After travelling from Bristol to Belfast and reaching London on Monday night, The Cycling Podcast's Grand Tour has reached its halfway point.

Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe discuss the week's news – double Tour de France stage winner Steve Cummings' retirement, the latest from Dr Richard Freeman's General Medical Council hearing and we hear from Matt White about how he sits down to plan the race programme for Mitchelton-Scott's riders.

The Cycling Podcast is supported by Rapha and Science In Sport.

This episode is also sponsored by Harry's razors. If you'd like to get the Harry's trial set for £3.95 go to harrys.com/cycling

THE GRAND TOUR

Tickets are still available for the final week of our Grand Tour from thecyclingpodcast.com

On Monday, November 25 we'll be back in London with special guests Rod Ellingworth – the new boss of Bahrain-Merida – and former British champion Adam Blythe. Tickets are selling fast for this show.

We then go to Cambridge (Nov 26), Edinburgh (Nov 27), Leicester (Nov 28) and Manchester (Nov 30).