The Cycling Brief

The Cycling Brief

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The Cycling Brief episodes

  • [BRIEF] Torque Training Is Wasting Your Time
    We build durable cyclists. New performance videos every week on YouTube:
    👉 https://go.semiprocycling.com/go/pxc9w6

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    A new study on torque training for cyclists is gaining traction on social media. We break down why the real story isn't whether it works — but why most riders asking that question should be doing something else entirely. Plus, the growing gap between sports science and amateur training culture.

    Daily cycling intelligence from SEMIPRO CYCLING, produced with AI-assisted research, scripting, and synthetic voice.

    7 min
  • [GT] Giro 2026 — Who Wins? The Bus Briefing
    Not sure which part of your cycling training is actually working?

    Start with the SEMIPRO Training X-Ray:
    👉 https://go.semiprocycling.com/go/53htdt

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    Giro d'Italia 2026 — Pre-Race Briefing

    The Giro d'Italia 2026 starts tomorrow. This is the bus briefing — GC contenders, key stages, bold predictions, and everything the DS is telling the team before the race begins.

    Every stage, we take you inside the team bus — the tactical read, the data behind the drama, and what to watch for next. This is The Cycling Debrief.

    Daily cycling intelligence from SEMIPRO CYCLING, produced with AI-assisted research, scripting, and synthetic voice.

    7 min
  • [BRIEF] Evenepoel's Radical Tour Gamble Won't Work
    We build durable cyclists. New performance videos every week on YouTube:
    👉 https://go.semiprocycling.com/go/kgzpbe

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    Remco Evenepoel is skipping all prep races before the Tour de France — a move that fights his own racing DNA. We break down why copying Vingegaard's periodisation model is the wrong call for a rhythm rider, and what signal to watch in Copenhagen.

    Daily cycling intelligence from SEMIPRO CYCLING, produced with AI-assisted research, scripting, and synthetic voice.

    7 min
  • [BRIEF] The Two Cycling Economies Nobody's Talking About
    We build durable cyclists. New performance videos every week on YouTube:
    👉 https://go.semiprocycling.com/go/db3yuq
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    A bike insurance ad reveals something deeper about where cycling money actually flows. The industry is splitting into two economies — and the one everyone ignores is the one that's booming. Why the service economy around existing cyclists matters more than new bike sales.

    Daily cycling intelligence from SEMIPRO CYCLING, produced with AI-assisted research, scripting, and synthetic voice.

    7 min
  • [BRIEF] Seixas at the Tour: Right Call, Wrong Reasons
    We build durable cyclists. New performance videos every week on YouTube:
    👉 https://go.semiprocycling.com/go/nxv97g
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    Decathlon confirm 19-year-old Paul Seixas for the Tour de France after his Itzulia victory. We break down why the decision is correct but commercially driven, and what it reveals about a structural shift in how quickly young riders reach the elite level.

    Daily cycling intelligence from SEMIPRO CYCLING, produced with AI-assisted research, scripting, and synthetic voice.

    7 min
  • [BRIEF] Why the Giro's Title Defence Curse Helps Vingegaard
    We build durable cyclists. New performance videos every week on YouTube:
    👉 https://go.semiprocycling.com/go/5rxzjw
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    Simon Yates attempts to become the first rider since Indurain in 1993 to defend the Giro d'Italia title. We explain why the "curse" is actually a structural feature of Grand Tour calendars — and why it points to a dominant Vingegaard victory.

    Daily cycling intelligence, produced by SEMIPRO CYCLING. 

    7 min
  • [BRIEF] 120 Grams Per Hour Is Changing Who Wins
    We build durable cyclists. New performance videos every week on YouTube:
    👉 https://go.semiprocycling.com/go/r2tnh2
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    A new review highlights elite cyclists consuming 120g of carbs per hour during races. We break down why this isn't just a nutrition story — it's reshaping which body types win Grand Tours and widening the gap between super-teams and the rest.

    Daily cycling intelligence from SEMIPRO CYCLING, produced with AI-assisted research, scripting, and synthetic voice.

    8 min
  • [SUNDAY] The riders who trained easier got faster

    Study referenced: Rønnestad, B.R., et al. (2025). Block training with moderate- or high-intensity intervals both improve endurance performance in well-trained cyclists. 

    European Journal of Sport Science, 25(7), e70067.



    This week's video: Are You Too Slow for Aero? (What the Research Says)

    EIGHT Programme: semiprocycling.com/eight

    Daily cycling intelligence, produced by SEMIPRO CYCLING. 

    9 min
  • [DEBRIEF] Pogačar's "Relaxation" Race and the Giro GC Problem

    We build durable cyclists. New performance videos every week on YouTube: 👉 https://go.semiprocycling.com/go/a665v9 

    Alex and Sam debate what Pogačar's dominance at Tour de Romandie means for July, whether anyone can challenge Vingegaard at the Giro d'Italia, and why Tour of Türkiye is producing the best racing nobody's watching. Plus hot takes on Grand Tour competitiveness.

    Daily cycling intelligence, produced by SEMIPRO CYCLING. 

    13 min
  • [BRIEF] Vingegaard's Giro Problem: Winning Too Easily
    We build durable cyclists. New performance videos every week on YouTube:
    👉 https://go.semiprocycling.com/go/3wk4e2
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    With Carapaz and Almeida both withdrawing from the Giro d'Italia, Jonas Vingegaard faces an increasingly depleted GC field. We argue that an unchallenged Giro might actually hurt his Tour de France preparation — and explain why the asymmetry with Pogačar's spring matters.

    Daily cycling intelligence, produced by SEMIPRO CYCLING. 

    7 min

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