The Detour Podcast

We chat with former pro cyclist and now AusCycling European Road Coordinator Rory Sutherland about the future for road cycling in Australia.  Donna Rae-Szalinski gives us insights into the women's program and the work ahead.

We chat with dutch rider and honorary Aussie Koen de Kort live from the Amilla resort in the Maldives. We chat with Koen about his recovery from a off road vehicle accident four months ago which lead to the amputation of three fingers. We also chat about his career in the pro peloton and his new role within the Trek team.

We chat with Nicki Strobel who has been a head chef in professional cycling for over 10 years at the pro tour level.  Nicki opens up about what cyclists eat when on tour and how to maximise performance at elite and club level.

We chat with former World Champion and Tour de France stage winner Michael Rogers about his new role at the UCI as head of Road and Innovation. We recap the 2021 season and look at what's ahead for the governing body in 2022.

We're joined live by Team BikeExchange rider Amanda Spratt who was recently diagnosed with endofibrosis and will embark surgery next week.  We also preview the 2022 Tour de France Femmes and go through each of the eight stages.

With the announcement live of the 2022 Tour de France race route we take a deep dive into the stages and who will be suited for each profile. Phil Liggett and Olympic gold medalist and commentator Scott McGrory joins us live. With the iconic climb Alpe D'Huez set for 2022 we take a look back at the 2015 edition to get a feel for the monster crowds and atmosphere.

Tadej Pogacar wraps an amazing season by taking out his second monument at Lombardia. Team Bahrain Victorious DS Neil Stephens jumps on to wrap their successful 2021. Commentators Phil Liggett and Scott McGrory join us live to also chat about the Women's Tour in the UK.

We recap an epic edition of the Paris-Roubaix with insights from Luke Durbridge, Mat Hayman and Sam Bewley.  We're also joined live by Phil Liggett, Heinrich Haussler and Mitch Docker who ended his career at Roubaix.

We're joined by 2007 Paris-Roubaix winner Stuart O'Grady, 2016 winner Mat Hayman and Mitch Docker to take a look at what will be an epic edition of the 'Hell of the North.'  We also recap the first edition of the Women's race paying tribute to the amazing ride of Lizzy Deignan.

We're joined by Team BikeExchange rider Jessica Allen and Donna Rae-Szalinski to preview a historic race for the Women's cycling calendar, the first ever Paris-Roubaix.  It's scheduled to be a wet and windy event which has caused a lot of nervous energy in the build up.  We are also joined by Robbie McEwen who pays tribute to Heiko Salzwedel.