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The Cycling Podcast
The Cycling Podcast takes listeners to the heart of professional cycling with weekly episodes and daily coverage of the Grand Tours.
Founded by Richard Moore, Daniel Friebe and Lionel Birnie in 2013, The Cycling Podcast is one of the longest-running independent sports podcasts.
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With no World Tour teams currently riding Bianchi bicycles, Tom looks at the fascinating history of one of the world's oldest bicycle manufacturer. Not many brands inspire as much passion as Bianchi a...
· 59 min 49 sec
To many cycling viewers, the rise of Primož Roglič and Tadej Pogačar may feel like it came out of nowhere. Longer-term cycling fans might remember the years of Tadej Valjavec and Jani Brajkovič as the...
· 58 min 40 sec
Rose Manley and Orla Chennaoui are joined by Lizzy Banks for a packed episode to discuss the 2022 edition of the Women's Tour. Rose and Lizzy were in Oxford for the end of the race and after the fina...
· 1 hr 15 min 31 sec
This episode of The Cycling Podcast features Daniel Friebe and Lionel Birnie talking about Daniel’s biography of the German cyclist Jan Ullrich. Recorded over a glass of wine on the Giro d’Italia’s...
· 1 hr 16 min 49 sec
The Cycling Podcast Féminin returns just as the Women’s World Tour peloton prepares to tackle three stage races in the space of a couple of months. First up it’s the Women’s Tour in Britain, then the...
· 1 hr 11 min 15 sec
In this month's episode of Service Course, Tom Whalley and Lizzy Banks tackle the issue of concussion recognition head on. Tom and Lizzy investigate the technologies already out there that could trans...
· 1 hr 29 min 4 sec
Join Daniel Friebe and Brian Nygaard in Verona for the final podcast of the 2022 Giro d'Italia. AMARATERRA Amaraterra provide our theme song, Cozze, and other music for The Cycling Podcast’s coverag...
· 1 hr 8 min 23 sec
The last mountain stage of the 2022 Giro d’Italia promised fireworks. Three giant Dolomite passes & two determined opponents, Mikel Landa & Jai Hindley, stood between Richard Carapaz & a r...
· 1 hr 5 min 59 sec
The penultimate mountain stage of the 2022 Giro d’Italia took the race into Slovenia, with the battle for the maglia rosa still delicately poised. Could Richard Carapaz consolidate his advantage - or...
· 1 hr 7 min 24 sec
The 2022 edition of the Giro d'Italia finishes in Verona – just as the 1984 edition did, and it is that race which has long fascinated Lionel Birnie. It took place towards the end of the second great...
· 31 min 13 sec
Stage 18 of the Giro d’Italia took the riders from Borgo Valsugana to Treviso in the Veneto region. On paper, this looked like the last opportunity for the sprinter in this year’s Corsa Rosa. But a st...
· 57 min 49 sec
Stage 17 of the Giro took the peloton to Lavarone via two mighty climbs. With the battle for the pink still finely poised, here was another opportunity for Jai Hindley & Mikel Landa, in particular...
· 59 min 41 sec
Professional cycling has until recently been slow to recognise the merits of sports psychologists and mental coaches, but that is changing in the age of marginal gains. Many riders now accept that bra...
· 32 min 52 sec
The Giro made its way towards Aprica for what many have dubbed this year’s Queen Stage. Having set out from the western shore of Lake Garda, the peloton would scale the Mortirolo and the Valico di San...
· 1 hr 6 min 40 sec
The Giro pauses for its third rest-day and Daniel Friebe and Brian Nygaard have traveled from the Valle d’Aosta to Lake Garda, where the race will resume with Richard Carapaz in the pink jersey on Tue...
· 1 hr 27 min 57 sec
The Giro’s third rest day in Salò on Monday gives us pause to consider the curious intersection of the Lake Garda resort’s notorious history, one of the more scandalous films of the 20th century – and...
· 37 min 21 sec
The Giro finally journeyed into the Alps with Richard Carapaz in the maglia rosa and the peloton weary after Saturday’s blockbuster into Turin. Could Jai Hindley and Bora-Hansgrohe dethrone the Ecuado...
· 44 min 6 sec
Last night Daniel Friebe longed for some action from the general classification contenders – today he got his wish with – as he described it – a ripsnorter of a stage in the hills around Turin. Dani...
· 55 min 13 sec
Join Daniel Friebe, Lionel Birnie and Brian Nygaard in Barolo country for a discussion about the Giro d’Italia’s frantic chase between the break and bunch. Expect some wine chat, general disgust at...
· 58 min 8 sec
For most directeurs sportifs, especially one who spent his most important years as a cyclist in Italy, taking and defending the maglia rosa might be a euphoric experience. It is indeed for Trek-Segafr...
· 39 min 21 sec