Episodes

  • S13 Ep68: Things that make you say Ooh!

    S13 Ep68: Things that make you say Ooh!
    Jun 19 2025
    They may not have made it to their Swiss chalet, but spirits are still high on this month’s Cycling Podcast Féminin as the team tackle several weeks of lively racing. Rose Manley, Denny Gray and Rebecca Charlton set themselves the challenge of picking out some moments that made them say “Ooh!” from the Tour of Britain Women and the Tour de Suisse, which is no easy task after a number of memorable moments and breakthrough performances.

    Plus this month’s mini feature offers up a sneak preview of an upcoming Friends of the Podcast special. Four time British national champion Lisa Brambani sits down with The Cycling Podcast producer Tom Whalley to talk about the first ever women’s Giro in 1988. Brambani offers some rare detail as she battled convent dormitories and cold water showers as well as the race itself, all diligently recorded in her diary.

    We also look ahead to this year’s Giro d’Italia and explore the punchy eight stage course which includes three summit finishes.

    Also on the agenda, Denny’s imaginary Toblerone-inventing grandfather, Rebecca’s 90s hip hop karaoke and a thousand ways of saying “ooh!”.

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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • S13 Ep67: The Tour de France Dress Rehearsal

    S13 Ep67: The Tour de France Dress Rehearsal
    Jun 16 2025
    Join Lionel Birnie and Graham Willgoss as they review the Critérium du Dauphiné and ask whether it was a full dress rehearsal for the Tour de France.

    Get ready to check-in for another block of pre-Tour preparation at The Cycling Podcast’s ‘Attitude Camp’.

    With Eddy Merckx about to celebrate his 80th birthday, Tadej Pogačar equalled his tally of Dauphiné victories (one) and reminded everyone, including Jonas Vingegaard, he remains the number one favourite for the Tour de France. But what else did we learn from the Dauphiné?

    Brian Nygaard is on hand to remind us that although it wasn’t a winning week for Vingegaard, the Dane and his Visma-Lease A Bike team need not press the panic button just yet.

    We ask Rod Ellingworth of Bahrain Victorious about Lenny Martinez’s stage victory on the final day, as the long wait for a French Tour champion approaches 40 years.

    And we make a quick visit to Coorevits Corner to find out what Hugo made of Remco Evenepoel’s Dauphiné.

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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • KM0: Netflix & Hills: Jonathan Vaughters On Where Pro Cycling Goes Next (free for a limited time)

    KM0: Netflix & Hills: Jonathan Vaughters On Where Pro Cycling Goes Next (free for a limited time)
    Jun 13 2025
    This episode was originally released for Friends of the Podcast subscribers earlier this week. However, on Thursday the UCI confirmed the calendars for the men's and women's World Tours for the next three-year cycle and there was no place on it for the One Cycling project, effectively kicking it into the long grass if not killing it completely.

    Much of the second half of the episode was about where the sport goes from here, including Jonathan's hope that the One Cycling project might finally give some coherence to the professional sport's structure.

    Jonathan asked if we could make this conversation available more widely and so, for a limited time, it will be on our free feed, with our thanks to our Friends of the Podcast subscribers who help to fund our coverage.

    Jonathan Vaughters is the general manager of the EF Education-Easy Post team and in this conversation with Lionel Birnie, he begins by talking about the conclusion to the Giro d'Italia. Richard Carparaz finished third overall after that thrilling stage over the Colle delle Finestre but Jonathan explains the tactics were designed with only victory in mind.

    From there, it's a freewheeling discussion about the state of pro cycling in 2025. Is Tadej Pogačar's dominance good for the sport, the One Cycling project, the Netflix effect, even the possibility of AI's influence on racing.
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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • S13 Ep66: All Aboard the Dauphiné’s GC Sprint Train

    S13 Ep66: All Aboard the Dauphiné’s GC Sprint Train
    Jun 9 2025
    Lionel Birnie and Graham Willgoss kick-off The Cycling Podcast’s build-up to the Tour de France, which starts in Lille on July 5.

    The Critérium du Dauphiné began in spectacular style with fireworks at the end of the opening stage on Sunday. The three riders who finished on the podium at last year’s Tour de France – Tadej Pogačar, Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel – lined up alongside each other for the first time since last July.

    And they all came alive on the final climb of the race, breaking clear with Mathieu van der Poel and Santiago Buitrago, to hold off the sprinters in Montluçon.

    It was a statement of intent from the three leading contenders for this summer’s Tour as they begin their final preparations for the grand départ.

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    51 mins
  • S13 Ep65: How The Giro Was Won (And Lost) On The Finestre, with Matt White

    S13 Ep65: How The Giro Was Won (And Lost) On The Finestre, with Matt White
    Jun 3 2025
    As the dust settles on a sensational 20th stage of the Giro d’Italia, Lionel Birnie is joined by Matt White – one of the people in cycling who knows Simon Yates best – to analyse how the race was won (and lost) on the Colle delle Finestre.

    Until the eve of the Giro, Matt was head of performance at the Jayco-Alula team, having been with the Green Edge organisation since it was founded. Until this season, Yates had spent his whole professional career with the team and he and Matt shared many highs and one memorable low.

    Matt was in the team car when Simon Yates lost the 2018 Giro on the Finestre following Chris Froome’s audacious long-range attack on stage 19, so he has a fascinating insight into the tactical and psychological issues that played out on the mountain on Saturday. Yates bounced back later that season to win the Vuelta a España.

    But what else stood out to Matt as he watched the stage on Saturday? How did Visma-Lease A Bike pull it off, and could Isaac Del Toro, Richard Carapaz and their respective teams have done anything differently?

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    54 mins
  • S13 Ep64: Stage 21 | Roma – Roma | Giro d’Italia 2025

    S13 Ep64: Stage 21 | Roma – Roma | Giro d’Italia 2025
    Jun 1 2025
    Join us for daily coverage of the Giro d’Italia recorded on the road as the race makes its way from Albania to Rome. Our daily coverage features race analysis, interviews and daily postcards from Italy, plus our regular check-in with Tudor Pro Cycling’s Larry Warbasse.

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    1 hr and 40 mins
  • S13 Ep63: Stage 20 | Verrès – Sestrière | Giro d’Italia 2025

    S13 Ep63: Stage 20 | Verrès – Sestrière | Giro d’Italia 2025
    May 31 2025
    Join us for daily coverage of the Giro d’Italia recorded on the road as the race makes its way from Albania to Rome. Our daily coverage features race analysis, interviews and daily postcards from Italy, plus our regular check-in with Tudor Pro Cycling’s Larry Warbasse.

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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • S13 Ep62: Stage 19 | Biella – Champoluc | Giro d’Italia 2025

    S13 Ep62: Stage 19 | Biella – Champoluc | Giro d’Italia 2025
    May 30 2025
    Join us for daily coverage of the Giro d’Italia recorded on the road as the race makes its way from Albania to Rome. Our daily coverage features race analysis, interviews and daily postcards from Italy, plus our regular check-in with Tudor Pro Cycling’s Larry Warbasse.

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    1 hr and 2 mins