6. Ian Stannard outwits Etixx-Quick Step
March 5 | How did Ian Stannard of Team Sky beat three riders from the same team to win Het Nieuwsblad, the opening cobbled race of the new season? In the latest Telegraph Cycling Podcast, in which Richard Moore and Lionel Birnie are joined by Sky Sports’ Orla Chennaoui, we look back at Stannard’s out-foxing of the three Etixx-Quick-Step riders on the run-in to Ghent, and also discuss Mark Cave...
47m Mar 04, 2015
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5. The racing heats up
February 26 | The end of February and beginning of March is when the cycling season heats up and in the latest Telegraph Cycling Podcast Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe look ahead to the first cobbled classics of 2015. The ‘heating up’ is strictly metaphorical, because the focus moves from the Middle East and south of Spain to Belgium. Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne, ...
47m Feb 25, 2015
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4. Contador enters the finishing straight
February 19 | In the latest Telegraph Cycling Podcast the team turn their attention to Spain, home to some of the early season stage races, after the news that Alberto Contador is in his penultimate year in the sport. Contador, the two-time Tour de France winner, said this week that he expects to retire at the end of next season. His departure will leave a hole in Spanish cycling, and Richard ...
42m Feb 18, 2015
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3. Mark Cavendish doubles up in Dubai
February 12 | The new Telegraph Cycling Podcast reflects on Mark Cavendish’s return to form at the Dubai Tour, where he won two stages as well as the overall title. It was a race that demonstrated Cavendish’s full range, from his sprinting prowess to his ability to climb and suffer with the all-rounders. It also saw his Etixx-QuickStep lead-out train in fine working order, with a reprisal of hi...
18m Feb 11, 2015
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2. MTN-Qhubeka aiming to shake up the peloton
February 5 | The latest Telegraph Cycling Podcast looks ahead to the stage races in the Middle East, discusses the prospects of the first African team to be invited to the Tour de France – including an interview with Brian Smith, the man who assembled the squad – and pores over the fallout from Lance Armstrong’s latest TV interview, with the BBC last week. The top riders are in Dubai this week...
58m Feb 04, 2015
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1. The season kicks off Down Under
January 29 | In the first Telegraph Cycling Podcast of 2015 the team of Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe discuss the opening races of the season in Australia and Argentina. There is an interview with Mark Cavendish, who got his first win of the year on the final day of the Tour de San Luis. Earlier in the week he was beaten on two occasions by the young Colombian sprinter Fernand...
46m Jan 29, 2015
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Season's Greetings
In the final episode of the year, Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe are in relaxed mood as they discuss the latest developments to what promises to be a fascinating battle for the Hour Record in 2015. And, after their Christmas lunch, they look back at some of their highlights of the 2014 season.
41m Dec 22, 2014
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The Astana-Ferrari allegations
In this week's episode, Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe are joined by Eurosport's commentator Rob Hatch to react to the breaking news published by the Italian press alleging that the Astana team has been using the services of banned Italian doctor Michele Ferrari. The second half of the episode discusses the track World Cup in London and features interviews with British Cycling'...
38m Dec 09, 2014
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Velon's vision for the future of cycling
In this week's episode of the Telegraph Cycling Podcast, Daniel Friebe and Lionel Birnie are joined by Ned Boulting to discuss Velon, the new body formed by 11 of the world's top teams to revolutionise professional road racing. Velon's goal is to improve the stability of the sport for the teams, develop a more cohesive calendar of races and make cycling more appealing to more people. Daniel, L...
1hr Dec 03, 2014
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The Ghent Six-Day
This week, Lionel Birnie takes a trip to Ghent in Belgium to sample the atmosphere at the greatest Six-Day race on the track racing circuit. The Kuipke velodrome in the Citadelpark is noisy and the crowd is passionate about cycling and it was into this arena that Mark Cavendish made his return to top-class track racing with the home town favourite Iljo Keisse. Between evening sessions at the ...
1hr Nov 26, 2014
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The Shane Sutton Interview
The latest Telegraph Cycling Podcast, with Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe, features an extended interview with Shane Sutton, who has replaced Sir Dave Brailsford as the man in charge at British Cycling. Comparing it to the challenge David Moyes faced in taking over from Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United – “But without the same pay cheque,” joked Sutton – the former head co...
53m Nov 20, 2014
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The Literary Tour: From Nottingham to Manchester
Richard Moore and Lionel Birnie are joined by friend of the podcast Ned Boulting to ride across the Peak District, from Nottingham to Manchester, on a cold, drizzly November day. Why? Well, together with Daniel Friebe they were part of two speaking events held on consecutive nights at the Nottingham Playhouse and Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre. The events were to mark the publication of ...
35m Nov 12, 2014
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In conversation with Tao Geoghegan Hart
This time last year, Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe caught up with young British rider Tao Geoghegan Hart before he embarked on his first year as a senior rider for the Bissell Development Team. It's been quite a year for Tao. He was third in the under-23 edition of Liège-Bastogne-Liège, 10th in the Tour de l'Avenir and got his first taste of pro racing at the Tour of Californi...
1hr Nov 05, 2014
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The 2015 Tour de France route analysed
In this episode of The Telegraph Cycling Podcast, Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe analyse the route for the 2015 Tour de France, which was revealed in Paris this week. They discuss the Classic flavour to the opening week, with crosswinds, cobbles and the Mur de Huy on the menu. Daniel talks us through the mountains of the Pyrenees and Alps and they discuss the reintroduction of...
54m Oct 25, 2014
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Season ends, Schleck retires, Tinkov's grand tour bonus
The latest Telegraph Cycling Podcast looks back at the final races of the 2014 season, Paris-Tours and the Tour of Beijing, discusses Andy Schleck’s premature retirement, and Oleg Tinkov’s €1 million Grand Tour bounty. There is also an interview with David Millar after the final race of his seventeen-year professional career, the Bec hill climb in Surrey. Jelle Wallays was the surprise winner...
54m Oct 16, 2014
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Short cut: Millar at the Bec Hill Climb
In this special short episode of The Telegraph Cycling Podcast Richard Moore took a trip into Surrey for the Bec Hill Climb. Hill Climbs are a season-ending tradition for British cyclists – brutally two or three minute time trials held on short, steep climbs – and for David Millar the Bec brought down the curtain on his long professional career. Richard samples the atmosphere and speaks to ra...
13m Oct 14, 2014
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Dan Martin wins Il Lombardia
This week’s Telegraph Cycling Podcast includes discussion of the weekend’s final classic of the season, the Tour of Lombardy, won by Ireland’s Dan Martin with a brilliantly executed late attack. Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe ask whether Martin’s second ‘Monument’, after his victory in last year’s Liège-Bastogne-Liège, vindicates his decision to prioritise one-day races over Gr...
48m Oct 07, 2014
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The World Championships
In this week's episode of The Telegraph Cycling Podcast Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe discuss the road races at the World Championships in Ponferrada. Although both winners – Michal Kwiatkowski and Pauline Ferrand-Prévot – pulled off brilliant victories, Lionel is not convinced either race was a dynamic sporting spectacle. Is he just being grumpy?
39m Oct 02, 2014
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Wiggins conquers the Worlds
In the latest Telegraph Cycling Podcast Richard Moore and Daniel Friebe are joined by ITV’s Ned Boulting as they discuss this week’s world championships in Ponferrada, Spain, looking back on Sir Bradley Wiggins’ victory in the time trial on Wednesday and ahead to the weekend’s road races.
41m Sep 25, 2014
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Recapping the Vuelta a Espana
Daniel Friebe travelled to Spain to witness the final few days of the Vuelta a Espana, which was won by Alberto Contador despite a spirited challenge from Sky's Chris Froome. Before we hear Daniel's despatch, Richard Moore and Lionel Birnie discuss the conclusion of the final grand tour of the season and weigh up the Contador versus Froome battle. Then we hear from Daniel, who has interviewed...
50m Sep 19, 2014
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Inside the Tour of Britain
The latest Telegraph Cycling Podcast is a Tour of Britain special, with a Vuelta a Espana special to follow later this week. Richard Moore and Lionel Birnie report from the Tour of Britain, analysing a thrilling race and looking at where, and how, it was won by Dylan van Baarle, a Dutch neo-pro on the Garmin-Sharp team. In this episode we hear from van Baarle and his Garmin-Sharp sports direc...
1hr Sep 15, 2014
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The Tour of Britain kicks off
In the latest Telegraph Cycling podcast Richard Moore and Lionel Birnie are joined by Orla Chennaoui of Sky Sports News as they report from the Tour of Britain in Liverpool and discuss the Vuelta a España. There are interviews with Marcel Kittel, the winner of stage one of the Tour of Britain, Steve Cummings, Roger Hammond, Team Sky head of performance Rod Ellingworth and young British star, T...
55m Sep 08, 2014
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The Vuelta and the Tour of Britain
In the latest Telegraph Cycling Podcast, Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe discuss the latest twists and turns in the Vuelta a España, with Alberto Contador emerging as the favourite just weeks after sustaining a broken leg at the Tour de France. We also look ahead to the Tour of Britain and the long-awaited showdown between the world’s two fastest sprinters, Mark Cavendish and Ma...
53m Sep 04, 2014
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Sun and Snow
This week, Daniel and Richard are without Lionel, but you'll hear Daniel's special report back from the Arctic Race and they chat about the first few stages of La Vuelta.
56m Aug 29, 2014
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We're back with the RideLondon Classic
In the first post-Tour de France Telegraph Cycling Podcast, Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe report from Sunday’s London-Surrey Classic and discuss the latest news from the world of cycling. Adam Blythe, who rides with the British-based NFTO team, sprang a surprise in London, winning from a breakaway that included Team Sky’s Ben Swift and former world champion Philippe Gilbert of...
1hr Aug 11, 2014
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The VeloNews Cycling Podcast 4
In the final VeloNews Cycling Podcast, we recap the Tour de France with Matt Beaudin and Caley Fretz. We hear from Garmin-Sharp boss Jonathan Vaughters after Ramunas Navardauskas saved their Tour with a stunning stage win in Bergerac. We also hear from Chris Horner, who has had a difficult Tour, battling illness, but is aiming to repeat last year's Vuelta a Espana victory later this summer. A...
56m Jul 28, 2014
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Stage 21: Kittel wins on the Champs-Elysées as the Tour reaches Paris
The final Tour de France edition of The Telegraph Cycling Podcast, supported by Jaguar comes from Paris where Marcel Kittel won his fourth stage of the race and Vincenzo Nibali confirmed the first Italian overall victory since 1998. Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe head to the French capital for the final stage and reflect on the champion elect's press conference in Perigueux before asking a nu...
59m Jul 27, 2014
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Stage 20: Martin wins time trial as Nibali seals the Tour
Vincenzo Nibali sealed the first Italian Tour de France victory since 1998 with a solid time trial performance in the Perigord region. All French eyes were on the battle for the two remaining podium places. Jean-Christophe Peraud, the veteran AG2R-La Mondiale rider came out on top, nudging his younger compatriot Thibaut Pinot into third place. It's the first time since 1984 that two French rid...
25m Jul 26, 2014
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Stage 19: Navardauskas strikes in Bergerac
In the latest Telegraph Cycling Podcast, supported by Jaguar, Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe discuss stage nineteen, which finished in Bergerac with a victory for Ramūnas Navardauskas. Lithuania’s first ever stage win was taken by the rider who replaced David Millar in the Garmin-Sharp line-up. Known as the Honey badger, Navardauskas is one of the peloton’s strongest riders and...
35m Jul 25, 2014
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Stage 18: Nibali wraps up the Tour at Hautacam
On the day the final mountain stage of the Tour de France was won by Vincenzo Nibali at the Pyrenean ski resort of Hautacam, the Telegraph Cycling Podcast, supported by Jaguar, includes the latest on-the-ground analysis and interviews. Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe are joined for the second time on this Tour by the doyen of French cycling writers, François Thomazeau. Having co...
57m Jul 24, 2014
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Stage 17: Majka doubles up at Pla d'Adet
From the summit of Pla d’Adet in the Pyrenees, the latest Telegraph Cycling Podcast, supported by Jaguar, includes discussion, analysis and interviews with the winner of stage 17, Rafal Majka, his teammate Nicolas Roche and his Tinkoff-Saxo team owner Oleg Tinkov. Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe look back on the penultimate day in the mountains as Majka won his second stage and ...
42m Jul 23, 2014
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Stage 16: Rogers delivers for Tinkoff in the Pyrenees
From Bagnerres-de-Luchon the latest Telegraph Cycling Podcast, supported by Jaguar, reflects on another dramatic stage of the Tour de France, won by Australian veteran Michael Rogers, while the young Frenchman, Thibaut Pinot, showed his climbing class to move up to third overall. Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe look back on the first day in the Pyrenees and ahead towards the rem...
41m Jul 22, 2014
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The VeloNews Cycling Podcast 3
In the third episode of The VeloNews Cycling Podcast, Andy Hood and Matt Beaudin join Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe in the beautiful medieval city of Carcassonne as the second rest day draws to a close. They assess the race so far, ask how strong Vincenzo Nibali's performance has been, rate Tejay Van Garderen's chances of making it onto the podium in Paris and look ahead to th...
40m Jul 22, 2014
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Stage 15: Kristoff denies Bauer at the death
In the latest Telegraph Cycling Podcast, supported by Jaguar, there is discussion of stage fifteen and interviews with Nicolas Roche, Allan Peiper and the voice of the Tour de France, Sebastian Piquet. Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe are joined by Norwegian journalist Anders Christianson, of daily newspaper VG, who tells us about his countryman, the stage winner Alexander Kristo...
41m Jul 20, 2014
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Stage 14: Second time lucky for Majka
The latest Telegraph Cycling Podcast, supported by Jaguar, includes discussion, analysis and interviews from Risoul, scene of the finish of stage 14 of the Tour de France, after the second and final day in the Alps. Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe are joined by Ciro Scognamiglio of Gazzetta dello Sport as they ask whether Vincenzo Nibali can be beaten and discuss the battle ragi...
46m Jul 19, 2014
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Stage 13: Nibali tightens his grip in the Alps
On the first Alpine stage of the 2014 Tour de France the latest Telegraph Cycling Podcast, supported by Jaguar, reports ‘live’ from Chamrousse on Vincenzo Nibali’s stage win and Richie Porte’s collapse. Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe were at the summit of the climb and watched the race unfold before speaking to some of the riders at the finish. There are interviews with a disap...
52m Jul 18, 2014
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Stage 12; Kristoff wins, Sagan second again
50m Jul 17, 2014
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Stage 11: No such thing as a routine day
In this episode of The Telegraph Cycling Podcast, supported by Jaguar, Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe discuss Tony Gallopin's victory in Oyonnax and another near miss for Peter Sagan. They look back at the rest day and ask why the Astana team does not face the same questions about doping that Sky have been confronted with during the past two Tours. We hear from Astana's general ...
52m Jul 16, 2014
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The VeloNews Cycling Podcast 2
In this, the second VeloNews Cycling Podcast, supported by Jaguar, Andy Hood and Matt Beaudin join Richard Moore and Lionel Birnie on the rest day to recap the race so far and look ahead to the Alps and Pyrenees. We discuss the impact of Alberto Contador's withdrawal on the race and comment on the absence of doping questions directed at Vincenzo Nibali compared to the barrage aimed at Chris Fr...
48m Jul 15, 2014
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Stage 10: Contador falls victim to the Vosges
In this episode of The Telegraph Cycling Podcast, supported by Jaguar, Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe discuss an incredible day on the Tour de France. One of the favourites, Alberto Contador crashed and fractured his leg. Later in the stage Vincenzo Nibali attacked on La Planche des Belles Filles to strengthen his grip on the yellow jersey.
47m Jul 15, 2014
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Stage 9: A Frenchman in yellow for Bastille Day
With a Frenchman in the yellow jersey for Bastille Day on Monday, Sunday's edition of the Telegraph Cycling Podcast, sponsored by Jaguar has a special guest. François Thomazeau is the doyen of French cycling writers, and also an acclaimed novelist, food writer, musician -- and formerly, as well as briefly, a waiter in a French restaurant in Doncaster. Along with François, Richard Moore, Lionel...
44m Jul 13, 2014
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Stage 8: Kadri holds on in the Vosges
As the Tour de France entered the mountains the Telegraph Cycling Podcast, supported by Jaguar brings you all the latest news, analysis and interviews. The Vosges mountains are the first major battleground of this year's race and, while Blel Kadri nabbed the first French stage win, the main contenders came to the fore. Alberto Contador and Vincenzo Nibali went toe-to-toe up the final climb to ...
36m Jul 12, 2014
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Stage 7: Trentin pips Sagan
In the latest Telegraph Cycling Podcast, supported by Jaguar we discuss stage seven from Epernay to Nancy, won by Italy’s Matteo Trentin. The final part of the stage was marred by a crash involving America’s Andrew Talansky, who blamed Simon Gerrans of Australia. The podcast was on hand to capture his furious reaction as he crossed the line demanding an apology from Gerrans -- hear the audio a...
35m Jul 11, 2014
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Stage 6: Vintage Greipel wins in Champagne country
After the madness of the cobbles, the Tour de France returned to (almost) normal with a victory for a big German sprinter. But it wasn't Marcel Kittel this time but his compatriot Andre Greipel of Lotto-Belisol who won the sixth stage in Reims.In this edition of The Telegraph Cycling Podcast, supported by Jaguar, Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe reflect on the stage and where Chri...
43m Jul 10, 2014
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Brian Cookson Interview
On the eve of the Tour de France, Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe sat down with Brian Cookson, the president of cycling's world governing body, the UCI, for this special edition of The Telegraph Cycling Podcast. In this interview, we asked him about the state of the sport following three high profile doping cases, the controversy of Chris Froome's therapeutic use exemption and h...
26m Jul 10, 2014
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Stage 5: The Tour's descent into Hell
In this episode of The Telegraph Cycling Podcast, supported by Jaguar, Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe dissect an incredible day's racing over the muddy cobbles of northern France. Bad weather persuaded the organisers to divert the race past two of the nine planned sections of cobbles but the 2013 champion Chris Froome failed to make it as far as the first stretch of pavé, crash...
51m Jul 09, 2014
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Stage 4: Dave Brailsford opens up
The second half of The Telegraph Cycling Podcast, supported by Jaguar, is an exclusive, extensive interview with Team Sky's principal Dave Brailsford. Richard Moore and Lionel Birnie sat down with Brailsford on the eve of the Tour to ask about his team-building philosophy, the ethics of applying for Therapeutic Use Exemptions to permit riders to take prescribed medicines and why Team Sky is no...
55m Jul 08, 2014
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Stage 3 - Kittel the Giant conquers London
In this episode of The Telegraph Cycling Podcast, Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe discuss the day's action. We hear from Koen De Kort, one of the Giant-Shimano team's key lead-out men about how they organise themselves to deliver Kittel to the finish line. We reflect on a fantastic three days in England and ask Lampre-Merida sports director Brent Copeland what has happened to Ch...
35m Jul 07, 2014
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Stage 2: Nibali's statement of intent
Vincenzo Nibali answered the doubters who suspected he was not in top form in time for the Tour de France by winning the second stage from York to Sheffield. In this episode of The Telegraph Cycling Podcast supported by Jaguar, Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe dissect an exciting day's racing and ask Gazzetta Dello Sport writer Ciro Scognamiglio whether this victory means Nibali ...
43m Jul 06, 2014
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Stage 1: Cavendish's crash and huge crowds
Could the Grand Départ have been any grander? Hundreds of thousands of people lined the roads from Leeds to Harrogate, creating a festival atmosphere, but the fairytale finish for Mark Cavendish failed to materialise. The Manx Missile crashed and Marcel Kittel won the opening stage for the second year in succession. In this episode of The Telegraph Cycling Podcast, supported by Jaguar Richard...
35m Jul 05, 2014
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