Lachlan Morton won UNBOUND Gravel on Saturday.

But did you know he did it wearing a size small women’s aero helmet? And did you know he didn’t actually use the bladder pocket sewn into the back of his fancy new Rapha Project Blaero skinsuit, but shoved the bag down his front instead? And did you know that said bladder was actually filled with ice cold Pabst Blue Ribbon*?

All of these revelations and more in our first ever interview with a real life proper guest on our very own podcast: welcome one and all Lachy’s right hand man, the Paulie to his Rocky, all round nice guy and real American hero, Tom Hopper.

* Reports unconfirmed

Well that's actually not true, because in episode seven of Race Radio, brought to you by cycling content confectioners Useless Postal, we do also hear a little bit about a Classique ride that's just happened in Essex.

But if the Giro thang is still tickling your fancy, we've got a whole host of amusing (we hope) awards, bad moustaches then and now, Rob Brydon is maybe Geraint's uncle, Primoz Roglic is Benjamin Button in banana form, and a small assortment of post it notes we found in a book that's yet to be written about the future of Italian cycling.

All of this in no particular order. Let's go! Disc brakes are banned in this streaming surprise, so there's no stopping once you hit the first bend.

The Race Radio train keeps on rumbling… Choo, choo! Speaking of, Harry and Stu obsess over the pink Giro train that rides alongside the peloton (if only this ‘Snowpiercer’ could have cleaned up the Stelvio for next week), discuss optimal rest day activities, compare Pog to renaissance man Leonardo da Vinci, delve into the bizarre ‘race’ within a race, the Giro-E, big man Jonathan Milan's Lidl feet, Stu claims that the bicycle was invented two thousand years ago… All that, and fan favourites found within. Because who else will lick the francobollo in our absence?

Quick, listen before we’re derailed!

It’s time for Episode 05 of Race Radio, in which the actual real life Filippo Ganna tells us what ice cream flavour he is, we discover Demi Vollering’s very corporate LinkedIn page, @alanma1984 leaves us a beautiful voice note, Harry sings another song (badly) while bragging about his 100% fantasy game predictions record, Stu reads some Pippo Pozzato-inspired fan fiction, and we do also talk a little bit about the race in Italy. But not much – there are tiny sausages to speak of.

The ‘amore infinito’ is in full flow on Race Radio – available wherever you pod.

Pippo Ganna wrangler: Alex Duffill @alexduffill

Official RR photog and Motoman: Zac Williams @z_w_photography

Amore infinito is here. We talk about how great the Giro is, the prowess of Tadej Pogacar, can grand tours still be fun when the winner is a forgone conclusion, who is the new Derek Gee, what flavour of ice cream would Filippo Ganna be, when is the general classification not the general classification, wildcard kit reviews, fond memories of being woken up by Juan Antonio Flecha in a ditch, remembering Pantani twenty years on, complaints from a woman named Donna, and our own infinite love for Aussie legend Mitch Docker.

As Timbaland said in the intro of Aaliyah's Try Again, It's been a long time, we shouldn't have left you without a dope beat to step to.

But worry not, we're back and talking about where we've been, the goings-on at the Ardennes, a few of its trends, Tom Pidcock's suit, Tadej Pogacar's leaving money on the table with a potential Henson Creature Shop collab, and a bunch of other stuff including the upcoming Giro.

The boys are back for episode two of Race Radio with a punchy, pavé-tastic podcast on Paris-Roubaix. In the mail bag this week:

Is domination boring? (yes)... Should MVDP mix up his finish line celebrations more? (yes)... Should riders celebrate minor placings more, as Pfeiffer Georgi did? (yes!).

There’s also a terrifying tale of ghostly goats , a superstar DM slide-in for Useless Postal snapper Zac Williams (@z_w_photography) and a breakfast of pain au chocolate with Les Amis on the Carrefour de l’Arbre.

Nothing flakey about this offering though – just a solid, sweet seam of rich chocolate content for your ear holes to gobble in a flash.

Sound weird? Wait till it hits your mind's tongue.

‘Come in, Race Radio!’ 📻

Introducing a podcast that celebrates the weird, fun, sublime and stupid stuff that goes on in professional cycling.

We talk silly weather at the classics, dubious podium fashion, nominate our not-so-serious awards for the coureurs of the cobbled races, get a dispatch from our ‘motoman’ at Flanders, photog Zac Williams, before hearing an exclusive excerpt of best-selling Belgian cyclo-crime novel ‘Moonen en Boonen: Vlaanderens Mooiste’. There’s also American Rouleurs, Cobble Bergers, Roubaix haikus, and the launch of something special that's soon to be in print. This show’s packed tighter than Mads Pedersen’s skinsuit… Squeeze in with us, get comfy!

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Useless Postal: @circlestu @harrydowdney