter @cycli...
1hr 15m Sep 07, 2024
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S12 Ep114: Stage 19 | Logroño to Alto de Moncalvillo | Vuelta a España 2024
Join Daniel Friebe and Rob Hatch as they take us on a journey from Lisbon, venue for this year’s ‘Gran Salida’, to the Vuelta’s traditional finish-line in Madrid. There’ll be analysis, interviews, wistful gazing and tepid takes from on the ground, in the thick of the action - and a return for both popular and unpopular features from previous editions! Follow us on social media: Twitter @cycli...
1hr 11m Sep 06, 2024
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S12 Ep113: Stage 18 | Vitoria-Gasteiz to Maeztu-Parque Natural de Izki | Vuelta a España 2024
Join Daniel Friebe and Rob Hatch as they take us on a journey from Lisbon, venue for this year’s ‘Gran Salida’, to the Vuelta’s traditional finish-line in Madrid. There’ll be analysis, interviews, wistful gazing and tepid takes from on the ground, in the thick of the action - and a return for both popular and unpopular features from previous editions! Follow us on social media: Twitter @cycli...
1hr 8m Sep 05, 2024
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S12 Ep112: Stage 17 | Monumento Juan de Castillo. Arnuero to Santander | Vuelta a España 2024
Join Daniel Friebe and Rob Hatch as they take us on a journey from Lisbon, venue for this year’s ‘Gran Salida’, to the Vuelta’s traditional finish-line in Madrid. There’ll be analysis, interviews, wistful gazing and tepid takes from on the ground, in the thick of the action - and a return for both popular and unpopular features from previous editions! Follow us on social media: Twitter @cycli...
1hr 6m Sep 04, 2024
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S12 Ep111: Stage 16 | Luanco to Lagos de Covadonga | Vuelta a España 2024
Join Daniel Friebe and Rob Hatch as they take us on a journey from Lisbon, venue for this year’s ‘Gran Salida’, to the Vuelta’s traditional finish-line in Madrid. There’ll be analysis, interviews, wistful gazing and tepid takes from on the ground, in the thick of the action - and a return for both popular and unpopular features from previous editions! Follow us on social media: Twitter @cycli...
1hr 7m Sep 03, 2024
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S12 Ep110: Stage 15 | Infiesto to Valgrande-Pajares. Cuitu Negru | Vuelta a España 2024
Join Daniel Friebe and Richard Abraham as they take us on a journey from Lisbon, venue for this year’s ‘Gran Salida’, to the Vuelta’s traditional finish-line in Madrid. There’ll be analysis, interviews, wistful gazing and tepid takes from on the ground, in the thick of the action - and a return for both popular and unpopular features from previous editions! Follow us on social media: Twitter ...
1hr 13m Sep 01, 2024
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S12 Ep109: Stage 14 | Villafranca del Bierzo to Villablino | Vuelta a España 2024
Join Daniel Friebe and Richard Abraham as they take us on a journey from Lisbon, venue for this year’s ‘Gran Salida’, to the Vuelta’s traditional finish-line in Madrid. There’ll be analysis, interviews, wistful gazing and tepid takes from on the ground, in the thick of the action - and a return for both popular and unpopular features from previous editions! Follow us on social media: Twitter ...
1hr 12m Aug 31, 2024
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S12 Ep108: Stage 13 | Lugo - Puerto de Ancares | Vuelta a España 2024
Join Daniel Friebe and Richard Abraham as they take us on a journey from Lisbon, venue for this year’s ‘Gran Salida’, to the Vuelta’s traditional finish-line in Madrid. There’ll be analysis, interviews, wistful gazing and tepid takes from on the ground, in the thick of the action - and a return for both popular and unpopular features from previous editions! Follow us on social media: Twitter ...
1hr 8m Aug 30, 2024
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S12 Ep107: Stage 12 | Ourense Termal - Estación de montaña de Manzaneda | Vuelta a España 2024
Join Daniel Friebe and Richard Abraham as they take us on a journey from Lisbon, venue for this year’s ‘Gran Salida’, to the Vuelta’s traditional finish-line in Madrid. There’ll be analysis, interviews, wistful gazing and tepid takes from on the ground, in the thick of the action - and a return for both popular and unpopular features from previous editions! Follow us on social media: Twitter ...
1hr 17m Aug 29, 2024
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S12 Ep106: Stage 11 | Padrón to Padrón | Vuelta a España 2024
Join Daniel Friebe and Richard Abraham as they take us on a journey from Lisbon, venue for this year’s ‘Gran Salida’, to the Vuelta’s traditional finish-line in Madrid. There’ll be analysis, interviews, wistful gazing and tepid takes from on the ground, in the thick of the action - and a return for both popular and unpopular features from previous editions! Follow us on social media: Twitter ...
1hr 6m Aug 28, 2024
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S12 Ep105: Stage 10 | Ponteareas to Baiona | Vuelta a España 2024
Join Daniel Friebe and Richard Abraham as they take us on a journey from Lisbon, venue for this year’s ‘Gran Salida’, to the Vuelta’s traditional finish-line in Madrid. There’ll be analysis, interviews, wistful gazing and tepid takes from on the ground, in the thick of the action - and a return for both popular and unpopular features from previous editions! Follow us on social media: Twitter ...
1hr 2m Aug 27, 2024
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S12 Ep104: Stage 9 | Motril to Granada | Vuelta a España 2024
Join Daniel Friebe and Fran Reyes as they take us on a journey from Lisbon, venue for this year’s ‘Gran Salida’, to the Vuelta’s traditional finish-line in Madrid. There’ll be analysis, interviews, wistful gazing and tepid takes from on the ground, in the thick of the action - and a return for both popular and unpopular features from previous editions! Follow us on social media: Twitter @cycl...
1hr 4m Aug 25, 2024
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S12 Ep103: Stage 8 | Úbeda to Cazorla | Vuelta a España 2024
Join Daniel Friebe and Fran Reyes as they take us on a journey from Lisbon, venue for this year’s ‘Gran Salida’, to the Vuelta’s traditional finish-line in Madrid. There’ll be analysis, interviews, wistful gazing and tepid takes from on the ground, in the thick of the action - and a return for both popular and unpopular features from previous editions! Follow us on social media: Twitter @cycl...
1hr 10m Aug 24, 2024
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S12 Ep102: Stage 7 | Archidona - Córdoba | Vuelta a España 2024
Join Daniel Friebe and Fran Reyes as they take us on a journey from Lisbon, venue for this year’s ‘Gran Salida’, to the Vuelta’s traditional finish-line in Madrid. There’ll be analysis, interviews, wistful gazing and tepid takes from on the ground, in the thick of the action - and a return for both popular and unpopular features from previous editions! Follow us on social media: Twitter @cycl...
1hr 5m Aug 23, 2024
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S12 Ep101: Stage 6 | Jerez De La Frontera - Yunquera | Vuelta a España 2024
Join Daniel Friebe and Fran Reyes as they take us on a journey from Lisbon, venue for this year’s ‘Gran Salida’, to the Vuelta’s traditional finish-line in Madrid. There’ll be analysis, interviews, wistful gazing and tepid takes from on the ground, in the thick of the action - and a return for both popular and unpopular features from previous editions! Follow us on social media: Twitter @cycl...
1hr 8m Aug 22, 2024
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S12 Ep100: Stage 5 | Fuente del Maestre - Sevilla | Vuelta a España 2024
Join Daniel Friebe and Fran Reyes as they take us on a journey from Lisbon, venue for this year’s ‘Gran Salida’, to the Vuelta’s traditional finish-line in Madrid. There’ll be analysis, interviews, wistful gazing and tepid takes from on the ground, in the thick of the action - and a return for both popular and unpopular features from previous editions! Follow us on social media: Twitter @cycl...
1hr 7m Aug 21, 2024
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S12 Ep99: Stage 4 | Plasencia - Pico Villuercas | Vuelta a España 2024
Join Daniel Friebe and Fran Reyes as they take us on a journey from Lisbon, venue for this year’s ‘Gran Salida’, to the Vuelta’s traditional finish-line in Madrid. There’ll be analysis, interviews, wistful gazing and tepid takes from on the ground, in the thick of the action - and a return for both popular and unpopular features from previous editions! Follow us on social media: Twitter @cycl...
1hr 4m Aug 20, 2024
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S12 Ep98: Stage 3 | Lousã to Castelo Branco | Vuelta a España 2024
 Join Daniel Friebe and Fran Reyes as they take us on a journey from Lisbon, venue for this year’s ‘Gran Salida’, to the Vuelta’s traditional finish-line in Madrid. There’ll be analysis, interviews, wistful gazing and tepid takes from on the ground, in the thick of the action - and a return for both popular and unpopular features from previous editions! Follow us on social media: Twitter @cyc...
1hr 2m Aug 19, 2024
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S12 Ep97: Stage 8 | Le Grand-Bornand - Alpe d’Huez | Tour de France Femmes 2024
Join Rose Manley and Denny Gray for a thrilling finale on the legendary Alpe d’Huez where this year’s Tour de France Femmes was decided by the smallest ever margin in Tour history. Hear from some of the main protagonists in this year’s race: Kasia Niewiadoma, Demi Vollering and their teammates, as well as breakthrough riders like Pauliena Rooijakkers, Evita Muzic and Thalita de Jong. And of c...
1hr 6m Aug 18, 2024
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S12 Ep96: Stage 2 | Cascais to Ourém | Vuelta a España 2024
 Join Daniel Friebe and Fran Reyes as they take us on a journey from Lisbon, venue for this year’s ‘Gran Salida’, to the Vuelta’s traditional finish-line in Madrid. There’ll be analysis, interviews, wistful gazing and tepid takes from on the ground, in the thick of the action - and a return for both popular and unpopular features from previous editions! Follow us on social media: Twitter @cyc...
59m Aug 18, 2024
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S12 Ep95: Stage 1 | Lisboa - Oeiras | Vuelta a España 2024
Join Daniel Friebe and Fran Reyes as they take us on a journey from Lisbon, venue for this year’s ‘Gran Salida’, to the Vuelta’s traditional finish-line in Madrid. There’ll be analysis, interviews, wistful gazing and tepid takes from on the ground, in the thick of the action - and a return for both popular and unpopular features from previous editions! Follow us on social media: Twitter @cycl...
1hr 8m Aug 17, 2024
1hr 8m
S12 Ep94: Stage 7 | Champagnole - Le Grand Bornand | Tour de France Femmes 2024
Join Rose Manley and Denny Gray in Le Grand Bornand following the first - and penultimate - high mountain test at the Tour de France Femmes. Coming into stage 7, the battle for the yellow jersey remained tight with a number of untested climbing talents among the top ten. Defending champion Demi Vollering also has time to make up on her closest rival Kasia Niewiadoma. So who reigned supreme wit...
1hr 8m Aug 17, 2024
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S12 Ep93: Stage 6 | Remiremont - Morteau | Tour de France Femmes 2024
Join Rose Manley and Denny Gray at the Tour de France Femmes as they discuss a stage which saw several jerseys change hands. It was also a stage that brought up questions about the GC potential of several contenders ahead of the upcoming high mountain stages. Plus we look ahead to the battle for the yellow jersey which comes to a head this weekend and of course, talk about that other important...
59m Aug 16, 2024
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S12 Ep92: Vinos de la Vuelta
WARNING: EPISODE CONTAINS VERY LITTLE CYCLING CHAT! Our Vuelta coverage started earlier this week with a pre-race KM0 very much inspired by this year’s Portuguese ‘Gran Salida’, plus our usual XL Preview episode - and the build-up continues with our now traditional wine-lover’s guide to the route. As usual, Dvine Cellars have put together a case designed to take your taste buds where the pelo...
48m Aug 16, 2024
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S12 Ep91: Stage 5 | Bastogne - Amnéville | Tour de France Femmes 2024
Join Rose Manley and Denny Gray as they unpick a drama filled Stage 5 at the Tour de France Femmes. We find out what happened out on the road after the yellow jersey changed hands during a stage that had been originally classified as ‘flat’ and ponder on what this huge upset in the standings might mean for the final GC. Plus we hear from the Swinkels sisters - Karlijn and Sylvie - who are rac...
57m Aug 15, 2024
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S12 Ep90: Stage 4 | Valkenburg - Liège | Tour de France Femmes 2024
Join Rose Manley and Denny Gray as their European road-trip aka the Tour de France Femmes continues into Belgium. In typical Belgian style stage 4 offered punchy hills, aggressive racing and pouring rain on a parcours that combined climbs from two Ardennes Classics - the Amstel Gold Race and Liege-Bastogne-Liege. With plenty of Classics specialists among the GC contenders the stage certainly o...
48m Aug 14, 2024
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S12 Ep89: Stage 2 & 3 | Dordrecht - Rotterdam, Rotterdam ITT | Tour de France Femmes 2024
Join Rose Manley and Denny Gray at the conclusion of a rare double stage at the Tour de France Femmes which included a ferocious sprint and a vital individual time trial. We speak to riders about how they dealt with the double stage - a feature which hasn’t occurred at the Tour de France since 1991. We also hear from the likes of Anna van der Breggen and Kasia Niewiadoma about the stage 3 time...
55m Aug 13, 2024
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S12 Ep88: Vuelta a Espaňa 2024 - The XL Preview
In this week’s special preview of the 2024 Vuelta a España, Daniel Friebe is joined by two of the guests who’ll also feature in our daily Vuelta podcasts over the next three weeks, Fran Reyes & Rob Hatch. First, there’s a round-up of the major headlines since our last episode. It’s then time to slip into Vuelta mode, first as we discuss the riders, then the route on which they’ll do battle. T...
1hr 38m Aug 13, 2024
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S12 Ep87: Stage 1 | Rotterdam - Den Haag | Tour de France Femmes 2024
Join Rose Manley and Denny Gray on a sweltering stage 1 at the Tour de France Femmes as they bring you the first of their daily episodes from the race. What looked like a straightforward sprint turned out to be anything but as the riders headed from Rotterdam to Den Haag. Emotions were as high as the temperatures as the riders battled it out for the first yellow jersey of 2024. Follow us on s...
48m Aug 12, 2024
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S12 Ep86: Tour de France Femmes Preview
The Cycling Podcast Féminin has everything you need to know about what has quickly become the biggest race in women’s cycling - the Tour de France Femmes. Rose Manley and Denny Gray take a close look at the eight stages that will take the riders from Rotterdam to the Alps across a week of racing. Special attention is paid to the upcoming Queen stage in our mini feature on Alpe d’Huez. While th...
1hr 7m Aug 07, 2024
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S12 Ep85: Arrivée | Women's Olympic Road Race
In this Arrivée episode from The Cycling Podcast Féminin, Rose Manley and The British Continental’s Denny Gray take a closer look at the women’s Olympic road race. With spectacular views, an iconic Eiffel Tower finish and a punchy parcours, the race promised to be one to remember. A number of hot favourites led the field. Lotte Kopecky, the Belgian superstar who has made no secret of her Olymp...
36m Aug 04, 2024
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S12 Ep84: Arrivée | Men's Olympic Road Race
In this episode of Arrivée, Daniel Friebe and Décathlon-AG2R La Mondiale ace Larry Warbasse reflect on a memorable men’s Olympic road race in Paris. A 272km race with just 90 starters promised to be a gruelling affair - and certainly a spectacular one with its three ascents of the Butte de Montmartre to one of Paris’s most famous landmarks, the Basilique du Sacré-Cœur. Could Mathieu van der Po...
50m Aug 03, 2024
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S12 Ep83: Stage 21 | Monaco – Nice | Tour de France 202
Join Graham Willgoss, Richard Abraham and Mitch Docker as they cover the Tour de France from Florence to Nice, providing daily episodes of the greatest race on earth. With a new line-up for the 2024 Tour, there’ll be the familiar mix of lively discussion, race analysis, interviews from Outside the Team Bus and some French flavour. Follow us on social media: Twitter @cycling_podcast (https://t...
1hr 16m Jul 21, 2024
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S12 Ep82: Stage 20 | Nice – Col de la Couillole | Tour de France 2024
Join Graham Willgoss, Richard Abraham and Mitch Docker as they cover the Tour de France from Florence to Nice, providing daily episodes of the greatest race on earth. With a new line-up for the 2024 Tour, there’ll be the familiar mix of lively discussion, race analysis, interviews from Outside the Team Bus and some French flavour. Follow us on social media: Twitter @cycling_podcast (https://t...
52m Jul 20, 2024
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S12 Ep81: Stage 19 | Embrun – Isola 2000 | Tour de France 2024
Join Graham Willgoss, Richard Abraham and Mitch Docker as they cover the Tour de France from Florence to Nice, providing daily episodes of the greatest race on earth. With a new line-up for the 2024 Tour, there’ll be the familiar mix of lively discussion, race analysis, interviews from Outside the Team Bus and some French flavour. Follow us on social media: Twitter @cycling_podcast (https://t...
58m Jul 19, 2024
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S12 Ep80: Stage 18 | Gap – Barcelonnette | Tour de France 2024
Join Graham Willgoss, Richard Abraham and Mitch Docker as they cover the Tour de France from Florence to Nice, providing daily episodes of the greatest race on earth. With a new line-up for the 2024 Tour, there’ll be the familiar mix of lively discussion, race analysis, interviews from Outside the Team Bus and some French flavour. Follow us on social media: Twitter @cycling_podcast (https://t...
1hr 3m Jul 18, 2024
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