The Cycling Podcast – daily insight and analysis of the Giro d'Italia, Tour de France, Vuelta a España and Classics. Join journalists Daniel Friebe and Lionel Birnie – and a few special guests along the way – as they podcast about the latest cycling news and the world of professional cycling. Expect a mix of insight and analysis as our three experienced journalists cover not just the big talking points but take you behind the scenes of professional cycling. The Cycling Podcast was founded in 2013 by Richard Moore, Daniel Friebe and Lionel Birnie To support The Cycling Podcast, subscribe as a Friend of the Podcast and listen to more than 50 episodes. Subscribe at thecyclingpodcast.com (https://thecyclingpodcast.supportingcast.fm/)
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episode 70: The Tour de France 2022 preview
Join Lionel Birnie, François Thomazeau and Mitch Docker in Copenhagen for an eve-of-the-Tour de France scene-setter before Friday’s opening time trial.
We ask Mitch if he would have picked Mark Cavendish if he’d been selecting the Quick Step team, we ponder how Tadej Pogačar can be toppled, and ask if Ineos Grenadiers have fashioned their own version of the Bora-Hansgrohe quartet...
episode 71: Kilometre 0 – Danish Dynamite, part one
The long-awaited Grand Départ in Denmark gets underway with Friday's opening time trial and Copenhagen, a city that celebrates the bicycle, has never been more ready.
Danish cycling is enjoying another wave of success with the likes of Mads Pedersen, Jonas Vingegaard, Kasper Asgreen among the ten home riders on the start list.
But, like most cycling stories, the history of Danish cycling is complicated...
episode 72: Stage 1 | Copenhagen time trial | Tour de France 2022
Join Lionel Birnie, François Thomazeau and Mitch Docker in Copenhagen as they follow the opening stage of the 2022 Tour de France.
The weather forecast was wrong, the time trial result was surprising and this episode features perhaps the biggest edition of Corrections Corner in the history of The Cycling Podcast.
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episode 73: Stage 2 | Roskilde – Nyborg | Tour de France 2022
Lionel Birnie, François Thomazeau and Mitch Docker recap stage two of the Tour de France in Denmark.
There’s local beers, an appearance by the fashion police, the first verdict from the Mitch-elin Guide and a never-to-be-repeated episode of The Cycling Podcast’s scandi-noir drama, The Bridge.
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episode 74: Stage 3 | Vejle – Sønderborg | Tour de France 2022
The Cycling Podcast’s weekend break in Denmark comes to a close in Sønderborg where the locals have almost drunk the bars dry after a day celebrating the Tour de France.
Join Lionel Birnie, François Thomazeau and Mitch Docker as they recap a sprint stage with a twist.
We also catch up with Kate Wagner, who spent the day chasing the peloton on a motorbike, and we look at the logistics as the race transfers back to Lille...
episode 75: Kilometre 0 – Danish Dynamite, part two
The second part of Danish Dynamite recaps the triumphant Grand Départ weekend as Denmark celebrated the Tour de France in style.
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The Cycling Podcast was founded in 2013 by Richard Moore, Daniel Friebe and Lionel Birnie.
episode 76: Stage 4 | Dunkirk – Calais | Tour de France 2022
After the Tour de France resumed after the Grand Départ in Denmark join Lionel Birnie, François Thomazeau and Mitch Docker in Calais after a stunning finish to the fourth stage.
We unpick the tactics as the Tour burst into life on the northern coast of France and ask what it means ahead of the Tour’s date with the cobbles on Wednesday.
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episode 77: Kilometre 0 – Rog's cobbles rehearsal
This episode of Kilometre 0 is one of the last things Richard Moore recorded for The Cycling Podcast before he died unexpectedly at the end of March.
One day Richard noticed a couple of significant names on the start list for the Grand Prix Denain. It's not a particularly big race but this year it offered Primož Roglič, Jonas Vingegaard and a few other Tour de France hopefuls a chance to experience the cobbles in competition before the Tour's own date with the pavé...
episode 78: Stage 5 | Lille – Arenberg | Tour de France 2022
In a bumper episode of The Cycling Podcast from the Tour de France, Lionel Birnie and Mitch Docker hit the pavé to capture the atmosphere and convey the chaos of the race as the riders hit the cobblestones.
Mitch’s final race as a professional was Paris-Roubaix back in October but this is his first time watching a race on the cobblestones of the Hell of the North from the roadside.
They are then reunited with François Thomazeau to unravel a dramatic day on the cobbles...
episode 79: Stage 6 | Binche – Longwy | Tour de France 2022
In this episode of The Cycling Podcast, join Lionel Birnie, François Thomazeau and Mitch Docker in their post-race feed zone as they unpick an incredibly fast sixth stage of the Tour de France.
There’s Mitch’s favourite wine, Pierre Rolland as a receptionist at a B&B Hotel, and Total Energies’ service station toilet charging policy.
On top of that, there’s lots of discussion about the stage and the yellow jersey’s past and new holders, and a look back at the chaos on the cobbles...