The Detour Podcast

We chat with Kiwi George Bennett about this years heartbreak at the Tour de France.  We also get insights on how riders feel about returning home at the end of the season with the current COVID restrictions.  We also flash back to the Orica-GreenEDGE safari in South Africa back in 2015.

We recap another exciting stage at the Giro with Ganna taking his 82kg frame to victory.  We chat with South African Daryl Impey about his amazing journey with the GreenEDGE organisation.

Mitchelton-Scott DS Matt White previews a lumpy day at the Giro and gives us insights into the long transfers from Sicily.  Matt Wilson gives us an update from the Belgium classics.  We talk about the new 'metre matters' law being passed in Victoria and John shares a classic Giro story from 2003.

Mitchelton-Scott DS Matt White takes us through exactly what happened on stage 3 of the Giro as Simon Yates lost touch with the GC contenders on the final climb.  Baden Cooke then joins the show to talk about being thrown into the barriers during the 4th stage of the 2005 Giro costing him a maiden stage victory.

Don't ever salute too early!   We recap all the drama from Liege and look at some other famous early crows.  Matt White outlines the tactics for stage 3 and Michael Wilson joins the show to chat about his career and his greatest victories.

We dissect all the drama from the opening time trial at the Giro and chat with Mitchelton-Scott DS Matt White after an impressive ride by Simon Yates.  Alan Davis joins the show live from Spain and Scott McGrory relives some funny stories from the 2009 Tour de France.

The Giro is back as we are joined by Olympic Gold Medalists Scott McGrory and Brett Lancaster to chat about all the contenders for this years race.  Mitchelton-Scott Sports Director Matt White also stops by to chat about Simon Yates and his predominately Aussie squad.

Allan Peiper gives an incredible insight to the stage 20 TT and the atmosphere inside the UAE Emirates team.  Matt White reflects on the Tour and looks ahead to the Giro and Matt Keenan joins the panel.

George Bennett joins the show before the stage 20 time trial to chat about an amazing Tour de France for Jumbo Visma.  Allan Peiper give a run down on the TT course and we flash back to a motivational speech from Bewls at the 2016 Giro.

We chat with UAE Emirates DS Alan Peiper who gives a run through of Pogacar and his mindset in this years Tour de France.  We also catch up with Luke Dirbridge and check in with his progress for the World TT Championships next week.