S10 Ep91: Stage 16 | Carcassonne – Foix | Tour de France 2022
The Tour de France has reached the Pyrenees with an appetizer before the two big mountain stages to come. Join Lionel Birnie and François Thomazeau in Foix as they dissect a thrilling 16th stage. We hear from the sports director and a teammate of the stage winner, and from the man who fell chasing the eventual winner hard downhill. In the final part, they are joined by former rider and man of...
1hr 3m Jul 19, 2022
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S10 Ep90: Kilometre 0 – 1984
The Tour de France Femmes starts in Paris on Sunday but it is not the first Tour de France for women riders. In 1984, the Tour de France organisers created the Tour Féminin – 18 stages held over part of the same course used by the men's race. The race was won by the American rider Marianne Martin and in this episode she talks to Lionel Birnie about her incredible story. Kilometre 0 by The Cy...
53m Jul 18, 2022
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S10 Ep89: Stage 15 | Rodez – Carcassonne | Tour de France 2022
A hot day on the Tour de France with temperatures hitting 40 degrees and the racing equally frenetic, particularly over the final 50 kilometres. Lionel Birnie is back on the Tour to join François Thomazeau and Ian Boswell as the second week draws to a close. It saw a big win for one of the sprinters who was hoping to find a chink in Wout van Aert’s armour, and a difficult day for the yellow je...
1hr Jul 17, 2022
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S10 Ep88: Stage 14 | Saint-Étienne – Mende | Tour de France 2022
After 192.5km from Saint-Etienne to Mende, Stage 14 of the 2022 Tour de France was won by Australian Michael Matthews, who produced a brilliant ride to win a tough and hilly stage. Matthews duked it out with Alberto Bettiol on the final climb, but he was able to claim his fourth Tour stage win of his career. And in tonight's Cycling Podcast, Rose, Francois and Ian discuss the winner and the a...
1hr 4m Jul 16, 2022
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S10 Ep87: Stage 13 | Le Bourg d’Oisans – Saint-Étienne | Tour de France 2022
On the road to Saint-Étienne it was not only love that could break your heart, if you were Fred Wright then it was Mads Pedersen who held that ability as he took the stage from the day’s breakaway, another great win for a Danish rider. This was one of the only stages between here and Paris that looked like ending in a conventional bunch sprint but that went out the window when Caleb Ewan’s hear...
55m Jul 15, 2022
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S10 Ep86: Stage 12 | Briançon – L'Alpe d'Huez | Tour de France 2022
Stage 12 and L'Alpe d'Huez was bouncing once again on Bastille Day. Tom Pidcock pointed to a future as a GC rider with his first stage win and Chris Froome took a huge leap forwards in his return from injury with third place on the stage. Rose, Ian and Francois reflect on the action. The Cycling Podcast is supported by Supersapiens and Science in Sport. Supersapiens Supersapiens is a contin...
58m Jul 14, 2022
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S10 Ep85: Kilometre 0 – Tale of the Étape
Last Sunday, thousands of amateur riders rode L'Étape du Tour, a sportive organised by ASO over the route of Stage 12 of this year's Tour de France from Briançon to Alpe D'Huez, crossing the Col du Galibier and Col de la Croix de Fer en route to the finish. Two of The Cycling Podcast's producers, Adam Bowie and Huw Owen took part in this year's event, and this episode of KM0 records their day i...
32m Jul 14, 2022
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S10 Ep84: Stage 11 | Albertville – Col du Granon | Tour de France 2022
Stage 11 was quite the stage with many of the GC contenders doing what they could to find an advantage and see if they could capatalise on it. Jonas Vingegaard won stage 11 to take yellow jersey off Tadej Pogacar. Rose, Ian and Francois reflect on the action. The Cycling Podcast is supported by Supersapiens and Science in Sport.   Supersapiens Supersapiens is a continuous glucose monitorin...
58m Jul 13, 2022
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S10 Ep83: Stage 10 | Morzine – Megève | Tour de France 2022
As the Tour enters the Swiss Alps and the mountain stages start coming thick and fast the week two team of Rose Manley, Ian Boswell and the ever present François Thomazeau talk through everything that went on during the stage. The Cycling Podcast is supported by Supersapiens and Science in Sport. Supersapiens Supersapiens is a continuous glucose monitoring system that helps you make the righ...
1hr 4m Jul 12, 2022
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S10 Ep82: Stage 9 | Aigle – Châtel Les Portes du Soleil | Tour de France 2022
Mitch Docker and François Thomazeau are joined by Julien Prétot from Reuters to discuss stage nine of the Tour de France. The Cycling Podcast is supported by Supersapiens and Science in Sport.   Supersapiens Supersapiens is a continuous glucose monitoring system that helps you make the right fuelling choices. See supersapiens.com (http://supersapiens.com/)   Science in Sport For 25% off ...
45m Jul 10, 2022
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S10 Ep81: Stage 8 | Dole – Lausanne | Tour de France 2022
Join Mitch Docker and François Thomazeau as they take the reins to discuss stage eight of the Tour de France. We hear from Serge Niamké, Matt White, Michael Matthews, Fred Wright and Julien Pinot. The Cycling Podcast is supported by Supersapiens and Science in Sport.   Supersapiens Supersapiens is a continuous glucose monitoring system that helps you make the right fuelling choices. See su...
52m Jul 09, 2022
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S10 Ep80: Stage 7 | Tomblaine – La Super Planche des Belles Filles | Tour de France 2022
Join Lionel Birnie, François Thomazeau and Mitch Docker amid the boy racers in Montbeliard – home of Peugeot – as they discuss stage seven of the Tour de France, which climbed La Super Planche des Belles Filles and tackled the gravel. There was heartbreak on the finish line and we discuss the race between the breakaway riders and the general classification contenders. The Cycling Podcast is s...
51m Jul 08, 2022
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S10 Ep79: Stage 6 | Binche – Longwy | Tour de France 2022
In this episode of The Cycling Podcast, join Lionel Birnie, François Thomazeau and Mitch Docker in their post-race feed zone as they unpick an incredibly fast sixth stage of the Tour de France. There’s Mitch’s favourite wine, Pierre Rolland as a receptionist at a B&B Hotel, and Total Energies’ service station toilet charging policy. On top of that, there’s lots of discussion about the stage a...
1hr Jul 07, 2022
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S10 Ep78: Stage 5 | Lille – Arenberg | Tour de France 2022
In a bumper episode of The Cycling Podcast from the Tour de France, Lionel Birnie and Mitch Docker hit the pavé to capture the atmosphere and convey the chaos of the race as the riders hit the cobblestones. Mitch’s final race as a professional was Paris-Roubaix back in October but this is his first time watching a race on the cobblestones of the Hell of the North from the roadside. They are t...
1hr 6m Jul 06, 2022
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S10 Ep76: Stage 4 | Dunkirk – Calais | Tour de France 2022
After the Tour de France resumed after the Grand Départ in Denmark join Lionel Birnie, François Thomazeau and Mitch Docker in Calais after a stunning finish to the fourth stage. We unpick the tactics as the Tour burst into life on the northern coast of France and ask what it means ahead of the Tour’s date with the cobbles on Wednesday. The Cycling Podcast is supported by Supersapiens and Scie...
57m Jul 05, 2022
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S10 Ep77: Kilometre 0 – Rog's cobbles rehearsal
This episode of Kilometre 0 is one of the last things Richard Moore recorded for The Cycling Podcast before he died unexpectedly at the end of March. One day Richard noticed a couple of significant names on the start list for the Grand Prix Denain. It's not a particularly big race but this year it offered Primož Roglič, Jonas Vingegaard and a few other Tour de France hopefuls a chance to exper...
34m Jul 05, 2022
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S10 Ep75: Kilometre 0 – Danish Dynamite, part two
The second part of Danish Dynamite recaps the triumphant Grand Départ weekend as Denmark celebrated the Tour de France in style. Kilometre 0 by The Cycling Podcast is supported by Supersapiens. Supersapiens is a continuous glucose monitoring system that helps you make the right fuelling choices. See supersapiens.com (http://supersapiens.com/) The Cycling Podcast was founded in 2013 by Richard...
36m Jul 04, 2022
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S10 Ep74: Stage 3 | Vejle – Sønderborg | Tour de France 2022
The Cycling Podcast’s weekend break in Denmark comes to a close in Sønderborg where the locals have almost drunk the bars dry after a day celebrating the Tour de France. Join Lionel Birnie, François Thomazeau and Mitch Docker as they recap a sprint stage with a twist. We also catch up with Kate Wagner, who spent the day chasing the peloton on a motorbike, and we look at the logistics as the r...
56m Jul 03, 2022
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S10 Ep73: Stage 2 | Roskilde – Nyborg | Tour de France 2022
Lionel Birnie, François Thomazeau and Mitch Docker recap stage two of the Tour de France in Denmark. There’s local beers, an appearance by the fashion police, the first verdict from the Mitch-elin Guide and a never-to-be-repeated episode of The Cycling Podcast’s scandi-noir drama, The Bridge. The Cycling Podcast is supported by Supersapiens and Science in Sport.   Supersapiens Supersapiens...
1hr 1m Jul 02, 2022
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S10 Ep72: Stage 1 | Copenhagen time trial | Tour de France 2022
Join Lionel Birnie, François Thomazeau and Mitch Docker in Copenhagen as they follow the opening stage of the 2022 Tour de France. The weather forecast was wrong, the time trial result was surprising and this episode features perhaps the biggest edition of Corrections Corner in the history of The Cycling Podcast. The Cycling Podcast is supported by Supersapiens and Science in Sport.   Super...
51m Jul 01, 2022
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S10 Ep71: Kilometre 0 – Danish Dynamite, part one
The long-awaited Grand Départ in Denmark gets underway with Friday's opening time trial and Copenhagen, a city that celebrates the bicycle, has never been more ready. Danish cycling is enjoying another wave of success with the likes of Mads Pedersen, Jonas Vingegaard, Kasper Asgreen among the ten home riders on the start list. But, like most cycling stories, the history of Danish cycling is c...
35m Jul 01, 2022
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S10 Ep70: The Tour de France 2022 preview
Join Lionel Birnie, François Thomazeau and Mitch Docker in Copenhagen for an eve-of-the-Tour de France scene-setter before Friday’s opening time trial. We ask Mitch if he would have picked Mark Cavendish if he’d been selecting the Quick Step team, we ponder how Tadej Pogačar can be toppled, and ask if Ineos Grenadiers have fashioned their own version of the Bora-Hansgrohe quartet. Thankfully,...
45m Jun 30, 2022
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S10 Ep69: This Slovenian Life: part two
Part two of This Slovenian Life opens up on a rainy day in Ljubljana where Primož Roglič is waiting on the top floor of the Slovenian Chamber of Commerce. He'll (very colourfully) convey a few amusing anecdotes from his eventful past and the differences between coming up in ski jumping versus cycling. We then meet some of Slovenian cycling's youngest stars, the juniors racers in Tadej Pogačar's...
55m Jun 29, 2022
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S10 Ep68: Les crus des flâneurs
A Frenchman, the poet Paul Claudel, once opined that “wine is a professor of taste, a liberator of the spirit and an illuminator of intelligence”. Far be it for us to make the same claim of The Cycling Podcast – though we can but try with our coverage of this year’s Grande Boucle, which starts from Copenhagen in Denmark on July 1. To enhance your enjoyment – and, who knows, aid your enlightenm...
49m Jun 27, 2022
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S10 Ep67: Service Course | Where's Bianchi?
With no World Tour teams currently riding Bianchi bicycles, Tom looks at the fascinating history of one of the world's oldest bicycle manufacturer. Not many brands inspire as much passion as Bianchi and so Tom seeks to understand why with the help of design historian and author Charlotte Fiell. He also speaks to Bianchi collectors and fans and learns the true origins of the brand's iconic celes...
1hr Jun 26, 2022
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S10 Ep66: This Slovenian Life: part one
To many cycling viewers, the rise of Primož Roglič and Tadej Pogačar may feel like it came out of nowhere. Longer-term cycling fans might remember the years of Tadej Valjavec and Jani Brajkovič as the first time Slovenia registered for them on the world stage of cycling. But the reality is, Slovenian cycling has been around for a long time, as long as cycling itself. In this first part of a two...
59m Jun 22, 2022
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S10 Ep65: The Women's Tour 2022
Rose Manley and Orla Chennaoui are joined by Lizzy Banks for a packed episode to discuss the 2022 edition of the Women's Tour. Rose and Lizzy were in Oxford for the end of the race and after the final stage Rose caught up – literally – with the overall winner as she headed to get her train. Rose also headed to the podium herself to present the inaugural Richard Moore Award to Clara Copponi. Th...
1hr 16m Jun 18, 2022
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S10 Ep64: The Best There Never Was
This episode of The Cycling Podcast features Daniel Friebe and Lionel Birnie talking about Daniel’s biography of the German cyclist Jan Ullrich. Recorded over a glass of wine on the Giro d’Italia’s rest day in Abruzzo, Lionel starts by asking why Daniel wanted to write about the 1997 Tour de France champion. In a way it’s a classic tale of partially fulfilled talent – Ullrich burst onto the s...
1hr 17m Jun 06, 2022
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S10 Ep63: The stage race trilogy approaches
The Cycling Podcast Féminin returns just as the Women’s World Tour peloton prepares to tackle three stage races in the space of a couple of months. First up it’s the Women’s Tour in Britain, then the Giro d’Italia Donne and finally, at the end of July, the inaugural Tour de France Femmes. In this episode Rose Manley, Orla Chennaoui and Lionel Birnie look ahead to the racing. Orla speaks to new...
1hr 11m Jun 02, 2022
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S10 Ep62: Service Course | The concussion protocol
In this month's episode of Service Course, Tom Whalley and Lizzy Banks tackle the issue of concussion recognition head on. Tom and Lizzy investigate the technologies already out there that could transform concussion recognition in both professional and amateur cycling.  Lizzy speaks to HIT Recognition founder, Euan Bowen about their device which can be placed on the back of a helmet and which ...
1hr 29m Jun 01, 2022
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S10 Ep61: Stage 21 | Verona time trial | Giro d’Italia 2022
Join Daniel Friebe and Brian Nygaard in Verona for the final podcast of the 2022 Giro d'Italia. AMARATERRA Amaraterra provide our theme song, Cozze, and other music for The Cycling Podcast’s coverage of the Giro d’Italia. Their Bandcamp page is here: https://amaraterra.bandcamp.com/ Giro dei Vini To order the Selezione Simpatica, head to DVine Cellars (https://www.dvinecellars.com/cycling-p...
1hr 8m May 29, 2022
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S10 Ep60: Stage 20 | Belluno – Marmolada | Giro d’Italia 2022
The last mountain stage of the 2022 Giro d’Italia promised fireworks. Three giant Dolomite passes & two determined opponents, Mikel Landa & Jai Hindley, stood between Richard Carapaz & a repeat of his 2019 Giro triumph tomorrow in Verona.  In tonight’s episode, from the Passo Fedaia, we tell the story of a thrilling day made even more exciting by the preceding three weeks of mounting suspense....
1hr 6m May 28, 2022
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S10 Ep59: Stage 19 | Marano Lagunare – Santuario di Castelmonte | Giro d’Italia 2022
The penultimate mountain stage of the 2022 Giro d’Italia took the race into Slovenia, with the battle for the maglia rosa still delicately poised. Could Richard Carapaz consolidate his advantage - or might Mikel Landa and Jai Hindley attempt to finally break the deadlock that has turned this into one of the closest, most uncertain Giri in recent memory? Breakaways have been consistently reward...
1hr 7m May 27, 2022
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S10 Ep58: Kilometre 0 – In fair Verona
The 2022 edition of the Giro d'Italia finishes in Verona – just as the 1984 edition did, and it is that race which has long fascinated Lionel Birnie. It took place towards the end of the second great era of rivalry in Italian cycling. Francesco Moser was heading towards the end of his career and had yet to win the Giro. Time was running out but all of Italy was willing him to do it, including t...
31m May 27, 2022
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S10 Ep57: Stage 18 | Borgo Valsugana – Treviso | Giro d’Italia 2022
Stage 18 of the Giro d’Italia took the riders from Borgo Valsugana to Treviso in the Veneto region. On paper, this looked like the last opportunity for the sprinter in this year’s Corsa Rosa. But a strong four-man breakaway group would upset the odds. In tonight’s episode we are joined by the Acting American Ambassador to Italy, Thomas D. Smithham to discuss all the action, the dos and don’ts ...
58m May 26, 2022
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S10 Ep56: Stage 17 | Ponte Di Legno – Lavarone | Giro d’Italia 2022
Stage 17 of the Giro took the peloton to Lavarone via two mighty climbs. With the battle for the pink still finely poised, here was another opportunity for Jai Hindley & Mikel Landa, in particular, to apply pressure to Richard Carapaz. As it transpired, the three tenors of this Giro still couldn‘t be separated. Meanwhile, we saw another surprise solo winner in Santiago Buitrago. In tonight’s e...
1hr May 25, 2022
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S10 Ep55: Kilometre 0 – Thinking pink
Professional cycling has until recently been slow to recognise the merits of sports psychologists and mental coaches, but that is changing in the age of marginal gains. Many riders now accept that brain power can add extra watts through the pedals – and the team leading the Giro hopes that it can help them carry the maglia rosa all the way to Verona. The Ineos Grenadiers’ sports psychologist Ro...
33m May 25, 2022
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S10 Ep54: Stage 16 | Salò – Aprica | Giro d’Italia 2022
The Giro made its way towards Aprica for what many have dubbed this year’s Queen Stage. Having set out from the western shore of Lake Garda, the peloton would scale the Mortirolo and the Valico di Santa Cristina – to name just two of the climbs on today’s route – before finishing in Aprica, the scene of many a famous Giro exploit.  We hear from Valerio Piva, who helped steer Jan Hirt to a surp...
1hr 7m May 24, 2022
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S10 Ep53: Press Conference | Giro d’Italia 2022
The Giro pauses for its third rest-day and Daniel Friebe and Brian Nygaard have traveled from the Valle d’Aosta to Lake Garda, where the race will resume with Richard Carapaz in the pink jersey on Tuesday.  We hear from Brian on the fine art of choreographing real Grand Tour press conferences, before fielding questions sent in by listeners. We also hear the accounts of the second week of the G...
1hr 28m May 23, 2022
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S10 Ep52: Kilometre 0 – Poetry and motion
The Giro’s third rest day in Salò on Monday gives us pause to consider the curious intersection of the Lake Garda resort’s notorious history, one of the more scandalous films of the 20th century – and why the Corsa Rosa is as much epic journey as bike race. What happened in Salò? Who was Pier Paolo Pasolini? And do the Giro riders of 2022 consider themselves adventures and explorers or just ra...
37m May 23, 2022
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S10 Ep51: Stage 15 | Rivarolo Canavese – Cogne | Giro d’Italia 2022
The Giro finally journeyed into the Alps with Richard Carapaz in the maglia rosa and the peloton weary after Saturday’s blockbuster into Turin. Could Jai Hindley and Bora-Hansgrohe dethrone the Ecuadorian ahead of Monday’s rest day? We hear from Hindley after a stage that elevated a great white hope of Italian cycling but saw the GC contenders cancel each other out. The episode also features a...
44m May 22, 2022
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S10 Ep50: Stage 14 | Santena – Torino | Giro d’Italia 2022
Last night Daniel Friebe longed for some action from the general classification contenders – today he got his wish with – as he described it – a ripsnorter of a stage in the hills around Turin. Daniel is joined by Lionel Birnie and Brian Nygaard to make sense of a crazy day which whittled the number of potential Giro champions down to a large handful. We’ll hear from the Bora-Hansgrohe manage...
55m May 21, 2022
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S10 Ep49: Stage 13 | Sanremo – Cuneo | Giro d’Italia 2022
Join Daniel Friebe, Lionel Birnie and Brian Nygaard in Barolo country for a discussion about the Giro d’Italia’s frantic chase between the break and bunch. Expect some wine chat, general disgust at the idea of dipping focaccia into cappuccino, the merits of the Giro’s transitional stages, and a fierce debate about whether the overall race has been exciting enough. We hear from the riders, spor...
58m May 20, 2022
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S10 Ep48: Kilometre 0 – Popo's mission
For most directeurs sportifs, especially one who spent his most important years as a cyclist in Italy, taking and defending the maglia rosa might be a euphoric experience. It is indeed for Trek-Segafredo’s Yaroslav Popovych, but, to him, Juan Pedro López’s pink jersey may also feel more like a welcome distraction. In February, Russia declared war on Popovych’s Ukraine, and three months on their...
39m May 20, 2022
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S10 Ep47: Stage 12 | Parma – Genoa | Giro d’Italia 2022
Daniel Friebe, Lionel Birnie and Brian Nygaard in a sunny square in Genoa after stage 12 of the Giro d’Italia. We go on the hunt for focaccia, break down the way the breakaway captured the stage and ask whether a win for a team’s established superstar is worth ‘more’ in terms of PR than a victory by a less well-known rider. Brian also talks about being team manager of Leopard-Trek when the Be...
1hr 3m May 19, 2022
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S10 Ep46: Stage 11 | Santarcangelo di Romagna – Reggio Emilia | Giro d’Italia 2022
Daniel Friebe and Lionel Birnie are joined in Reggio Emilia by Brian Nygaard to assess stage 11 of the Giro d’Italia, which – as expected – ended in a sprint finish. Along the way there’s conversation about prosecco, parmesan cheese and legendary singers in leather trousers. AMARATERRA Amaraterra provide our theme song, Cozze, and other music for The Cycling Podcast’s coverage of the Giro d’...
56m May 18, 2022
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S10 Ep45: Kilometre 0 – La Rosea / The Pinky
La Gazzetta dello Sport is much more than just a newspaper. Founded in 1896, ‘La Rosea’ or ‘The Pinky’ (or also just ‘La Gazza’), quickly became an Italian institution and some would argue a cultural icon. The paper also launched the Giro d’Italia in 1909 and gave the leader’s jersey its unmistakable pink colour. Coffee and Gazzetta remain synonymous fixtures in many Italians’ morning rituals, ...
44m May 18, 2022
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S10 Ep44: Stage 10 | Pescara – Jesi | Giro d’Italia 2022
The Giro d’Italia resumed after the rest day with an historic stage and an unfortunate moment on the podium. Daniel Friebe and Lionel Birnie discuss a stage that had all the hallmarks of an Italian one-day Classic. We hear from the winner’s teammates and sports director. Matt White explains why Simon Yates is determined to continue in the Giro despite his knee injury and time loss at Blockhau...
1hr 1m May 17, 2022
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S10 Ep43: Press Conference | Giro d’Italia 2022
It’s the rest day and Daniel Friebe and Lionel Birnie have been in Abruzzo staying at a vineyard with a pair of jacuzzi pools in the garden. Rest assured, the press conference episode was not recorded in the jacuzzi. We tackle some of the questions sent in by listeners and we also hear the accounts of the opening week of the Giro d’Italia from our three diarists in the peloton – Pavel Sivakov ...
1hr 16m May 16, 2022
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S10 Ep42: Kilometre 0 – The duel, part 2
We left the story of the 2012 Giro d'Italia on the eve of the Stelvio stage on the penultimate day of the race with the destiny of the maglia rosa still delicately poised. Ryder Hesjedal had trimmed Joaquim Rodriguez's lead at Alpe de Pampeago and just needed to keep the Spaniard on a leash to stand a great chance of becoming the first Canadian grand tour winner in the final time trial in Mila...
30m May 16, 2022
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