S7 Ep144: Stage 13 | Bilbao – Los Machucos | Vuelta a España 2019
Los Machucos, the toughest climb so far of the Vuelta a España, saw the two Slovenians, Primoz Roglic and Tadej Pogacar, ride away from their rivals. At the summit it was 20-year-old Pogecar who took his second stage win. Richard Moore and Daniel Friebe were there and they discuss the stage and its implications on the battle for the red jersey, which currently Roglic is winning. We hear from hi...
49m Sep 06, 2019
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S7 Ep142: Stage 12 | Circuito de Navarra – Bilbao | Vuelta a España 2019
Philippe Gilbert claimed his sixth Vuelta a España stage win as the race reached Bilbao, the biggest city in the Basque Country, while Primoz Roglic held on to the red jersey of overall leader. Richard Moore and Lionel Birnie discuss Gilbert’s win and ask whether he should be considered one of the favourites for the world road race championships in Yorkshire at the end of the month. There’s an ...
52m Sep 05, 2019
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S7 Ep141: Stage 11 | Saint-Palais – Urdax | Vuelta a España 2019
The Vuelta a España re-entered Spain after its sojourn in France with a stage in the Basque Country won by a local rider, Mikel Iturria, on a local team, Euskadi-Murias. Richard Moore and Daniel Friebe discuss the stage and we hear from Damien Howson, who was in the breakaway, as well as one of the revelations of the race, Carl Fredrik Hagen, riding his first Grand Tour and currently sitting si...
41m Sep 04, 2019
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S7 Ep139: Stage 10 | Jurançon – Pau | Vuelta a España 2019
Primoz Roglic took a commanding lead at the Vuelta a España, winning the stage 10 time trial to take over the red jersey from Nairo Quintana.  Richard Moore and Daniel Friebe report from Pau and ask whether the race is now Roglic’s to lose. We hear from another Slovenian, the 20-year-old winner of Sunday’s mountain stage, Tadej Pogačar.  Pogačar put in another strong ride and remains fifth over...
35m Sep 03, 2019
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S7 Ep138: The Press Conference | Rest Day 1 | Vuelta a España 2019
Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe answer your questions on the first rest day of the 2019 Vuelta a España.  We also hear from our Vuelta diarists, James Knox of Deceuninck Quick Step and Nick Schultz of Mitchelton-Scott.  Send us your questions for the next Press Conference via WhatsApp voice memo to +44 7971338205. The Cycling Podcast is sponsored by Rapha and Science in Sport. OU...
1hr 6m Sep 02, 2019
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S7 Ep136: Stage 9 | Andorra la Vella – Cortals d’Encamp | Vuelta a España 2019
The shortest road stage of the Vuelta a España produced a fascinating day's racing in Andorra. There were mountains, sunshine and hailstones as the pack was shuffled once again and Nairo Quintana ended the day in the race leader's red jersey. Richard Moore reports from Cortal d'Encamp where Tadej Pogačar, the 20-year-old Slovenian, stunned the favourites by attacking to win the stage alone. Lio...
41m Sep 01, 2019
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S7 Ep135: Stage 8 | Valls – Igualada | Vuelta a España 2019
It was another day for the breakaway at the Vuelta a España and in this episode Lionel Birnie and Richard Moore meet in Barcelona to discuss the stage. The leader’s red jersey is proving to be the reluctant prize in a game of pass the parcel as Miguel Angel Lopez once again relinquished his grip on it. We also catch up with Orla Chennaoui and also hear from our two diarists in the peloton. If y...
49m Aug 31, 2019
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S7 Ep134: Stage 7 | Onda – Mas de la Costa | Vuelta a España 2019
The steep uphill finish to Mas de la Costa whittled down the number of genuine contenders for the Vuelta a España to four riders. Lionel Birnie and Richard Moore discuss stage seven of the race and ask whether this is as significant a day in the race as the results might suggest. We ask which of the four men is now in the driving seat before hearing from our diarists James Knox and Nick Schultz...
49m Aug 30, 2019
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S7 Ep132: Stage 6 | Mora de Rubielos – Ares del Maestrat | Vuelta a España 2019
Join Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe in Spain as they discuss an action-packed stage of the Vuelta a España, which saw the red jersey change hands and several high profile riders crash out. They talk about the race for the stage, which saw Jesus Herrada succeed where his brother Jose fell short yesterday, and the red jersey switch across to Dylan Teuns. We have further despatches from our two d...
45m Aug 29, 2019
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S7 Ep131: Stage 5 | L’Eliana – Observatorio Astrofisico de Javalambre | Vuelta a España 2019
The first summit finish of the Vuelta a España took the riders to the observatory at Javalambre – the first time the race has ever gone there. Lionel Birnie is joined by Richard Moore to discuss a stage that was won by one of the wild card teams in the race, and also shook up the overall classification with the red jersey returning to Miguel Angel Lopez. We hear from Jetse Bol about his work to...
42m Aug 28, 2019
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S7 Ep129: Stage 4 | Cullera – El Puig | Vuelta a España 2019
Join Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe as they recap stage four of the Vuelta a España. They are in the same hotel as the Deceuninck-Quick Step and Movistar teams, in the shadow of the Luis Puig velodrome in Valencia to discuss a sprint stage that went the way of the young Dutch champion Fabio Jakobsen. Jakobsen is a teammate of our Vuelta diarist James Knox and we hear from him and Max Richeze a...
43m Aug 27, 2019
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S7 Ep128: Stage 3 | Ibi. Ciudad del Juguete – Alicante | Vuelta a España 2019
It was a day for the sprinters on stage three of the Vuelta a España from Ibi. Ciudad del Juguete to Alicante. Join Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe in Altea as they recap a great day for the Irish at the Vuelta a España. We also hear from our two Vuelta diarists, James Knox and Nick Schultz, plus discuss why the Movistar team have fallen out with one of cycling’s so-called ‘super agents’. And B...
40m Aug 26, 2019
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S7 Ep126: Stage 2 | Benidorm – Calpe | Vuelta a España 2019
The second stage of the Vuelta a España turned the race on its head as a powerful group of six got away on the final climb. Join Lionel Birnie and Richard Moore as they recap a thrilling race into Calpe that saw Nairo Quintana win the stage and Nicolas Roche take the leader’s red jersey. We hear the second installments from our diarists in the peloton, James Knox and Nick Schultz, plus we check...
46m Aug 25, 2019
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S7 Ep125: Stage 1 | Salinas de Torrevieja – Torrevieja | Vuelta a España 2019
The Vuelta a España got underway with an evening team time trial on the Costa Blanca which was costly for a couple of the overall contenders. Join Lionel Birnie in Torrevieja for the first episode of our nightly Vuelta coverage as he recaps a day that has put one of the big favourites into the red jersey already. We also hear the first despatches from our two audio diarists in the peloton, Jame...
27m Aug 24, 2019
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S7 Ep124: Goodbye Tom, Hello Tom
Our final episode before the Vuelta a España sees Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe meet up in London to discuss the week's big talking points in the world of professional cycling. With Tom Dumoulin's move from Team Sunweb to Jumbo-Visma confirmed, we weigh up the biggest transfer of the summer so far. The former Giro d'Italia champion and Tour de France runner-up will add to a for...
1hr 4m Aug 20, 2019
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S7 Ep123: You'll Win Everything With Kids
In this episode of The Cycling Podcast, Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe discuss the European Championship road races and the conclusion of the Tour of Poland. The theme of the episode is the continuing brilliant results being achieved by young riders – the latest being Pavel Sivakov's victory in Poland – and we ask why this generation of riders in their early 20s is making such a...
1hr 16m Aug 14, 2019
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S7 Ep122: Service Course | Episode 2 | Gravel, Adventure and Weight Limits
Service Course by The Cycling Podcast, with Tom Whalley and Keira McVitty, returns for its second episode with a focus on gravel riding and how this trend – in professional races as well as for amateurs on weekend rides – is affecting equipment choices.  Keira tries a new gravel bike as she and Tom tackle a local circuit with off-road sections, and we hear from mechanics at the Tour de France –...
51m Aug 09, 2019
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S7 Ep121: The Cycling Podcast Féminin | August 2019
The August episode of The Cycling Podcast Féminin covers all the recent racing, from London to the Basque Country. Orla Chennaoui, Rose Manley and Richard Moore also look back at the Giro Rosa and La Course by the Tour de France.  There are interviews with Ashleigh Moolman Pasio, Lizzy Banks and Lucinda Brand, as well as Mitchelton-Scott owner Gerry Ryan and Reuters journalist Julien Pretot, wh...
1hr 2m Aug 08, 2019
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S7 Ep120: A Sad Week In Cycling
In the first post-Tour de France episode of The Cycling Podcast we report and reflect on the tragic death of Bjorg Lambrecht. The Belgian rider crashed during Monday's third of the Tour of Poland and died in hospital. Lambrecht was only 22, he rode for WorldTour team Lotto-Soudal, and he was tipped for great things. We hear from Belgian cycling journalist Jan-Pieter De Vlieger about Lambrecht a...
55m Aug 07, 2019
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S7 Ep119: The Post-Tour Press Conference
Richard, Lionel and François answer your questions about the Tour de France before saying their final goodbyes to an extraordinary 106th edition of the race. There are a few bonus interviews too. We hear from the newly recruited Deceuninck Quick Step Press Officer, Phil Lowe, on his experience of the Tour as 'bodyguard' to Julian Alaphilippe, and Jumbo-Visma Sports Director Merijn Zeeman, about...
1hr 12m Jul 31, 2019
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S7 Ep118: Lunch with Dave Brailsford | Extended Trailer
The week before heading to Brussels for his tenth Tour de France as team principal and his first with new sponsors, Dave Brailsford sat down for lunch with The Cycling Podcast and a wide-ranging conversation about the transition from Team Sky to Team Ineos, the crash that ruled Chris Froome out of contention for a fifth-Tour title and the balancing act between Geraint Thomas and Egan Bernal for...
16m Jul 30, 2019
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S7 Ep117: Stage 21 | Rambouillet – Paris | Tour de France 2019
Join Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and François Thomazeau in Paris to recap the final stage and run through the performance of the teams in the Tour de France. There’s the usual mix of punditry, analysis, comment and nonsense to wrap up the best Tour for years. The Cycling Podcast is supported by Rapha and Science In Sport. OUR SPONSORS Rapha has launched its new custom kit giving you the chance...
1hr 24m Jul 28, 2019
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S7 Ep116: Stage 20 | Albertville – Val Thorens | Tour de France 2019
The Tour de France’s final Alpine stage was cut short because of landslides but at last the identity of the 2019 champion is known – awaiting only final confirmation on the Champs-Élysées tomorrow. Join Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and François Thomazeau in Val Thorens to recap the penultimate stage of a most enthralling race. They discuss the stage win by Vincenzo Nibali and anticipate the ove...
56m Jul 27, 2019
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S7 Ep115: Stage 19 | Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne – Col de l’Iseran | Tour de France 2019
Anything can happen on the Tour de France, as stage 19 proved. A dramatic, remarkable and astonishing day ended with a new leader of the race and the withdrawal of one of the French favourites. Richard Moore spent the afternoon in a helicopter, while Lionel Birnie and François Thomazeau drove to Tignes – where the stage was supposed to finish – through a torrential rainstorm not realising that ...
52m Jul 26, 2019
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S7 Ep112: Stage 18 | Embrun – Valloire | Tour de France 2019
The hot weather finally broke and heavy rain fell on the run-in to Valloire but we are still none the wiser as to who will win the Tour de France. Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and François Thomazeau discuss the first of three Alpine stages and search for clues as to who is looking the strongest. What were Team Ineos’s tactics? Is Egan Bernal or Geraint Thomas their leader now? Can Julian Alaphi...
47m Jul 25, 2019
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S7 Ep110: Stage 17 | Pont du Gard – Gap | Tour de France 2019
What should have been a routine breakaway stage of the Tour de France turned into a dramatic day with the disqualification of two key support riders for Team Ineos and Jumbo-Visma. Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and François Thomazeau react to the decision to kick Luke Rowe and Tony Martin out of the Tour de France for an altercation on the road and have exclusive reaction from Team Ineos boss Da...
48m Jul 24, 2019
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S7 Ep108: Stage 16 | Nîmes – Nîmes | Tour de France 2019
The Tour de France resumed after its rest day with a loop into the stunning countryside around Nîmes. With so many aggressive days of racing behind them, and with the Alps to come, it was hardly surprising that the day felt like a transitional stage – even if the race didn’t actually transition anywhere. Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and François Thomazeau reflect on the stage as Nîmes celebrate...
53m Jul 23, 2019
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S7 Ep106: The Press Conference | Rest Day 2 | Tour de France 2019
Join Richard, Lionel and François as they answer questions about the Tour de France sent in by The Cycling Podcast listeners. We also hear a quick update from Television's Daniel Friebe. There will be a final Press Conference episode at the end of the Tour de France. Send in your questions via audio message on WhatsApp to +44 7971338205. Find out how to send an audio message. (https://faq.whats...
1hr Jul 22, 2019
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S7 Ep104: Stage 15 | Limoux – Foix Prat d’Albis | Tour de France 2019
If the finish to yesterday’s stage was exciting, stage 15 to Foix was a thriller from start to finish and leaves everyone going into the second rest day still wondering who is going to win the Tour de France. The momentum is with Thibaut Pinot, winner on the Col du Tourmalet yesterday and the man who made the biggest gains again today. And yet his fellow Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe still holds...
55m Jul 21, 2019
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S7 Ep103: Stage 14 | Tarbes – Col du Tourmalet | Tour de France 2019
This most enthralling Tour de France took another twist on the Col du Tourmalet and Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and François Thomazeau were there to witness the stage and record their thoughts as the race unfolded. The first big question asked of Julian Alaphilippe, the race leader, was whether he would cope on the first hors categorie mountain of the Tour, and the first time this race has gon...
49m Jul 20, 2019
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S7 Ep102: Stage 13 | Pau – Pau | Tour de France 2019
The Tour de France continues to intrigue and, with just over a week to go, the question of who is going to win the race is yet to be answered. Join Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and François Thomazeau at their hillside retreat close to Pau where they reflect on the only individual time trial stage of the Tour. We expected Julian Alaphilippe to still be in yellow tonight but few thought he would ...
49m Jul 19, 2019
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S7 Ep100: Stage 12 | Toulouse – Bagnères-de-Bigorre | Tour de France 2019
The Tour de France reaches the Pyrenees and Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and François Thomazeau recap a day that saw another rider complete the full set of stage wins in the three grand tours. There was a huge breakaway, a curious abandon and victory for Simon Yates. We discuss all three stories and all the day’s other talking points before looking ahead to Friday’s time trial and La Course. Th...
48m Jul 18, 2019
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S7 Ep98: Stage 11 | Albi – Toulouse | Tour de France 2019
The Tour de France resumed after the rest day with a flat stage from Albi to Toulouse before the Pyrenees loom into view on Thursday. Join Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and François Thomazeau in a busy square on a warm evening in Toulouse as they dissect the final sprint stage for a while. The stage was taken by Caleb Ewan – making his Tour de France debut. Stand by for terrible puns, incisive a...
53m Jul 17, 2019
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S7 Ep96: The Press Conference | Rest Day 1 | Tour de France 2019
Join Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and François Thomazeau as they answer the questions you put to them via WhatsApp audio message. We'll be doing another press conference on the second rest day and a final episode following the 2019 Tour de France. Send your messages via WhatsApp audio message to +44 7971 338 205. Find out how to send a WhatsApp audio message. (https://faq.whatsapp.com/en/androi...
46m Jul 16, 2019
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S7 Ep94: Stage 10 | Saint-Flour – Albi | Tour de France 2019
With the rest day just 24 hours away, the peloton could have been forgiven for wanting a quiet day. No such luck for them because crosswinds in the final couple of hours of racing caused chaos and left several riders counting the cost of being caught out. Join Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and François Thomazeau as they pick over the results and sort the winners from the losers. Why were several...
48m Jul 15, 2019
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S7 Ep92: Stage 9 | Saint-Étienne – Brioude | Tour de France 2019
It’s Bastille Day in France - or as François reminds us, Le 14 Juillet, because no one calls it Bastille Day but there was to be no French stage winner in the Tour de France. Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and François Thomazeau recap the ninth stage, won by the South African Daryl Impey. We also hear from another rider outside his team bus and from Team Ineos doctor Richard Usher and the surgeon...
47m Jul 14, 2019
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S7 Ep91: Stage 8 | Mâcon – Saint-Étienne | Tour de France 2019
After a snoozy stage on Friday, the Tour de France burst back into life with a barnstorming stage from Mâcon to St Etienne. Join Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and François Thomazeau at their hotel – which they are sharing with the CCC, UAE Team Emirates, Sunweb and Cofidis teams – as they unpick a fascinating day’s racing. The stage was won by Thomas De Gendt in sensational fashion but behind th...
1hr 3m Jul 13, 2019
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S7 Ep90: Stage 7 | Belfort – Chalon-sur-Saône | Tour de France 2019
After the drama at La Planche des Belles Filles yesterday, the Tour de France settled in for a long, slow day in the sun. Heading into the Burgundy region famous for its snails, the peloton pedalled at a snail’s pace for much of the day. But there’s no such thing as a snoozy episode of The Cycling Podcast and so we join Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and François Thomazeau at their hotel for a re...
40m Jul 12, 2019
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S7 Ep88: Stage 6 | Mulhouse – La Planche des Belles Filles | Tour de France 2019
The Tour de France burst into life with a classic mountain stage on La Planche des Belles Filles, with the final gravel section seeming to put an element of doubt into the minds of the riders. Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and François Thomazeau recap the sixth stage of the Tour which saw two debutants take the major honours. The stage was won by Belgian rider Dylan Teuns with his breakaway comp...
53m Jul 11, 2019
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S7 Ep86: Stage 5 | Saint-Dié-des-Vosges – Colmar | Tour de France 2019
The Tour de France heads into the Vosges and Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and François Thomazeau head to the Hotel Hassenforder to record their stage five podcast. The restaurant used to be owned by Roger Hassenforder, who won eight stages of the Tour in the 1950s. In fact, he presented the yellow jersey to Julian Alaphilippe on the podium after the stage. In another packed episode we discuss P...
58m Jul 10, 2019
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S7 Ep84: Stage 4 | Reims – Nancy | Tour de France 2019
From Champagne to quiche Lorraine, the Tour de France continues its journey, although the same team was celebrating again today. Elia Viviani followed his Deceuninck-Quick Step team-mate Julian Alaphilippe by winning the stage in Nancy. We discuss the sprint finish and dissect the tactics on the run-in to the line before hearing from Alexandre Kristoff’s lead-out man, and the youngest rider in ...
50m Jul 09, 2019
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S7 Ep82: Stage 3 | Binche – Épernay | Tour de France 2019
The Tour de France has left Belgium behind and arrived in the region famous for its Champagne. Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and François Thomazeau record their stage three podcast over a glass of Champagne. We discuss Julian Alaphilippe’s stage win as he became the first Frenchman since 2014 to wear the yellow jersey. We hear from Deceuninck-Quick Step’s boss Patrick Lefevere. Mike Teunissen sl...
46m Jul 08, 2019
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S7 Ep80: Stage 2 | Brussels – Brussels | Tour de France 2019
The Tour de France is still in Brussels, with the start and finish in the same places as they were on Saturday, although a very different test stood in front of the riders. The team time trial took the race through the birthplaces of two of Belgium’s finest figures – Woluwe St Pierre, where five-time Tour winner Eddy Merckx was born – and then Schaerbeek, where Jacques Brel was born. Richard Mo...
54m Jul 07, 2019
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S7 Ep79: Stage 1 | Brussels – Brussels | Tour de France 2019
The Tour de France is off and running and Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and François Thomazeau are in the centre of Brussels to discuss the opening stage. The identity of the winning team was not a surprise but no one will have predicted Mike Teunissen would have ended the day in the yellow jersey. The Jumbo-Visma rider saved the day after his team’s sprinter Dylan Groenewegen crashed inside the...
55m Jul 06, 2019
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S7 Ep78: The Cycling Podcast Féminin | Giro Rosa Preview
The latest episode of The Cycling Podcast Féminin looks ahead to the Giro Rosa, the 10-day stage race that starts on Friday.  There’s an interview with the defending champion and favourite, Annemiek van Vleuten, and with the rider who was second last year, Ashleigh Moolman Pasio. Orla Chennaoui, Rose Manley and Richard Moore preview the race and discuss some of the other news in women’s cycling...
59m Jul 04, 2019
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S7 Ep77: The Pre-Tour Press Conference
Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe answer the questions listeners put to them via WhatsApp, ahead of the 106th edition of the Tour de France. We also hear a teaser from an upcoming Friends of the Podcast Special episode- Lunch with the Team INEOS Principal, Sir Dave Brailsford. There will be further Press Conference episodes on each rest day and following the Tour. Send your questio...
1hr 11m Jul 03, 2019
1hr 11m
S7 Ep76: Service Course | Episode 1
Service Course by The Cycling Podcast is a new monthly podcast, presented by Keira McVitty and Tom Whalley, taking a fresh look at bikes, technology, equipment and clothing. Episode one includes a tour of the London Bike Show and a visit to Rob Hayles’s workshop, where the Olympic medalist discusses his career in bikes and his new sideline in repairing them. Also in the first episode we hear fr...
58m Jun 27, 2019
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S7 Ep75: A Tour de France ramble
With the Tour of Switzerland finishing at the weekend all eyes are now on the Tour de France, which starts in Brussels a week on Saturday. The Colombian prodigy Egan Bernal beat Rohan Dennis in Switzerland, but was his performance sufficiently convincing to make him the favourite for a Tour that will be missing so many stars? Lionel Birnie, Daniel Friebe and Richard Moore discuss this and much ...
57m Jun 25, 2019
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S7 Ep74: The Tour without Froome
Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe meet at Vermuteria in London's Kings Cross to discuss the implications of the crash which will keep four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome of this year's race. Daniel was at the Critérium du Dauphiné when Froome crashed and he explains what happened and how it will affect Team Ineos at the Tour. Froome was not the only high-profile crash vict...
59m Jun 19, 2019
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S7 Ep73: The Women's Tour Press Conference
The final episode of The Cycling Podcast Féminin from the Ovo Energy Women’s Tour is a press conference, in which Orla Chennaoui, Rose Manley and Richard Moore answer listeners’ questions. Topics range from the future of the Women’s Tour to the differences between men’s and women’s teams and there’s an interview with Morgane Gaultier, women’s cycling coordinator at the world governing body, the...
1hr 1m Jun 17, 2019
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