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In-depth pro cycling race previews, analysis, and rankings
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...
This week I break down Pogačar's dominant win at Il Lombardia (01:20), how his long-range attack capitalized on a tactical shift in modern racing (24:30), why he isn't taken more seriously as a one-day contender by the media and other...
This week I break down Sonny Colbrelli's stunning Paris-Roubaix victory (01:28), unpack why riders with such little experience fared so well at the extremely difficult race (25:38), discuss how much equipment choices affected performances (26:28), and then preview the upcoming...
In a special bonus episode, pro rider Sarah Gigante comes on to break down the recent Women's World Championship Road Race (01:41), as well as giving her thoughts on the Women's inaugural edition of Paris-Roubaix (33:00). Sign up for the newsletter Post...
This week I break down how Julian Alaphilippe played the stacked Belgian team to win at the World Championships (01:50) and then preview this weekend's much-awaited return of Paris-Roubaix (22:32), along with my favorites for the win and who to...
This week, I break down the thrilling duel between Filippo Ganna & Wout Van Aert at World TT Championships (01:30), what we should take from Remco Evenepoel's third-place finish (13:17), what to make of the supersonic average speeds from the...
This week I breakdown what we learned from Wout van Aert's overall win at the Tour of Britain (1:56), Sonny Colbrelli's win at Euro Championships (4:10), how Remco Evenepoel's lack of race awareness could cause problems for Van Aert at...
This week I go over the key takeaways from Roglic's Vuelta win (01:25), why time trialing is the key to winning grand tours in the modern era (15:20), what is going on with Movistar & Miguel Angel Lopez (22:30), will...
This week I breakdown why La Vuelta's final week will most likely be more bark than bite (01:47), touch on if Odd Christain Eiking or Guillaume Martin can actually win the race (12:04), Ineos' bizarre GC strategy so far (16:11),...
This week I break down why La Vuelta will be the best grand tour of the year and why Primoz Roglic will be almost unbeatable in his quest for his third-straight victory (01:07. I then go over the major rider...
This week I unpack Neilson Powless' incredible win at San Sebastián (01:15), if Deceuninck-QuickStep made the right decision not riding for Julian Alaphilippe (11:15) and Sagan's move to Total Direct Energie (13:30). I then break down what Adam Yates and...
This week I attempt to contextualize Wout van Aert's absurd achievements in the final weekend of the Tour de France (02:50), the future of sprinting (5:55), unpack Van Aert & Van der Poel's Tours (13:26), try to understand what Ineos...
This week I talk about why rival GC teams are having such a hard time challenging Tadej Pogacar and his relatively weak UAE Team (03:11) and then (22:00)Tokyo-bound Jamaican Olympian and cycling superfan Aisha Praught-Leer comes on to talk about...
The Tour starts up again with a bang after the first rest day and today I talk about Cavendish's win on stage 10 (02:15), the race for the GC never taking a day off (15:02), if Ben O'Connor can hang...
In this minisode, I unpack the totally bananas Tour de France stage 7 & touch on what the mountain stages this coming weekend mean for the fight for the overall classification. This episode is brought to you by Idahoan Foods. Use the...
Unpacking Mark Cavendish's incredible stage win and if he can do it again at this Tour (02:14). Also, I break down the race for Green (11:25), where the GC stands after a few action-packed opening stages, and what we should...
This week I breakdown the opening few stages of the Tour de France (02:18), dive into who the main GC contenders will be (04:41), how the somewhat subdued route could help Ineos (15:16), try to forecast how the race dynamics...
This week I go through Ineos' just-released Tour de France lineup (01:10), talk about the pros and cons of their selection, why they left Rohan Dennis at home, and if Richard Carapaz should be the team's main leader after his...
I go through my notebook from the Criterium du Dauphine (01:30), talk about the flaws in Ineos' confusing multi-leader strategy (04:12), if it is a problem that Mark Padun thoroughly outclimbed the team on both Saturday and Sunday (17:40), who...
This week I break down where exactly Egan Bernal won the recent Giro d'Italia (01:16) before diving into what we've learned so far at the Criterium du Dauphine (24:20) and what it means for the upcoming Tour de France. Sign up...
In this minisode, I go through my race notebook from today's Giro d'Italia stage 19 (01:00) before Team BikeExchange Performance Director Marco Pinotti joins (13:30) to talk about the looming final time trial on stage 21, DQS' potential mismanagement of...
This week I talk about the Giro d'Italia's abridged stage 16 (01:10), preview tomorrow's stage 17 (21:07), and throw out a crazy theory about how Egan Bernal should lead Ineos at the upcoming Tour de France (29:05). Sign up for the...
This week I go through my notes from stages 9 (01:50) & 10 (06:37) before sitting down with 6-time Italian time trial champion & current Team BikeExchange performance coach Marco Pinotti (21:10) to talk about what the heck is going...
In this mini-episode, I break down Ineos' strategy from yesterday's Stage 6 (01:44), go through the big takeaways from the race so far (18:57), and dive into the rationale behind Ineos' decision to invest so much energy into breaking up...
This week I go through the big takeaways so far at the Giro d'Italia (02:04), who the GC winners are (06:26), Deceuninck-QuickStep's strange tactics on stage 4 (09:33), why the GC outcome at the Giro is so hard to predict...
This week I touch on why so many of the big-time GC riders skipped the Tour of Romandie (01:27), go through my notes from the race and touch on what Geraint Thomas' definitive victory means for his position at Ineos...
I go through my race notebook for Tadej Pogacar's incredible win at the Men's Liège-Bastogne-Liège (01:40) as well as SD-Worx's flawless tactics in the Women's edition that delivered Demi Vollering to her first major WorldTour victory (29:14). Then I dive...
This week I dive into my race notes on what the heck happened on the final stage of the Tour of the Basque Country (01:31) and what I got wrong about Jumbo's tactics leading into it (09:00). Sign up for the...
This week I go through my race notebook from the Men's (02:25) and Women's (19:05) Tour of Flanders. Then Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank rider Kristen Faulkner comes on (27:11) to give us her Flanders debrief after riding to an impressive 10th...
This week I go through my race notebook from E3 & Gent-Wevelgem and what this tells us about the upcoming Tour of Flanders. Then (24:00) Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank rider Kristen Faulkner comes on to talk about her breakout European road...
This week I go through my race notebook from Milano-Sanremo, discuss Adam Yates looking like one of the best riders in the world at Catalunya, where this leaves Ineos' Tour leaders like Geraint Thomas and Richard Carapaz, and touch on...
Going through my race notes from Tirreno-Adriatico & Paris-Nice and breaking down if Wout is now a legitimate GC contender, if Mathieu van der Poel is the best one-day rider in the world, why unwritten rules don't really exist, if...
Breaking down Mathieu Van der Poel's impressive victory (not Wout van Aert's, despite what the intro says) at Strade Bianche, a few notes from Paris-Nice and looking into the case of the missing Marc Hirschi. Sign up for the newsletter Support the...
I go through my notebook after spending all weekend glued to the TV watching the first two 'real' races of the year, Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne, and briefly touch on and talk riders to watch for Strade-Bianche. Sign up for...
This week I talk about the Pogacar/Yates showdown at the UAE Tour and what it means that the Tour champion looks even better than he did in 2020. I also answer a listener question about the emergence of a possible...
This week I talk about (01:50) Wout van Aert & Mathieu van der Poel's showdown on the beach at CX Worlds, (14:00) what to take away from early-season road races GP La Marseillaise & Etoile de Bessèges and (31:54) talk...
This week I talk about Tom Dumoulin's shocking decision to unexpectedly leave his Team Jumbo-Visma training camp to take an indefinite leave from the sport, my BTP NET Team Ratings, upcoming rider previews, the confusion around the Olympic Games rumored...
This week I talk about Marc Hirschi's shocking premature exit from Team DSM and where he is likely headed next. Then Keegan Swirbul comes on to talk about how he went from living in an RV to racing professionally in...
This week I talk about the possibility of Wout van Aert going to Ineos for the 2022 season, if Mathieu van der Poel's overloaded racing schedule means he is hurtling towards disappointment in 2021, and why a salary cap will...
I talked about Wout van Aert's shady podium exchange with a soigner at a recent CX race, dive into opportunities presented by the early 2021 Tour de France odds and break down what Rod Ellingworth's possible move back to Ineos...
This week I break down who will lead Ineos at the 2021 Tour de France and why the team with endless resources seems to be struggling to produce a top-level GC contender. Also, Tao Geoghegan Hart is still looking for...
This week I breakdown where and how Roglic won an incredibly close Vuelta a Espana and give an initial analysis of the recently released 2021 Tour de France route. Sign up for the newsletter Support the podcast by buying me a coffee
This week I discuss the Vuelta GC battle heating up with Roglic & Carapaz tied on time in the second week, ask if Mike Woods is over or underachieving, and briefly review last weekend's Giro d'Italia. Sign up for the newsletter Support...
The GC band is back together again at the Vuelta a Espana, but this time the racing is actually exciting! Also, the Giro d'Italia gets ready to enter a brutal few stages in the high mountains. Also, we got a...
This week I break down the first few stages of the Giro d'Italia, talk about an exciting Liege finish and then bring on superagent João Correia, who represents Giro d’Italia leader João Almeida, on the young rider’s rapid rise, Portuguese...
This week I discuss World Championships, break down the Giro d'Italia route and go over why Aleksandr Vlasov should be considered a potential winner for the overall. Sign up for the newsletter Support the podcast by buying me a coffee Email your questions...
I break down what went wrong for Jumbo-Visma at this year's Tour and if there is anything Primoz Roglic could have done to avoid his crushing Stage 20 defeat to Tadej Pogacar. I then talk about the surprise news that...