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Life in the Peloton, presented by MAAP

Ever wondered what life is like as a professional cyclist?Australian ex-professional cyclist Mitch Docker takes you inside the world of Professional Cycling. Bringing you the stories behind the individuals in the sport - from the pros in the peloton to staff behind the teams - to commentators & legends, plus training insights & debriefs on major races throughout the year. It’s all here!Newly retired from the professional peloton, Mitch is exploring his new pelotons - all the pelotons that

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21:16

MY GIRO, MY TEAM – Ep #2 – HUGH CARTHY

Life in the Peloton, presented by MAAP ·

2018/05/14

We found a moment on the second rest day here at the Giro d'Italia to sit down and have a yarn with English climber and breakaway specialist Hugh Carthy. Hugh in his 4th year as a pro and is starting to find his feet at riding Grand Tours, especially here in his 2nd Giro. We chat about his day up front in a long breakaway and about is less traveled road across to the European professional cycling circuit.

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32:49

My Giro, My Team – Ep#1 – Woodsy

Life in the Peloton, presented by MAAP ·

2018/05/09

I am on the road for the 1st Grand Tour of the year the Giro d’Italia, and in our team, EF Education First - Drapac Powered By Cannondale, we have a lot of different dynamics of charters. We will be spending a lot of time together out on the road as well as back in the hotels. Apart from talking about what is going on in the race I thought it would be a great chance to find out about everyone on my team in this Giro. First up is Mike Woods. A Canadian who came late into the cycling game after

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30:31

Kiel Reijnen – Fathers of the Peloton

Life in the Peloton, presented by MAAP ·

2018/03/15

12 months ago I became a Father. As did Kiel Reijnen 6 months earlier. And little did we know about being a father in general, let alone being a father while trying to race our bikes. After chatting to Kiel in the peloton I found out that I wasn't alone with these feelings, and that we were among many others who were all in the same boat. It's a juggle, but one that we enjoy immensely. It has brought fantastic prospective to the sport but also to our lives. This is something that Kiel and I chat

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46:23

Adam (MacGyver) Hansen

Life in the Peloton, presented by MAAP ·

2018/02/03

Can you fathom racing 21 days in a row? It would get pretty tough, physically and of course mentally. Well in the bike racing world, that is called a Grand Tour. And there are 3 that run through the cycling calendar year. The first being the Giro d’Italia, followed by the Tour de France and […]

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43:24

Phil Liggett – The Voice Of Cycling

Life in the Peloton, presented by MAAP ·

2018/01/16

He almost doesn't need a intro, Phil Liggett is the voice of cycling. When I hear his voice it just takes me back to when I first fell in love with the sport watching the 6.30pm SBS highlights of the Tour De France, the Jan Ullrich Lance Armstrong battles. It was a real pleasure to be able to sit down with Phil and talk to him about his time behind the mic commentating over 44 Tour De Frances.

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01:10:07

‘You Can Ask That’ with Kirk Docker, Featuring...

Life in the Peloton, presented by MAAP ·

2017/08/30

Long time coming but the pod is back. And back to cycling basics it is. Why live in Europe? How does the team structure work? Can you eat whatever you want because you ride everyday? Plus coffee rides, style checks, luft, nature stops and doping. Just some of the topics we cover as my brother, Kirk, gets behind the mic, asking Michael Hepburn and myself all those simple but niggling questions any non-cyclist might wonder about life as a professional cyclist. Kirk is a TV producer in Australia, who

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42:26

A Reflection with David Millar

Life in the Peloton, presented by MAAP ·

2017/05/25

David Millar's career spanned over 2 decades, where a lot happened in cycling. A lot changed. David was a big part of the changes, where firstly his career was turned upside down after admitting to using EPO, a banned performance enhancing drug, in 2004. Then after serving a 2 year ban from the sport he came back to racing but this time as a advocate anti-doping campaigner. Aside from his dark history in the sport, David has a fantastic insight to what life in the peloton used to be like and to

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52:32

Question & Answer with Luke Durbridge and Mitch Docker

Life in the Peloton, presented by MAAP ·

2017/04/07

Luke and I found a bit of time this week between the big Classic races, Ronde Van Vlaanderen and Paris Roubaix, to answer all your inquisitive questions. Sit back and enjoy, cause we did recording and answering them!

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32:15

Gracie Elvin – Life as a Female Pro

Life in the Peloton, presented by MAAP ·

2017/04/01

While obviously being tied up in the male professional peloton, I realised I don’t really have any idea about what life is like within the female peloton. Gracie Elvin is at the top of the female racing scene, especially when it comes to the tough style of racing in Belgium. She has already been twice Australian champion and is able to give a really good insight to her life on the road as a female Pro.

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40:39

Marcel Kittel – I’m a Sprinter now

Life in the Peloton, presented by MAAP ·

2017/03/23

Marcel Kittel is a house hold name when it comes to the big bunch sprints today. He has won stages in all 3 Grand Tours, La Vuelta Espana, Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France. But it is not so well known that when he first singed as a professional with Skil-Shimano in 2011, he was signed primarily as a time-trialist who might be able to pull a good lead out for the sprinters. Things soon changed. He and I were teammates 2011 and it was nice to be there at the beginning of his stella career, and to

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42:03

The Psych – Craig Appaneal

Life in the Peloton, presented by MAAP ·

2017/03/04

We all worry about the physical training that needs to take place in order for us to perform on a given race day. But I think not enough attention is payed to the mental training that should take place to have us ready psychologically to tackle the big race days. It can literally be the difference between the winners and the losers, having that right mind set. I was lucky enough to have the time to meet Craig Appaneal in my offseason this year and we discussed some situations that I have encountered

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35:37

Simon Gerrans – Making of a Champion

Life in the Peloton, presented by MAAP ·

2017/01/31

We are back for 2017, and what a way to start with Simon Gerrans. We all know him as an assassin on the bike, a winning machine, where it sometimes feels like he is winning more races than he is losing. But what I wanted to find out, was when did that switch get turned on for him, from being a rider who can win, to a rider who is expected to win. I get inside that cool calm collected mind of his that when inside the final few hundred meters of a race can make unbelievable race winning decisions. To

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49:08

Graham Watson – Cycling from Behind the Lens

Life in the Peloton, presented by MAAP ·

2016/10/28

After always seeing him wiz by on the back of a moto bike snapping away during a race, I had the opportunity to pin Graham Watson down here at the last race of the season. It may come as a surprise but most often than not we do not stay in the same hotels throughout the year, so when we were I took the opportunity to have a chat. And just as expected through out his colourful 37 years of taking photo's of the sport of cycling he has some fantastic insights to all the eras he's been though during his

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31:32

Nick Schultz – Making the jump

Life in the Peloton, presented by MAAP ·

2016/09/18

Nick Schultz is a young Australian making his way into the European Pro ranks. He has taken a road not so often traveled anymore by Australians into the Euro cycling world. He jumped in the deep end, and immersed himself in the French scene. He has slowly but surely worked his way through the cycling ranks and created an all important european life for himself along the way. It's this jump from living at home in Australia with Mum and Dad as a 18 year old, to taking a leap to a whole new culture

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47:59

Mat Hayman – Part#2 – The Day After Paris Roubaix 2016

Life in the Peloton, presented by MAAP ·

2016/05/23

So this is the big one! I am speaking with 2016 Paris Roubaix winner Matt Hayman. I caught up with him 1 month after that momentous day, on training camp up in the high mountains in Andorra. A very un-roubaix environment but the memory was still very fresh and vibrant. I get quite excited this week as I hear the story the first time myself, so will have to excuse some of the colourful language. I hope you enjoy it, I certainly did!

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27:27

Mat Hayman – Paris Roubaix 2016 – Part#1 – The Night...

Life in the Peloton, presented by MAAP ·

2016/05/19

Paris Roubaix is a cobbled stone classic one day race, it is one of the 5 memorials races in the year. It is a spectacle, it is a tough mans race. It is the best race of the year. It is my favourite race. Matt Hayman has ridden Paris Roubaix 15 times in his career, he is a specialist to say the least. This is his favourite race too. 2016 Roubaix was a special day for Matt, I was able to get his thoughts the night before, the night before he knew what the 2016 addition was going to be.

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57:47

Mature View of Alex Edmondson

Life in the Peloton, presented by MAAP ·

2016/03/31

While I was back on training camp in South Africa I had the chance to sit down with Alex Edmondson for a what I thought was going to be a chat about the training involved for the Teams Pursuit in the lead up to the Rio Olympics. What I got a was a lot more interesting. Alex's is story is not the normal progression in which a cyclist tends to have. Although Alex is only 22, when he tells his story you would assume he is a seasoned professional. You'll have to excuse the volume in the episode, as its

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26:35

Sam Bewley & The Prologue

Life in the Peloton, presented by MAAP ·

2016/03/07

Fresh after the race, back in the hotel somewhere in the cold northern part of France in the proximity of Paris. I thought it would be great to capture the thoughts just after completing the Paris Nice Prologue, from my New Zealander team mate Sam Bewley. He explains just what a Prologue is, all the intricacies that go into them, how he goes about approaching one as a specialist and just what makes a good prologue to kick start your tour.

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26:46

Christopher Juul-Jensen – Changing Countries Changing...

Life in the Peloton, presented by MAAP ·

2016/02/18

This time I have some fun talking with my new team mate Chris Juul-Jensen. And he is not all the apricot Danish he is made out to be. He turned professional with Saxo-Tinkoff in 2012, and has now made the move across to Orica-Greenedge for 2016. We talk changing teams, changing countries and about the worlds best cappuccino, among many other things. Sit back and enjoy.

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51:07

Scott McGrory’s Gold Medal Story

Life in the Peloton, presented by MAAP ·

2016/02/12

Had the pleasure to speak with my first idol, my old sports director and now friend, Olympic Gold Medalist Scott Mcgrory. I was lucky enough to be there the night Scott and Brett won the Gold Medal in the Madison at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. This was before I really even knew what cycling was, let alone track cycling. From this night on I wanted to be a cyclist, and so the rest is history. But the story behind the gold medal has never been told to me, and I thought it would be interesting to find

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