Turbo Talks

Nathan Haas from Team Katusha Alpecin joins the Tacx Turbo Talks from the Tour de Suisse. He talks about riding in wet weather (0:49), his Tour de Suisse so far (3:12), finding form this season and the hunt for a Tour de France spot (4:52), and on having a bet with his director on his time trial result (8:09). He then answers not one, but two Tacx Turbo Talks fan questions of the week (8:52) before sharing his love for Canberra's cycling scene (11:50) and looking ahead to the World Championships in Yorkshire (13:33).

Canyon//SRAM Racing's Tiffany Cromwell joins the Tacx Turbo Talks straight after stage 4 of the OVO Energy Women's Tour. She discusses the race and its popularity with fans and riders (0:45), the development of women's cycling (4:02), getting more women on the bike through the Women's 100 (6:11), her role in the upcoming Giro Rosa and La Course (8:54), and Tokyo 2020 plus her love for Japan (11:17). She then answers the food related Tacx Turbo Talks fan question of the week (13:05), before talking about her infamous banana bread (13:34), and the best food experiences on cycling adventures (15:00).

EF Education First's Tejay van Garderen joins the Tacx Turbo Talks for its fifth episode. Tejay raves about his recent visit to Colombia (0:47), before zooming in on the Dauphine (4:28), explaining why it fits his Tour de France preparation (6:16), how he feels coming in to the race and what opportunities lie ahead (8:57). Tejay then explains EF Education First's emphasis on (team) time trials this year (11:48), how Rigoberto Uran is the number one option for the Tour (14:02), and whether he has an advantage racing at altitude (15:33). To wrap things up, Tejay answers the Tacx Turbo Talks fan question of the week about weight training (17:47), and what might the rest of the season might have in store for him (19:54).

Jay McCarthy from BORA - hansgrohe joins the Tacx Turbo Talks podcast on the last rest day of the 2019 Giro d'Italia. Jay talks about the great Giro for his team so far (1:03), his rest day program (2:47), the team backing sprinter Pascal Ackermann (5:26), his role helping out on both sprint and mountain stages (7:01), being prepared for a frantic uphill start of a wet stage (8:43), the ambitions for the final week of the Giro (10:13), long term personal goals (13:14), and he answers the Tacx Turbo Talks fan question of the week (14:19).

Bob Jungels joins the Tacx Turbo Talks on the first rest day of the 2019 Giro d’Italia. He talks about the long and tough start of the Giro (1:12), on finding his rhythm and climbing legs after a break from racing since Tour of Flanders (2:50), on preparing for the Giro after his cobbled classics campaign (4:59), the team's spirit after the first week of the Giro and his ambitions (7:42), the current GC standings and gaps between the contenders (10:25), and Bob answers the Tacx Turbo Talks fan question of the week (13:29) before telling about his involvement in the annual junior race GP Bob Jungels (15:41).

Caleb Ewan joins the Tacx Turbo Talks from the Giro d’Italia to talk about all things sprinting. He talks about coming close to the win on stage 2 and 4 (0:50), his new sprint train and working on the lead-out train (4:02), on becoming stronger and more versatile as a rider (5:40), on having the pressure of being the main guy in a grand tour (10:04), on the upcoming days and sprint opportunities in the Giro (11:30), looking ahead to the Tour de France (14:00), and he answers the Tacx Turbo Talks fan question of the week (15:42)!

On the first episode of the Tacx Turbo Talks, Ben O'Connor talks about the upcoming Giro d'Italia 2019. Ben talks about his second appearance in a Grand Tour after crashing out last year's Giro (1:40), his lead up to the race (3:05), the secret to his mindset (4:55), the opportunities and his ambitions in this year's Giro (7:50), the opening time trial and his routine (12:16), the strength of his teammates (15:30), and he mentions a dark horse for everyone's Giro fantasy team (18:05).