Stage 20 | Megève to Morzine | Tour de France 2016
Heavy rain fell on the penultimate stage of the 2016 Tour de France, which made it difficult for any of the riders who had designs on grabbing a place on the final podium, or even challenging Chris Froome’s grip on the yellow jersey. In this episode of The Telegraph Cycling Podcast, Richard Moore and Lionel Birnie discuss the last of four Alpine stages, from Megève to Morzine, over the Col des...
38m Jul 23, 2016
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Stage 19 | Albertville to Saint-Gervais Mont Blanc | Tour de France 2016
The rain which fell towards the end of stage 19 of the Tour de France in the Alps contributed towards some incredible drama and a significant shake-up in the overall positions behind race leader Chris Froome. And, with just two days of the Tour to go, France was finally able to celebrate a stage win as Romain Bardet of AG2R attacked to win at Saint-Gervais Mont Blanc, and climb to second place...
44m Jul 22, 2016
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Stage 18 | Sallanches to Megève | Tour de France 2016
This episode of The Telegraph Cycling Podcast was recorded as the stage 18 mountain time trial of the Tour de France unfolded in Megève. Join Richard Moore and Lionel Birnie by the finish line as they dissect the implications of the developments as riders completed the punishing 17-kilometre course from Sallanches to Megève. Chris Froome won the time trial, denying Dutch rider Tom Dumoulin a ...
37m Jul 21, 2016
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Stage 17 | Bern to Finhaut-Émosson | Tour de France 2016
As Chris Froome moved a day closer to his third Tour de France victory, Richard Moore and Lionel Birnie were joined at Finhaut-Émosson by Ciro Scognamiglio to discuss a stage that offered Froome’s opponents no encouragement. Bauke Mollema’s challenge faltered, Nairo Quintana’s has never really got started, and only Adam Yates, the 24-year-old on the Orica-Bike Exchange team, seems to be gettin...
36m Jul 20, 2016
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S1 Ep2: The Cycling Podcast Féminin - Episode 2
In episode two of The Cycling Podcast Féminin Orla Chennaoui and Richard Moore look back at the Women's Tour, discuss whether Marianne Vos can make it back to the top and talk tactics with Rochelle Gilmore. There are interviews with Vos and her team - including her parents - as well as top Italian rider Elisa Longo Borghini. And Orla chats to Scotti Lechuga, an American who became a profession...
1hr 10m Jul 19, 2016
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Stage 16 | Moirans-en-Montagne to Bern | Tour de France 2016
In this episode of The Telegraph Cycling Podcast, Richard Moore and Lionel Birnie are joined by Daniel Friebe to discuss the 16th stage of the Tour de France from Moirans-en-Montagne to Bern in Switzerland. Two Etixx-Quick Step riders – Tony Martin and Julian Alaphilippe – broke away from the peloton and rode together, with the German Martin doing the bulk of the work. With 25 kilometres to g...
39m Jul 18, 2016
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Stage 15 | Bourg-en-Bresse to Culoz | Tour de France 2016
In this episode of The Telegraph Cycling Podcast, Richard Moore and Lionel Birnie are joined by Ciro Scognamiglio to discuss the 15th stage of the race, a short but intense 160-kilometre leg with six climbs in the Jura. The race for the stage win was unpredictable and dramatic with the stunning Lacets du Grand Colombier providing the springboard for the final moves, which featured Polish champ...
36m Jul 17, 2016
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Stage 14 | Montélimar to Villars-les-Dombes | Tour de France 2016
In this episode of The Telegraph Cycling Podcast, Richard Moore and Lionel Birnie are joined by Caley Fretz of VeloNews to discuss a long, hot, windy 14th stage of the Tour de France. With a headwind predicted for much of the day, the 208.5-kilometre stage from Montélimar to the Parc des Oiseaux (bird park) at Villars-les-Dombes started 15 minutes earlier than planned. But it was still a long...
37m Jul 16, 2016
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Stage 13 | Bourg-Saint-Andéol to La Caverne Pont d’Arc | Tour de France 2016
A sombre mood settled over the Tour de France today in the wake of the Bastille Day attack in Nice, with the publicity caravan – the cavalcade of advertising vehicles that precedes the race – falling quiet, a minute’s silence before the start of the time trial and respects paid to the victims during the podium presentations after the race. In this episode of The Telegraph Cycling Podcast, Rich...
52m Jul 15, 2016
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Stage 12 | Montpellier to Mont Ventoux | Tour de France 2016
There was drama on Mont Ventoux, one of the most iconic mountains the Tour de France visits, but it was not the sort of drama anyone could have predicted. The 12th stage from Montpellier to the Giant of Provence had been shortened by six kilometres because of high winds on top of the mountain and the finish line was moved down to Chalet Reynard. But that had an unintended consequence because ...
34m Jul 14, 2016
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Stage 11 | Carcassonne to Montpellier | Tour de France 2016
What had been expected to be a routine sprint stage to Montpellier turned out to be anything but when the green jersey wearer Peter Sagan and yellow jersey wearer Chris Froome broke away on the run-in the finish, each with a team-mate for company. The leading quartet featured Sagan’s fellow Tinkoff rider Maciej Bodnar and Froome’s Sky team-mate Geraint Thomas and they rode extremely hard to ga...
33m Jul 13, 2016
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Stage 10 | Escaldes-Egordany to Revel | Tour de France 2016
In this episode of The Telegraph Cycling Podcast, Richard Moore and Lionel Birnie are joined by French journalist François Thomazeau to discuss the 10th stage of the Tour de France from Andorra to Revel. The stage started with the Port d’Envilara, at more than 2,400 metres, the highest point in the three-week race, and a climb that proved to be the springboard for a powerful 15-man break that ...
37m Jul 12, 2016
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Stage 9 | Vielha Val d’Aran to Andorra Arcalis | Tour de France 2016
A torrential rainstorm, with added hail stones the size of marbles, made the final climb to Arcalis in Andorra even more challenging. Tom Dumoulin, the Dutchman who rode so well during the first week of the Giro d’Italia in May, broke clear of a group of riders to win his first Tour de France stage win and add it to victories at the other two of cycling’s grand tours. And as the rain and hail ...
37m Jul 10, 2016
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Stage 8 | Pau – Bagnères-de-Luchon | Tour de France 2016
Defending champion Chris Froome won the eighth stage of the Tour de France and took over the yellow jersey from Belgium’s Greg Van Avermaet, but the Team Sky rider laid down the gauntlet in a way his rivals perhaps had not anticipated. In this episode of The Telegraph Cycling Podcast, Richard Moore and Lionel Birnie are joined by American journalist Andy Hood of VeloNews to discuss the second ...
40m Jul 09, 2016
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Stage 7 | L’Isle-Jourdain to Lac de Payolle | Tour de France 2016
As Steve Cummings won the second Tour de France stage of his career, to make it four in a week for Great Britain and also for Team Dimension Data, Richard Moore and Lionel Birnie report from Lac de Payolle as the Tour entered the high mountains. Cummings won a memorable stage at Mende last year, outwitting the Frenchmen Romain Bardet and Thibaut Pinot, but this was even more impressive. He att...
40m Jul 08, 2016
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Stage 6 | Arpajon-sur-Cère to Montauban | Tour de France 2016
Mark Cavendish overtook Bernard Hinault in the all-time list of Tour de France stage winners when he notched his third victory of this race, and 29th in total, in Montauban. The sprinter from the Isle of Man pipped Marcel Kittel in a close finish – although compared to some we’ve seen this week, it was a comfortable victory – and Britain’s Dan McLay continued an excellent debut Tour with anoth...
42m Jul 07, 2016
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Stage 5 | Limoges to Le Lioran | Tour de France 2016
In this episode of The Telegraph Cycling Podcast, Richard Moore and Lionel Birnie are reunited with Daniel Friebe to discuss an intriguing fifth stage, which took the riders 216 kilometres from Limoges into the Massif Central. With four climbs in the final 40 kilometres – including two ranked second-category – it was anticipated that some of the overall contenders might use it as an opportunit...
49m Jul 06, 2016
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Stage 4 | Saumur to Limoges | Tour de France 2016
For the second day in a row, the winning margin at the Tour de France was a matter of centimetres – if not millimetres. After three stages without a victory, pressure was building on the Belgian Etixx-Quick Step team and their German sprinter Marcel Kittel. It didn’t help much that two of the stages were won by Mark Cavendish, who Etixx-Quick Step allowed to leave for Dimension Data at the end...
42m Jul 05, 2016
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Stage 3 | Granville to Angers | Tour de France 2016
The Tour de France had a virtual off-day for much of stage three – barely a pedal was turned until Angers. On American Independence Day, Richard Moore and Lionel Birnie are joined by VeloNews journalist Andy Hood to discuss a 223.5-kilometre long stage from Granville to the edge of the Loire Valley. The stage was won by Britain’s Mark Cavendish and it was his second victory of this race and 2...
39m Jul 04, 2016
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Stage 2 | Saint-Lô – Cherbourg-en-Cotentin | Tour de France 2016
On Saturday, Mark Cavendish took the first Tour de France yellow jersey of his career. On Sunday in Cherbourg, it Peter Sagan swapped his world champion’s rainbow jersey for the maillot jaune. The second stage of the 2016 Tour from Saint-Lô to Cherbourg-en-Cotentin featured a thrilling finale and dented the overall hopes of at least two of the riders hoping to challenge for the podium in Paris...
40m Jul 03, 2016
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Stage 1 | Mont Saint-Michel to Utah Beach | Tour de France 2016
Mark Cavendish clinched the 27th Tour de France stage win of his career but the yellow jersey that came with it was his first. This episode of The Telegraph Cycling Podcast reviews the opening stage of the Tour, from Mont Saint-Michel to Utah Beach in Normandy. The weather forecast predicted grey skies and wind but the skies were sunny and bright and although it was breezy, there was not enoug...
40m Jul 02, 2016
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On the eve of the Tour
The 103rd Tour de France starts at Mont St Michel on Saturday and The Cycling Podcast team arrived in Normandy to soak up the pre-race atmosphere ahead of the Grand Départ. In this episode Richard Moore and Lionel Birnie are joined by Seb Piquet, the voice of Radio Tour, who keeps everyone working inside the race abreast of the latest developments in the peloton. The weather in Normandy has b...
32m Jul 01, 2016
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18. Final Tuning
June 22 | In the latest Cycling Podcast, Richard Moore, Daniel Friebe and Rob Hatch discuss the final warm-up races for the Tour de France, now just over a week away, and the Women’s Tour, won by world champion Lizzie Armitstead. The Tour de Suisse is sometimes called the fourth Grand Tour, but this year’s was dogged by terrible weather. In the rain and cold it was a 22-year-old Colombian, Mig...
52m Jun 22, 2016
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17. The Dauphiné concludes
June 16 | In this episode of The Telegraph Cycling Podcast, Richard Moore, Daniel Friebe and Lionel Birnie discuss the conclusion of the Criterium du Dauphiné. The race was won by Chris Froome – for the third time in his career – proving that the Team Sky leader is in good shape for the Tour de France. But there were a number of talking points – the form and verve of Romain Bardet, who looked...
1hr 4m Jun 16, 2016
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S1 Ep1: The Cycling Podcast Féminin - Episode 1
The first Cycling Podcast Féminin, with Orla Chennaoui and Richard Moore, looks at the dominant force in women’s racing, Dutch team Boels-Dolmans, profiles the exciting young British squad, Drops, and discusses the Women’s Tour with race director Guy Elliott. Reporter Owen Rogers meets world champion Lizzie Armitstead and her teammate Megan Guarnier. Between them, Armitstead and Guarnier have ...
1hr 8m Jun 14, 2016
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16. Critérium du Dauphiné
June 9 | The Telegraph Cycling Podcast returns after the Giro d'Italia to discuss the Critérium du Dauphiné, the stage race held in the Alps that heralds the beginning of the build-up to the Tour de France. Alberto Contador won the prologue – a steep, four-kilometre hill climb at Les Gets – to show that he is in great form with the Tour less than a month away. Australia's Richie Porte of BMC R...
49m Jun 09, 2016
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Stage 21 | Cuneo to Torino | Giro d'Italia 2016
In our final regular podcast from the Giro d’Italia we hear some of the riders’, team directors’ and journalists’ highlights from the past three weeks, with contributions from Gianluca Brambilla, Daniel Oss, Simon Clarke, Filippo Pozzato, Stefan Küng, Albert Timmer, Matt White, Nate Brown, Laura Meseguer, Adam Hansen, who in Turin completed his 14th consecutive Grand Tour, and many more. There...
1hr 16m May 29, 2016
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Stage 20 | Guillestre to Sant’Anna di Vinadio | Giro d'Italia 2016
The penultimate stage of the Giro d’Italia, crossing back into Italy and finishing at Sant'Anna di Vinadio, saw Vincenzo Nibali complete his Lazarus act to claim the pink jersey of overall leader. Nibali’s apparently dramatic turnaround over two days in the Alps has raised eyebrows and in Saturday’s stage 20 podcast Richard Moore and Daniel Friebe discuss whether suspicion is justified. They a...
50m May 28, 2016
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Stage 19 | Pinerolo to Risoul | Giro d'Italia 2016
In Friday's Cycling Podcast from stage 19 of the Giro d’Italia to Risoul, Richard Moore and Daniel Friebe savour the most gripping day of racing in this year's 'Corsa Rosa'. A sensational stage win has put Vincenzo Nibali back in contention to win the race overall, while Esteban Chaves has taken over the maglia rosa from Steven Kruijswijk. Kruijswijk's crash on the descent off the Agnello has ...
49m May 28, 2016
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Stage 18 | Muggiò to Pinerolo | Giro d'Italia 2016
The longest stage of the Giro d’Italia was won by Matteo Trentin ahead of two fellow Italians. Richard Moore and Daniel Friebe discuss all the latest news and developments in The Cycling Podcast’s stage 18 show, which includes interviews with Gianluca Brambilla, Enrico Battaglin and former Giro winner Gilberto Simoni. There is the latest chapter in The Shark’s Tale and also another extract from...
44m May 26, 2016
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Stage 17 | Molveno to Cassano d'Adda | Giro d'Italia 2016
In Wednesday's Cycling Podcast from stage 17 of the Giro d’Italia to Cassano d'Adda, Richard Moore and Daniel Friebe analyse an intriguing day of racing, with Roger Kluge of IAM Cycling taking the stage. Kluge's well-timed attack in the last kilometre denied Filippo Pozzato, 'soul sister' to friend of the podcast Ciro Scognamiglio. Ciro naturally insisted on congratulating Pozzato in person fo...
46m May 25, 2016
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Stage 16 | Bressanone to Andalo | Giro d'Italia 2016
In Tuesday's Cycling Podcast from stage 16 of the Giro d’Italia to Andalo, Richard Moore and Daniel Friebe pick apart a scintillating day of racing, culminating in Alejandro Valverde's victory over race leader Steven Kruijswijk. Short, mountainous & coming after a rest-day, today's 132km stage into the Dolomiti di Brenta was always likely to be aggressively raced. So it proved, as a flurry of ...
52m May 24, 2016
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Stage 15 | Castelrotto/Kastelruth to Alpe di Siusi/Seiser Alm | Giro d'Italia 2016
In the latest episode of The Cycling Podcast from the Giro d’Italia, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe are joined by former rider Dan Lloyd and journalist Ned Boulting to discuss the stage 15 mountain time trial from Castelrotto to Alpe di Siusi in the Dolomites. The identity of the stage winner was a surprise – 24-year-old Russian Alexandre Foliforov who rides for the Gazprom-Rusvelo team. It w...
42m May 22, 2016
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Stage 14 | Alpago (Farra) to Corvara (Alta Badia) | Giro d'Italia 2016
In Saturday's Cycling Podcast from stage 14 of the Giro d’Italia to Corvara, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe revisit the key action on a sublime day of racing against an awe-inspiring Dolomite backdrop. Steven Kruijswijk is the new pink jersey after a stunning attack with stage winner Esteban Chaves. Dutch reporter Daan Hakkenberg joins Lionel & Daniel to assess Kruijswijk's chances of taking ...
37m May 21, 2016
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Stage 13 | Palmanova to Cividale del Friuli | Giro d'Italia 2016
In Friday's Cycling Podcast from stage 13 of the Giro d’Italia to Cividale del Friuli, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe dissect the key action on a day that saw Mikel Nieve claim victory & Andrey Amador the pink jersey. Nieve is cycling's super sub, a man who excels when his team finds itself battling adversity, as was the case this week with Team Sky as they lost Mikel Landa to illness. Lione...
36m May 20, 2016
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Stage 12 | Noale to Bibione | Giro d'Italia 2016
The Giro d’Italia’s 12th stage ended with a sprint finish in Bibione, along the coast from Venice, where the German Andre Greipel took his third win of the race on his last day before going home. Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe are joined by VeloNews correspondent Andy Hood, who first covered the Giro d’Italia in 1996, and La Gazzetta dello Sport’s Ciro Scognamiglio to discuss the day’s action...
37m May 19, 2016
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Stage 11 | Modena to Asolo | Giro d'Italia 2016
In Wednesday's Cycling Podcast from stage 11 of the Giro d’Italia to Asolo, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe analyse a second Diego Ulissi stage win & an eventful day in the battle for the pink jersey. Billed as a mere 'transitional stage', the 227km northward journey from Modena allowed overnight leader, Bob Jungels, to gain further time on race favourites Vincenzo Nibali & Alejandro Valverde. ...
36m May 18, 2016
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Stage 10 | Campi Bisenzio to Sestola | Giro d'Italia 2016
In the latest Cycling Podcast from the Giro d’Italia, Daniel Friebe steps in for self-styled team captain Richard Moore, joining Lionel Birnie to digest the events of stage 10. It was a dramatic day, too, with Gianluca Brambilla relinquishing his pink jersey to team-mate Bob Jungels, Team Sky’s Mikel Landa withdrawing through illness, and the second youngest rider in the race, 21-year-old Giuli...
46m May 17, 2016
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Stage 9 | Radda in Chianti to Greve in Chianti | Giro d'Italia 2016
For the latest Cycling Podcast, from the Giro d’Italia, Richard Moore and Lionel Birnie are joined in Greve in Chianti by Caley Fretz of VeloNews as they discuss the stage nine time trial won by Primoz Roglic. There are interviews with Mikel Landa, the Team Sky leader, and, after a rough couple of days for the former pink jersey wearer, Tom Dumoulin. With the time trial run off in treacherous ...
33m May 15, 2016
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Stage 8 | Foligno to Arezzo | Giro d'Italia 2016
In the latest Cycling Podcast Richard Moore and Lionel Birnie report from Arezzo, where stage eight of the Giro d’Italia finished. They are joined by Dutch journalist Daan Hakkenberg, who discusses Tom Dumoulin’s bad day in the pink jersey of race leader, as well as the strong performance by his countryman, Steven Kruijswijk, who moved up to third overall behind new leader, Gianluca Brambilla. ...
34m May 14, 2016
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Stage 7 | Sulmona to Foligno | Giro d'Italia 2016
In our stage 7 podcast we take an in-depth look at a team that is at the Giro d’Italia hunting for stage wins – BMC Racing. We hear from their sports director, Max Sciandri, and young Swiss star Stefan Küng, who came close to winning the stage with a late, solo attack. Richard Moore and Lionel Birnie are joined by Ciro Scognamiglio of Gazzetta dello Sport and discuss Andre Greipel’s second sta...
39m May 13, 2016
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Stage 6 | Ponte to Roccaraso | Giro d'Italia 2016
In the latest Cycling Podcast from the Giro d’Italia, Richard Moore and Lionel Birnie are joined by Sophie Smith as they discuss the sixth stage from Ponte to Roccaraso, with the first summit finish. There are interviews with the Orica-GreenEdge sports director Matt White, and with Rory Sutherland of the Movistar team. White was critical of Movistar’s tactics on the treacherous descent of Bocc...
42m May 12, 2016
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Stage 5 | Praia a Mare to Benevento | Giro d'Italia 2016
As the Giro d’Italia makes its way north, stopping in Benevento, an hour from Naples, Richard Moore and Lionel Birnie are joined by Caley Fretz of VeloNews to discuss the stage, won by Germany’s Andre Greipel, and also the controversy over motors in bikes – a story that Fretz has been following closely. We hear from Greipel’s Lotto-Soudal teammate, Adam Hansen, riding his 14th consecutive Gran...
37m May 11, 2016
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Stage 4 | Catanzaro to Praia a Mare | Giro d'Italia 2016
The Giro d’Italia finally reached home soil on Tuesday and The Cycling Podcast was there to see Diego Ulissi win the fourth stage and Tom Dumoulin reclaim the pink jersey. In Praia a Mare, Richard Moore and Lionel Birnie were joined by Ciro Scognamiglio of Gazzetta dello Sport. We also hear from Team Sky’s Ian Boswell and Dumoulin’s coach at the Giant-Alpecin team, Marc Reef, who reveals that ...
30m May 10, 2016
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Stage 3 | Nijmegen to Arnhem | Giro d'Italia 2016
On the Giro d’Italia’s third and final day in the Netherlands, The Telegraph Cycling Podcast reviews the stage and looks ahead to finally landing on Italian soil. The race resumes on Tuesday more than 2,000km away in the south of Italy. And after his second stage win, this one in Arnhem on Sunday, it will be Marcel Kittel who lines up for stage four in the Maglia Rosa (pink jersey) of overall l...
32m May 08, 2016
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Stage 2 | Arnhem to Nijmegen | Giro d'Italia 2016
Marcel Kittel proved that he is back to his best with a convincing win in Nijmegen at the end of stage two of the Giro d’Italia and The Telegraph Cycling Podcast was there to witness his victory and reflect on the German’s return to form. Over a beer in a bustling square in central Nijmegen, with the Dutch city en fête for the visit of the Giro, Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe d...
41m May 07, 2016
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Stage 1 | Apeldoorn | Giro d'Italia 2016
The 99th Giro d’Italia got underway in the Netherlands on Friday and the Telegraph Cycling Podcast team were there to witness a popular local win for Tom Dumoulin – as they will be throughout the three-week race. This will be the first year the podcast has covered the ‘Connoisseur’s Grand Tour’ in full, with nightly shows as well as nine episodes of Kilometre 0, every Monday, Wednesday and Fri...
42m May 06, 2016
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15. Sutton allegations rock British Cycling
In the latest Telegraph Cycling Podcast the team discusses the controversy at British Cycling following allegations that Shane Sutton, the technical director, used sexist and offensive language against female and Paralympic athletes – allegations that Sutton denies. Sutton was suspended late on Tuesday night and then resigned on Wednesday. Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe discuss...
52m Apr 27, 2016
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14. Disc or no disc
April 20 | In this week’s Telegraph Cycling Podcast Richard Moore and Daniel Friebe are joined by Rob Hatch as they discuss the Ardennes Classics and two equipment-related controversies, involving disc brakes and renewed allegations of motors in bikes. Only a few teams have been using disc brakes this season as part of a UCI-sanctioned trial. But the trial ended abruptly last week after the Sp...
50m Apr 21, 2016
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The Cycling Podcast Big Race Explainer – No.4 Liège-Bastogne-Liège
April 20 | Liège-Bastogne-Liège is the final important one-day Classic of the spring before the focus switches to stage races and the Grand Tours. La Doyenne is the oldest of professional cycling's five one-day Monuments. It is a very different race to the cobbled Classics that come earlier in the spring. The course makes its way into the hilly Ardennes and the amount of climbing in the secon...
8m Apr 20, 2016
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