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Spencer Martin of the Beyond the Peloton Newsletter & Andrew Vontz of the Choose the Hard Way Podcast sit down with Patrick Broe, founder of the Lanterne Rouge cycling media network to talk about the major looming questions and storylines...
Spencer Martin of Beyond the Peloton & Andrew Vontz of the Choose the Hard Way Podcast are back from a COVID-induced break to catch up on the Cyclocross season, which is quickly heating up with superstars like Wout van Aert,...
Spencer Martin of Beyond the Peloton & Andrew Vontz of the Choose the Hard Way Podcast chat with Scott McGill about his incredible 2022 season, culminating in making the breakaway at the 2022 World Road Race Championships, along with his...
Spencer Martin of Beyond the Peloton & Andrew Vontz of the Choose the Hard Way Podcast discuss the news that UAE signed Jay Vine for the upcoming season before taking a look at the 2023 Tour de France route and...
Spencer Martin of Beyond the Peloton & Andrew Vontz of the Choose the Hard Way Podcast discuss what the future holds for gravel cycling as it gets more and more popular before debating if there is a viable business future...
Spencer Martin of Beyond the Peloton & Andrew Vontz of the Choose the Hard Way Podcast preview the upcoming Gravel World Championships before diving deep into what this means for the nascent discipline, where it is going, and what it...
Spencer Martin of Beyond the Peloton & Andrew Vontz of the Choose the Hard Way Podcast give a few closing thoughts on the World Championship Road Race before breaking down why the Remco Evenepoel to Ineos transfer rumors might not...
In this week's post-race minisode, Spencer Martin breaks down the blow-by-blow action from last weekend's World Road Race Championship and digs into how exactly Remco Evenepoel walked all over the world's best riders. Read the Beyond the Peloton post-race breakdown post
Spencer Martin of Beyond the Peloton & Andrew Vontz of the Choose the Hard Way Podcast discuss the favorites for the upcoming World Championship Road Race before getting into the weeds on the reasons behind the technical choices of certain...
Spencer Martin of Beyond the Peloton & Andrew Vontz of the Choose the Hard Way Podcast discuss what we can take from Remco Evenepoel's recent overall win at the Vuelta a España, why there are so many great young riders...
Spencer Martin of Beyond the Peloton & Andrew Vontz of the Choose the Hard Way Podcast discuss the GC fight at the ongoing Vuelta a España as the main contenders head into the final weekend of racing before going through...
Spencer Martin of Beyond the Peloton & Andrew Vontz of the Choose the Hard Way Podcast ask and answer big-picture questions about what has happened during Remco Evenepoel's reign of terror at the Vuelta a España, as well as going...
Spencer Martin of Beyond the Peloton & Andrew Vontz of the Choose the Hard Way Podcast ask and answer big picture questions about the final grand tour of the season, la Vuelta a España before getting into the news of...
Spencer Martin of Beyond the Peloton & Andrew Vontz of the Choose the Hard Way Podcast ask and answer big picture questions about what was potentially one of the best editions of the Tour de France in the modern era...
Spencer Martin of Beyond the Peloton & Andrew Vontz of the Choose the Hard Way Podcast try to break down Jumbo-Visma's Total Cycling approach and what the heck is going on with the sport of professional cycling as we officially...
Spencer Martin of Beyond the Peloton & Andrew Vontz of the Choose the Hard Way Podcast break down a show of force from UAE and Tadej Pogacar through the first difficult stage in the Pyrenees before discussing if Jonas Vingegaard...
Spencer Martin of Beyond the Peloton & Andrew Vontz of the Choose the Hard Way Podcast take stock of the last two stages of racing and dig into what to watch over the coming stages in the notoriously difficult and...
Spencer Martin of Beyond the Peloton & Andrew Vontz of the Choose the Hard Way Podcast take a step back after two impressive stage wins to ask the big questions about this race's GC picture: Does Andrew believe Geraint Thomas...
Spencer Martin of Beyond the Peloton & Andrew Vontz of the Choose the Hard Way Podcast try to understand the action-packed first mountain stage at the Tour de France that has turned the race on its head before drifting off...
Spencer Martin of Beyond the Peloton & Andrew Vontz of the Choose the Hard Way Podcast take stock of the GC picture on the Tour's first (real) rest day and wonder if Tadej Pogacar and his UAE team should be...
Following two consecutive stages of Tadej Pogacar domination, Andrew and Spencer ask if anyone can stop the Slovenian terror, and if so, how? They also discuss if he and his UAE team are making a mistake by riding so aggressively...
BTP host Spencer Martin and Andrew Vontz from the Choose the Hard Way Podcast sit down to dissect the action-packed Paris-Roubaix edition Tour de France stage, a stunning performance from Wout van Aert on stage 4, and much, much more....
BTP host Spencer Martin and Andrew Vontz from the Choose the Hard Way Podcast sit down to dissect the major storylines as the Tour de France leaves its opening weekend in Denmark and gets back into action on French soil...
BTP host Spencer Martin and Andrew Vontz from the Choose the Hard Way Podcast kick off a special Tour de France edition of the BTP podcast where we will be both breaking down the racing and larger storylines of the...
This week I go over some surprising recent Tour de France selection news and what it will mean for the race before (07:08) breaking down some key performances at the recent Tour de Suisse & Tour of Slovenia. Get daily in-depth...
This week I briefly break down how their dominant Dauphine performance raised potential Tour de France leadership for Jumbo-Visma, as well as go over a few things worth watching as the Tour de Suisse GC battle heats up. Get daily in-depth...
This week Andrew Vontz from the Choose the Hard Way Podcast comes back to talk about the recent Giro d'Italia (07:40). We discuss what went right for Jai Hindley and what went wrong for Ineos/Richard Carapaz before touching on Peter...
Breaking down what we've seen from the GC battle so far, why the margins in grand tour GC battles seem to be getting smaller and smaller, and what to expect as the race enters its final weekend. Get daily in-depth pro...
Andrew Vontz of the Choose the Hard Way Podcast comes on to talk about the major storylines through the first two weeks of the Giro d'Italia, then we talk about what we expect to happen to the GC battle when...
Popping on to break down what we've seen from the simmering GC battle so far at the Giro d'Italia as well as the individual brilliance of riders like Mathieu van der Poel and Biniam Girmay. Get daily in-depth pro cycling tactical...
This week I go over the key takeaways (01:55) from Tour de Romandie, Vuelta Asturias & Eschborn–Frankfurt before (15:30) Twitter sensation and Lanterne Rouge podcast co-host Benji Naesen comes on to talk about going from YouTube gamer to a highly...
This week I break down how Remco Evenepoel won Liège-Bastogne-Liège with a solo attack when everyone knew it was coming and if he should focus on one-day races and stages going forward, or continue to chase a career as a...
This week I go through a few notes from the recent amazing edition of Paris-Roubaix (0:36) before bringing on Andrew Vontz of the Choose the Hard Way Podcast to discuss our major takeaways from the race and just how much...
This week I talk to Larry Warbasse about his now-out GCN+ documentary 'The Slow Pro Tour' as well as his path to professional cycling and how he became fluent in French over the course of a month. Sign up for GCN+ and...
Going through my Ronde van Vlaanderen (Tour of Flanders) race notebook to break down a wild finish at one of the season's biggest one-day classics. Sign up for the BTP Newsletter to get in-depth race breakdowns
This week I chat with Choose the Hard Way podcast host Andrew Vontz (01:36) about what we are watching for at the upcoming Tour of Flanders before sitting down with AG2R's Oliver Naesen (35:25) to talk about his new GCN+...
This week I touch on a few key points that decided last week's Milano-Sanremo (01:08), before breaking down takeaways from the ongoing Volta Cataluyna (12:22) and then finish by going through the first real Cobbled Classic on the season, E3,...
This week I tie up some loose ends surrounding last weekend's fantastic stage races (01:18) before getting into (22:04) why Tadej Pogačar will have a harder time winning Milano-Sanremo than most pundits think and who could emerge victorious instead. Sign up...
This week I give my extremely late thoughts on Tadej Pogačar's Strade Bianche win and if this means he is now the hands-down best rider in the world (01:24), why more wins are coming from breakaways post-2020 (13:03), Paris-Nice stages...
This week I break down who will come out on top on Saturday at Strade Bianche and then dive into the great sprint and GC battles waiting next week at Paris-Nice. Sign up for the BTP newsletter Strade Bianche Preview Post
This week I break down the standout performances so far from the UAE Tour and how all signs point to yet another season of living under the reign of the great Tadej Pogačar. I also touch on how Mark Cavendish's...
This week I break down the highlights so far from the Tours of Algarve and Andalucia before stopping to ask what any of these results actually mean in the big picture and in the context of the rest of the...
This week I break down the sprint action from the Tour of Oman (01:58) before diving into the Tour de la Provence (09:22) and whether Ineos is using the incredibly talented Filippo Ganna in a way that maximizes his vast...
This week I break down the early-season racing action from the low-key cool Saudi Tour (01:30), the spicy action from Etoile de Bessèges (09:22) before getting into the best race of the season so far, the Volta Valencia (13:25). I...
This week I break down Tom Pidcock's decision to travel to the USA for the upcoming Cyclocross World Championships, Wout van Aert's altered spring schedule, QuickStep's decision to bench Mark Cavendish and take Fabio Jakobsen to the 2022 Tour de...
This week the Queen of in-depth rider profiles and world-famous Roglic-whisper Kate Wagner joined me for a wide-ranging conversation touching on everything from the recent wave of Slovenian dominance, the Primož Roglic/Tadej Pogacar rivalry (along with house to properly say...
This week I break down the possibility of Wout van Aert being suspended by the UCI (02:27), the chaos at EF and their pursuit of Mark Padun (07:36), and then (18:11) PEZ Cycling's Richard Pestes interviews me for his site's...
This week I talk to Andrew Vontz, Vice President of communications and a member of the executive management team at Strava, who is also the creator/host of Choose the Hard Way, a podcast about peak performance and the obstacles people...
This week I break down the four most interesting teams so far in the transfer market (01:30) and then discuss Movistar's odd decision to bring in two extremely controversial former dopers to help manage the team going forward (34:01) and...
This week I breakdown the 2022 Tour de France route (1:31), go through the end-of-season UCI rider and team point rankings (12:37), talk about what is going on with the management shakeup at Ineos (43:26), and then touch on why...