S4 Ep48: Brother UK Cycling Podcast - Becky Storrie interview
Becky Storrie’s rise from the Brother UK-OnForm development team to the professional ranks with Team DSM-Firmenich-PostNL provides positive proof for the health of British women’s road racing and the continuing value of Brother UK’s sponsorships. Five years ago, Becky was a psychology student at Stirling University and an amateur triathlete with no knowledge of professional cycling. Her meteor...
21m Jan 26, 2024
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S4 Ep49: Brother UK Cycling Podcast - Max Poole interview
Max Poole is among the most exciting new talents in the UCI WorldTour, even in a golden era for young riders. The 20-year-old has already ridden his first Grand Tour, winning the opening stage time-trial with his Team DSM-Firmenich-PostNL colleagues at last year’s Vuelta a España, before lighting up three stages with daring rides in the breakaway. From learning his trade with Giles Pidcock’s F...
37m Feb 02, 2024
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S4 Ep50: Brother UK Cycling Podcast - Josie Nelson interview
Josie Nelson might be the archetypal Rayner Foundation rider: resourceful, resilient and now a fully-fledged professional with WorldTour heavyweights Team DSM-Firmenich-PostNL. With the support of the Foundation and her family, the 21-year-old from Lichfield has progressed from British Cycling’s mountain bike academy to road racing’s top tier in only a handful of years. The youngest of four si...
24m Feb 09, 2024
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S4 Ep51: Brother UK Cycling Podcast - Task Force Reflections
Co-hosts Timothy John and Phil Jones, the Managing Director of Brother UK, are joined by special guest Ed Clancy OBE, a triple Olympic champion, to discuss the recommendations of the Elite Road Racing Task Force and British Cycling’s new vision for major cycling events, including the tours of Britain for men and women. No one is more qualified than Ed and Phil to discuss the Task Force’s sixte...
1hr 13m Feb 27, 2024
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S4 Ep52: Brother UK Cycling Podcast - Chris Lawrence interview
Race organiser Chris Lawrence is the man behind the Newark Town Centre Races and Dudley Grand Prix, both National Circuit Series events. As a member of British Cycling’s Elite Road Racing Task Force, his insights into the mechanics of race organisation proved invaluable to a panel chaired by triple Olympic champion Ed Clancy OBE and which included Phil Jones, Brother UK’s Managing Director. A ...
52m Mar 13, 2024
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S4 Ep53: Brother UK Cycling Podcast - 2024 Women's CiCLE Classic Review
The 2024 Women’s CiCLE Classic, Rod Ellingworth’s appointment as Race Director of the Tours of Britain and Cold Dark North’s Proper Northern Road Race Series are just some of the topics covered in this new episode, presented by co-hosts Timothy John and Phil Jones, the Managing Director of Brother UK. Phil shares insights from inside the race convoy of the Women’s CiCLE Classic: a gruelling, m...
1hr 16m Apr 04, 2024
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S4 Ep54: Brother UK Cycling Podcast - 2024 Lincoln Grand Prix Preview
The Lincoln Grand Prix is the most prestigious race in British cycle sport. Its cobbled Michaelgate climb has become a symbol for the domestic road scene. This year’s race will be the 68th edition in 69 years. High-quality fields in the men’s and women’s races promise an exhilarating day of racing on Sunday May 12. Timothy John and Phil Jones, the Managing Director of Brother UK, host this det...
1hr 17m May 10, 2024
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S4 Ep55: Brother UK Cycling Podcast - Andy Hawes interview (TOB Women)
Andy Hawes is the Route Director of the Tours of Britain. In just ten weeks, he has designed and driven the four stages of the 2024 Tour of Britain Women, working alongside Race Director Rod Ellingworth, local authorities and an experienced team of administrators and safety experts. In this in-depth interview with co-host Timothy John, Andy provides a sporting perspective on each of the four s...
39m Jun 01, 2024
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S4 Ep56: Brother UK Cycling Podcast - Frankie Hall interview
Frankie Hall (DAS-Hutchinson-Brother UK) is enjoying the best season of her cycling career. A comparative latecomer to the sport, she has overcome significant hurdles, including crashes, injuries, road accidents and the ongoing challenge of balancing work and sport to compete against the very best in road, track and circuit races. In this wide-ranging interview, Hall describes how her passion ...
47m Jun 28, 2024
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S4 Ep57: Brother UK Cycling Podcast - Tiffany Keep interview
Tiffany Keep (DAS-Hutchinson-Brother UK) will realise a dream when she rolls out for the women’s road race at the Olympic Games in Paris on August 4, 2024. In this engaging interview, Tiffany describes her lifelong passion for cycling, her formative experiences as a mountain biker in Stellenbosch and her determination to develop her road racing skills in Europe from the moment she finished her...
35m Jul 26, 2024
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S4 Ep58: Brother UK Cycling Podcast - National Circuit Series review
The National Circuit Series is a key component of the British domestic road scene. Its impact extends beyond racing, however. As road racing’s most immediate and accessible format, crits bring bike racing into town and city centres, serving a range of purposes for councils, communities, sponsors, local businesses and more. In this new episode of the Brother UK Cycling Podcast, Marc Etches, org...
55m Aug 27, 2024
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S4 Ep59: Brother UK Cycling Podcast - Marc Etches interview
Marc Etches, a race organiser, commissaire and a member of the panel charged by British Cycling with implementing the recommendations of the Elite Road Racing Task Force, exemplifies the can-do attitude of a small coterie of volunteers who sacrifice time and effort to ensure elite domestic road racing continues. In this detailed interview with co-host Timothy John, Marc discusses this year's e...
42m Sep 13, 2024
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S4 Ep60: Brother UK Cycling Pocdast - Louis Sutton interview
Rising star Louis Sutton revealed his talent to a television audience of millions with a series of exciting performances at the recent Lloyds Bank Tour of Britain Men. The 22-year-old from St Albans played a pivotal role in the breakaways that shaped stages two and three, finding himself in wheel-to-wheel combat with Soudal Quick-Step’s superstars, Remco Evenepoel and Julian Alaphilippe. While...
26m Sep 27, 2024
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S4 Ep61: Brother UK Cycling Podcast - Task Force Progress Report
DAS-Hutchinson-Brother UK’s overall victory in the National Road Series and the team’s domination of the Ras na mBan are just two topics discussed by co-hosts Timothy John and Phil Jones, Brother UK’s Managing Director, in this packed episode. The World Championships in Zurich, an exhilarating edition of the Tour of Britain Men, and British Cycling’s progress report on recommendations made by ...
56m Oct 11, 2024
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S4 Ep62: Brother UK Cycling Podcast - Bjoern Koerdt interview
Bjoern Koerdt is the latest rider supported by The Rayner Foundation to graduate to the UCI WorldTour. The charity, which funds young British riders to pursue their dreams of a professional career by racing abroad, is one of the most cherished in British cycle sport. In 2018, Phil Jones MBE, Brother UK’s Managing Director and this podcast's co-host, rode the entire length of the Tour of Britain...
23m Oct 29, 2024
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S4 Ep63: Brother UK Cycling Podcast - Oliver Stockwell interview
Oliver Stockwell is Britain’s newest WorldTour rider and the latest young talent to graduate to the professional ranks with support from The Rayner Foundation. Like all Rayner riders, Stockwell chose to pursue his dream by racing overseas. His courage and resilience have been rewarded with a two-year contract from Team Bahrain-Victorious. Moving to Italy without a word of Italian and later spe...
25m Nov 05, 2024
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S4 Ep64: Brother UK Cycling Podcast - Rayner Dinner 2024
The Rayner Foundation, a charity helping young British riders to realise their dreams of turning professional by racing abroad, is a one of the most cherished institutions in British cycle sport. Founded to honour the memory of the late Dave Rayner, a hugely gifted rider who lost his life in tragic circumstances 29 years ago, it has helped more than 80 British riders reach the sport’s top tier,...
1hr Dec 13, 2024
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