In this episode we look at the opening week of the Giro & ponder who are the real men and who are the big girl’s blouses (not wanting to disrespect women, of course!) We are growing slightly weary of the Wiggo & Froomey Tour leadership spat & we welcome the return of the Cross Country [...]
In this episode, we completely ignore any talk about Lance Armstrong and his interview with Oprah Winfrey (pictured)…….well, after the first fifty minutes or so. We also discuss the untimely death of rising star Burry Stander in a training accident in his native South Africa. We attempt (and clearly fail) to muster up some enthusiasm for the [...]
In this episode we bring you a season roundup & nominate our rider, race & team of the year. We also bring you some further discussion on Sky’s zero-tolerance policy. We have an interview with Mike Jardine of Rare management, organisers of the Fort William World Cup. Mike is just back from China where he [...]
Welcome to our 2012 Tour de France preview episode. Jam-packed with ill-informed opinion, reckless predictions & downright anti-Spanish racism. In a brief diversion, we get side tracked into discussing the excellent interview of Stephen Roche, carried out by Jack Thurston of The Bike Show. Jack did an absolutely brilliant job of putting Stephen on the [...]
In this episode we round up the Dauphiné & the Tour de Suisse & discuss the implications of the results for the Tour de France contenders. We ask “where’s the love?” for poor old Andy Schleck who seems to have been on the sharp end of some stinging criticism before his exit from the Dauphiné with [...]
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 [...]