Just when you thought the Brits couldn't do it on the continent, the whole of Europe says 'What the hell just happened?!' Simon Yates wins the Giro d'Italia 2025 - come on, did anyone call this...? Ok maybe one person on BlueSky - you know who you are! Sanny and Katy reconvene to reflect on the final week of the Giro, focussing on the madness up the Colle Delle Finestre. Sanny has several theories about what happened with Isaac del Toro - did his battle with Ayuso lead to a hangover between him and the team?! Was Carapaz right to not work with the young Mexican and the man who couldn't sound any less like he's from Bury if he tried, finally cracks emotionally, as he cracks the rest of his GC competitors by riding away up the climb that had defined his own career when he lost the Giro to Chris Froome back in 2018. Tears after the finish line, a very muddled accent in the interviews and what work from Wout van Aert to get him there. Redemption all round.

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Presenters:

Sanny Rudravajhala X: @Sanny_Rudra Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sannyr.com

Katy Madgwick X: @WriteBikeRepeat Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/writebikerepeat.bsky.social

Producer: Sanny Rudravajhala

Music: 'Sink' - Imuno & Heston Mimms - Imuno Audio: https://imuno.sourceaudio.com/home

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It's all happening, all the time! Just when we thought we'd have a chill day or two it's complete chaos. The Ayuso - del Toro battle rages on. There's a nightmare for Lidl-Trek and heartbreak for Ciccone and then redemption for the team as Carlos Verona pulls off a breakaway win, hot of Kasper Asgreen doing the same too. Oh my word, Primoz Roglic and all the chaos as Sanny and Katy reconvene with Sanny at Wembley and many apologies that we lose Katy at the end!!!!

Presenters:

Sanny Rudravajhala X: @Sanny_Rudra Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sannyr.com

Katy Madgwick X: @WriteBikeRepeat Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/writebikerepeat.bsky.social

Producer: Sanny Rudravajhala

Music: 'Sink' - Imuno & Heston Mimms - Imuno Audio: https://imuno.sourceaudio.com/home

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Isaac del Toro is in pink but for how long will Juan Ayuso be ok with the situation at UAE?! Sanny and Katy return to review a succession of breathless Giro stages plus a more sedentary sprint stage 12 with an Olav Kooij finish. We see Luke Plapp go on the break, chaos and triumph on the gravel for Wout van Aert and a time trial victory through the rain for Dan Hoole, oh and don't count out Richard Carapaz, as he showed on stage 12!

Presenters:

Sanny Rudravajhala X: @Sanny_Rudra Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sannyr.com

Katy Madgwick X: @WriteBikeRepeat Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/writebikerepeat.bsky.social

Producer: Sanny Rudravajhala

Music: 'Sink' - Imuno & Heston Mimms - Imuno Audio: https://imuno.sourceaudio.com/home

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Sanny and Katy reconvene to talk for a moment on stage 5, reflect on the awful scenes of stage 6 and the crash that neutralised the race and took out a host of riders. They then preview stage 7 before then watching it and coming back together and see whether their predictions pan out. There's Paul Double in the virtual pink, Max Poole flying the British flag and who's at the back of the pack in the grupetto eating pork kebabs?!

Presenters:

Sanny Rudravajhala X: @Sanny_Rudra Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sannyr.com

Katy Madgwick X: @WriteBikeRepeat Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/writebikerepeat.bsky.social

Producer: Sanny Rudravajhala

Music: 'Sink' - Imuno & Heston Mimms - Imuno Audio: https://imuno.sourceaudio.com/home

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We kick off with La Vuelta Feminina as Katy talks us through the action where Demi Vollering reigns in Spain for 2025. Marlen Reusser takes second place across the seven days, and still on her comeback, Anna van der Breggen rounds off the podium. Then we're off to the Giro - Josh Tarling takes the Stage 2 Time Trial as Primoz Roglic wears pink from Pedersen but only for a day as the Dane takes stage 3. Then we leave Albania for Italy and Lecce where Picnic Post NL wake us all up and shock us all with a sprint victory for Casper van Uden! Sanny and Katy then look ahead to Stage 5 and make their puncheur predictions!

Presenters:

Sanny Rudravajhala X: @Sanny_Rudra Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sannyr.com

Katy Madgwick X: @WriteBikeRepeat Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/writebikerepeat.bsky.social

Producer: Sanny Rudravajhala

Music: 'Sink' AND 'Lo Pressure' - Imuno & Heston Mimms - Imuno Audio: https://imuno.sourceaudio.com/home

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Mads Pedersen pips Wout van Aert (where have we seen this before?!) to take the Maglia Rosa on Stage One of the Giro d'Italia. A perfect rac for Lidl Trek, not so for Mikel Landa - heartbreak as a crash with 5km to go means he pulls out. Sanny and Katy return to go through the start of the 2025 Giro ending in Albania's capital city, in a quickfire 35 minutes. What is Kometa? Who's up for the time trial for Stage Two and what did we make of the Red Bull kilometre, Giro multi-screen and more!

Presenters:

Sanny Rudravajhala X: @Sanny_Rudra Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sannyr.com

Katy Madgwick X: @WriteBikeRepeat Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/writebikerepeat.bsky.social

Producer: Sanny Rudravajhala

Music: 'Sink' - Imuno & Heston Mimms - Imuno Audio: https://imuno.sourceaudio.com/home

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It's a Tadej Pogacar-free zone! Well, at least it will be when we talk Giro d'Italia. With last year's winner not returning, could there be a new rider lifting Trofeo Senza Fine and wearing La Maglia Rosa by the time we get to Rome in three weeks? Primoz Roglic get back in pink or Juan Ayuso young-gunning for a first Grand Tour win. Katy and Sanny return to review the classics - is it too much Pogacar? That's before a BIG preview on the Giro - all the main riders - and how Tom Pidcock is free to have fun. Could Wout van Aert play a part in stage wins too though? Tiberi killed a cat but could still be Italy's darling too. There's an update from La Vuelta Feminina ahead of a review pod as we gear up for the Giro, which starts this year in Albania.

Presenters:

Sanny Rudravajhala X: @Sanny_Rudra Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sannyr.com

Katy Madgwick X: @WriteBikeRepeat Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/writebikerepeat.bsky.social

Producer: Sanny Rudravajhala

Music: 'Sink' - Imuno & Heston Mimms - Imuno Audio: https://imuno.sourceaudio.com/home

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Was it ever in doubt? Maybe? Tadej Pogačar attacks exactly where you'd think he would be not before the rest of the peloton gave beating him a really good go. Sanny and Katy reconvene post-Ronde van Vlaanderen where there was a redemption, of sorts for Wout Van Aert, with Pedersen and van der Poel making the podium and kudos to Stuyven and Ganna in amongst it all. But... are we bored of Pogacar winning everything...? Lots to mull over here. In the women's race, we lost Elisa Longo Borghini early, and that was a big blow for the race which was run from a four-up sprint by the World Champion Kopecky. Could and should the others have tried something else to beat her? Pauline Ferrand-Prévot has to settle for second with a creditable ride for Liane Lippert in third as Tour de France champ Kasia Niewiadoma misses out. Symmetry in both races as the World Champions win, how does this set us up for Paris-Roubaix next weekend? We chat through it all, there's some slow-mo Pogacar and why the finish line couldn't be more boring if the organisers tried!

Presenters:

Sanny Rudravajhala X: @Sanny_Rudra Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sannyr.com

Katy Madgwick X: @WriteBikeRepeat Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/writebikerepeat.bsky.social

Producer: Sanny Rudravajhala

Music: 'Sink' - Imuno & Heston Mimms - Imuno Audio: https://imuno.sourceaudio.com/home

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Mathieu van der Poel is in form with wins at San Remo and E3 but Katy is backing Tadej Pogačar for victory in the biggest race in Belgium. After his and Visma Lease a Bike's nightmare at Dwars door Vlaanderen, Sanny and Katy discuss whether we'll ever see Wout van Aert back to his best. The women's race sees the formidable SD Worx Protime being the team to beat but Elisa Longo Borghini has beaten Lotte Kopecky already. Could Puck Pieterse spring a surprise? And who's next for an awkward time on the pre-podium sofa?

Presenters:

Sanny Rudravajhala X: @Sanny_Rudra Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sannyr.com

Katy Madgwick X: @WriteBikeRepeat Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/writebikerepeat.bsky.social

Producer: Sanny Rudravajhala

Music: 'Sink' - Imuno & Heston Mimms - Imuno Audio: https://imuno.sourceaudio.com/home

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Mathieu van der Poel follows up Milan San Remo with a super win on the E3 Classic, There's consolation for Mads Pedersen who gets his Sunday victory at Gent-Wevelgem - more than just a consolation on the Classics Holy Week in Flanders. Lorena Wiebes makes it 100 not out with brilliant spring sprint victories in Belgium after her own San Remo success. Primoz Roglic takes victory at the Volta a Catalunya as we witness a star being born in Britain's new teen sensation, Matty Brennan! And with one more team added to Grand tours, Tour de France organisers ASO shows the UCI who’s boss.

Presenters:

Sanny Rudravajhala X: @Sanny_Rudra Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sannyr.com

Katy Madgwick X: @WriteBikeRepeat Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/writebikerepeat.bsky.social

Producer: Sanny Rudravajhala

Music: 'Sink' - Imuno & Heston Mimms - Imuno Audio: https://imuno.sourceaudio.com/home

San Pod Productions

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