In this episode, we bring you a farce based on evidence from serial perjurers and those who were coerced through threats & sweetheart deals. Yup, with only one story in town, we just couldn’t ignore it. We also discuss how Sky (and other teams & riders) have dealt with the fallout. Finally we look [...]
To celebrate 2 years of the VCDL Pod, we have tweaked our format a bit. Fear not though, it’s still the same cosy, fireside fan-chat between Gary & Graham as this week they discuss the UCI Road World Championships, Tyler Hamilton’s book, The Secret Race & the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup season. As far [...]
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 the historic victory of Sky’s Bradley Wiggins in Paris-Nice & the great overall result for team-of-the-pod Vacansoleil. We have a brief chat about Tirreno Adriatico and also discuss yet more rumours of a breakaway league. In mountain bike news, we look forward to the start of the season in Pietermaritzburg [...]
In this episode we discuss the breaking news of the UCI suing Paul Kimmage for comments made in a 2011 article in l’Equipe. We decide that we did actually quite like the Tour Down Under and we are a bit more enthusiastic about the forthcoming season. We have an interview with Rowan Mackie, organisers of [...]
In this episode we try hard hard to disguise our ambivalence regarding the start of the new season in a couple of week’s time. We muster up enough enthusiasm to chat about the forthcoming Tour Down Under and the winners & losers in the Pro Team selection process. We have an early nomination for VCDL [...]
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 [...]
In this episode, Bertie bags a bride. We discuss Contador’s recent nuptials and his ongoing CAS hearing which should be entering its endgame. We also discuss the Rasmussens, Alex & Michael, one of whom has escaped the wrath of the UCI and the other who was trying to escape the wrath of his wife & [...]
In this episode, we discuss the controversial Tour of Beijing and conclude that it was more sideshow than race. Uncle Pat seems to be up to his shenanigans again and Scott from Velocast really seems to have the bit between his teeth with this story. We discuss whether a move to Quick-Step is on the [...]
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 [...]