You may not know this now, but you’re going to miss us very much.

We say that because this is the final podcast of the Cycling Central variety for the year. You will not hear from us till we scoot off to Adelaide in January for the first stop on the 2014 UCI WorldTour calendar, otherwise known as the Tour Down Under.

Anyway, back to the studio.

We – that being Phil Gomes, Al Hinds, Sarah van Boheemen and Anthony Tan – decided to look back on another eventful season in tennis, um, er, cycling, reliving our best and baddest moments of 2013, before casting our eyes forth to next year and what riches – or rags – it may bring.

It’s time to reminisce and ruminate, before recharging our vocal chords to deliver more aural velvet to your pod-step very soon.

Lest we forget, grazie mille and buon natale to all our loyal listeners!

And remember, the more you listen, the more we get paid. Joking.

You may not know this now, but you’re going to miss us very much.

We say that because this is the final podcast of the Cycling Central variety for the year. You will not hear from us till we scoot off to Adelaide in January for the first stop on the 2014 UCI WorldTour calendar, otherwise known as the Tour Down Under.

Anyway, back to the studio.

We – that being Phil Gomes, Al Hinds, Sarah van Boheemen and Anthony Tan – decided to look back on another eventful season in tennis, um, er, cycling, reliving our best and baddest moments of 2013, before casting our eyes forth to next year and what riches – or rags – it may bring.

It’s time to reminisce and ruminate, before recharging our vocal chords to deliver more aural velvet to your pod-step very soon.

Lest we forget, grazie mille and buon natale to all our loyal listeners!

And remember, the more you listen, the more we get paid. Joking.

Inexorably, like sands through the hourglass, the year winds down… but the Cycling Central podcasters just can’t help but get wound up!

Maybe it’s because Al Hinds and Anthony Tan spent last week bench-side, as Phil Gomes and a motley MTB crew took control of the studio. Maybe it’s that three of this week’s panellists are wearing black shirts. Maybe it’s because the room’s simply too small for a quartet of larger than life personalities – or should that be egos?! Or maybe it’s because there’s just one podcast left in the year…

Whatever the reason, this week’s pod is hotter than a birling Brazilian bottom during Carnival. (Okay, okay, not quite *that* hot!)

We begin with the week that was, briskly musing over the he said-she said goings on with Lance Armstrong and former UCI prez Hein Verbruggen, the Oceania track championships, WADA’s stiffer penalties for doping violations, Richie versus Cadel, and old man Horner.

It’s then time to talk about Fabian Cancellara’s mooted tilt at the world hour record and whether anybody cares. Cycling Australia welcomed a new president and interim CEO in Gerry Ryan and Adrian Anderson, respectively – a good thing or bad?

And what is the future of cyclo-cross Down Under – when should the races run and in years to come, can it not just survive, but thrive? Nick Both, podium place-getter from last weekend’s Rapha Supercross in Sydney and aspiring worlds representative, is in da house to give us the lowdown.

Inexorably, like sands through the hourglass, the year winds down… but the Cycling Central podcasters just can’t help but get wound up!

Maybe it’s because Al Hinds and Anthony Tan spent last week bench-side, as Phil Gomes and a motley MTB crew took control of the studio. Maybe it’s that three of this week’s panellists are wearing black shirts. Maybe it’s because the room’s simply too small for a quartet of larger than life personalities – or should that be egos?! Or maybe it’s because there’s just one podcast left in the year…

Whatever the reason, this week’s pod is hotter than a birling Brazilian bottom during Carnival. (Okay, okay, not quite *that* hot!)

We begin with the week that was, briskly musing over the he said-she said goings on with Lance Armstrong and former UCI prez Hein Verbruggen, the Oceania track championships, WADA’s stiffer penalties for doping violations, Richie versus Cadel, and old man Horner.

It’s then time to talk about Fabian Cancellara’s mooted tilt at the world hour record and whether anybody cares. Cycling Australia welcomed a new president and interim CEO in Gerry Ryan and Adrian Anderson, respectively – a good thing or bad?

And what is the future of cyclo-cross Down Under – when should the races run and in years to come, can it not just survive, but thrive? Nick Both, podium place-getter from last weekend’s Rapha Supercross in Sydney and aspiring worlds representative, is in da house to give us the lowdown.

Inexorably, like sands through the hourglass, the year winds down… but the Cycling Central podcasters just can’t help but get wound up!

Maybe it’s because Al Hinds and Anthony Tan spent last week bench-side, as Phil Gomes and a motley MTB crew took control of the studio. Maybe it’s that three of this week’s panellists are wearing black shirts. Maybe it’s because the room’s simply too small for a quartet of larger than life personalities – or should that be egos?! Or maybe it’s because there’s just one podcast left in the year…

Whatever the reason, this week’s pod is hotter than a birling Brazilian bottom during Carnival. (Okay, okay, not quite *that* hot!)

We begin with the week that was, briskly musing over the he said-she said goings on with Lance Armstrong and former UCI prez Hein Verbruggen, the Oceania track championships, WADA’s stiffer penalties for doping violations, Richie versus Cadel, and old man Horner.

It’s then time to talk about Fabian Cancellara’s mooted tilt at the world hour record and whether anybody cares. Cycling Australia welcomed a new president and interim CEO in Gerry Ryan and Adrian Anderson, respectively – a good thing or bad?

And what is the future of cyclo-cross Down Under – when should the races run and in years to come, can it not just survive, but thrive? Nick Both, podium place-getter from last weekend’s Rapha Supercross in Sydney and aspiring worlds representative, is in da house to give us the lowdown.

Inexorably, like sands through the hourglass, the year winds down… but the Cycling Central podcasters just can’t help but get wound up!

Maybe it’s because Al Hinds and Anthony Tan spent last week bench-side, as Phil Gomes and a motley MTB crew took control of the studio. Maybe it’s that three of this week’s panellists are wearing black shirts. Maybe it’s because the room’s simply too small for a quartet of larger than life personalities – or should that be egos?! Or maybe it’s because there’s just one podcast left in the year…

Whatever the reason, this week’s pod is hotter than a birling Brazilian bottom during Carnival. (Okay, okay, not quite *that* hot!)

We begin with the week that was, briskly musing over the he said-she said goings on with Lance Armstrong and former UCI prez Hein Verbruggen, the Oceania track championships, WADA’s stiffer penalties for doping violations, Richie versus Cadel, and old man Horner.

It’s then time to talk about Fabian Cancellara’s mooted tilt at the world hour record and whether anybody cares. Cycling Australia welcomed a new president and interim CEO in Gerry Ryan and Adrian Anderson, respectively – a good thing or bad?

And what is the future of cyclo-cross Down Under – when should the races run and in years to come, can it not just survive, but thrive? Nick Both, podium place-getter from last weekend’s Rapha Supercross in Sydney and aspiring worlds representative, is in da house to give us the lowdown.

With Philip Gomes, Chris Southwood and Kath Bicknell from Flowmountainbike.com, MTB impresario Joe Ward and Australian junior downhill series champion Thomas Crimmins behind the microphones, the Cycling Central podcast takes to the dirt to discuss all the latest happenings from around the Australian mountain bike scene. Marathon racing is taking off, with the venerable CamelBak Highland Fling the latest showcase for the sports talents while the December Cannonball MTB Festival offers a massive weekend for the gods of gravity.

With Philip Gomes, Chris Southwood and Kath Bicknell from Flowmountainbike.com, MTB impresario Joe Ward and Australian junior downhill series champion Thomas Crimmins behind the microphones, the Cycling Central podcast takes to the dirt to discuss all the latest happenings from around the Australian mountain bike scene. Marathon racing is taking off, with the venerable CamelBak Highland Fling the latest showcase for the sports talents while the December Cannonball MTB Festival offers a massive weekend for the gods of gravity.

With Philip Gomes, Chris Southwood and Kath Bicknell from Flowmountainbike.com, MTB impresario Joe Ward and Australian junior downhill series champion Thomas Crimmins behind the microphones, the Cycling Central podcast takes to the dirt to discuss all the latest happenings from around the Australian mountain bike scene. Marathon racing is taking off, with the venerable CamelBak Highland Fling the latest showcase for the sports talents while the December Cannonball MTB Festival offers a massive weekend for the gods of gravity.

Jayco and Orica-GreenEGE boss Gerry Ryan has been appointed as President of Cycling Australia.