Pro Women's Cycling

We're back after a small break due to illness and straight into a wealth of racing information with all of the main highlights from the Paralympics in Rio. Sarah's collected a heap of information and as much video as possible, so do make sure to check it all out. We also have MTB worlds to cover, the Lotto Belgium Tour, The Madrid Challenge, and the Giro Toscana. In time-trial action there's the Chronos de Champenois, and to top it all off cyclocross season is kicking off. Brace yourselves kids, this one's a heck of a ride.

Videos and links to things we talked about on our website:

https://prowomenscycling.com/2016/09/23/podcast-2016-episode-30-cynical-like-a-fox/

This week we cover the huge amount of video and information coming from the Tour de l'Ardeche and contrast that with the dearth of information available from the Boels Rental Ladies Tour. We take a bit of a detour through interesting team performances over the course of the year and wind up with a look ahead at worlds, the paralympics and a whole heap of forthcoming racing. It's back to epic length podcastery this week and is stunning!

This week Sarah and Dan recap the Trophee d'or and GP Plouay races along with a broader discussion about the summer block of racing and how it's gone this year with the Olympics. Sarah manages to "dan" the results of at least one race and we also preview the impending cycling at the paralympics. We get stuck into the latest news in transfers and also talk about a couple of interesting new teams on the horizon.

This week Sarah makes a foolish promise as we try to cover all of the rest of the 2016 Olympic racing and the various other races that took place since we last spoke. There's the Olympic time trial, the track racing, the bmx, the mtb along with the Route de France, the Ladies Tour of Norway and the Open de Suede Vargarda. It's a huge amount of racing and there's a whole bunch of other stuff in there too. Brace yourselves for all the results that are fit to print (i.e. podcast).

This week we do a full recap of the excitement and drama that was the 2016 Olympic Women's Road Race in Rio. From the amazing efforts of Trixi Worrack, Marianne Vos, Ellen van Dijk, Mara Abbott and so many more, to the terrifying crash that changed the entire picture of the race we talk through each moment that lead to the final result. We also take some time to talk through the coming Individual Time Trial, who the top contenders are and who our favourites are likely to be. We include a couple of dark horse picks as well. It's all Olympics this week, in all its glory

Some video clips in our podcast post here:

https://prowomenscycling.com/2016/08/09/podcast-2016-episode-26-the-olympic-road-race-time-trial-potato/

This week we recap the Prudential Ride London Classique 2016, and Sarah shares her experiences with live commentating at the race. We then move into a full preview and breakdown of the 2016 Olympic Road Race, the teams, the riders and the course. We run down our list of favourites and riders to watch, and unsurprisingly there's a lot of them. We also talk about one of the bigger news stores of the week which could simply be called Whereabouts in the World is Lizzie? But all is not lost because your intrepid podcasters manage to find a silver lining even there.

We've had a week off due to migraination and so there's twice as much racing to get through. We take a romp through La Course, Thuringen Rundfahrt, Tour de Pologne and the BeNe Ladies Tour, all while discussing the finer points of multi-year growth plans and the overall development of the sport. Of course, this is all a precursor to the climactic Olympic Games racing that is just around the corner, but first we preview the Prudential Ride London Classique coming up on the weekend. So many things to discuss, it's an epic episode!

This week we catch up on all of the remaining stages from the 2016 Giro Rosa including the infamous Mortirolo stage. There's drama, there's intrigue, there's a few questions about what the hell actually happened. In the end though, we get a winner and a race that truly ticked all the boxes. There's a huge amount of other things we manage to briefly mention, but as always, hit the post on our website to get all the videos and stories from the week of women's cycling!

https://prowomenscycling.com/2016/07/14/podcast-2016-episode-23-what-goes-up-must-come-down/

We're halfway through the 2016 Giro Rosa and the racing has been awesome. There's been some really interesting results and some very interesting team tactics. We break down the prologue and the first four stages in this episode and then we take a look at the mountain bike world championships and the latest news about Olympic team selections from various countries. There's some great team announcements and there are several challenges going on in different jurisdictions as well. Grab a drink, sit back and enjoy.

Want the links to things we talked about in this podcast, and all the videos? Head over to our site:

https://prowomenscycling.com/2016/07/06/podcast-2016-episode-22-love-a-friday-evening-prologue/

This week Sarah and Dan swear not to talk politics (it's too depressing) but they do tackle the wealth of national championships results that occurred over the weekend. There's a lot of really interesting results from Europe, Asia and around the world. We also dig deep into a preview of the Giro Rosa and who will (and won't) be there, and what will make the race interesting. One thing we know is that it's going to be super exciting and interesting!