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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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The first of a trilogy of difficult stages in the Giro d’Italia took the riders from Diamante to Potenza. Join Daniel Friebe and Lionel Birnie outside the busy Barmacia as they unpick the stage and e...
· 1 hr 35 sec
This is the tenth anniversary of one of the closest grand tours of all-time, decided by just 16 seconds after a two-week tussle between two very different riders. The Canadian Ryder Hesjedal and the...
· 21 min 19 sec
Daniel Friebe and Lionel Birnie made it to Scalea despite being stuck behind the e-Giro for more than 50 kilometres. Fortunately, the Giro d’Italia peloton was racing a lot less aggressively than yest...
· 53 min 5 sec
It’ll soon be safe to go back in the water – which is good news for Lionel after he lost his sunglasses to the Strait of Messina while recording this episode of The Cycling Podcast from Scilla. Lion...
· 1 hr 9 min 6 sec
The Giro d’Italia returned to Mount Etna and the climb crowned a first-time stage winner and a new wearer of the maglia rosa. Join Daniel Friebe and Lionel Birnie as they recap the fourth stage and...
· 58 min 6 sec
The Giro’s Grande Partenza in Budapest came two years after its intended date and hence was even more eagerly anticipated. Hungary had is venerable, beautiful capital, beguiling landscapes and a cycli...
· 58 min 16 sec
The Giro d’Italia’s final stage in Hungary produced the expected sprint finish after a ride round Lake Balaton. In this episode, Daniel Friebe and Lionel Birnie have found a German bar in Héviz to r...
· 1 hr 7 min 40 sec
The shortest stage of the 2022 Giro d’Italia promised to also be one of the most significant - the first of just two time trials in this year’s Corsa Rosa and a truth serum for the many pretenders to...
· 1 hr 6 min 4 sec
The Giro d’Italia rolled out of Budapest on Friday morning and we were on the ground in Hungary to see it. An uphill finish at Visegrád castle promised drama and the stage certainly delivered. In the...
· 1 hr 24 sec
Attila Valter is one of three Hungarian riders lining up at this year’s Giro d’Italia. The other two, Erik Fetter of Eolo-Kometa and Barnabás Peák of Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert, will also enjoy rapturou...
· 33 min 19 sec
The Cycling Podcast Féminin returns to review the spring Classics campaign. Rose Manley and Orla Chennaoui are joined by Lionel Birnie as they each select their outstanding moments of the spring. Ann...
· 1 hr 10 min 42 sec
The opening bars of our theme tune – Cozze by Amaraterra – can mean only one thing. The 2022 Giro d'Italia is nearly here. Join us for Girovagando as we cover the race from Budapest to Verona. Daniel...
· 1 hr 46 min 42 sec
Ever since 2020, The Cycling Podcast and Dvine Cellars of London have joined forces and united passions to offer a liquid accompaniment to our listeners’ Grand Tour experience. This year – after month...
· 52 min 45 sec
In this episode of Service Course, Tom speaks to Dan Craven, better known as Dan from Nam. Dan's career began in 2009 with the Rapha Condor team and he finished up in 2017 after a spell with Israel Cy...
· 1 hr 37 min 56 sec
Spoiler alert: This is our post-race analysis of Liège-Bastogne-Liège so if you’re yet to watch the races and don’t want to know the results save this episode until you’ve seen the action. In a podc...
· 1 hr 4 min 22 sec
Spoiler alert: This is our post-race analysis of Flèche Wallonne so if you’re yet to watch the races and don’t want to know the results save this episode until you’ve seen the action. In a podcast o...
· 49 min 55 sec
Spoiler alert: This is our post-race analysis of Paris-Roubaix so if you’re yet to watch the race and don’t want to know the result save this episode until you’ve seen the action. Lionel Birnie and...
· 41 min 53 sec
Spoiler alert: This is our post-race analysis of Paris-Roubaix Femmes so if you’re yet to watch the race and don’t want to know the result save this episode until you’ve seen the action. Arrivée ret...
· 40 min 9 sec
This episode of The Cycling Podcast is a tribute to Richard Moore, who passed away last month aged 48. Richard founded The Cycling Podcast in 2013 with Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe and with his pa...
· 1 hr 49 min 6 sec
In this month's episode of Service Course Tom and Lizzy tackle a press conference question from friend of the podcast, Dave Owen, which was a bit too complicated for them to answer so they pull in the...
· 1 hr 3 min 14 sec