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On episode 22 of The Piste Take we speak to Rio Olympic medallist and newly crowned European Champion Katy Marchant. We talk about early success, a period of solitude while she was the only member of the women's sprint programme and the contrast of the current women's squad producing the comeback of Katy Marchant. We hope you enjoy!

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On this episode we take a deep dive into the hot new race series DerbyWheel. We speak to CEO James Pope about the series, the future of track cycling and how this event will change the sport. We also hear about his history in track cycling and even get some predictions!

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On this episode of the Piste Take we speak to one of the greatest Paralympians of all time and King of the kilo, Jody Cundy. Jody has won 20 world championships and 8 Paralympic golds. We talk about that London moment, what it's like being a para cyclist and the huge career that he's had. We hope you laugh along with us on this amazing episode.

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We are back! On this episode of The Piste Take we talk to one of the best track endurance athletes of all time, 7 time world champion and 1 time Olympic champion Elinor Barker. Her career has spanned over 10 years and she has been at the forefront of GB women's endurance team across many eras. We hear about what it was like in those different eras and to transition between them, nearly falling out of track cycling all together and the challenges of being an elite athlete and mother. And we get the final Love Actually angle from the fateful men's team pursuit day at Tokyo. This was not only so insightful but a total laugh to record. We loved every second of recording this and we know you will too!

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On this episode of The Piste Take we speak to a legend of the sport Justin Grace. Justin created the New Zealand sprint programme out of his garage and then went on to lead the French and the GB teams. The fact we recorded for 3 hours says it all, amazing stories and insights. We hope you enjoy this one as much as we did.

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On this episode of The Piste Take we speak to a legend of the sport Justin Grace. Justin created the New Zealand sprint programme out of his garage and then went on to lead the French and the GB teams. The fact we recorded for 3 hours says it all, amazing stories and insights. We hope you enjoy this one as much as we did.

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We're back after our trip to Majorca with UCI Track Champions League with our first guest double header. First up we interviewed Gilles Peruzzi, UCI Head of Track, Para & Indoor Cycling. We got his thoughts on the development of the sport, fairness of equipment and how UCI TCL integrates with the existing UCI Track programme. Next we had a great chat with Florian Pavia, Series Director of UCI Track Champions League. We looked ahead to this year's TCL, the stories we expect to see play out and where he feels the TCL can develop and grow as a concept for the coming years.

Let us know what you thought of this episode and anything you'd want asked in future!

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In a mini bonus episode, hear our review on Round 1 of the UCI Track Champions League from Majorca, Spain. We were out in Palma as part of the TCL's press trip to cover Round 1 of the Series. We had some behind the scenes access to the organisation and unique insight from the people behind UCI TCL. Off the back of this in our hotel room, we give our thoughts on the racing we saw in Palma, our thoughts on the concept of TCL and the impact it'll have on our sport.

If you have any thoughts on TCL feel free to drop your thoughts below! We've got 2 insightful interviews coming out this Thursday with Florian Pavia, Series Director of TCL and Gilles Peruzzi, Head of UCI Track, Para & Indoor Cycling. Stay tuned!

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On episode 16 of The Piste Take we speak to newly crowned World champion Emma Finucane. We reflect on what it was like to just miss out on the team sprint title and how she turned it around after disappointment in the keirin to one of the most dominant sprint displays the sport has seen. We then look forward to the the upcoming season of the UCI Track Champions League going in as a favourite after finishing last just one season ago. We had a laugh having Emma on and we hope you enjoy!

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This week we catch up with Dutch Sprint Superstar Jeffrey Hoogland as we look ahead to his upcoming world record attempt. On 31st October 2023 the Biggest Man In Track Cycling will attempt to break the current 1km time trial world record of 56.303s held by Francois Pervis. In this extensive conversation we discuss Jeff's approach to training, the period of Dutch dominance we've seen in Men's track sprinting and his side hustle as a house builder.

Good luck to Jeff in his WR attempt let us know in the Q&A below your time predictions!