The Cycling Podcast

The penultimate day of the Giro d’Italia and the final mountain stage saw a minor shakeup of the overall classification, with Mikel Landa leapfrogging Primoz Roglic to occupy the final step of the podium. But with only a small deficit to make up, Roglic should be the rider to finish behind Richard Carapaz and Vincenzo Nibali in Verona on Sunday.
Richard Moore and Daniel Friebe discuss the stage and there are interviews with Nibali and Roglic’s sports director, Addy Engels...

The Giro d’Italia finished in Verona with Richard Carapaz giving Ecuador its first Grand Tour win in front of thousands of his countrymen and women. 
In the final podcast from the Giro we hear from Carapaz’s fans and there are interviews with his team’s manager, Eusebio Unzuee and from the third-placed Primoz Roglic’s manager Richard Plugge. We also hear the best and worst from some of the riders in the Giro and from Hugh Carthy and our honorary Pedaleur de Charme, Gianni Savio...

Richard, Lionel and Daniel answer your questions on the 2019 Giro d'Italia for one last time before wrapping-up the final talking points.

We also hear some reflections on the pink race from a handful of the veterans of the Baby Giro, including Pavel Sivakov, Mikkel Honore, Scott Davies and Jai Hindley.
 
Finally, there are a few words from Mitchelton-Scott owner Gerry Ryan on Esteban Chaves' win at San Martino di Castrozza and the future of the team...

In the June episode of The Cycling Podcast Féminin we look back at the last month's racing and ahead to next week's Women's Tour, where we will be releasing daily episodes covering the six stages.
We hear from Katie Hall, the Boels-Dolmans rider who was second at the recent Tour of California and who is targeting the Giro Rosa. There are also interviews with Women's Tour director Mick Bennett and the defending champion Coryn Rivera...

Stage one of the Women’s Tour was won by Jolien D’hoore for the second year in a row as the six-day race got underway in East Anglia. The Cycling Podcast Féminin was at the start in Beccles and the finish in Stowmarket, and will be following it all the way with Orla Chennaoui, Rose Manley and Richard Moore analysing the race and bringing interviews with the top riders...

There was an unusual second stage of the Ovo Energy Women's Tour, a circuit race at the Kent Cyclopark in Gravesend, but it was won by a familiar face, with Marianne Vos sprinting in ahead of Lizzie Deignan and Sarah Roy.
Orla Chennaoui, Rose Manley and Richard Moore discuss the stage on the latest episode of The Cycling Podcast Féminin and there are interviews with Deignan and Roy...

It was a day of crashes and drama on the third stage of the Women’s Tour as the race leader Marianne Vos fell heavily and was forced to withdraw.

The mass pile-up at an intermediate sprint dominated the day, with lots of riders injured and nine abandoning. Orla Chennaoui, Rose Manley and Richard Moore discuss the implications for the race and we hear from the new overall leader, Lisa Brennauer...

The Women’s Tour burst into life on stage 4 as former winner Kasia Niewiadoma won the first summit finish at Burton Dassett. Behind her, 21 year old Liane Lippert was second to take over the race lead.

There are interviews with both riders in The Cycling Podcast Féminin as Orla Chennaoui, Rose Manley and Richard Moore discuss the action and look ahead to two more difficult days...

The toughest stage ever to feature in the Ovo Energy Women's Tour did not disappoint as Lizzie Deignan won her first race since her return to racing following childbirth and Kasia Niewiadoma lit it up on the climbs, finishing second at the finish in Builth Wells. 
The two former winners now sit first and second going into the sixth and final stage, also in Wales, on Saturday...

The final stage of the Ovo Energy Women's Tour saw Lizzie Deignan seal the overall victory, her first win since becoming a mother less than nine months ago. She also became the first rider to win two editions of a race that was first held in 2014, having also won in 2016.
In The Cycling Podcast Féminin, Orla Chennaoui, Rose Manley and Richard Moore discuss the final stage and look back over the six days of racing...