The Detour Podcast

We chat with Bahrain Victorious rider Heinrich Haussler and Flandrien Hotel’s Bernard Moerman about Heino’s recent cyclocross races and the mindset needed for a successful classics campaign. Bernard reflects on Heinrich’s stay at the Flandrien Hotel and “the Beginners Mindset’ which is the key for success during and post a cyclists career.

We continue to scroll back through the archives with interviews from Sir Dave Brailsford, Christian Vande Velde, Matt White and CJ Sutton. We revisit stories about the early days of Garmin and the chaos at the 2008 Giro. Dave Brailsford opens up about the evolution of The INEOS Grenadiers post winning the 2020 Giro and CJ Sutton Shares some insights into racing with Sir Bradley Wiggins.

After almost two years of episodes we decided to go through the archives and relive some of the best moments on the show. In this best of episode we relive the interview with Cadel Evans, Andy Schleck and Stuart O'Grady talking about the 2011 Tour de France. We also show the time we spoke with Baden Cooke and David Millar about the 2003 Tour de France.

Adam Hansen offered us one of the most honest chats of the show chatting about the tough negotiations with his former HTC boss Bob Stapleton. And of course Allan Peiper rounds out the show with the most powerful and emotional interview after he won the 2020 Tour de France.

On behalf of John and Dan we want to wish all our viewers and listeners a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Also huge thanks to Mark Watkin and the team from Bike Exchange for their ongoing support of the show.

We chat with BikeExchange Jayco Head DS Matt White and newly appointed director Pieter Weening to preview the 2022 season.  We also chat about their new signing Dylan Groenewegen and what sort of race calendar lies ahead for the sprinter.

We chat with Team Qhubeka Assos rider Simon Clarke about the situation for 2022 and uncertainty with the team and contracts.  Leigh Howard also joins the show fresh off announcing his retirement from cycling.  Phil Liggett also joins the show live from the UK.

We chat with Race Director Scott Sunderland to preview the 2022 UCI Road World Championships in Wollongong, Australia.  Scott takes us through the course design and some of the key elements of the race, which will decide who wears the rainbow bands in 2023.

We chat with Australian rider Nathan Haas after his announcement that he is leaving his road cycling career to chase his passion for gravel racing in 2022. We also reflect on how much the sport has changed in the past 10 years for the better and worse.

A special episode of the Detour Podcast as we pay tribute to Paul Sherwen on the third anniversary of his passing. Phil Liggett shares his fondest memories of his dear friend after spanning four decades in the commentary box with him. We're also joined live by Eurosport commentator Rob Hatch to gather insights into what goes into the job, and how to get good at it.

We chat with Australian emerging star Sarah Gigante after her rollercoaster 2021 which saw her make her Olympics debut and battle injury and illness. We chat with her about her season and how she is recovering from a bout of myopericarditis (inflammation of the heart and surrounding tissue) which she suffered in late July.

We chat with Race Director Stuart O'Grady to preview the 2022 Santos Tour Down Under for both the men and women, along with all the festivities on hand from the 21st - 29th of January.  We also chat with Kiwi rider Sam Bewley to see how he's doing in hotel quarantine in New Zealand and his plans for 2022.