The Detour Podcast

Yves Lampaert took a surprise victory on the opening time trial at the Tour de France after wet conditions caused a lot of nerves throughout the day.  We look ahead at the stage 2 sprint battle between Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl’s Fabio Jakobsen, Lotto Soudal’s Caleb Ewan and BikeExchange-Jayco’s Dylan Groenewegen.

We preview the opening stage of the 2022 Tour de France as Daryl Impey is a late withdrawal from the race after testing positive for Covid.  We chat with 2010 Tour de France winner Andy Schleck to find out his tip for the overall and cycling chef Nicki Strobel gives us a tour around Denmark.

We're live from Copenhagen after the team presentation for the 2022 Tour de France.  Dan catches up with Chris Froome, Caleb Ewan, Michael Matthews, Luke Durbridge and plenty more on the ground to build up for Friday's time trial.

We're joined by Team BikeExchange-Jayco head DS Matt White and former Sky rider Chris Sutton to preview the 2022 Tour de France.

Covid has decimated the peloton at the Tour of Suisse causing major concern for a number of teams leading into the Tour de France.  Phil Liggett joins us live from the UK to discuss all the latest developments.

We're joined by Team BikeExchange-Jayco riders Luke Durbridge and Alex Manly live. Luke recaps his Dauphine and lead up for the Tour de France and Alex is red hot after winning 4 stages and the overall at the Lotto Ladies Tour.

We're joined live by none other than the 2022 Giro d'Italia winner Jai Hindley to chat about the amazing month in Italy.  We dissect all the key parts of the race, and how he went onto become only the second Australian to win a grand tour.

Jai Hindley creates history for Australia becoming the first Australian to win the Giro d'Italia!  John catches up with Jai before the start and we have all the reaction post race.  We also chat with the guys from Team BikeExchange-Jayco for their recap of the Giro.

Aussie Jai Hindley struck at the perfect moment on stage 20 at the Giro to put himself in a commanding position on GC with one stage remaining.  He holds a 1.25 lead going into the final time trial after dropping Richard Carapaz in the finale.  We spoke with Jai prior to the start and unpack an historic day for Australian cycling.

With only two days remaining the Giro is set for an epic GC showdown between Jai Hindley and Richard Carapaz after things remained deadlocked after stage 19.  Carapaz however has lost Richie Porte through stomach illness so we preview the final two stages.