There is SO much cycling going on at the moment – where to start? Well, we start by wrapping up the Olympic track results & move on to the Vuelta. Can Sky support Froome? Is he truly a pure climber? Just two of the questions that we will probably not satisfactorily answer! We then bring [...]
In this episode, we discuss (what else) Tom Boonen’s rampant victory in Paris-Roubaix against a field of nobodies (if you believe certain cycling fans and/or Roger de Vlaeminck). We discuss the Ardennes Classics & chuck out some rash (but not really that rash!) predictions for Liege – Bastogne – Liege. We bring you some audio [...]
In this episode we rake over the coals of the Contador ruling & give our brief, if uninterested, opinions on Armstong & Ullrich. We round up the early season races & discuss whether they really can be used as pointers for the latter part of the season. Finally, we have another interview with Tracy Moseley [...]
In this episode we discuss the UCI’s plans to introduce a doping tribunal in the hope of speeding up the hearing process & avoid the kind of drawn-out saga currently being played out with Alberto Contador. In other UCI-related news, we report on the allegations in Swiss newspaper, l’Illustre, suggesting that Vino paid Alexander Kolobnev [...]
..or, Rolls & Responsibilities On the last pod, we had what was probably our first ever mention of cyclocross. This was on the back of some funny & genuinely enthusiastic videos posted by our pals @McComisky & @Dav_Hamill on YouTube. Having an hour or so to spare on Sunday, I took wife & wean down [...]
In this episode we have an interview with downhill World Champion & World Cup winner Tracy Moseley. Tracy was very generous with our time & we think the result is a splendid interview – even if we do say so ourselves. (Thanks to Rob Jones of Canadiancyclist.com for allowing us to use his photo of Tracy taken at [...]
We got an e-mail last week from listener George Evans, from Georgia, USA with some JPEGS of some watercolours he’s produced. George is an architectural illustrator by trade but says, “every once in awhile I get the urge to do some cycling scenes”. The results of George’s “urges” are here for you to see. [...]
Unsurprisingly, this episode contains loads of Brit-centric cycling stories from the Road World Championships. From Cav’s superb victory, to a brilliant bronze from Scotland’s Andy Fenn in the U23. Read the excellent blog post by our good friend OwenP, charting the career of Andy Fenn so far. Not content with such success in the World [...]
This week, we have a look at the World Championships in both road & mountain biking. We discuss Danny Hart’s stunning victory in the men’s downhill as well as picking over the bones of men’s & women’s cross-country. Check out Danny’s insane run Freecaster. We also discuss the forthcoming Tour of Britain which kicks off in [...]
Gary ponders if it was a case of too much too soon for the Tour runner-up. Or too little too late. Gary Imlach referred to Sky’s Juan Antonia Flecha as “Norman Stanley” during this year’s Tour de France coverage on ITV4, probably instantly alienating an entire generation of British cycling fans who are not of [...]