Cycling Talk Podcast

After an exciting weekend at the World Champs, I bring along 2 young British riders to share their World Champs experience.  Oscar Amey and Milo Wills both come away with a rainbow jersey in the team relay and a top 10 in the junior men's race. We talk through the racing of the weekend and get a rider's perspective of the course in Lieven. You can find all episodes of Cycling Talk Podcas...

World champs week is here!  But before we get too excited, me and Ian Field need to unpack the weekend of racing we had with the world cups in Maasmechelen and Hoogerheide.  Looking ahead to the worlds, me and Ian talk selection, course, world champs form and who our favourites are! You can find all episodes of Cycling Talk Podcast wherever you get your podcasts including Apple podcasts, Spotify a...

New National Champions, exciting racing in Benidorm and a double header of World Cups coming up..... Cyclocross season is just getting more and more exciting. Me and Peggy talk through the past 2 weeks of racing and look ahead to this weekend in Maasmechlen and Hoogerheide World Cups. Peggy also shares her favourite riders and who she'd like to see with a rainbow jersey next weekend. You can...

The Christmas Period this season was full of exciting racing, me and Ian Field talk through the World Cups, X20 Badkammers Trofee, Superprestige series and Exact Cross races that have kept us busy over the past two weeks. I also share my experience of racing in Belgium at Christmas for the first time. We also talk about the injuries in racing, as we see Mathieu van der Poel away from racing, Eli I...

I'm heading out to Belgium soon to experience some Christmas Belgian racing for the first time, so I do a quick round up on the weekend of racing at Hulst, Zonhoven and Mol. The next couple of weeks are filled with races, so I run though what we can expect from this year's Christmas period. You can find all episodes of Cycling Talk Podcast wherever you get your podcasts including Apple p...

An eventful weekend in Belgium at the X20 in Herentals and the World Cup in Namur as we  saw crashes, comebacks and impressive skills. Me and Helen Wyman talk through the weekend of racing and then look ahead to this weekend, where the Christmas Period is in full swing. This begins with the iconic course in Hulst, the return of Mathieu Van Der Poel in the sand of Zonhoven and the beginning of the...

Cyclocross came back to Dublin with some exciting racing!! Friend of the pod Kevin Kuhn, who finished 8th at the Dublin World Cup, tells me all about the course and the racing last weekend. We chat about mid season training and the cancellation of the World Cup in Cabras.  We also talk through the racing to come this weekend, with the X2O Badkammers Trofee in Herentals and the World Cup in Namur,...

In this episode I talk to one of the best female cyclists in cyclocross and road over the past 10 years, Lucinda Brand. Lucinda has been both World and European champion in cyclocross, along with winning multiple stages of the Giro on the road. Just after recording this episode Lucinda won the Cyclocross World Cup in Dublin and I'm sure her current form will be so exciting to watch over the c...

The World Cup series started with a bang in Antwerp!  I chat to Marty Macdonald about the Urban Cross on Saturday in Kortrijk and then the World Cup on Sunday. Both races brought some great action, surprise results and big topics to discuss and this episode is the place to hear all about it. Get the run down on the upcoming World Cup in Dublin this weekend as me and Marty talk through our favourit...

This episode is the first of a brand new series of Cycling Talk Podcast, Cyclocross - The Whole Shot.  I'm joined by Ian Field to combine our passions for cyclocross and discuss the cyclocross season so far. This weekend also sees the first world cup of the season in Antwerp. Let us know who you think will take the win on Sunday!  Stay tuned for more interviews and Cyclocross updates to come....

In this episode, I catch up with multiple junior world champion, Cat Ferguson, to reflect on her 2 years as a junior.    Over the past 2 years, Cat has had some big goals, amazing experiences and incredible results - we talk to through the highs and lows of this exciting period in her career.   Alongside her incredible world champs campaign in Zurich, Cat did her first pro races with Movistar team...

For this episode I am joined by young British rider, Carys Lloyd. Carys comes from a cycling family, racing multiple disciplines growing up and as she moved through the youth ranks. When Carys stepped up to junior, she started to focus on track and road, having been selected onto the British junior track and road programme.  Over the past 2 years, Carys has won 2 world titles and 3 European titles...

In this episode, I speak with U23 rider from Continental Groupama FDJ, Ben Askey. Ben raced a mix of all disciplines when growing up racing in the UK as a youth rider. After the COVID pandemic, Ben stepped up to junior and had the chance to race internationally in road, cyclocross and mountain bike.  Now as a U23, Ben puts his focus on road, spending the majority of his season living in France and...

For this episode I am joined by Ella Wyllie, rider for Liv AlUla Jayco and 2024 New Zealand National Road Race Champion. Ella tells me about growing up in a cycling family and how joining the school cycling team helped her develop as a rider. As a Junior, Ella had a lot of success on the road, winning the National Time Trial before being selected to represent New Zealand at the World Championships...

In this episode, I am joined by rider for DSM Firmenich PostNL, Becky Storrie. Becky started her sporting interests with triathlon on the Isle Of Man, which took her to a high level and got her a scholarship at the University of Stirling. Becky's battles with chronic fatigue syndrome during her time at uni ultimately lead to her placing her focus on cycling. Becky tells me about this and how...

In this episode Matteo Trentin joins me to share his amazing cycling life story. Matteo has raced pretty much every road race you can think of throughout his career and is one of a select group of riders to have won stages in all 3 Grand Tours.  We chat about his progression from racing Road and Cyclocross in Italy as a Junior to heading all over the world with the Quick-Step.  Matteo became Europ...

In this episode I am joined by current Under 23 British National Road Race Champion and rider for Fenix-Deceuninck, Flora Perkins. After racing on the road and track as a youth, Flora's time on the bike as a Junior was affected by the Covid pandemic but success in the Netherlands at the end of 2021 led Flora to join Le Col Wahoo the following year. Flora and I talk about her gaining experienc...

For this episode I am joined by British rider Josh Giddings. Currently riding for Lotto Dstny Development Team, Josh has recently signed a 2 year Pro contract and is stepping up the Lotto Dstny World Tour team. Josh grew up riding and racing on the road and on the track and had success in both as a youth including winning the Youth Tour of Assen and National Championship titles in the Madison and...

I'm excited to be back with a brand new episode of Cycling Talk Podcast and to be joined by a rider from my home county of Devon and rider for Cofidis, Harrison Wood.    Harrison and I chat about growing up riding and racing in Devon and what its like to go from racing a small mixed age group field around Torbay Velopark for Mid Devon Cycling Club to racing some of the best riders in the UK....

For this episode I am joined by rider for La Conti Groupama FDJ and Great Britain, Noah Hobbs. Noah and I chat about growing up riding and racing in the UK and Europe as a youth rider before Covid hit in his 2nd year as an under 16. After losing most of his track and road seasons in 2020, Noah then made great progress as a Junior, representing Team GB at the Track European Championships and racing...

Joining me for this episode is Australian road rider currently racing with Q36.5, Cyrus Monk. Cyrus and I chat about his early memories of cycling as well as playing lots of other sports before heading to University and starting on his path to become a professional cyclist.  Cyrus has raced all over the world with teams of all different levels from club to World Tour and has gained experience with...

For this episode I am joined by British rider for Canyon-SRAM, Alice Towers. Alice and I chat about her progression through youth racing, starting with cafe rides with her dad and brother before joining her local club and beginning to train and race. Alice was a Junior when we went into Lockdown in 2020 and we talk about the impact this had on her cycling and how she got to join a team in Spain wh...

Today I am joined by former British Track and road rider now racing for France, Oscar Nilsson-Julien. Oscar grew up in London riding and racing as part of VCL cycling club. We chat about his progression through the youth and junior categories, the people who he raced with and the multiple British National titles he achieved. After competing as part of the GB programme as an Under 23, Oscar decided...

For this episode I am joined my British Junior road and cyclocross rider Seb Grindley. I've followed Seb's progress since 2021 and after having him on the pod as a guest as part of a team episode a few years ago, I really wanted the opportunity to have a proper chat with Seb about his life in cycling so far. Seb started riding with his dad when he was young before quickly progressing int...

Today I am joined by female British road rider for Movistar Team, Claire Steels. After growing up playing field hockey, Claire studied Psychology with Sports Science at university before getting into running and then duathlon which led to her representing Team GB in her age group. Alongside setting up her own personal training business, Claire began to focus more on the bike and quickly made progr...