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This Cycling Odysseys Podcast is an attempt to go back to when Cycling was King, the most popular sport in Europe. This was accomplished in the first half of the 20th Century by newspapers and j... more
FAQs about Cycling Odysseys:How many episodes does Cycling Odysseys have?The podcast currently has 193 episodes available.
May 04, 2022S2 Ep49: 2022 LBL: Revival On & Of La Redoute"Yes, yes, in much the same way how some now think the Giro-Tour double is back to being impossible or at least shall never be done again because of the steep competition, so some thought Liege-Bastogne-Liege would never again be won on La Redoute. Ah! But surely no reasonable limits can bound Titans when they Clash in the Second Golden Age of Cycling."...more20minPlay
May 04, 2022S2 Ep48: 2022 P-R: The Three Laws Hold at Puncture-Roubaix"There was no way to lay back in the armchair at ease, most viewing must have been bolt upright with every muscle tensed. It was a beautiful moment where the primal senses and instincts of Man were fused with modern gamesmanship and technology in the heat of a cunning competition that was as epic as any quest or gladiatorial melee of forgotten yore. (An Author’s Note: Why, O! Why, can’t such stakes ever be felt at Average Amstel?). "...more19minPlay
May 04, 2022S2 Ep47: 2022 Itzulia: Keeping Count of Breakaway Heartbreakers"Allow me to introduce another award....I draw upon the idea of Ace Fighter Pilots."...more12minPlay
April 17, 2022S2 Ep46: THAT Tour of Turkey Stage - 10 Years OnMust watch before listing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ru3vGR8nck&t=336s...more22minPlay
April 16, 2022S2 Ep45: FTV 2021: Roubaix's Three Laws of Motion"It had not been seen for a generation, but finally in this Autumnal edition it commenced once more: a muddy Roubaix. There are very few sporting events guaranteed to be compelling drama and griping viewing, but a muddy Paris-Roubaix, a proper Sunday in Hell, is one of them."...more27minPlay
April 12, 2022S2 Ep44: 2022 AGR: An Avenging At An Average Amstel"To peel back the deeper dramatic narrative layers of a Monument or a Grand Tour is easier than peeling an onion, but for certain Classics like Average Amstel I find that deeper-narrative-peeling-process to be rougher than shucking corn. Perhaps this is a “Me” problem, but I can’t recall anyone else drawing out a compelling narrative from Average Amstel either (save in 2019)."...more16minPlay
April 12, 2022S2 Ep43: 2022 Scheld: A Race Personified"Scheldeprijs is a weird race for me, I don’t exactly understand where it fits and how to classify it, or perhaps it has multiple identities. Sometimes it acts as a bona fide Flandrien Cobbled Classic and is won by the likes of Peter Van Petegem or Servais Knaven, despite being very flat near Antwerp and the Dutch border with relatively benign cobbled sectors. And sometimes it really does act like the unofficial sprinters’ world championships...It was only with 24 hours’ digestion after its 2022 completion that I even decided to cover Scheldeprijs this year, because the winner made me smile, and embodied this dividing line classification conundrum."...more13minPlay
April 05, 2022S2 Ep42: 2022 RVV: Staving Off Empire"They had Clashed like Titans creating earthquakes and thunderstorms for the past 50km in front of the best fans in cycling who ate up every minute of it and brought the best of these Titans themselves. It had been an epic battle for which this podcast was exactly created to commemorate."...more20minPlay
April 04, 2022S2 Ep41: 2022 Itzulia Basque Country Preview"Yes, this is the beauty of cycling: no race is the same.....Even this race’s half-brother, the Volta a Catalunya will be highly distinguishable from this one—none would ever mistake Catalunya’s High Mountain days with the spicy hills of this region.....Of course I speak of a race that grows all viewing hearts bigger: the Itzulia the locals now call it, having rejected the Spanish Pais Vasco title, in English we call it the Tour of the Basque Country."...more21minPlay
April 01, 2022S2 Ep40: 2022 RondeVV (Tour of Flanders) Preview"It is the Flemish people that still hold the crown of greatest cycling fans. These are the people who come out in force to cheer on the Monument passing near their towns. These are the people who all tune in so well to such a Monument that it gets better ratings than the Americans’ Superbowl: surely, the figures would be 100% of Flemish viewers if such a large share of their population did not watch from the roadside in person."...more29minPlay
FAQs about Cycling Odysseys:How many episodes does Cycling Odysseys have?The podcast currently has 193 episodes available.