The Echelon Cycling Podcast

In a week of more WorldTour Kit reveals - Soudal Quickstep, Astana and Ineos Grenadiers led the charge. While, the Giro d’Italia announced Tadej Pogacar will be making his debut in 2024 and Mathieu Van der Poel won on his return to cyclocross and Tom Pidcock won the World Cup in Namur.

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Cian Uijtdebroeks Transfer Drama with Bora Hansgrohe and Jumbo Visma. Wout van Aert returned to a winning way in Essen and plenty of World Tour teams reveal their kits for the 2024 season. And supertalent Albert Philipsen confirmed he has signed with Lidl Trek for the 2025 season.

Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale revealed their new sponsor, kit and transfer signings. Wout van Aert clarifies Giro Goals, Iserbyt wins the World Cup in France, Cian Uijtdebroeks To to Visma-Lease | A Bike? and Tour de France 2025 Stage 1-3 Confirmed in Northern France.

Pim Ronhaar continued his winning streak in the Irish capital while Mathieu van der Poel has speculations of skipping the cyclocross season one year. Jonas Vingegaard reportedly missed a doping test in 2019 as he mentioned in an interview and Froome says his reason for underperforming could be a bad bike fit.

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The Tour de France 2025 will begin in the northern french city of Lille and Jonas Vingegaard could be targeting the World Championships in Switzerland in 2024. While Wout van Aert and Tom Pidcock look to be skipping the 2024 Cyclocross World Championships in Tabor and GCN + to close down forever.

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In a quiet week in the off season plenty of transfers were announced including Gianni Moscon to Soudal Quickstep plus a rumour of Miguel Angel Lopez to Eolo Kometa. The Road Race routes for the 2024 World Championships in Zurich were released and the Dendermonde World Cup produced a double dutch wins for Alvardo and Ronhaar.

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The week of winter cycling produced some noteworthy results in the European Cyclocross Championships and we caught up with Matej Mohorič and Jay Vine at the Rouleur Live 2023. And Wout van Aert is looking to target GC at the Giro d'Italia in 2024 but could it be a risk not worth taking for the team?

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The Tour de France 2024 was revealed with gravel and two time trials and many mountains. While Nairo Quintana makes a return to the WorldTour with his former team Movistar plus the cyclocross season continues

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The racing season almost wrapped up with the Tour of Guangxi won by Milan Vader. UAE Team Emirates won overall the worldtour and celebrate in the UAE. Jumbo Visma will be changing name to Jumbo Lease and Cian Uijtdebroeks linked to Ineos Grenadiers for 2025.

In a controversial week for cycling with a racial incident with Madis Mikhels in the Tour of Guangxi. At the Tour of Turkey, Alexey Lutsenko won the title and Jasper Philipsen cleaned up in the sprints.

The Giro d'Italia 2024 route was also announced with a gravel stage and the return of the Stelvio.

Josh Tarling continued his incredible neo pro season by beating world champion Remco Evenepoel at the Chrono des Nation. And the best rider, team and domestiques are discussed