S6 Ep112: Stage 7 | Puerto-Lumbreras – Pozo Alcón | Vuelta a España 2018
The Cycling Podcast is an episode of two parts with the first section coming from Spain and the seventh stage of the Vuelta a España, which saw a second consecutive stage win for France – while the race leader is also a Frenchman. Lionel Birnie and Fran Reyes recap the stage and an explosive final few kilometres that saw AG2R’s Tony Gallopin win with a daring late escape. Away from the Vuelta...
53m Aug 31, 2018
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S6 Ep110: Stage 6 | Huércal-Overa – San Javier | Vuelta a España 2018
In this episode of The Cycling Podcast, Lionel Birnie, Daniel Friebe and Fran Reyes recap stage six of the Vuelta a España which ended, as expected, with a sprint finish. We discuss Nacer Bouhanni’s win – and his reputation for trouble – coming the day after inaccurate reports that he’d lashed out at his Cofidis team car during the previous day’s stage. There’s also a clarification about the ...
50m Aug 30, 2018
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S6 Ep109: Stage 5 | Granada – Roquetas de Mar | Vuelta a España 2018
In this episode of The Cycling Podcast, Lionel Birnie, Daniel Friebe and Fran Reyes recap stage five of the Vuelta a España, which finished in Roquetas de Mar. We hear from Ben King, who won the stage yesterday and gave Dimension Data their first World Tour win of the 2018 season. That left EF Education First as the only team without a World Tour victory to their names this year – but Simon C...
49m Aug 29, 2018
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S6 Ep107: Stage 4 | Velez-Malaga – Alfacar, Sierra de la Alfaguara | Vuelta a España 2018
In this episode of The Cycling Podcast, Lionel Birnie, Daniel Friebe and Fran Reyes are in Granada to assess the fourth stage of the Vuelta a España. It was the first major mountain of the race and we assess the clues from the stage. The stage itself was won by American Ben King, riding for Dimension Data but behind that was the first major battle for the general classification. We hear from ...
45m Aug 28, 2018
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S6 Ep106: Stage 3 | Mijas – Alhaurín de la Torre | Vuelta a España 2018
There’s no such thing as a routine sprint stage on the Vuelta a España and stage three in the Andalucian countryside featured more climbing than the hilly stages of some races. Despite that the race concluded with a sprint showdown between two Italian riders. In this episode, Lionel Birnie is joined by Daniel Friebe and Fran Reyes in Alhaurín de la Torre to recap the stage and in the process ...
54m Aug 27, 2018
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S6 Ep104: Stage 2 | Marbella – Caminito del Rey | Vuelta a España 2018
The Vuelta a España had its first uphill finish at Caminito del Rey, where a familiar face summoned all his experience to win the stage. The red jersey changed shoulders too. In this episode, Lionel Birnie and Fran Reyes enjoy the view of the Andalucian hills as they recap the day’s events. We also hear from Daniel Friebe on the early clues from an aggressive day’s racing. We hear from the Be...
43m Aug 26, 2018
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S6 Ep103: Stage 1 | Malaga – Malaga | Vuelta a España 2018
The Vuelta a España got underway with an eight-kilometre time trial in the Andalucian city of Malaga and Lionel Birnie met up with Daniel Friebe and Spanish cycling journalist Fran Reyes to capture a flavour of the opening stage of the final grand tour of the summer. Who would wear the first red jersey of the race? How would the rest of the overall contenders match up against each other? And w...
41m Aug 25, 2018
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S6 Ep102: The surf 'n' turf Vuelta
August 22 | In our final weekly episode before daily coverage of the Vuelta a España begins on Saturday, Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe meet up in the London sunshine to preview the third and final grand tour of the season. We discuss what the course is like, who the favourites are and what we can expect from the next three weeks of racing. We also hear from Mitchelton-Scott s...
53m Aug 22, 2018
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S6 Ep101: The Cycling Podcast Féminin | Episode 26
In the August episode of The Cycling Podcast Féminin, Richard Moore, Orla Chennaoui and Rose Manley review the recent races and news in the world of women’s cycling. There are interviews with UCI president David Lappartient, young British rider Sophie Wright, Kasia Niewiadoma and Team Sky sports director Servais Knaven, who helps run a junior women’s team that includes the eldest of his four d...
1hr 24m Aug 17, 2018
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S6 Ep100: The next generation
In this episode of The Cycling Podcast, Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe recap the European Championships road race, won by Matteo Trentin. We also hear from George Bennett of LottoNL-Jumbo about his fourth place in the Tour of Poland and his ambitions for the forthcoming Vuelta a Espana. And, after a good week for young riders on the big stage, we look at the next generation. T...
1hr 8m Aug 16, 2018
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S6 Ep99: A post-Tour ramble
August 8 | In the first episode of The Cycling Podcast since the Tour de France, Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe discuss everything that has happened since the peloton reached the Champs-Élysées in Paris. Richard is back from his visit to the San Sebastian Classic and updates on a race won brilliantly by Julian Alaphilippe but marred by a horrible crash that left Egan Bernal, Mi...
1hr 11m Aug 08, 2018
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S6 Ep98: The Press Conference | Part 3b | Tour de France 2018
Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and François Thomazeau answer your messages you sent in via WhatsApp. From the climbs of the Alps to the cobbles of the champs-élysées, they respond to a selection of the best messages in the inbox for the final part of 'The Press Conference' at the 105th Tour de France.
35m Aug 02, 2018
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S6 Ep97: The Press Conference | Part 3a | Tour de France 2018
Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and François Thomazeau answer your questions you sent in via WhatsApp. From the climbs of the Alps to the cobbles of the champs-élysées, they respond to a selection of the best messages in the inbox for part a of the final 'Press Conference' at the 105th Tour de France.
36m Aug 02, 2018
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S6 Ep96: Stage 21 Houilles – Paris Champs-Élysées | Tour de France 2018
In our final podcast from the Tour de France Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and François Thomazeau recap the three-week race and Geraint Thomas’s overall victory. And there’s Orla Chennaoui’s postcard from Paris featuring reaction from Thomas’s Welsh team-mates Luke Rowe on the Champs-Élysées. We also hear from Sky’s coach Xabier Artexte, Team LottoNL-Jumbo’s manager Richard Plugge about their ...
1hr 7m Jul 30, 2018
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S6 Ep95: Stage 20 Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle – Espelette | Tour de France 2018
In the penultimate episode of The Cycling Podcast from the Tour de France, Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and François Thomazeau reflect on the time trial which confirmed the overall results of the race. The time trial confirmed that Geraint Thomas, Tom Dumoulin and Chris Froome were the strongest riders in the race. We recap the stage and also hear from Dan Martin, winner of the most aggressiv...
44m Jul 28, 2018
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S6 Ep94: Stage 19 Lourdes – Laruns | Tour de France 2018
In this episode of The Cycling Podcast, Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and François Thomazeau analyse the final mountain stage of the Tour de France that crossed the Col d’Aspin, Col du Tourmalet and Col d’Aubisque before a hair-raising descent into Laruns. It was an absorbing, action-packed stage with an impressive performance from several teams – notably LottoNL-Jumbo, who set up Primoz Roglic...
55m Jul 27, 2018
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S6 Ep92: Stage 18 Trie-sur-Baïse – Pau | Tour de France 2018
In this episode of The Cycling Podcast Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and François Thomazeau review the 18th stage to Pau, which was won by French sprinter Arnaud Démare. Démare’s victory came 24 hours after Andre Greipel questioned his GPS data on the final Pyrenean climb at the end of stage 17. We clear up the accusations as Démare was vindicated by several rival teams. We also focus on Gerai...
52m Jul 26, 2018
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S6 Ep91: Discover the Friends of the Podcast 2018 series
Discover the best of the Friends of the Podcast episodes we've released so far in 2018 in this extended sampler. Friends of the Podcast help keep The Cycling Podcast on the road throughout the season, alongside the support of our sponsors Rapha and Science in Sport. To access the library of extended episodes, create an account and subscribe on our website today. https://thecyclingpodcast.com...
11m Jul 26, 2018
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S6 Ep89: Stage 17 Bagnères-de-Luchon – Col du Portet | Tour de France 2018
The Tour de France continued in the Pyrenees with a short and explosive 65-kilometre stage finishing on the very difficult climb of the Col du Portet. At the finish, Geraint Thomas extended his lead in the yellow jersey as Chris Froome faltered. We ask where this leaves Team Sky now. And Nairo Quintana won the stage – but was that nothing more than a consolation for Movistar? We discuss all ...
49m Jul 25, 2018
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S6 Ep87: Stage 16 Carcassonne – Bagnères-de-Luchon | Tour de France 2018
The Tour de France resumed after its rest day with a dramatic opening stage in the Pyrenees. An incident early in the stage paused the race. A protest by farmers brought the peloton to a halt and police seeking to get things under control used tear gas which then blew into some of the riders’ eyes. We explain what was happening. Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and François Thomazeau are joined b...
41m Jul 24, 2018
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S6 Ep86: The Press Conference | Part 2 | Tour de France 2018
Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and François Thomazeau answer your messages you sent in via WhatsApp (+44 7971 338 205). From the cobbles of Roubaix to l'Alpe d'Huez, they respond to a selection of the best messages in the inbox for episode 2 of 'The Press Conference' at the 105th Tour de France.
28m Jul 24, 2018
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S6 Ep84: The Press Conference | Part 1 | Tour de France 2018
Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and François Thomazeau spent the afternoon listening to the voice messages you sent in via WhatsApp. From the cobbles of Roubaix to l'Alpe d'Huez, they respond to a selection of the best messages in the inbox for the first episode of 'The Press Conference' at the 105th Tour de France.
43m Jul 23, 2018
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S6 Ep82: Stage 15 Millau – Carcassonne | Tour de France 2018
The Tour de France reached Carcassonne, the final stop before the second rest day, and Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and François Thomazeau discuss a second consecutive stage that was dominated by the breakaway riders. And the Astana team was celebrating for the second day in a row after Omar Fraile’s victory in Mende on Saturday. This time it was their Danish rider Magnus Cort who won. We hea...
49m Jul 22, 2018
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S6 Ep81: Stage 14 Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux – Mende | Tour de France 2018
There were two races on stage 14 of the Tour de France and The Cycling Podcast discuss both of them in the latest episode. At the airfield in Mende, where the stage finished with a brutally short but steep climb, Omar Fraile won from a large break while, almost 20 minutes behind, the overall contenders battled it out, with Primoz Roglic gaining a few seconds to cement his fourth place. In the ...
42m Jul 21, 2018
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S6 Ep80: Stage 13 Bourg d’Oisans – Valence | Tour de France 2018
Today’s stage of the Tour de France was the calm after the storm. Alpe d’Huez had claimed one notable victim – with fourth-placed Vincenzo Nibali having to pull out of the race after a crash caused by catching his bike on a spectator’s camera strap. We ask what the Tour can do to keep the riders safe but retain the atmosphere of the race. With Peter Sagan winning his third stage of the Tour, ...
50m Jul 20, 2018
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S6 Ep79: The Cycling Podcast Féminin | Episode 25
The July episode of The Cycling Podcast Féminin comes from France, where Richard Moore, Orla Chennaoui and Rose Manley report from La Course, the women's one-day race in the Alps. There's also a feature from the Giro Rosa, the women's Tour of Italy. At La Course, a thrilling race was won by Annemiek van Vleuten – who also won the Giro Rosa – with the young Danish star Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig lig...
1hr 4m Jul 20, 2018
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S6 Ep77: Stage 12 Bourg St Maurice – Alpe d’Huez | Tour de France 2018
The Tour is won on the Alpe (more often than not) so what does this mean for the yellow jersey? Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie, François Thomazeau and Orla Chennaoui discuss Geraint Thomas’s second consecutive stage win and ask whether this means he is now Team Sky’s most likely chance of winning the Tour. We discuss the moves on the mountain – Team Sky’s dominance, Movistar’s frailties, Vincen...
39m Jul 19, 2018
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S6 Ep75: Stage 11 Albertville – La Rosière | Tour de France 2018
In this episode of The Cycling Podcast, Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and François Thomazeau discuss stage 11 of the Tour de France, which was the first mountain-top finish of the race. As expected, Team Sky’s Geraint Thomas took the yellow jersey from Greg Van Avermaet. What was not anticipated was that Thomas would also win the stage. He and his Team Sky team-mate Chris Froome are now first a...
41m Jul 18, 2018
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S6 Ep73: Tour de France 2018 | Stage 10 | Annecy – Le Grand Bornand
The Tour de France reached the Alps after the rest day and Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie, François Thomazeau and Orla Chennaoui recap the tenth stage. We hear from the team-mate and sports director of Julian Alaphilippe’s Quick Step team after the Frenchman won the first Tour stage of his career. Plus we hear from Rolf Aldag, sports director of Dimension Data, after the nervous wait to hear if...
45m Jul 17, 2018
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S6 Ep69: Stage 9 | Arras – Roubaix | Tour de France 2018
This episode of The Cycling Podcast comes from the grandstand at the famous outdoor velodrome in Roubaix, which traditionally hosts the finish of the Paris-Roubaix classic. Today’s stage nine covered almost 22 kilometres of cobbled roads and Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and François Thomazeau convene to make sense of the action and ask what the results mean for the rest of the Tour. As expect...
43m Jul 15, 2018
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S6 Ep68: Stage 8 | Dreux – Amiens | Tour de France 2018
With the cobbled stage looming the Tour de France peloton rolled through the countryside from Dreux to Amiens waiting for the inevitable sprint finish. For the second day in a row, Dutch sprinter Dylan Groenewegen won the stage in decisive style. Fernando Gaviria and Andre Greipel, who crossed the line in second and third were later relegated to last in the results for illegal moves – Greipel ...
53m Jul 14, 2018
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S6 Ep67: Stage 7 | Fougères – Chartres | Tour de France 2018
Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and François Thomazeau recap a quiet day on the Tour de France – a long 231-kilometre trek across the countryside that barely sparked into life until the final five kilometres. With the cobbles of Paris-Roubaix looming we ask whether such days are an inevitable consequence of the stress of the opening days of the Tour and the reduction in team size from nine to eig...
46m Jul 13, 2018
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S6 Ep65: Tour de France 2018| Stage 6 | Brest – Mûr de Bretagne
In this episode of The Cycling Podcast Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and François Thomazeau discuss a chaotic finale to a stage that finished on the Mûr de Bretagne in Brittany. In last night’s podcast we asked Daniel Martin if he felt the Mûr de Bretagne finish suited him better and today he provided the answer. We also discuss the misfortune for Romain Bardet and Tom Dumoulin and ask whether...
56m Jul 12, 2018
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S6 Ep63: Tour de France 2018 | Stage 5 | Lorient – Quimper
In this episode of The Cycling Podcast Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and François Thomazeau discuss a tough, tricky and hilly stage through the Breton countryside that saw a familiar winner in Quimper. World champion Peter Sagan won with a perfectly timed sprint on the final hill – it was his second stage win of the race – but he was pushed all the way by Bahrain-Merida rider Sonny Colbrelli. W...
47m Jul 11, 2018
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S6 Ep61: Tour de France 2018 | Stage 4 | La Baule – Sarzeau
With World Cup fever gripping France it was somehow appropriate on the day of the semi-final between France and Belgium that two Frenchmen and two Belgians formed the four-man break on stage four of the Tour. In this episode of The Cycling Podcast Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and François Thomazeau soak up the festival atmosphere in Brittany and recap the stage, which was won by Colombian Fern...
42m Jul 10, 2018
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S6 Ep59: Tour de France 2018 | Stage 3 | Cholet – Cholet
The Tour de France’s third stage was a team time trial in the countryside around Cholet and The Cycling Podcast’s sleek formation of Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and François Thomazeau discuss the winners and losers of the day. The yellow jersey changed hands after BMC Racing won the team time trial – just as they did in Brittany three years ago. That means Greg Van Avermaet is the new race le...
46m Jul 09, 2018
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S6 Ep57: Tour de France 2018 | Stage 2 | Mouilleron-Saint-Germain – La Roche-sur-Yon
Crashes were again a feature of the Tour de France as a reduced group contested the sprint finish in La Roche-sur-Yon following a pile-up just inside the final couple of kilometres ruled out most of the main contenders. Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and François Thomazeau discuss the stage and Peter Sagan’s first Tour stage win since his disqualification from last year’s race. The world champio...
45m Jul 08, 2018
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S6 Ep56: Tour de France 2018 | Stage 1 | Noirmoutier-en-l’Île – Fontenay-le-Comte
Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and François Thomazeau kick off The Cycling Podcast’s Tour de France coverage after an opening stage that concluded with a chaotic final ten kilometres. Join them as they digest the fall-out from a number of crashes that saw several of the big favourites lose time. The stage was won by Tour debutant Fernando Gaviria of Quick Step Floors ahead of the world champion...
46m Jul 07, 2018
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S6 Ep55: A pre-Tour de France ramble, part two
July 4 | In a bumper final episode before the start of the 2018 Tour de France, Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe meet up in a Soho pub to complete the countdown to La Grande Boucle. One story has dominated this week's cycling news and that is the decision by the World Anti-Doping Agency and Union Cycliste Internationale to drop the case against Chris Froome. It means Froome is f...
1hr 22m Jul 04, 2018
1hr 22m
S6 Ep54: A pre-Tour de France ramble, part one
June 28 | With the start of the Tour de France now just nine days away, Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe discuss how the start list is taking shape for the Grand Départ in the Vendée. The big selection story of the week was Mitchelton-Scott's surprise decision to leave out sprinter Caleb Ewan. Back in December the team had confirmed Ewan would make his Tour debut this summer but ...
56m Jun 28, 2018
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S6 Ep53: All roads lead to the Tour
June 21 | In this episode of the The Cycling Podcast, Richard Moore is back from the Women's Tour and joins Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe to begin the build-up to the Tour de France. They recap the Critérium du Dauphiné, which was won by Geraint Thomas, and Tour of Switzerland, won by Richie Porte, and look at the signs of who is in form for the Tour. The Cycling Podcast is supported by Rap...
51m Jun 21, 2018
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S6 Ep52: The Women's Tour | Stage 5 | Dolgellau to Colwyn Bay
In the final Cycling Podcast Féminin from the OVO Energy Women’s Tour, Richard Moore, Orla Chennaoui and Rose Manley discuss the last stage and the battle for overall victory. While the stage into Colwyn Bay was taken by Finnish champion Lotta Lepisto, it was Coryn Rivera, who has led since day two, who claimed the green jersey of champion. The first ever Women’s Tour winner, Marianne Vos, was ...
59m Jun 17, 2018
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S6 Ep51: The Women's Tour | Stage 4 | Evesham to Worcester
Stage four of the OVO Energy Women’s Tour, into Worcester, was won by the former world champion Amalie Dideriksen, giving her team, Boels-Dolmans, their first win of the race. Coryn Rivera of Team Sunweb kept the leader’s green jersey with only one stage remaining. Richard Moore, Orla Chennaoui and Rose Manley of The Cycling Podcast Féminin discuss the day’s action and look ahead to the decisi...
1hr 3m Jun 16, 2018
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S6 Ep50: The Women's Tour 2018 | Stage 3 | Atherstone - Royal Leamington Spa
Stage three of the OVO Energy Women’s Tour, into Royal Leamington Spa, was won by Australian Sarah Roy, giving her team, Mitchelton-Scott, two out of three stages so far. The American rider Coryn Rivera kept the leader’s green jersey. Orla Chennaoui of The Cycling Podcast Féminin spent the day in the Trek-Drops team car, from where she witnessed a dramatic day of crashes and survival – we hear...
55m Jun 15, 2018
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S6 Ep49: The Women's Tour 2018 | Stage 2 | Rushden - Daventry
Stage two of the OVO Energy Women’s Tour took the riders into Northamptonshire, with the first climbs bringing some of the favourites to the fore. At the finish in Daventry it was Coryn Rivera, the American on Team Sunweb, who narrowly beat Marianne Vos, the Dutchwoman who won the first Women’s Tour in 2014. The Cycling Podcast Féminin reports from the finish with Richard Moore, Orla Chennaoui...
50m Jun 14, 2018
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S6 Ep48: The Women's Tour 2018 | Stage 1 | Framlingham - Southwold
Stage one of the OVO Energy Women’s Tour finished on the seafront in Southwold with Jolien D’Hoore of Belgium and Mitchelton-Scott winning the bunch sprint in her first race back after suffering a broken collarbone. The Cycling Podcast Féminin reports from the finish with Richard Moore, Orla Chennaoui and Rose Manley analyisng the stage and looking ahead to the overall battle to come in the day...
49m Jun 13, 2018
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S6 Ep47: The Women's Tour 2018 Preview
The Cycling Podcast Féminin previews the OVO Energy Women's Tour, with Richard Moore, Orla Chennaoui and Rose Manley looking ahead to the riders, teams and stages that could animate the 2018 race, as well as the places they will visit over the five days. In this episode there's an interview with the defending champion, Kasia Niewiadoma, who returns with her new team, Canyon-SRAM. Theirs is one...
38m Jun 12, 2018
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S6 Ep46: The Tour's innovation plus the Dauphiné
June 7 | In this episode of The Cycling Podcast, Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe discuss the Tour de France's innovative Formula 1-style grid start to the 65-kilometre long 17th stage in the Pyrenees. How will it work? Will the riders embrace the change or try to neutralise its effects and what does it say about the Tour's desire to make mountain stages unmissable for television...
51m Jun 07, 2018
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S6 Ep45: Giro d'Italia 2018 | The Press Conference 3
Almost a week has passed since Chris Froome won the 101st edition of the Giro d’Italia- a week Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe spent listening to the voice messages you sent in via WhatsApp. Covering everything from Grand-Tour-laundry-logistics to the limits of riding à la Zubeldia, they respond to a selection of the best messages in the inbox for the final episode of 'The Press ...
1hr 8m Jun 01, 2018
1hr 8m
S6 Ep44: The Cycling Podcast Féminin | Episode 24
In the May episode of The Cycling Podcast Féminin Richard Moore, Orla Chennaoui and Rose Manley look back on a busy month of racing, in Yorkshire, China, California and the Basque Country. Orla has a report from the Tour de Yorkshire and there are interviews with Lizzie Deignan and Sarah Storey. Deignan is expecting her first child and says that she is determined to return to racing in 2019, a...
1hr 8m May 30, 2018
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