Turbo Talks

Sebastian Fini of CST Sandd Bafang MTB Racing Team joins the Tacx Turbo Talks podcast to chat about the 2019 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships. He talks about missing out on the podium in the Team Relay event (0:48), the course in Mont-Saint-Anne and how he adapts to the circumstances (2:55), the importance of the start (7:25), the variation in his training (9:39), how he started racing on a MTB (11:35), and his goals for the Cross Country event and the future (12:18). He then answers the Tacx Turbo Talks fan question of the week (14:48), before finishing with rapid fire (15:36).

Jakob Fuglsang of Astana Pro Team joins the Tacx Turbo Talks ahead of La Vuelta. He talks about previous successful participations (0:47), dealing with the disappointment of this year's Tour de France (2:36), his preparation for La Vuelta (4:40), the strength of Astana for this Vuelta (5:58), how the Vuelta differs from other Grand Tours (7:41), looking forward to the World Championships and Tokyo 2020 (9:16), and his contract extension with Astana (11:14). He then answers the Tacx Turbo Talks fan question of the week (13:05), before he goes through our rapid fire round (13:58).

Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig of Bigla Pro Cycling joins the Tacx Turbo Talks to talk about her 2019 season. She talks about the increase in fans and media attention (1:04), her successful spring classics campaign (2:47), the hiccup that lead to a disappointing Giro Rosa (4:56), bouncing back in La Course (7:16), Bigla Pro Cycling's dominance in the Tour of Scotland (8:31), and she looks ahead to the World Championships in Yorkshire (10:26). Cecilie then answers the Tacx Turbo Talks fan question of the week (13:23), before concluding the chat by answering rapid fire questions (15:33).

Niki Terpstra of Team Total Direct Energie is this week's guest on the Tacx Turbo Talks podcast. He talks about his recovery from a shoulder injury sustained in the Tour de France (0:45), the European Championships near his hometown, designing the course, and his expectations of the race (2:06), getting back to race fitness and goals for the remainder of the season (5:00), young riders coming through at the highest level (8:22), and his first season and role at Team Total Direct Energie (9:25), before he answers the Tacx Turbo Talks fan question of the week (11:38), and goes through the rapid fire round (12:57).

Stefan de Bod of Team Dimension Data joins the Tacx Turbo Talks ahead of the Tour de Pologne. He talks about the challenges obtaining the right visa to race in Europe (0:57), how it affects his chances of riding La Vuelta (2:12), his breakthrough 3rd place overall in Tour of Austria (3:59), his role at the Tour de Pologne (5:07), being new to riding at the World Tour level (6:10), his goals and plans for the rest of the season (8:54), representing the Qhubeka charity and how bicycles change life (10:02), and about his first bike and love for cycling (11:45). Stefan then reveals a secret skill in answering the Tacx Turbo Talks fan question of the week (13:11), before he answers a round of rapid fire questions (14:52).

Michael Woods of EF Education First Pro Cycling joins the Tacx Turbo Talks from the second rest day in the 2019 Tour de France. He talks about riding with two broken ribs (0:39), the physical and mental challenge it provides (2:25), the goals for the third week of the Tour (4:06), how the heat and altitude will affect the peloton and the team’s leader Rigoberto Uran (4:47), how his experience of competing at the highest level in running helps his cycling career (7:14), the overwhelming amount of support from Canada (10:15), before he answers the Tacx Turbo Talks fan question of the week (11:05), and wraps it up by answering a round of rapid fire questions (11:43).

Kasper Asgreen from Deceuninck - Quick Step joins the Tacx Turbo Talks to talk about the Tour de France. He talks about the first ten days of this year's Tour (0:40), the recovery from his crash on stage 3 (2:30), the team's goals in the next part of the Tour (4:06), rocking the Danish national time trial jersey on stage 13 (5:43), his rest day activities (8:45), the new young talented generation of Danish cyclists (9:32), before he answers the Tacx Turbo Talks fan question of the week (11:45).

Thomas De Gendt from Lotto-Soudal joins the Tacx Turbo Talks to talk about the 2019 Tour de France. He talks about the fight to get in the breakaway in this Tour (1:20), the battle for the win and KOM points on La Planche des Belles Filles (2:27), the pressure of performing in the Tour de France (4:22), what a structured day in the Tour looks like (5:56), and his non-massage, non-warm up preferences and dealing M&M's in the peloton (8:37). He then shares what his power efforts are when he's trying to get into a breakaway (10:47), the satisfaction of being in the breakaway (13:04), who his favorite breakaway companions would be (14:00), before he answers the Tacx Turbo Talks fan question of the week (15:13) and predicts the winner of the Tour (16:05).

Tony Martin from Jumbo-Visma joins the Tacx Turbo Talks to preview the 2019 Tour de France. He talks about starting his 11th TDF (0:51), chances to grab the yellow jersey (1:48), his role on the team this Tour de France (2:41), his first long training camp at altitude (4:14), how his experience can help the team and improve the team time trial (6:09), and what brought him to Jumbo-Visma (8:28). He then shares how he ended up riding with sandpaper on his saddle (10:25), before he answers Jeanne Korevaar's Tacx Turbo Talks fan question of the week (12:03).

CCC-Liv's Jeanne Korevaar joins the Tacx Turbo Talks to talk about the Dutch national road race championships and the Giro Rosa. She talks about the warm weather conditions (1:05), how she and her entire family got involved in cycling (2:53), the race tactics for the nationals (5:29), her dream scenario and that winning feeling (6:15), her 2019 season so far and development as a rider (8:24), the excitement of riding the upcoming Giro Rosa (10:00), the biggest lesson learnt from riding with Marianne Vos (12:45), and she answers the Tacx Turbo Talks fan question of the week (14:27).