The Detour Podcast

Remco Evenepoel doubles down on his dominance at the Vuelta with a commanding victory in the TT and extends his overall lead on the GC going into the second half of the Vuelta.  We also discuss the COVID situation as 15 riders had to abandon after testing positive including sprint champion Sam Bennett.

We chat to the stars and look at one of the tougher finales in world cycling where the Aussies suffer.  Sam Bewley also joins the show live to recap the first nine stages and predicts the GC standings after the stage 10 TT.  

Brutal new finale sorts out the GC and the Aussies show their true grit.  Iffy catches up with all the big names pre and post race.

A five man breakaway pulls off a miracle stage victory with Fred and Harry looking the strongest but crucified by Jesus in the finale.  We breakdown all the talking points from the stage, preview an epic stage 8 and chat about the Australian team selection for the 2022 World Championships.  

The conditions were brutal for stage 6 of the Vuelta as Aussie Jay Vine attacks the stars and claims his maiden victory.  Remco Evenepoel finishes second on the stage to snatches the red jersey.

Solar eclipses the field to take a solo win into Bilbao with Daryl Impey a strong second. Roglic lends out the red leaders jersey to Frenchman Rudy Molard but stage 6 should ignite the GC battle.

Primoz Roglic, the Slovenian champion quashed all doubts of his current form storming to a super impressive win and taking the red leaders jersey making it four days in a row for Jumbo Visma. Trek's Mads Pedersen finished a frustrating second for the third day in a row.

The Irishman was just too fast after another great lead out from Bora teammate Danny Van Poppel. Tragically Israel Premier Tech GC hope, Canadian Michael Woods, crashed out of the race. John catches up with the big names before the start for all the latest insights.

Irishman Sam Bennett exorcizes his demons and dominates the stage 2 sprint to win his first grand tour stage in 2 years.  We dissect the stage with post race reaction from Sam's BORA-Hansgrohe team mate Jai Hindley.

Aussies to the fore with Rohan Dennis powering at the front for Jumbo Visma and Luke Plapp proving the diesel in Ineos. While BikeExchange Jayco ride well for 4th in challenging conditions.