The Detour Podcast

We chat with Phil Liggett to get his thoughts on the Giro so far and ask how commentary will work with Scott McGrory for the Olympic Games this year.  Team Bike Exchange's Matt White recaps a wet and wild stage 4 and gives his thoughts on todays stage.

We chat with Giro stage winner David McKenzie and TDU race director Stuart O'Grady about the day David saluted back in 2000 after Taco Van der Hoorn won from the breakaway.  We also check in with Team BikeExchange's Matt White to find out the tactics for stage 4 which on paper suits Simon Yates.

We check in again with Team Bike Exchange's Matt White to preview stage 3 of the Giro and how the wet conditions will effect the race tactics.  We also bring in rider Sam Bewley to unpack the sprint in stage 2 and look into his crystal ball to find a winner for stage 3.

It was a short and fast opening ITT at the Giro as we dissect all the winners and losers from the day.  We chat again with Team Bike Exchange DS Matt White and look ahead to the upcoming sprint stage with a technical finish which could throw up some surprises.  We also discuss the challenges off the bike with rider signings and pose the question, should cycling have a salary cap?

We chat with Team Bike Exchange DS Matt White on the eve of the opening 8.6km ITT of the 2021 Giro d'Italia.  We find out how their GC hope Simon Yates is travelling and what are going to be the tactics over the following three weeks.

We chat with 2021 Melbourne to Warrnambool champion Jensen Plowright about his fantastic win over the weekend and Olympic Gold Medalist Scott McGrory gives us an update on how things are shaping up for the games in Tokyo.  We also take a look at the main contenders for the Giro ahead of the opening ITT on Saturday.

Mark Cavendish described Mark Renshaw as the 'Worlds Greatest Lead Out Man.' We chat with Mark about his his career and the highs and lows of the pro tour circuit, and what life's like post cycling.

Jay Vine chats with us after bursting on the European scene finishing 2nd at the 2021 Tour of Turkey by a mere 1 second.  We ask Jay about his path to the professional ranks and how he landed his contract on the back of winning the Zwift Academy Challenge.

We chat with Aussie Cofidis rider Nathan Haas about his ten years competing at the top level in World cycling.  Nathan burst onto the scene back in 2011 winning the Jayco Herald Sun Tour and then the Japan Cup and hasn't looked back since.  We chat about the highs and lows of his career both on and off the bike.

With Paris-Roubaix postponed until October we thought why not bring together two champions of the race together, 3x winner Fabian Cancellara and 2007 winner Stuart O'Grady.  They both give insights into their victories and the secret to the strong chemistry in the CSC team back in the mid 2000s.  Fabian talks about what it was like racing with Stuart and what really happened on the day Stuart won the race in 2007.  Fabian also recounts some of his best victories at the Tour de France and he gives his take on the current crop of classic riders.