Cycling Legends Podcast

The shortest day doesn't mean the shortest podcast as Gary ruminates over Project Demi, the Big Three (minus one)'s cyclocross programmes for 24/25, the Vuelta's 90th anniversary and remembers the Emperor of Herantals, Rik Van Looy. Plus: WIN a copy of Chris Sidwells' splendid new book Cycling Legends 03: Jacques Anquetil - The Man Behind the Mask . An Audience with the Emperor Podcast - https://s...

Continuing our look back over the Cycling Legends archives, Chris chatted to John Galloway in 2021 about the origins and history of an aspect of cycling that was once huge but has become less common in recent years: Six-Day racing. Read ! The Tiny Bowl - Inside Ghent’s legendary velodrome Get in touch Drop us a line at cyclinglegendspodcast@gmail.com ! We’d love to hear from you. Social media Cycl...

Rapha’s new chamois cream is no soothing ointment for the litany of injuries and surgeries talked about this episode, but it gave us the perfect excuse for schoolboy sniggering. In more serious matters we talk Pidcock, Pogacar and postal vans. Recommendations The Amateurs - David Halberstam https://amzn.eu/d/c6jKYSM Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/pod...

As well as being a four-time French National Champion, Jean Stablinski won the 1958 Vuelta a España and was World Road Race Champion in 1962. But he is perhaps better known as a super domestique and, notably, one of Jacques Anquetil’s lieutenants between 1958 and 1967. Celebrating the publication of Cycling Legends 03 Jacques Anquetil , we’ve raided the Cycling Legends archives to bring you one of...

Jacques Anquetil is one of the all-time greats. The first five-time Tour de France winner, the first to repeat Fausto Coppi’s Giro d’Italia-Tour double, the ultimate time triallist – a great champion but a mystery as a man. Anquetil was never what he seemed, and in the latest book in the Cycling Legends series, Chris Sidwells lifts the lid on the man as well as the sporting icon that was Jacq...

Chris, David and Gary reconvene to find at least something bike-related in the bleak off-season. Is Tom Pidcock half as good as he thinks he is? How come Demi Vollering only has a 2-year contract at FDJ-SUEZ? And what was policing really like in the 1980s and 1990s? Haste ye back, Het Nieuwsblad! Recommendations Why Your Bike is Made in Asia  - Bill McGann  https://a.co/d/fifNfK1 Bill Mc...

As both the Tour and the Tour de France Femmes routes are announced, British telly viewers wake up to the news that they're going to have to cough up for their annual dose of yellow jersey fever from 2026. This plus Demi Vollering adds animal welfare to her palmares and the guys inadvertently promote responsible and safe doping. Just say 'no', kids, unless you've under the supervision of a suitabl...

As the end-of-season devil makes work for idle podcasters, David, Chris and Gary ponder whether it's time for British Cycling to take a leaf out of the England football team's book and get Johnny Foreigner in to sort stuff out? This plus Track Worlds snippets, how to wind up the the World Tour in style and taking in the tragic news from Sir Chris Hoy. Recommendations The new look Cycling Legends w...

Lost? Aimlessly wandering the streets because it's that fortnight between the World Championships and Il Lombardia? Fear not as the Devil has been making work for idle podcasters. Gary picks over some of the post-Zurich scuttlebutt, plus: Transfers - real and imagined/wished for Whither, Demi Vollering? If 24 hours is a long time in politics, 72 hours is ages in Eddy Merckx Paris-Tours Get in touc...

QUALITY CONTROL ALERT: Apologies for Gary's sound issues. He'll explain all at the top of the show! Triumph and tragedy in Zurich. Chris, David and Gary recap an epic weekend of elite racing at the UCI World Championships, all of which happened in the shadow of the tragic passing of 18 year-old Muriel Furrer following a crash in the Junior Women's race on Thursday. People shouldn’t die racing bike...

ANOTHER Grand Bretagne Grand Depart? Our favourite (and least favourite) Worlds wins. Plus dodgy cycling photos, most of which involve Tom Boonen and our recommendations to enrich your life! Drop us a line at cyclinglegendspodcast@gmail.com Recommendations Petty Country: A Country Music Celebration of Tom Petty - https://www.tompetty.com/pages/music?album=petty-country-a-country-music-celebration-...

In the latest episode, Chris, David and Gary look back on a Vuelta a Espana that saw Slovenia wrap up its clean sweep of this year's men's Grand Tours. After Lotte Kopecky and Demi Vollering go the line again in Romandie, the team ponder their favourite cycling in-house spats. Plus Paralympic Gold for Lizzie Jordan and Danni Khan in Paris and Gary's even been to an actual bike race. All this a mor...

Gary's in Kelso for stage 1 of the 2024 Lloyds Bank Tour of Britain Men. It's noisy! (Also, the post-race blues were recorded on Wednesday morning!) Drop us a line at cyclinglegendspodcast@gmail.com . We'd love to hear from you! All music by A Month of Sleep and courtesy of Epidemic Sound - https://www.epidemicsound.com This episode was powered by Sook Jai Coffee Shop, 45 Horsemarket, Kelso TD5 7A...

Chris and David catch up after a busy summer racing on the Continent (and on the track!) and look ahead to 2025. Oh, and nobody tell Chris this isn't the Feed Zone! Follow Britain's newest U23 women's team: Web - https://nouvellescycling.co.uk/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/nouvellescycling/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Your fortnightly dose of cycling chat and occasional insight from Messrs Sidwells, Stanley and Fairley. An unexpectedly exciting Vuelta takes up most of the conversation this time but that doesn't stop us from straying far. Cricket Criteriums anyone? Oh, and does anyone want David's Roval wheelset? Drop us a line at cyclinglegendspodcast@gmail.com . We'd love to hear from you! Recommendations Obit...

After 8 stages, 3 countries and nearly 950km it all came down to seconds. And not many of those. To look back at a historic third edition of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, Gary is joined by freelance writer, author and the brains behind the excellent Write Bike Repeat team, Katy Madgwick. (Oh, and there's even an audio montage at the end. Pro or what?!) Drop us a line at cyclinglegendspodca...

Can anyone throw a spanner in the SD Worx this year or will it be a double for departing Demi?  It’s all eyes on Rotterdam for the Grand Depart of le troisieme Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. Join the conversation! You can now drop us a line at cyclinglegendspodcast@gmail.com. We'd love to hear from you! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Not content with fixing the UCI, our intrepid trio of David, Chris and Gary have genius to impart to - variously - the IOC, British Cycling and Fran Millar before she’s even started her new job at Rapha. Sorry, Fran! Recommendations Tom Simpson Retro Cycling Festival 16-18 August 2024 https://www.tomsimpsonmemorialfund.co.uk/ Sigma Sports Matt Stephens Cafe Ride - Greg Lemond https://youtu.be/sqic...

It is estimated that there are 980 million black Africans living on the continent and yet only 4 of its men currently ride for UCI World Tour teams. Following Eritrean Biniam Girmay's historic trio of stage wins at this year's Tour de France, Gary chats to Kimberly Coats, CEO of Team Africa Rising, about the work of the non-profit and the challenges facing riders who want to compete at the highest...

In a summer of cycling surprises, Cillian and John return to discuss Mark Cavendish's Tour victories and the Giro/Tour double. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chloe Dygert, Lotte Kopecky, Pfeifer Georgi, Joshua Tarling and, er, Noddy Holder are but some of the names being banded around as Gary returns with a preview of the men and women's Olympic road races and individual time trials. Drop us a line at CyclingLegendsPodcast@gmail.com . We'd love to hear from you! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The latest news from NouvellesCycling x Prendas with David Walters and Chris Sidwells including a look back at more racing on the Continent, a nod to the past and looking to a bright future. Follow Britain's newest U23 women's team: Web - https://nouvellescycling.co.uk/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/nouvellescycling/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chris, David and Gary look back at a Tour (almost?) for the Ages. Recommendations Yorkshire Gold Tea https://www.yorkshiretea.co.uk/our-teas Pukka Night Time Tea https://www.pukkaherbs.com/uk/en/family/sleep "Land of Second Chances: The Impossible Rise of Rwanda's Cycling Team" - Tim Lewis https://amzn.eu/d/0hyrAaw1 "American Pro: The True Story of Bike Racing in America" - Jamie Smith https://amz...

There's not much you can say about Tadej Pogacar that hasn't been said already, but that doesn't stop David, Chris and Gary from giving their tuppence-worth on another splendid week at this year's Tour de France. Also, are you the listener who enquired about David's Roval wheelset a year or so ago? Drop us a line at cyclinglegendspodcast@gmail.com to claim them or to talk about anything cycling-re...

In 2022, Chris Sidwells compiled a series of clips of his uncle, Tom Simpson, being interviewed for the Cycling Legends History Show. On the 57th anniversary of Tom’s tragic death on Mont Ventoux, and available for the first time to all Cycling Legends listeners, this remains quite extraordinary. Tom Simpson Retro Cycling Weekend, 16-18 August 2024 Sign up at https://www.tomsimpsonmemorialfund.co....