25. A controversial weekend at the Vuelta
August 24 | The third and final grand tour of the season, the Vuelta a Espana, got underway at the weekend and the first two days were packed with controversy. Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe of The Telegraph Cycling Podcast are joined by British Eurosport's commentator Rob Hatch to discuss the decision to hold the opening team time trial on a beachfront course. The times for that stage were ...
47m Aug 24, 2015
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24. Vuelta a Espana preview
August 19 | The latest Telegraph Cycling Podcast includes a preview of the third and final Grand Tour of the season, the Vuelta a Espana. Richard Moore and Daniel Friebe are joined by Rob Hatch of British Eurosport as they review the recent races and look at who might reign in Spain. The Arctic Race of Norway – where Ireland’s Sam Bennett scored a memorable stage win – the Eneco Tour and Tour ...
43m Aug 19, 2015
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Bonus: Tour du Courage at Rapha Cycle Club Manchester
August 14 | A special edition of The Cycling Podcast features Richard Moore in discussion with Rod Ellingworth and Richard Usher at the Rapha Cycle Club in Manchester. Ellingworth is Team Sky’s head of performance while Dr Usher is the head of medicine and in the course of the conversation they offer a unique insight into the 2015 Tour de France as well as answering questions from the audience....
58m Aug 14, 2015
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23. Back in the saddle after the Tour
August 13 | Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe return with The Telegraph Cycling Podcast after taking a couple of weeks' break following the Tour de France. However, there was no such pause for professional cycling because top-level racing has continued all over the world since the end of the Tour. In this episode, we recap the post-Tour races from San Sebastian where Adam Yates c...
42m Aug 12, 2015
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VeloNews Tour De France Podcast – Episode 3
July 27 | In the final VeloNews Tour de France podcast, Richard Moore and Lionel Birnie caught up with Andy Hood, Caley Fretz and VeloNews Editor-in-Chief John Bradley, on top of Alpe d'Huez. The VeloNews Cycling Podcast is supported by Jaguar.
36m Jul 27, 2015
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Stage 21 | Greipel wins on Champs-Élysées as Froome is crowned winner
July 26 | The Tour de France reaches the Champs-Élysées in a drizzly Paris for the final stage of the Tour de France. Richard Moore and Lionel Birnie have made their way north from the Alps for the final stage as well as the women's race La Course. Join them as they wrap up their coverage of the Tour de France in Paris and review the race, giving each team a mark out of ten. The Telegraph Cy...
39m Jul 26, 2015
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Stage 20 | Pinot triumphs on the Alpe as Froome clinches the Tour
July 25 | The penultimate episode of the Telegraph Cycling Podcast from this year's Tour de France comes from the top of Alpe d'Huez after Thibaut Pinot's stunning victory for France and shortly after Chris Froome's press conference. Pinot, like his compatriot Romain Bardet, rescued a shaky Tour with a fabulous win on the iconic Alpe while the battle for the yellow jersey finally burst into li...
33m Jul 25, 2015
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Stage 19 | Nibali salvages his Tour at La Toussuire
July 24 | This episode of the Telegraph Cycling Podcast comes from La Toussuire after an impressive stage victory by defending champion Vincenzo Nibali. But it was controversial too, because the Italian was accused of launching his race-winning attack just as yellow jersey holder Chris Froome had a problem with his bike. A stone got caught between Froome's rear wheel and his brakes, forcing hi...
34m Jul 24, 2015
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Stage 18 | Bardet delivers for the French
July 23 | The Telegraph Cycling Podcast with Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe comes from St Jean de Maurienne in the Alps after a majestic stage win for French rider Romain Bardet at the Tour de France. This episode of the podcast discusses the stage and the overall battle for the yellow jersey between Chris Froome and his rivals. And, with two more days left in the Alps, we ask ...
27m Jul 23, 2015
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Stage 17 | Live in the Alps at the Tour de France
July 22 | This episode of The Telegraph Cycling Podcast was originally broadcast live from the press room at the foot of Pra Loup, the final climb of stage 17 of the Tour. Join Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe – plus La Gazzetta dello Sport's Ciro Scognamiglio – as they discuss Simon Geschke's impressive stage win in the Alps, Tejay Van Garderen's abandon and crashes for Thibaut ...
39m Jul 22, 2015
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VeloNews Tour de France podcast – Episode 2
July 21 | In the second episode of the VeloNews Tour de France podcast, Lionel Birnie caught up with Andy Hood and Caley Fretz over a rest day lunch in Gap. On the menu is a discussion about the Tour so far, Chris Froome's patience under fire and the science behind his oval chainrings. There's also an assessment of the American challenge and Tejay Van Garderen's chances of making the podium, p...
36m Jul 21, 2015
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Stage 16 | Plaza conquers the descent of the Manse
July 20 | In this edition of the Telegraph Cycling Podcast, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe are joined by VeloNews correspondent Andy Hood to discuss Ruben Plaza's victory in the 16th stage of the Tour de France. The veteran Spaniard negotiated the fast, tricky and hazardous descent of the Col de Manse on the run-in to Gap to win the stage, despite a spirited attempt by Peter Sagan to catch hi...
32m Jul 20, 2015
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Stage 15 | Greipel makes it three
July 19 | This episode of the Telegraph Cycling Podcast comes from Valence after the end of the 15th stage of the Tour de France, which was won by Germany’s Andre Greipel ahead of his compatriot John Degenkolb. Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe are joined by Ciro Scognamiglio of Italian sports paper La Gazzetta dello Sport to discuss the day’s events. And, following a tetchy pres...
37m Jul 19, 2015
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Stage 14 | Cummings stuns the French at Mende
July 18 | This edition of the Telegraph Cycling Podcast comes from the airfield at Mende where Britain's Steve Cummings secured a first Tour de France stage win for the South African MTN-Qhubeka team on Mandela Day. After getting into the day's big break, Cummings rode a brilliantly-measured race, judging his effort on the steep climb in Mende and catching Frenchmen Romain Bardet and Thibaut P...
35m Jul 18, 2015
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Stage 13 | Van Avermaet pips Sagan on the line
July 17 | In the latest edition of The Telegraph Cycling Podcast, Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe reflect on a sweltering stage 13 to Rodez. The Belgian rider Greg Van Avermaet consigned Tinkoff-Saxo’s Peter Sagan to his 15th second place in Tour stages. Sagan’s consolation was that he extended his lead over Andre Greipel in his quest to win the green jersey for the fourth year ...
30m Jul 17, 2015
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Stage 12 | Rodriguez doubles up on Plateau de Beille
July 16 | The Telegraph Cycling Podcast survived the torrential rain and hailstorm at Plateau de Beille in the Pyrenees to discuss a second stage victory for the Spanish rider Joaquim Rodriguez. Richard Moore and Lionel Birnie were without Daniel Friebe, who headed off to witness the reaction to Lance Armstrong riding the route of stage 13 with Geoff Thomas’s cancer charity. After discussing ...
40m Jul 16, 2015
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Stage 11 | Live from the Tour de France near Cauterets
July 15 | This episode of the Telegraph Cycling Podcast was originally broadcast live from the press room at the Tour de France near Cauterets in the Pyrenees after Rafal Majka's stage win for Tinkoff-Saxo. This is an opportunity to listen again to the show, in which Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe are joined by Italian journalist Ciro Scognamiglio of La Gazzetta dello Sport. T...
37m Jul 15, 2015
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Stage 10 | Froome extends his lead in the Pyrenees
July 14 | Chris Froome put time into all his rivals as the Tour de France reached the Pyrenees and the Telegraph Cycling Podcast team of Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe put the events of stage 10 into context in today’s show. In Tarbes before the start of the stage, BMC’s Max Sciandri and Tinkoff-Saxo’s Sean Yates were optimistic about the chances of their overall contenders, Te...
46m Jul 14, 2015
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VeloNews Tour de France Podcast - Episode 1
Richard Moore is joined by Caley Fretz and Andy Hood of VeloNews for a review of the first week of the Tour de France. We hear from Tejay Van Garderen and Jim Ochowicz of BMC Racing as the American rider reflected on a perfect first week that saw him 2nd overall as the Tour heads into the Pyrenees. Fretz and Hood also discuss the prospects of the other two Americans in the race, Tyler Farrar ...
45m Jul 13, 2015
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Stage 9 | BMC Racing pip Sky in team time trial
July 12 | The latest edition of the Telegraph Cycling Podcast discusses a very close Tour de France team time trial in Brittany where BMC Racing pipped Team Sky by less than a second. Chris Froome remains in yellow but Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe discuss whether the big four ought now to be considered the big five as BMC’s Tejay Van Garderen has ridden himself into contentio...
43m Jul 12, 2015
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Stage 8 | Froome to the fore
July 11 | The latest Telegraph Cycling Podcast comes from Brittany, where stage eight of the Tour de France finished at Mûr de Bretagne. The uphill finish saw Chris Froome to the fore as Alexis Vuillermoz jumped away to win the stage. The day’s loser was Vincenzo Nibali, the defending champion, who was dropped on the climb, conceding ten seconds to Froome and the other favourites. Richard Moor...
30m Jul 11, 2015
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Stage 7 | Cavendish wins his 26th stage after two-year wait
July 10 | In the latest episode of the Telegraph Cycling Podcast, Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe are joined by French journalist François Thomazeau to discuss the seventh stage of the Tour de France. It was won by Mark Cavendish, who ended his two-year wait for a stage victory by outsprinting his rivals in Fougères. The team read to Cavendish’s victory and what it may mean for ...
36m Jul 10, 2015
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Stage 6 | Martin down as Eritrean makes history
July 9 | As Tony Martin became the second rider to crash out while wearing the yellow jersey, the Telegraph Cycling Podcast discusses the latest drama and controversy in this year’s Tour de France. Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe are joined by Ciro Scognamiglio of Gazzetta dello Sport as they analyse stage six to Le Havre. It looked routine on paper, but Martin’s crash in the fi...
32m Jul 09, 2015
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Stage 5 | Live from the Tour de France in Amiens
July 8 | The Telegraph Cycling Podcast’s first Wednesday Night Live episode comes from the press centre in Amiens after the finish of stage five of the Tour de France. Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe discuss Andre Greipel’s second stage win of the race and ask why, after a good build-up to the Tour, we’re yet to see vintage Mark Cavendish. There’s also a brief cameo from Friend...
35m Jul 08, 2015
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Stage 4 | Martin conquers cobbles
In the latest Telegraph Cycling Podcast the team of Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe discuss Tuesday’s cobbled stage four, where Tony Martin took a well-earned solo victory to claim the yellow jersey from Chris Froome. We hear the post-stage reaction from Nicholas Roche, Froome’s Team Sky teammate. “We got [Froome] safe and sound to the cobbled sections and then G [Geraint Thomas...
35m Jul 07, 2015
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Stage 3 | Froome takes yellow on the Mur de Huy
July 6 | Chris Froome took the yellow jersey on top of the Mur de Huy in Belgium and now leads the Tour de France ahead of Germany’s nearly man Tony Martin. Spain’s Joaquim Rodriguez took the stage on the steep hill and Froome was the only one able to stay within touching distance. But the day was marred by terrible crashes that put four riders out of the race. Fabian Cancellara, the overall ...
33m Jul 06, 2015
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Stage 2 | Cavendish blown off course
July 5 | The latest Telegraph Cycling Podcast analyses a thrilling second stage of the Tour de France, won by Germany’s Andre Greipel after Mark Cavendish mis-timed his sprint and faded to fourth. Cavendish’s Etixx-QuickStep director Brian Holm spoke to the podcast after the race and offered a brutally honest assessment. “History continues,” said Holm, comparing it to other races this season w...
32m Jul 05, 2015
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Stage 1 | Dennis scorches to victory in Utrecht
July 4 | The Tour de France is underway and the Telegraph Cycling Podcast team of Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe discuss the opening time trial in Utrecht. Rohan Dennis of BMC Racing won the stage ahead of Tony Martin, Fabian Cancellara and Tom Dumoulin in front of huge crowds. Richard, Lionel and Daniel discuss Dennis’s improvements since joining BMC Racing, his temperament a...
35m Jul 04, 2015
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The day before the Tour
July 3 | It’s the day before the start of the Tour de France and the Telegraph Cycling Podcast team of Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe are in Utrecht as the clock counts down to the opening time trial. They report back from the pre-race press conferences and assess the statements and body language of some of the riders who will shape the race – including defending champion Vince...
33m Jul 03, 2015
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The 2015 Tour de France preview show
June 29 | Just a few days before the 2015 Tour de France kicks off in Utrecht, The Cycling Podcast team met up to preview the race. Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe look at the route that lies ahead of the riders, weighing up the importance of the time trials, the cobbles and the mountain climbs. And they run through the teams and riders who are most likely to create the drama a...
58m Jun 29, 2015
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22. Tour de Suisse & the Women's Tour
June 24 | In the final regular episode of the Telegraph Cycling Podcast before the Tour de France, Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe discuss the Tour de Suisse, the Women’s Tour and the Route du Sud. For the Tour favourites last week’s stage races were the last major tests before they gather in Utrecht for the Grand Départ. Alberto Contador took his Giro-winning form into the Pyre...
28m Jun 24, 2015
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21. Fireworks at the Dauphiné
June 15 | This week's Telegraph Cycling Podcast features interviews with Sir Dave Brailsford, who reflects on Sir Bradley Wiggins' hour record, and Dani King, who looks ahead to the second Aviva Women's Tour. "It was gritty," said Brailsford on Wiggins' record, set in the London velodrome last Sunday. "It was hard for him, he really had to grind it out, he had to dig very deep but he paced it ...
46m Jun 15, 2015
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The Bradley Wiggins Hour Record Live
June 7 | Join Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe in 'the Pringle', also known as the Lea Valley VeloPark, for Bradley Wiggins' attempt on the Hour record. Richard, Lionel and Daniel broadcast live from the track centre as Wiggins lapped the track in amid an incredible atmosphere. As the laps, and the clock, counted down the team were joined by a succession of guests who offered the...
59m Jun 07, 2015
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The Bradley Wiggins Hour Record preview show
June 4 | On Sunday Sir Bradley Wiggins will attempt to set a new world hour record at the London Velodrome, and the Telegraph Cycling Podcast has a special preview show featuring interviews with Wiggins himself and the three Brits who have held the record: Graeme Obree, Chris Boardman and the current holder, Alex Dowsett. The hour record, Obree tells us, is the ultimate test for any cyclist: “...
59m Jun 04, 2015
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20. Contador wraps up the Giro d'Italia
June 2 | In this episode of The Telegraph Cycling Podcast Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe recap the final weekend of the Giro d'Italia. Alberto Contador wrapped up overall victory to clinch his second Giro title, although he claims it was his third, refusing to recognise he was stripped of his 2011 win. But on the Colle delle Finestre on Saturday, he looked vulnerable for the f...
26m Jun 02, 2015
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Live from Lionel's lounge
June 1 | This episode of The Cycling Podcast was our first live broadcast and went out on mixlr.com/thecyclingpodcast. Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe gathered in Lionel's lounge to answer listeners' questions.
30m Jun 02, 2015
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19. Contador tightens his grip on the Giro
May 27 | The Giro d'Italia entered its crucial final phase with a brutal stage in the mountains that took the riders over the Mortirolo and up to Aprica. Although the stage was won by the revelation of the race, Mikel Landa, it was Astana's tactics when their chief rival, and pink jersey holder, Alberto Contador, punctured that sparked the action, and plenty of controversy. The way Contador r...
49m May 26, 2015
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18. Italy and California
May 19 | Richard Moore and Daniel Friebe are joined by William Fotheringham as they look back on the first thrilling week of the Giro d'Italia and the Tour of California. The Tour of California was won in sensational fashion by Peter Sagan, but what was the secret behind his victory - we reveal all. We also discuss William's book, Bernard Hinault: The Fall and Rise of French Cycling, which is...
50m May 19, 2015
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17. An explosive start to the Giro
May 14 | The Giro d'Italia is underway and already it's shaping up to be a battle royale. Richard Moore and Lionel Birnie meet up with Daniel Friebe, fresh back from a trip to the opening weekend of the Giro, to catch up on the latest news from the race. Team Sky's Richie Porte has opted to sleep in a luxury camper van rather than the team hotels, Pippo Pozzato delighted a hen party in San Re...
47m May 14, 2015
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16. The Giro d'Italia preview
May 7 | With the Giro d’Italia just round the corner the Telegraph Cycling Podcast looks ahead to the opening grand tour of the 2015 season. Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe head to Italia Uno, the authentic Italian cafe in Charlotte Street, London, to discuss the Giro. There, they are joined by British Eurosport’s commentator Rob Hatch, who interrupted his own preparations for t...
46m May 06, 2015
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15. From the Ardennes to Yorkshire
April 30 | Ned Boulting joins Richard Moore and Daniel Friebe for the latest Telegraph Cycling Podcast, which looks back at Sunday’s Liège-Bastogne-Liège and ahead to this weekend’s inaugural Tour de Yorkshire. There’s an interview with Gary Verity, who led Yorkshire’s successful bid to host the start of last year’s Tour de France. After the Tour’s triumphant two days in Yorkshire, Verity is a...
53m Apr 30, 2015
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14. Amstel Gold for the rainbow jersey
April 21 | The latest Telegraph Cycling Podcast looks back on the Amstel Gold Race, the only Dutch Classic on the calendar, won on Sunday by the world champion, Michal Kwiatkowski. The Pole timed his move to perfection after a late attack by three-time winner Philippe Gilbert was snuffed out. Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe discuss an intriguing tactical battle that also saw Tou...
45m Apr 21, 2015
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13. In the Roubaix velodrome
April 13 | The latest Telegraph Cycling Podcast comes from the race known as the ‘Hell of the North', Paris-Roubaix, as Sir Bradley Wiggins brought down the curtain on his Team Sky career. Richard Moore and Lionel Birnie report from the Roubaix velodrome, where John Degenkolb of Germany sprinted to his second Classic win of the year, having also claimed Milan-San Remo. There is an interview wi...
49m Apr 13, 2015
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12. At the Tour of Flanders
April 9 | The latest Telegraph Cycling Podcast comes from Belgium and one of the biggest Classics of the season, last weekend’s Tour of Flanders. Richard Moore and Daniel Friebe report from Oudenaarde, where the race was won by Alexander Kristoff as the wheels fell off Geraint Thomas’s challenge. There are interviews with both Kristoff – the first Norwegian winner in the 99th edition of the ra...
36m Apr 08, 2015
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Bonus – Degenkolb talks ahead of the Tour of Flanders
April 3 | Daniel Friebe of The Telegraph Cycling Podcast talks to Giant-Alpecin's John Degenkolb in the run-up to the Tour of Flanders. The German recently won Milan-San Remo and is on a long list of possible winners of the Tour of Flanders this weekend.
14m Apr 03, 2015
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11. In conversation with Astana's Chris Baldwin
March 30 | In this episode of the Telegraph Cycling Podcast, we speak to Chris Baldwin, the press attaché for the Astana team as the Kazakh squads waits to hear if it will be granted a UCI WorldTour licence by the world’s governing body. It has been a rollercoaster six months for the Astana team. Vincenzo Nibali won the Tour de France and the team was then rocked by positive tests, for blood-b...
56m Mar 30, 2015
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10. John Degenkolb wins Milan-San Remo
March 26 | The latest Telegraph Cycling Podcast looks back on the first Monument of the 2015 season, Milan-San Remo. Sunday's race was won by Germany’s John Degenkolb after Welshman Geraint Thomas’s late, solo attempt to claim his first Classic. Richard Moore and Daniel Friebe discuss all the talking points, including the criticism that it was a tepid affair lacking in drama. ‘Nonsense!’ says ...
25m Mar 25, 2015
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9. The CIRC report, Paris-Nice and Milan-San Remo
March 19 | In the latest Telegraph Cycling Podcast the head of world cycling, Brian Cookson, admits that he is disappointed at the controversy caused by Sir Bradley Wiggins’ intention – which he confirmed in last week’s podcast – to ride the inaugural Tour de Yorkshire in early May. Wiggins was given special dispensation by the world governing body, the UCI, to switch teams mid-season, leaving...
49m Mar 18, 2015
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8. On the road at Paris-Nice
March 12 | Join Lionel Birnie on the road between Paris and Nice for this week's episode of The Telegraph Cycling Podcast. Lionel is covering the event known as The Race to the Sun – the second WorldTour stage race of the season – exclusively for the podcast. In this episode, he covers the opening four days of the race and captures the flavour of the event out on the road. We hear from Sir B...
49m Mar 11, 2015
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7. Dave Brailsford reacts to cycling's doping report
March 10 | Sir Dave Brailsford says he is “underwhelmed” by the Cycling Independent Reform Commission (CIRC) report. In an exclusive interview with the Telegraph Cycling Podcast, the Team Sky principal said he hoped it “would be more hard hitting,” though he also said that his own riders were “angry” at the headline claim by an unnamed rider that 90 percent of the peloton are still doping. “T...
42m Mar 10, 2015
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