CyclingTips Podcast

The Giro Rosa kicked off today, and we have a report from Abby and diary from Ruth Winder in today's episode. 

In France, the Tour saw two races in one, among breakaway riders and the GC. Who came out on top? We break it down.

He did it. After two close calls, Marc Hirschi finally stayed away, taking his first Tour de France stage win, which also happened to be his first pro victory. 

We discuss the brilliant tactics of his Sunweb team and look ahead to tomorrow, one of the hardest stages of the entire Tour.

A sprint stage at the Tour de France, and drama after the finish. Peter Sagan made himself some room on the right side of the final 100 meters, and the maneuver got him relegated, with big implicates in the fight for the green jersey. 

Did he deserve it? Your podcast hosts are almost in agreement... except for one of them.

The echelons never really came on stage 10, but the sprinters delivered their own brand of excitement. The tight, twisty route led to numerous crashes and a furious finale. We break down the sprint and look ahead to tomorrow.

Young Tadej Pogacar once again proved he's willing to attack. Primoz Roglic looked calm and collected. His team, Jumbo-Visma, is just strong enough. The French are still close. And Egan Bernal is coming around. 

There's lots to talk about in our final episode from the first week of the Tour.

It was a Tomsultuous, chaotic stage at the Tour de France. The first day in the Pyrenees saw a series of hard attacks, with no team fully able to control the GC group, plus a successful breakaway containing a certain fiancée of one of our podcast hosts.

We break down the day's tactics and discuss how the race for yellow is looking after the first day in the high mountains.

Echelons! Lots of them. We discuss how they form, why they're so hard, who gained and who lost on the most frenetic stage of the Tour de France thus far. 

Plus, a look ahead to the Pyrenees, picks from the Secret Pro, Rigoberto Uran on a camel, and Bauke Mollema's second-hand peanut butter. 

This episode is brought to you by Trek and #GoByBike.

It wasn't the most thrilling stage, despite an uphill finish. Is there a truce in the peloton? Or are they just scared of week three?

Trek-Segafredo's Ruth Winder joins us to look ahead to the Giro Rosa and José Been includes a bridge in her stage 7 lesson. 

This episode is brought to you by Syncros.

A largely uneventful stage 5 of the Tour de France wrapped up with a fantastic sprint and a bit of controversy when it was announced that Julian Alaphilippe would lose his yellow jersey after taking a feed within the final 20km. 

We have EF's Jonathan Vaughters on the episode to discuss that incident (the same thing happening to Rigoberto Uran a few years ago) and the GC race as a whole. 

José Been is back with another lesson and Abby and Shoddy show you what it's like at the start line these days.

The first GC battle is now behind us. Did we learn anything?

José Been joins us today to analyze the race. Roglic looked good, Carapaz looked bad, Bernal looked questionable, and Shoddy's favorite Frenchman put in a late dig. 

Plus, a story of Guillaume Martin's drinking exploits and a food and wine tour of tomorrow's stage.