The Detour Podcast

We chat with Jumbo Visma rider George Bennett to chat about Primoz Roglic after his impressive victory on stage 17 to take the leaders jersey at the Vuelta.  We preview a huge stage 18 with Bahrain Victorious DS Neil Stephens as riders finish up the unprecedented ascent of the Gamoniteiru.   We also ask the Sheriff about Mikel Landa's withdrawal from the race.  

We're joined by three time Tour de France green jersey winner Robbie McEwen and the voice of cycling to unpack the stage 16 sprint.  Stage 17 and 18 are going to be a huge battle among the GC contenders.  We try and predict who will come out on top over the following days.

We chat with Bahrain Victorious rider Jack Haig who currently sits 6th on GC heading into the final week of the Vuelta.  He's only 3.35 minutes behind so we check in to see how he's feeling and preview some big stages to come.  We also update our apexcustomaus.com jersey competition with some new designs fresh in overnight.

We chat with Australian rider Chloe Hosking about her long road to recovery after contracting COVID and breaking through for victory in Norway. SBS commentator Matt Keenan also joins us live to unpack the opening two weeks of the Vuelta.

We chat to Garry Clively who finished 7th in the Vuelta in 1977 and discuss his amazing story. Garry will then join us to dissect the brutal stage 14 and look into Jay Vines miraculous recovery, plus preview tonight's monster stage 15. We also look at the terrible crash 5 km from finish of stage 3 of the Simac Ladies Tour of Holland which we couldn't get to yesterday. Dan and John continue to look at how to beat the Lockdown blues.

We check in with Bahrain Victorious DS Neil 'The Sheriff' Stephens to see what their plans are for a brutal stage 14.  We also chat with SBS commentator and former pro Dave McKenzie to find out what really happened after the finish of stage 13.  And finally we pass on some tips to survive lockdown.

After Magnus Cort's second victory we check in with his super lead out man Jens Keukeleire.  We also chat with Australian Survivor star and Tour de France green jersey winner Baden Cooke to find out what life was like in the desert.

We chat with Australian cycling legend Don Allan to chat about his career and when he won the first Vuelta stage by and Aussie back in 1975.  Team BikeExchange DS Matt White joins us to chat about Michael Matthews and their plans for the next couple of stages.

We check in with the Lanterne Rougue to try and explain the tactics of Primoz Roglic on stage 10 when he appeared to take massive risks on the descent for minimal gain.  We also celebrate another victory to Aussie Michael Storer.

We're joined by former Team Sky rider Chris Sutton to share some stories about his career and to try and get inside the mind of Team Ineos Grenadiers.  Iffy also manages to bring up some more memories from the days when Chris rode the Jayco Bay Cycling Classic.