{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"The Press Conference | Rest Day | Tour de France 2026","description":"Join Lionel Birnie and Graham Willgoss for a three-week adventure taking them from Barcelona to Paris, following the 2026 Tour de France.\n\nThe Cycling Podcast has covered the Tour with daily episodes recorded at the heart of the world’s biggest race. Our nightly episodes recap the stage action with analysis, interviews and plenty of French flavour.\n\nTo listen to the episodes as soon as they are released, follow The Cycling Podcast in your favourite podcast app.\n\nAsk us anything for our next rest day Press Conference episode:\nEmail contact@thecyclingpodcast.com (mailto:contact@thecyclingpodcast.com)\nOr leave a voice message at speakpipe.com/thecyclingpodcast  (https://www.speakpipe.com/thecyclingpodcast)\n\nIntroducing our sponsors, MyWhoosh\nOur Tour de France coverage is sponsored by MyWhoosh (https://mywhoosh.com/getting-started-mywhoosh-cycling-app/?utm_source=thecyclingpodcast&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=getting_started) .\nMyWhoosh (https://mywhoosh.com/getting-started-mywhoosh-cycling-app/?utm_source=thecyclingpodcast&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=getting_started) is a serious indoor training and racing platform, built for riders who love cycling, and it’s free. It’s built for anyone who wants to ride indoors with purpose, whether that’s staying fit, following a training plan, joining a community ride, racing hard, or exploring virtual roads and it’s free to ride, just like outdoors.\nEpisode sponsors\nBikmo (https://bikmo.com/uk/?utm_source=thecyclingpodcast&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=thecyclingpodcast)\nThe Cycling Podcast is supported by Bikmo (https://bikmo.com/uk/?utm_source=thecyclingpodcast&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=thecyclingpodcast) , cycle insurance built for cyclists who actually ride.\n\nWhether it's a crash, a stolen bike, or your pride and joy arriving at baggage reclaim in three separate pieces – it's covered. Flexible policies you can cancel anytime, 50 per cent off extra household bikes, plus protection for your kit, race entries and travel.\n\nFollow us on social media:\nTwitter @cycling_podcast (https://twitter.com/cycling_podcast)\nInstagram @thecyclingpodcast (https://www.instagram.com/thecyclingpodcast/)\n\nFriends of the Podcast\nSign up as a Friend of the Podcast at thecyclingpodcast.com (http://thecyclingpodcast.com/) to listen to new special episodes every month plus a back catalogue of more than 300 exclusive episodes.\n\nThe 11.01 Cappuccino\nOur regular email newsletter is now on Substack. Subscribe here (https://thecyclingpodcast.substack.com/) for frothy, full-fat updates to enjoy any time (as long as it’s after 11am).\n\nThe Cannibal & Badger\nFriends of the Podcast can join the discussion at our virtual pub, The Cannibal & Badger. A friendly forum to talk about cycling and the podcast. Log in (https://thecyclingpodcast.supportingcast.fm/) to your Friends of the Podcast account to join in.\n\nThe Cycling Podcast is on Strava (https://www.strava.com/clubs/thecyclingpodcast)\n\nThe Cycling Podcast was founded in 2013 by Richard Moore, Daniel Friebe and Lionel Birnie.","author_name":"The Cycling Podcast","author_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/1405050-the-cycling-podcast","provider_name":"Audioboom","provider_url":"https://audioboom.com","width":480,"height":95,"thumbnail_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43752127/600x600/c","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":600,"html":""}