The Rouleur Podcast

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The Rouleur Podcast episodes

May 04, 2023 Rouleur Conversations: The Soul Magazine, featuring Remco Evenepoel, Victoria Pendleton, the soul of bike racing and more
It's new magazine week! Rouleur 119: the Soul Edition, is now out, and editor Edward Pickering and photojournalist James Startt discuss some of the standout features of the magazine.

We talk about James's interview and shoot with Remco Evenepoel and staff writer Rachel Jary's interview with Victoria Pendleton. Guest contributor Maria David talks about her feature - an interview with Selam Amha Gerefiel which broadened out into a wider discussion of Ethiopian cycling. We hear from Dan Craven, whose bike company Onguza is dripping with soul, and from AI Ed, who reads from Real Life Ed's piece on cycling in Japan, the philosophy of wabi-sabi, and the slow passing of time.

Rouleur is a magazine with soul, and cycling is a sport with soul. Subscribe at rouleur.cc/subscribe.
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53 min
April 27, 2023 Rouleur Conversations: Classics wrap, Mur de Huy block party & Vuelta Feminina
Rouleur editor Edward Pickering catches up with GCN+ presenter Dan Lloyd for a final wrap on the 2023 Classics season. We also hear from James Startt, who spent a day on the Mur de Huy at Flèche Wallonne trying to discover the real meaning of the race. And finally, Olga Àbalos, the editor of Volata magazine, gives us her overview of the upcoming Vuelta Feminina.
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49 min
April 19, 2023 Rouleur Conversations: Amstel Gold Race & Gorewear
Rouleur editor Edward Pickering reflects on the Amstel Gold Races with photojournalist James Startt, and tech writer Dan Cavallari catches up with Amy Evans of Gorewear
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53 min
April 12, 2023 Rouleur Conversations: Paris-Roubaix
Rouleur editor Edward Pickering catches up with Dan Lloyd of GCN+ to discuss the two incredible editions of Paris-Roubaix that happened over the weekend. He also chats with Rouleur staffers Rachel Jary and James Startt, who were on the ground at the races and who share their memories of the weekend.
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40 min
April 06, 2023 Rouleur Conversations: Holy Week
It's Holy Week in cycling, the sacred eight days incorporating the two biggest one-day races in the world: the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix. Rouleur editor Edward Pickering catches up with staff writer Rachel Jary, who is in the thick of the action in Belgium and uploading daily colour pieces for rouleur.cc. We also speak with GCN+ presenter and former pro Dan Lloyd to get his take on two incredible Tours of Flanders. Finally we look ahead to Paris-Roubaix with photojournalist James Startt.
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55 min
March 30, 2023 Rouleur Conversations: Rouleur 118 - the Classics issue, Gent-Wevelgem, E3 & Zwift Hub
Rouleur editor Edward Pickering and photojournalist James Startt talk about Rouleur 118: the Classics Issue, taking a deep dive into the Tour of Flanders and bike racing culture in cycling's biggest hotspot. They also discuss last weekend's E3 and Gent-Wevelgem races.

And tech correspondent Dan Cavallari interviews Tom Hargreaves, Zwift's associate director of connected products marketing, about the company's entry into home trainer hardware, the Zwift Hub.
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1 hr 10 min
March 23, 2023 Rouleur Conversations: Dan Lloyd interview, Milan-San Remo and Trofeo Binda
Ahead of cobbled Classics season, Rouleur editor Edward Pickering chats with GCN+ presenter and commentator Dan Lloyd about his own history in the Classics and both look ahead to the big races to come.

We also catch up with Rouleur's photojournalist James Startt to find out how his experience of shooting Milan-San Remo from a race moto went, and to Rouleur's staff writer Rachel Jary about last weekend's Trofeo Alfredo Binda.

And ahead of the imminent release of our latest magazine, Rouleur 118: the Classics issue, James talks about one of his features, his visit to In De Zon, one of the best cycling bars in Flanders.
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1 hr 6 min
March 16, 2023 Rouleur Conversations: Paris-Nice, Milan-San Remo and the Women's Classics season
Photojournalist James Startt tells Rouleur editor Edward Pickering about the experience of shooting Paris-Nice from a moto, including his observations of Tadej Pogačar's Merckx-like domination of the race.

We also take a deep dive into Milan-San Remo, featuring interviews and insights from Ed, James, Rouleur Italia editor Emilio Previtali, Tour de France stage winner Steve Cummings, who competed six times in La Primavera, and cycling author Pete Cossins, whose updated book 'The Monuments' includes a chapter on Milan-San Remo.

Finally, Ed and Rouleur staff writer Rachel Jary preview the upcoming women's Classics.
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52 min
March 09, 2023 Rouleur conversations: Strade Bianche & Cadex
Rouleur editor Edward Pickering catches up with staff writer Rachel Jary, staff photojournalist James Startt and the editor of Rouleur Italia Emilio Previtali for a 360-degree look at last weekend's Strade Bianche. Rachel was on the ground reporting the races from Siena and explains the tactical nuances and big stories from both the men's and women's races. James was on a moto during the men's race and talks about the impressions, colour, intensity and atmosphere of the day. And Emilio puts the race into context, explaining its significance in Italian cycling culture.

And Dan Cavallari talks with Jeff Schneider, Global Head of Product and Marketing at Cadex, about tubeless tyres.
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1 hr 2 min
March 01, 2023 Rouleur Conversations: Ardèche races, pain and suffering & Enduro Bearings
Rouleur editor Edward Pickering is joined by photojournalist James Startt, who covered the Ardèche and Drôme Classics in the south of France. These two races are growing in popularity with both WorldTour teams and fans, for their tough parcours, amazing scenery and unique atmosphere, and they are becoming known as the 'Alt Opening Weekend'.

Ed also chats with cycling journalist and cultural critic Kate Wagner about cycling's close and occasionally problematic relationship with pain and suffering; Kate contributed a feature on the same subject to Rouleur 117, which is available now.

And finally, Dan Cavallari talks with Enduro Bearings founder Matt Harvey.
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1 hr 5 min