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The Cycling Podcast

The Cycling Podcast

The Cycling Podcast takes listeners to the heart of professional cycling with weekly episodes and daily coverage of the Grand Tours. Join journalists Daniel Friebe and Lionel Birnie – and a few special guests along the way – as they podcast about the latest cycling news and the world of professional cycling. Founded by Richard Moore, Daniel Friebe and Lionel Birnie in 2013, The Cycling Podcast is one of the longest-running independent sports podcasts. To support The Cycling Podcast, subscribe as

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55:25

S9 Ep69: The Press Conference | Rest Day 2 | Giro...

The Cycling Podcast ·

2021/05/25

On the second rest day of the Giro d'Italia Richard and Daniel sit down in Canazei in the Dolomites to answer some listeners' questions. Topics include downhill time trials, littering, Italy and the Giro's place in its cultural landscape, and why there is no cycling equivalent of Sam Allardyce, the football manager. For a couple of questions we turn to James Knox, of Deceuninck-Quick-Step, and Eurosport GCN commentator Rob Hatch for their insights. The Cycling Podcast is supported by

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62:34

S9 Ep68: Stage 16 | Sacile - Cortina d'Ampezzo | Giro...

The Cycling Podcast ·

2021/05/24

With the queen stage of the Giro d'Italia shortened by 60km, two major climbs removed and no TV pictures, the job of The Cycling Podcast after stage 16 was to piece together what happened. Richard and Daniel were at the finish in Cortina to speak to some of the protagonists and make sense of a stage that cemented Egan Bernal's status as the favourite to win the Giro in Milan on Sunday. In tonight's episode we hear from our diarist, James Knox, the EF sports director Charly Wegelius and his

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51:10

S9 Ep67: Stage 15 | Grado - Gorizia | Giro d'Italia 2021

The Cycling Podcast ·

2021/05/23

The Giro d'Italia crossed into Slovenia on stage 15 and The Cycling Podcast was there to see Victor Campenaerts win Qhubeka Assos's third stage in five days. The start of the stage was marred by an enormous crash with our audio diarist, James Knox, one of the fallers. Thankfully he wasn't too badly hurt, as he tells us in tonight's instalment. We also hear from Simon Yates, who is Egan Bernal's closest challenger, ahead of Monday's key stage in the Dolomites. The Cycling Podcast is supported by

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32:07

S9 Ep66: Kilometre 0 – Frontierland: The Giro &...

The Cycling Podcast ·

2021/05/23

After its ascent of the Zoncolan on stage 14, the Giro d'Italia remains in Italy’s far northeast on Sunday – and even dips into Slovenia – for a stage that reflects many of the region’s textures and contradictions. The local hero as far as the Giro is concerned was Alessandro De Marchi – but the former maglia rosa crashed out en route to Bagno di Romagna. In his absence, there will still be much for the home crowds to enjoy – and for the rest of us to discover about a corner of Il Bel Paese that

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61:27

S9 Ep65: Stage 14 | Cittadella - Monte Zoncolan |...

The Cycling Podcast ·

2021/05/22

No day is the same at the Giro d'Italia but very few start, for Richard and Daniel at least, with a meeting with the US Acting Ambassador to Italy. We hear from Ambassador Tom Smitham – a keen cyclist and friend of the podcast – in tonight's episode and we have all the reaction from a crucial stage that finished at Monte Zoncolan, including interviews with Simon Yates's sports director, Matt White, and Egan Bernal's, Dario Cioni. There's another instalment from our audio diarist, James Knox, and we

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54:48

S9 Ep64: Stage 13 | Ravenna - Verona | Giro d'Italia...

The Cycling Podcast ·

2021/05/21

Stage 13 and as the Giro d'Italia reached Verona we discuss a first grand tour stage win for Giacomo Nizzolo and hear from his teammate and lead-out man, Max Walscheid. We've got an interview with Deceuninck-Quick-step supremo Patrick Lefevere and another audio diary from one of his riders, James Knox. And at the start in Ravenna we meet Marina Romoli, whose foundation The Cycling Podcast is supporting at this year's Giro through the sales of Stacy Snyder's cups, mugs and gelato bowls. Marina

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24:50

S9 Ep63: Kilometre 0 – Alfredo, Forever

The Cycling Podcast ·

2021/05/21

Thursday’s twelfth stage of the Giro d'Italia was a paean not only to one of Italy’s cycling heartlands – the verdant hills and mountains of Tuscany – but also two legends of Italian cycling in Gino Bartali and Alfredo Martini. Martini is the lesser known of the pair but there is no doubting his status as a national sporting treasure, less for the six rainbow jerseys he amassed as the Italian team coach from 1975 to 1997 than for who he was and how he led his life. Just a couple of hours before

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46:03

S9 Ep62: Stage 12 | Siena - Bagno di Romagna | Giro...

The Cycling Podcast ·

2021/05/20

As our Girovagando pushes past its half-way point our stage twelve episode from the Giro d'Italia includes our audio diarist, James Knox, on the emotional departure of a valued teammate, there are interviews with two of the stage's main protagonists, George Bennett and Chris Hamilton, and we hear from the previous day's winner, Mauro Schmid. The Cycling Podcast is supported by Supersapiens and Science in Sport. Supersapiens is a continuous glucose monitoring system that helps you make the right

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52:45

S9 Ep61: Stage 11 | Perugia - Montalcino (Brunello di...

The Cycling Podcast ·

2021/05/19

Stage 11 of the Giro d'Italia was the eagerly awaited day of the strade bianche, taking the riders from Umbria into Tuscany and over its famous white dirt roads. We start the episode in Perugia, hearing what Matt White of Team Bike Exchange and Matt Winston of Team DSM, were thinking ahead of this crucial stage. Then, in Montelcino at the finish, we hear from one of the day's animators, Dries De Bondt, and also from a rider who climbed to third overall, Damiano Caruso. One of the big losers of

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S9 Ep60: Kilometre 0 – The Austrian Interloper

The Cycling Podcast ·

2021/05/19

At Strade Bianche in March there was a leading group containing cycling's biggest stars – the world champion, the last two Tour de France winners, stars of cyclocross and the classics – and Michael Gogl. The 27-year-old Austrian, who rides for Qhubeka Assos, was the big surprise in one of the best races of the year – although his performance on the white dirt roads of Tuscany did not come as such a surprise to him and his team. As the Giro prepares to tackle the white dirt roads on stage 11, we

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57:39

S9 Ep59: The Press Conference | Rest Day 1 | Giro...

The Cycling Podcast ·

2021/05/18

As the Giro d'Italia paused for its first rest day The Cycling Podcast does its now traditional rest day episode – the press conference. Answering some of our listeners' questions, Richard and Daniel discuss subjects including the Giro's apparent "bias" against the south, rider safety, the vogue for gravel and even a non-Giro question concerning Julian Alaphilippe's decision to miss the Olympics. We put some of your questions to our diarist, James Knox of Deceuninck-Quick-Step, and there's an

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52:06

S9 Ep58: Stage 10 | L'Aquila - Foligno | Giro...

The Cycling Podcast ·

2021/05/17

Peter Sagan won stage 10 of the Giro d'Italia as the race headed north and entered Umbria for Tuesday's rest day. In tonight's podcast we get reaction from Sagan's sports director, Jens Zemke, and also hear from the rider who was second, Fernando Gaviria. There's another instalment from our audio diarist, James Knox, and we speak to a rider with a special connection to this part of the world – if only by name. We also catch up with two riders who are struggling with ill health at this Giro – Jai

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S9 Ep57: Kilometre 0 – La Prima Donna

The Cycling Podcast ·

2021/05/17

In Italian, unlike in English, ‘prima donna’ is certainly no insult, meaning literally ‘first woman’ or first female voice in a company of singers. If the Giro often resembles an opera, though, only this year has the chorus of race narrators acquired such a figure - at least on Italian television. Giada Borgato was a professional rider & Italian champion herself but has traded the peloton for the commentary box, where this year she is making history as Italian state broadcaster Rai’s first lead

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58:53

S9 Ep56: Stage 9 | Castel di Sangro - Campo Felice...

The Cycling Podcast ·

2021/05/16

The first mountain stage of this year's Giro d'Italia saw a commanding win for Egan Bernal, who took over the pink jersey, after a thrilling day's racing in the Abruzzo mountains. In our stage nine episode we hear from Bernal, as well as Giulio Ciccone, who was second on the stage. There's an interview with Natnael Tesfatsion, the Eritrean on the Androni team, and Richard and Daniel go on a pilgrimage in Castel di Sangro, where the stage started and which was the setting for a great sports book,

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58:43

S9 Ep55: Stage 8 | Foggia - Guardia Sanframondi |...

The Cycling Podcast ·

2021/05/15

Stage 8 of the Giro d'Italia was won from a breakaway by the Frenchman Victory Lafay, while behind there was no great sort out of the overall contenders ahead of a testing stage in the Abruzzo mountains on Sunday. In tonight's episode we hear from Team DSM's Nikias Arndt, who was third on the stage, and Nicholas Roche, as well as Hugh Carthy. of EF Education Nippo We have an interview with the adopted local boy, Einer Rubio, a Colombian who rides for Movistar, and also his sports director, Max

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51:42

S9 Ep54: Stage 7 | Notaresco - Termoli | Giro...

The Cycling Podcast ·

2021/05/14

Stage 7 of the Giro d'Italia took the riders down the Adriatic coast to the southernmost point of this year's race, with Caleb Ewan winning the bunch sprint to take his second stage. Richard Moore and Daniel Friebe discuss Ewan's qualities as a leader and we hear from his Lotto-Soudal teammate, Roger Kluge, as well as the rider who was third, Tim Merlier. We discuss geography with Bauke Mollema and Dan Martin, wine with Elisa Pepe and – returning briefly to cycling – how he is getting on in his

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34:42

S9 Ep53: Kilometre 0 – The Miracle of Castel di Sangro

The Cycling Podcast ·

2021/05/14

In our third episode of Kilometre 0 from the Giro d'Italia we revisit a classic sports book, The Miracle of Castel di Sangro. Stage 9 of the Giro will roll out of a small town in the Abruzzo mountains: the scene in 1996 of the "miracle" of Castel di Sangro winning promotion to Italy's second top division, Serie B. When he read about this unlikely story, Joe McGinniss, a celebrated American writer, decided to go and live in Castel di Sangro to document life in Serie B. Little could McGinniss

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54:56

S9 Ep52: Stage 6 | Grotte di Frasassi - Ascoli Piceno...

The Cycling Podcast ·

2021/05/13

Another cold and wet day at the Giro d'Italia saw a win for one of our audio diarists, Gino Mader, only 24 hours after losing his team leader, Mikel Landa, who crashed out on Wednesday. In the latest episode Richard and Daniel discuss the stage and the new man in pink, Attila Valter, who we hear from. There's another audio diary from James Knox, Gianni Savio is back discussing tactics and Caleb Ewan confesses his ignorance of Italian geography. On the day he lost the pink jersey, we also hear

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53:58

S9 Ep51: Stage 5 | Modena - Cattolica | Giro d’Italia...

The Cycling Podcast ·

2021/05/12

Stage five of the Giro d'Italia was one for the sprinters but it was marred by a series of nasty crashes that saw one of the favourites, Mikel Landa, have to pull out of the race – we hear from his sports director, Franco Pellizotti. In this episode we speak to another of the crash victims and the previous day's winner, Joe Dombrowski, and to Simon Yates' director, Matt White. There's another instalment from our diarist, James Knox, and Daniel and Richard pay a visit to another Marco Pantani

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27:18

S9 Ep50: Kilometre 0 – Remco, the reboot

The Cycling Podcast ·

2021/05/12

Remco Evenepoel returned to racing at the Giro d'Italia, after nine months out with injury, and finished 7th in the opening time trial. What can we expect from Evenepoel, the 21-year-old Belgian phenomenon? Nobody seems to know, not even his Deceuninck-Quick-Step teammate Pieter Serry. We hear from Serry, from Jan-Pieter De Vlieger of Het Nieuwsblad and Renaat Schotte of Sporza. We also ask whether the top riders need racing to prepare for their major targets, speaking to Joe Dombrowski, Larry

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