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 Egan Bernal crashing at the Vuelta a Burgos means for Ineos' Vuelta a Espana plans (and why that race could be the best grand tour of the year) (18:37), before attempting to figure out where Roglic stands as a rider after his impressive Olympic Gold performance in the TT (22:32).

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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 was doing at this Tour and where they go from here (17:58), and break down where Pogacar won this race and what that could mean for strategy at future Tours (29:57).

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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 her love of pro cycling, ask me seven questions about this Tour de Franc, why the transition to Japan might be more difficult than the cyclists are expecting and how that should affect their preparation.

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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 on for a podium finish in Paris and how, despite being touted as having the strongest team in the race, Ineos is failing to impress so far (19:57). 

I then do a quick preview of tomorrow's stage, which features a double ascent of Mt. Ventoux (34:00).

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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.

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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 expect in tomorrow's time trial (13:02).

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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 will shape the day-to-day racing tactics (21:18) and then take a look at how the battle for Green will affect the race for the GC (23:26).

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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 performance at the recent Tour de Suisse (14:10). Then I get into how to avoid falling into the trap of thinking second-tier riders will win the Tour (20:07) if Julian Alaphilippe is flying under the radar as a GC contender (22:47), if Jumbo-Visma is just a bad team now (30:30), why ISN made a mistake in sending Chris Froome to the Tour as a road captain (33:41) and then a few notes on the upcoming US Road Race Championships (37:51).

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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 they should back for the Tour (21:14), the incredibly exciting racing at the Tour du Suisse (26:20) & how many early Tour stages Mathieu van der Poel could win (32:40).  

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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.

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