Christa was nervous as this was her first-ever podcast interview but she very quickly slid into storytelling mode. Joining a well-loved team like CANYON//SRAM Racing was a dream come true. Learn how she dealt with the nerves at signing for the team at 19 years old.

After winning the U23 Tour of Flanders, Rick Zabel turned professional at 20 years old and was expected to be one of the biggest talents in the sport. This was in addition to being the son of Erik Zabel, one of the most successful cyclists of all time. Rick talks candidly of finding his own way from a young rider to one that matured with the help of a mental coach and his support system.

Tanja Erath went through the most intensive two weeks of her life when she was writing her final exam to become a doctor and at the same time trying to win the Zwift academy at the same time. Eventually, she won the competition and took up the ultimate prize, a professional contract with CANYON//SRAM.

In her first race with the team, Tanja went from winning the first sprint on her very first pro race to ending in a hospital later that day. She talks about all these experiences.

Mads Würtz Schmidt is part of a special crop of Danish talent that has set the world alight. In this episode recorded in downtown Girona, Mads talks about racing against a young Søren Kragh Andersen while they were kids and the disbelief in watching compatriot Mads Pedersen become world champion. He also talks about becoming U23 ITT World Champion and the lengths they had to go to celebrate at a club later that week.

We join Gerald Ciolek in a coffee shop in Cologne where he is a part-time barista, expressing his love of coffee. Gerald takes us through what happened the day of Milan San Remo from his perspective and sets the record straight on what did and didn’t happen that day. He also relives some of the special moments he’s experienced during his career, especially being part of an African team, something he says he will remember for the rest of his life.

Lianne Lippert got her season underway successfully, winning the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race and finishing second overall in the Santos Women’s Tour Down Under.

The results are off the back of a few seasons where her talent was evident and led to Team Sunweb signing her to a long-term contract.

Xylon van Eyck visited Lianne at her home in Friedrichshafen to talk about how her love for cycling came about, where she thinks her career will go and some surprises about her time in the German police.

Despite turning very late to cycling, Clara Koppneburg’s talented was well-known to insiders in the sport. She worked tirelessly in support of her teammates for four years with the results sheet maybe not reflecting her potential just yet. But in the beginning of 2019, that all changed when she won the mountaintop stage in Setmana Ciclista Valenciana and went on to win the overall. The result set her up for what would become her best season to-date. In this podcast, Clara breaks down those achievements and shares some of her expectations for 2020.

Nic Dlamini overcame incredible odds to make it to the World Tour. In this interview he talks about being born in a township in South Africa and a belief his mother instilled in him to chase his dreams.

Jay Thomson has found stability in his career with NTT Pro Cycling but the road to becoming a professional cyclist was anything but smooth. From signing for a team that folded as racing was about to start to crashing in Europe hours before having to depart home, Jay shares some of his most eventful monents during his career.

Robin Carpenter recounts numerous concussions during his pro career so far and the mental side effects they've had on him.