Continuing our look back over the Cycling Legends archives, Chris chatted to John Galloway in 2021 about the origins and history of an aspect of cycling that was once huge but has become less common in recent years: Six-Day racing.

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The Tiny Bowl - Inside Ghent’s legendary velodrome

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Rapha’s new chamois cream is no soothing ointment for the litany of injuries and surgeries talked about this episode, but it gave us the perfect excuse for schoolboy sniggering. In more serious matters we talk Pidcock, Pogacar and postal vans.

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The Amateurs - David Halberstam https://amzn.eu/d/c6jKYSM

Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/feel-better-live-more-with-dr-rangan-chatterjee/id1333552422

Next Time Around - Noble Jacks featuring Elles Bailey https://youtu.be/BNphqX6RDL0?si=TNOyHEoG1g9e9cOf https://noblejacks.com/home

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As well as being a four-time French National Champion, Jean Stablinski won the 1958 Vuelta a España and was World Road Race Champion in 1962. But he is perhaps better known as a super domestique and, notably, one of Jacques Anquetil’s lieutenants between 1958 and 1967.

Celebrating the publication of Cycling Legends 03 Jacques Anquetil, we’ve raided the Cycling Legends archives to bring you one of our earliest features shows which was previously only available to paying subscribers. So here are John Galloway and Chris Sidwells chatting about the career of “Monsieur France”.

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Jacques Anquetil is one of the all-time greats. The first five-time Tour de France winner, the first to repeat Fausto Coppi’s Giro d’Italia-Tour double, the ultimate time triallist – a great champion but a mystery as a man.

Anquetil was never what he seemed, and in the latest book in the Cycling Legends series, Chris Sidwells lifts the lid on the man as well as the sporting icon that was Jacques Anquetil. Chris sat down with Gary to chat about the man, the myth and - of course - the book.

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Chris, David and Gary reconvene to find at least something bike-related in the bleak off-season. Is Tom Pidcock half as good as he thinks he is? How come Demi Vollering only has a 2-year contract at FDJ-SUEZ? And what was policing really like in the 1980s and 1990s? Haste ye back, Het Nieuwsblad!

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Why Your Bike is Made in Asia - Bill McGann https://a.co/d/fifNfK1

Bill McGann chats to Ben Delaney on The Ride podcast https://youtu.be/FpjB2k481_E?si=huxQA33k7aOVY6p6

Enfant Terrible - David Le Grys https://www.legrostrainingcamp.com/book/

Still True - Maggie Ginsberg https://maggieginsberg.com/still-true-novel/

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As both the Tour and the Tour de France Femmes routes are announced, British telly viewers wake up to the news that they're going to have to cough up for their annual dose of yellow jersey fever from 2026. This plus Demi Vollering adds animal welfare to her palmares and the guys inadvertently promote responsible and safe doping. Just say 'no', kids, unless you've under the supervision of a suitably qualified medical practitioner.

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BikeFarmer (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/@bkefrmr

Ned Boulting - 1923: The Mystery of Lot 212 and a Tour de France Obsession - https://amzn.eu/d/jbs8yuv

Eckhart Tolle - The Power of Now - https://amzn.eu/d/bZIHqKz

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Michael Hernandez punch up - https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/salt-lake-criterium-culminates-with-fist-fight-between-two-riders

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As the end-of-season devil makes work for idle podcasters, David, Chris and Gary ponder whether it's time for British Cycling to take a leaf out of the England football team's book and get Johnny Foreigner in to sort stuff out? This plus Track Worlds snippets, how to wind up the the World Tour in style and taking in the tragic news from Sir Chris Hoy.

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The new look Cycling Legends website - https://www.cyclinglegends.co.uk

Fumpa Pumps - https://www.fumpapumps.co.uk and https://www.fumpapumps.co.uk

Takeaway Thieves - https://www.takeawaythieves.com/

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Lost? Aimlessly wandering the streets because it's that fortnight between the World Championships and Il Lombardia? Fear not as the Devil has been making work for idle podcasters.

Gary picks over some of the post-Zurich scuttlebutt, plus:

• Transfers - real and imagined/wished for
• Whither, Demi Vollering?
• If 24 hours is a long time in politics, 72 hours is ages in Eddy Merckx
• Paris-Tours

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An Evening with Chris Sidwells (and Phil Bayton) Ride 247, Cirencester Tuesday 8 October - https://ride247.cc/products/an-evening-with-chris-sidwell?_pos=1&_sid=6e3047356&_ss=r

Music - 'So Alive' by A Month of Sleep, courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com.

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QUALITY CONTROL ALERT: Apologies for Gary's sound issues. He'll explain all at the top of the show!

Triumph and tragedy in Zurich. Chris, David and Gary recap an epic weekend of elite racing at the UCI World Championships, all of which happened in the shadow of the tragic passing of 18 year-old Muriel Furrer following a crash in the Junior Women's race on Thursday.

People shouldn’t die racing bikes: https://dstanley.substack.com/p/people-shouldnt-die-racing-bikes?utm_campaign=post&triedRedirect=true

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Tony Hewson “In Pursuit of Stardom: Les Nomades du Velo Anglais” (Mousehold Press, 2006) - https://booksplea.se/in-pursuit-of-stardom-les-nomades-du-velo-anglais-by-tony-hewson-9781874739418/?setCurrencyId=1

Rwanda Cycling (Threads) - https://www.threads.net/@rwandacycling

The Hot Damn! “Dancing on the Milky Way” - https://www.thehotdamn.com

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ANOTHER Grand Bretagne Grand Depart? Our favourite (and least favourite) Worlds wins. Plus dodgy cycling photos, most of which involve Tom Boonen and our recommendations to enrich your life!

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Petty Country: A Country Music Celebration of Tom Petty - https://www.tompetty.com/pages/music?album=petty-country-a-country-music-celebration-of-tom-petty

One Good Thing oat and protein bars - https://weareogt.com/

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