The Cycling Podcast

What's a day working on the Tour de France as a journalist like? That's a question Richard Moore and Lionel Birnie are sometimes asked. Friends and family might think it's an extended holiday in France but what's it really like? This first episode of ...

Cycling has remained popular in Germany during what could be described as the doldrum years following Jan Ullrich's doping scandal ten years ago and the subsequent collapse of T-Mobile, the de facto national team. But a sceptical media, and particul...

The Sports Directors drive thousands of kilometres behind the race but there's a lot more to the job than getting behind the wheel of a team car. In this episode of Kilometre 0, Lionel Birnie meets some of the Sports Directors working on the Tour de...

French riders are enjoying a renaissance, with several contenders for the podium, if not the outright Tour de France title, among the home riders. For years, French riders stuck to French teams but lately there's been a temptation to look outside Fr...

What connects Trump, Brexit and the Tour de France? Listen to this episode of Kilometre 0 with Lionel Birnie and French journalist François Thomazeau to find out. Hear from Dag-Otto Lauritzen, Greg LeMond and Marc Madiot too. Kilometre 0 is su...

How many riders unwind at the end of a hard day of the Tour de France with a good book? This episodes features Bauke Mollema, Chris Juul Jensen, Peter Stetina, Brian Holm, Charly Wegelius and others talking about the books they read during their dow...

The Tour de France is a huge logistical operation, packing up a small town every evening and moving a couple of hundred kilometres to set up the following day. The Zone Technique, or technical zone, is a large area near the finish line where the hea...

In this episode of Kilometre 0, Richard Moore meets designer Paul Smith to talk about the changing fashions in cycling. His book, Paul Smith's Cycling Scrapbook is a labour of love that looks at the design and style that have appealed to him and influe...

This episode of Kilometre 0 looks at French cycling, much maligned after a generation in the doldrums and enduring 31 years of hurt since Bernard Hinault last home win at the Tour de France. But there have been signs of a revival for a few years now...

Meet Steve Cummings, a man who prefers to ride at the back of the peloton until it's time to make his move off the front. In the Pyrenees, he pulled off another of what has been his trademark move. Now 35, he talks about his career, his riding style an...