Phil Gaimon Cycling Podcast

I'll finish this Tour de France series with a recap of the final stages, a summary of the winners and losers (by team and individual)--who's happy and who has to go back to the drawing board (factoring in team budgets and goals), and I'll also answer the question that I get most often, which therefore shouldn't be ignored: do I think the tour and its winners are clean?

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Catching you up on the latest Tour de France news and results, from some big GC days, to close sprint finishes, and FINALLY a breakaway. Roglic pulling a "fuck it...I'll drop out and do the Vuelta," Pidcock out with Covid, and Geraint CONTINUING with Covid?

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A summary of stages 4-9, some takes that I feel have been missing from TV coverage, and thoughts on tactics, riders, and the race overall.

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Why is that guy pulling? Why is the one sitting on? What is that team doing? Pro cycling looks simple at first, then it get complicated, but I'm here to make it simple again. I hope this helps.

I'll do these as often as I feel like it, and I felt like it today! Enjoy some hot takes, cold takes, analysis, and light updates

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It's been a tumultuous pro cycling season so far, so with the Tour de France starting soon, I thought I would provide a summary of all of the races so far, who's on form, what storylines to follow, and what stages to watch. This year I won't be doing a daily stage update (that nearly killed me in 2023), but I'll come in for explainers, takes, summaries, and coverage as-needed.

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Every year around this time, pro cyclists show off their new bikes and clothes, and the rest of the cycling world wonders where it went, and can I have it. In this installment from the Ask a (Retired) Pro series, we discuss whether pros are allowed to keep their bikes, forced to return them, or what happens with all of it.

I put this on YouTube a couple years ago, but it translates nicely to podcast so I'm putting it here as well

Often when I post a photo from a bike ride, someone will correct me for something weird, quoting a “Rule #.” I’ve had people make fun of a riders’ hairy legs in a picture I posted, and I think back to when I started, how intimidating it was to figure out all the details. Years later, I literally was a pro, but I still had people explaining to me how to look “pro.”

The truth is that everyone crashes the first time they try clipless pedals and we’ve all gotten a big grease stain on our calf and walked around with it all day like a piece of spinach in our teeth. I don’t think these “rules” were meant to exclude. I think they were fun, tongue-in-cheek, maybe a reference, but they have been misapplied. I decided that it’s time for an update or an alternative. It can evolve if you have suggestions, but I offer this to start:

The New Rules of Cycling: AKA Philuminati

Rule #1: Everyone riding a bike and being safe and having fun is doing it right.
Rule #2: Wear whatever the hell you want.
Rule #3: Nothing on your bike has to match. Cycling is already expensive, complicated, elitist, and often sexist and racist. Don’t make it harder because someone’s tires aren’t the same brand.
Rule #4: A Gran Fondo is as competitive as you want it to be, but the group ride is a workout, not a race. You should have no feelings about winning, not winning, who crossed the imaginary line first for no prize or how they did it.
Rule #5: In traffic, we take the space we need, obey the laws that make sense for us, and try to be courteous. Pedestrians have right of way. If you want cars to respect cyclists, cyclists have to respect people on foot.
Rule #6: We all wave to each other. This includes triathletes, commuters, e-bikes, homeless people, and scooters. We’re in this together. The enemy is car culture.
Rule #7: If you’re not into helmets that’s your decision, but do respect the policies of who you’re riding with. We don’t helmet shame (adult) strangers we see without them, but don’t show up on the group ride like that if that’s not how everyone else does it.
Rule #8: Strava is a social media platform, not a race. Follow Strava’s policies, express yourself with your cool bike rides and your pictures and fitness. If you lose a KOM, you remember that a KOM means nothing. You give Kudos and get inspired to improve and try to take it back.
Rule #9: For fucks sake don’t litter. I can’t believe I have to say that.
Rule #10: Suffering is a choice–not a rule. You’re no more of a cyclist than someone else because you go faster or they stay home when it’s raining.
Rule #11 (This is broad to cover anything I’m missing): Don’t be a dick.