Cycling Legends Podcast

Is the TNT Sports bombshell really the biggest robbery in cycling since the 1985 Vuelta a Espana or have we just had it too good for too long? Chris, David and Gary discuss the fall-out from this plus chat CX Worlds and much more, not all of which involves cycling!

Recommendations

Larkin Poe - 'Bloom' https://www.larkinpoe.com/products/bloom-cd

Neil Brennan - 'Crazy Good' (Netflix) https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81728557

'Six Nations Full Contact' (Netflix) https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81647358

Simpson Nouvelles Supporters Club https://nouvellescycling.co.uk/supporters-club-%26-merch3a909e51ac52&utm_campaign=man_sharesheet_dash&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link

Sidwells Live!

Catch Chris in person as he tours the UK talking about his very excellent latest book, Jacques Anquetil: The Man Behind the Mask. https://cyclinglegends.co.uk/pages/talks

Get in touch

Drop us a line at [email protected]! We’d love to hear from you.

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Cycling Legends - The untold story, the unseen photos

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Team owner/manager David Walters chats to Chris Sidwells about the team's invitation to return to the Interclub series in Belgium this spring and talks about learning from the past to sustain teams and riders alike.

Supporters Club

Sign up for news and pre-order Simpsons-Nouvelles merch at https://nouvellescycling.co.uk/supporters-club-%26-merch

You can also join the Club for as little as £10 and help support the development of women’s U23 cycling. https://www.gofundme.com/f/a-supporters-club-to-assist-young-talented-female-cyclists

Get on board!

Is your business interested in sponsoring Britain's most exciting U23 elite women's team? Drop Chris Sidwells a line at [email protected]

Get in touch!

Drop us a line at [email protected]! We’d love to hear from you.

Websites

www.nouvellescycling.co.uk

www.cyclinglegends.co.uk

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Chris Sidwells chats to Sam Henry, the Bicycling Mayor of Wolverhampton, and former racing cyclist and Chairman of Halesowen Cycling Club, David Viner about initiatives to make cycling accessible in the West Midlands and wider area, including No Limits to Cycling and the West Midlands Velodrome Campaign.

Petition - https://www.change.org/p/councillor-ian-ward-build-a-west-midlands-velodrome-track-cycling-arena-for-birmingham-commonwealth-games

No Limits to Health & Wellbeing - Inclusive Cycling for Wellness https://www.nolimitstohealth.com/

Music

Special thanks to Dan Whitehouse for allowing us to share his tribute to Major Taylor, “Cyclone” in this episode.

Written by Dan Whitehouse and Jason Tarver

Vocals - Dan Whitehouse

Piano - David O'Brien

Recorded at Porcupine Studios London 2024

Mixed by Nick Taylor

Dan Whitehouse live!

You can see Dan performing across the UK in June 2025. More information is available at https://www.dan-whitehouse.com/live/

You can also follow Dan and sign up for access to exclusive content at https://www.patreon.com/c/danwhitehouse

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Yellow cards are go Down Under. Have age and treachery gone woke? All this and much more in the new Feed Zone.

Recommendations

Reckless: The Life and Times of Luis Ocaña - Alistair Fotheringham - https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/reckless-9781408846001/

Kalas Clothing - https://www.kalas.co.uk/

The Peace Race - Oliver Knight & Dominik Rukat - https://www.prendas.co.uk/products/the-peace-race-book?_pos=1&_sid=62abda8ef&_ss=r

Sidwells Live!

Catch Chris in person as he tours the UK talking about his very excellent latest book, Jacques Anquetil: The Man Behind the Mask. https://cyclinglegends.co.uk/pages/talks

Get in touch

Drop us a line at [email protected]! We’d love to hear from you.

Social media

Cycling Legends - The untold story, the unseen photos

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Website

Books, stories, podcasts and more at https://cyclinglegends.co.uk/

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As the new season approaches, DS David Walters discusses the team's 2025 race programme which will be heavily focussed on Belgian both on the kermesse and interclub circuits. You can also hear about how you can meet the team as part of the forthcoming Cycling Legends Flanders Experience.

Get involved!

Join the Supporters Club for as little as £10 and help support the development of women’s U23 cycling. https://www.gofundme.com/f/a-supporters-club-to-assist-young-talented-female-cyclists

Get on board!

Is your business interested in sponsoring Britain's most exciting U23 elite women's team? Drop Chris Sidwells a line at [email protected]

Get in touch!

Drop us a line at [email protected]! We’d love to hear from you.

Websites

www.nouvellescycling.co.uk

www.cyclinglegends.co.uk

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Chris Sidwells and David Walters introduce a new season and a new name for Britain’s most exciting elite women U23 team in a historic year for British cycling.

Get involved!

Join the Supporters Club for as little as £10 and help support the development of women’s U23 cycling. https://www.gofundme.com/f/a-supporters-club-to-assist-young-talented-female-cyclists

Get in touch

Drop us a line at [email protected]! We’d love to hear from you.

Websites

www.nouvellescycling.co.uk

www.cyclinglegends.co.uk

Social media

Nouvelles Cycling

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Cycling Legends - The untold story, the unseen photos

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Resolutions, health tips and inspiration for the new year - we offer none of that as we stumble into 2025. Instead, settle yourself down for an hour of chat with Chris, David and Gary covering everything from neutralised moto-pacing to make races safer to the UK honours system. Plus we talk Six Days of Ghent (only 6 weeks late!) and remember the legendary Gianni Savio who passed away last week. God speed, Swiss Toni!

Recommendations

Moto Jimm https://www.instagram.com/motojimm?igsh=MWUxNGNiamhheHgxcQ==

"The Art of Suffering" - Kristof Ramon https://amzn.eu/d/5kXCKJp

Cycling Legends Flanders Experience https://cyclinglegends.co.uk/pages/the-flanders-experience

Rapha Chamois Cream (as endorsed by C, Sidwells) https://www.rapha.cc/dk/en/shop/chamois-cream/product/CHC06XX

Get in touch

Drop us a line at [email protected]! We’d love to hear from you.

Social media

Cycling Legends - The untold story, the unseen photos

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Website

Books, stories, podcasts and more at https://cyclinglegends.co.uk/

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Reg Harris won the world professional track sprint title 4 times and was a two-time silver medallist at the 1948 Olympics in London. He was a household name in the 1950s, but came out of retirement in in 1974, aged 54, to claim a seventh British title some 26 years after his last one.

Chris Sidwells and John Galloway look at Harris’ career and legacy in this episode of the Feature Show, available for the first time to all listeners.

Get in touch/competition entries

Drop us a line at [email protected]! We’d love to hear from you.

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Cycling Legends - The untold story, the unseen photos

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Website

Books, stories, podcasts and more at https://cyclinglegends.co.uk/

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And so this is Christmas. With 3 wise men taking up a better offer, it’s down to Chris, David and Gary to deliver the final Feed Zone of the year.

Episode thumbnail: ©️Kittisak Jaitieng/ Dreamstime.com

Recommendations

Cycling into Darkness - David’s Substack https://open.substack.com/pub/dstanley/p/cycling-into-the-darkness?r=nsm6y&utm_medium=ios

Strangers Brewing Co - https://strangersbrewing.co.uk/

An Audience with the Emperor

Podcast - https://shows.acast.com/cycling-legends/episodes/feature-an-audience-with-the-emperor

Long Read - https://cyclinglegends.co.uk/blogs/long-reads/an-audience-with-the-emperor

The Holidays can be a difficult time for many and there are organisations who can help.

In the UK, the Samaritans are committed to helping you, however they can. If you don’t feel like there’s anyone you can talk to, Samaritans volunteers are there for you. Call free, day or night, on 116 123 or email [email protected].

In the USA, the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline understand that life's challenges can sometimes be difficult. Whether you're facing mental health struggles, emotional distress, alcohol or drug use concerns, or just need someone to talk to, caring counselors are there for you.

You are not alone.

Get in touch

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The shortest day doesn't mean the shortest podcast as Gary ruminates over Project Demi, the Big Three (minus one)'s cyclocross programmes for 24/25, the Vuelta's 90th anniversary and remembers the Emperor of Herantals, Rik Van Looy.

Plus: WIN a copy of Chris Sidwells' splendid new book Cycling Legends 03: Jacques Anquetil - The Man Behind the Mask.

An Audience with the Emperor

Podcast - https://shows.acast.com/cycling-legends/episodes/feature-an-audience-with-the-emperor

Long Read - https://cyclinglegends.co.uk/blogs/long-reads/an-audience-with-the-emperor

Get in touch/competition entries

Drop us a line at [email protected]! We’d love to hear from you.

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Cycling Legends - The untold story, the unseen photos

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Facebook https://www.facebook.com/CyclingLegendsMedia?

Website

Books, stories, podcasts and more at https://cyclinglegends.co.uk/

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