Lanterne Rouge Cycling Podcast

Trofeo Alfredo Binda is a women's world tour race in Italy featuring rolling climbs and picturesque scenery. Was it time for someone to break the dominance of SD Worx in 2021 and tear this circuit apart? Photo | Cor Vos Show Partner | https://lecol.cc Introducing Drops Le Col | https://lecol.cc/pages/introducing-drops-x-le-col If you enjoy the LRCP, and you want to support us by leaving a tip, fee...

Benji and Lanterne recap the predictably unpredictable Milano Sanremo 2021 edition, where the action came thick and fast in the last 30km like it always does. Photo | Cor Vos Show Partner | https://lecol.cc Introducing Drops Le Col | https://lecol.cc/pages/introducing-drops-x-le-col If you enjoy the LRCP, and you want to support us by leaving a tip, feel free to do so here: https://ko-fi.com/lante...

The first monument of the season is fast approaching, with Milano Sanremo starting on Saturday with a stacked startlist as per usual. Past winners Julian Alaphilippe, Wout van Aert, Alexander Kristoff, Arnaud Demare, Vincenzo Nibali, Michal Kwiatkowski and John Degenkolb are in attendance, as well as big favourite Mathieu van der Poel fresh off a dominant run at Tirreno Adriatico last week. Will i...

With the final GC standings for first and second all but wrapped up for Pogacar and Van Aert, there was still plenty of drama in this final stage of this year's incredibly exciting Tirreno Adriatico - the trademark 10.1km individual time trial (perhaps with some extra metres this year). Photo | Cor Vos Show Partner | https://lecol.cc If you enjoy the LRCP, and you want to support us by leaving a t...

The cycling gods gave us some much needed rest today, with this rolling stage finishing on a circuit once again, but nowhere near as hard as yesterday's parcours. It would have been one for the sprinters but the peloton did not seem too bothered about letting the breakaway go further and further up the road... Photo | Cor Vos Show Partner | https://lecol.cc If you enjoy the LRCP, and you want to s...

What a crazy day. One of the craziest stages of all-time in Tirreno, combined with an absolute stressfest for Jumbo after Primoz crashes twice in the final stage of Paris-Nice. Photo | Cor Vos Show Partner | https://lecol.cc If you enjoy the LRCP, and you want to support us by leaving a tip, feel free to do so here: https://ko-fi.com/lanternerougecyclingpodcast 🤗 Follow us on social media: LRCP h...

Two mountain tests in Paris-Nice and Tirreno Adriatico, with two Jumbo-Visma leaders out to defend their general classification lead. First Primoz Roglic with the seemingly easy task of fending off Vlasov, Schachmann and Benoot on a stage tailor made for him, then the stark contrast of Wout van Aert defending a slim lead against Pogacar, Bernal, Quintana, Thomas and Yates on a 14km 7% climb up Pra...

We talk tactics today for both Tirreno and Paris-Nice, and venture into the Women's War of Attrition during the Unhealthy Will Age You Tour. Photo | Cor Vos Show Partner | https://lecol.cc Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed the podcast, we would be grateful if you could subscribe, rate and review it 💛 Follow us on social media: LRCP https://www.youtube.com/c/LanterneRougeCyclingPodcast https://...

A rather eventful Tirreno stage balances out today's stage as the Paris-Nice stage was the definition of slow. Photo | Cor Vos Show Partner | https://lecol.cc Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed the podcast, we would be grateful if you could subscribe, rate and review it 💛 Follow us on social media:  LRCP https://www.youtube.com/c/LanterneRougeCyclingPodcast https://twitter.com/LanterneRoug...

3 races in one day! Both Men's and Women's cycling. A sprint stage in Tirreno & HAT, and a punchy mountain finish in Paris - Nice. Lanterne and Benji discuss today's most important moments and its protagonists. Photo | Cor Vos Show Partner | https://lecol.cc Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed the podcast, we would be grateful if you could subscribe, rate and review it 💛 Follow us on social...

A time trial without Ganna! Finally someone else could take the victory home! Lanterne and Benji deep-dive into the most important discussion points like helmets, base layers, and why Campenaerts rode a terrible time trial. Photo | Cor Vos Show Partner | https://lecol.cc/ Startlist and Stage Profiles | https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/paris-nice/2021/stage-1/overview Thanks for listening! If y...

A rather silly crosswind echelon attempt, led the peloton to a technical mass sprint. Some riders thought they were playing rugby. Last time Benji and Lanterne checked, they didn't ride a bicycle during rugby. Photo | Cor Vos Show Partner | https://lecol.cc/ Startlist and Stage Profiles | https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/paris-nice/2021/stage-1/overview Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed the...

A few hills among the parcours but a likely mass sprint finish. That was on the menu today. Benji & Lanterne discuss the first stage of Paris - Nice, and mourn after Richie Porte's early abandon. Photo | Cor Vos Show Partner | https://lecol.cc/ Startlist and Stage Profiles | https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/paris-nice/2021/stage-1/overview Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed the podcast,...

Benji and Lanterne recap the eventful Strade Bianche edition, both men and women's races, where all the favourites had their chance as expected. Anna van der Breggen, Mathieu van der Poel, Wout van Aert, Annemiek van Vleuten, Tadej Pogacar, Egan Bernal, Elisa Longo Borghini, Alaphilippe, just an insane field for both races and they did not disappoint. Photo | Cor Vos Show Partner | https://lecol.c...

The final sprint showdown in the UAE, a tad late from us but we wanted to discuss the learnings from this sprint, what Ewan got right, the issues with Ackermann and reviewing the final GC standings for the race - Pogi the goat Photo | Cor Vos Show Partner | https://lecol.cc/ Startlist and Stage Profiles | https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/uae-tour/2021/gc/overview Thanks for listening! If you e...

The first cobbled classic of the season, Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Men and Womens races on a cold but dry Saturday in Belgium. Would the favourites Quickstep and SD Worx be too strong with multiple leader options or could an underdog win? Would the Muur be too difficult for sprinters to make it into a reduced bunch? Both were certainly exciting races with plenty of tactics to discuss. Photo | Cor Vos...

The Dubai City sprint for Stage 6 of the UAE Tour 2021, with Sam Bennett taking Stage 4 convincingly, would he be able to win back to back sprints ahead of Caleb Ewan, Ackermann, Viviani and Nizzolo? Photo | Cor Vos Show Partner | https://lecol.cc/ Startlist and Stage Profiles | https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/uae-tour/2021/gc/overview Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed the podcast, we woul...

Adam Yates required over 40 seconds to unseat Tadej Pogacar from the leader's jersey in stage 5 of the UAE Tour 2021, the last mountain stage of the one week stage race, the gradual and relatively easy climb up to Jebel Jais. To pull it off, the Ineos train would need to appear in full force in order to put Pogacar and his UAE Emirates team under pressure. Photo | Cor Vos Show Partner | https://le...

Flat stage, zero wind, bunch sprint with the majority of the big guns minus Groenewegen and Demare. Who would have the best leadout train and would Pascal Ackermann jump too early once again? Photo | Cor Vos Show Partner | https://lecol.cc/ Startlist and Stage Profiles | https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/uae-tour/2021/gc/overview Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed the podcast, we would be gra...

Poggers vs Ineos choo choo on Hafeet, what more could you ask for on a Tuesday morning and once again the stage delivered. Could Pogacar hold off one of the best one week racers in the world, would Almeida crack or save his 2nd position on GC and would Sepp Kuss take his newfound freedom and convert it into a big stage win? Photo | Cor Vos Show Partner | https://lecol.cc/ Startlist and Stage Profi...

Pogacar is a miner, Ganna is superman, Bisseger is better than you think and a ghost hit Tiberi. All that and more in this recap of the second stage of the UAE Tour 2021, a 13km flat, twisty ITT which would shake up the GC standings ahead of the big mountain top test up Hafeet tomorrow in Stage 3. Photo | Cor Vos Show Partner | https://lecol.cc/ Startlist and Stage Profiles | https://www.procyclin...

A pancake flat stage with a couple of intermediate sprints, 176km through the desert couldn't be particularly exciting until the inevitable bunch sprint in the final 1km...right? Photo | Cor Vos Show Partner | https://lecol.cc/ Startlist and Stage Profiles | https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/uae-tour/2021/gc/overview Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed the podcast, we would be grateful if you...

The first World Tour level race kicks off this weekend with a seven stage race in the UAE. Two genuine mountain top finishes, 4 pure sprint stages, and a 13km flat ITT makes this a simple yet intriguing stage race. One for the sprinters or true GC riders (no puncheur stages at all), we will see Pogacar, Bennett, Ewan and Almeida start their season here with big ambitions. Photo | Cor Vos Show Part...

Time for change for FDJ, with Pinot going to the Giro and their key rider now a favourite sprinter, surely headed to the Tour de France, Arnaud Demare. Benji and Lanterne break down whether the change of schedule and direction will suit Pinot, whether Demare can repeat his 2020 level and whether David Gaudu really should go for GC. Photo | Cor Vos Show Partner | https://lecol.cc/ Thanks for listen...

If your team wins the Tour de France then they are the envy of all of pro cycling - big over performance from UAE in 2029. However can they replicate that in 2021? Benji and Lanterne preview the team and see why they might be even better in stage races. Photo | Cor VosShow Partner | https://lecol.cc/Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this podcast, we would be grateful if you could subscribe, rat...