Lanterne Rouge Cycling Podcast

The news broke today that Mark Cavendish has signed a one year deal at Deceuninck-Quickstep for 2021, meaning that he will remain in World Tour for at least another year. Lanterne and Benji break down what the signing means for Cavendish, Quickstep and maybe which races we could see Cavendish doing well at in 2021.   You can always listen to our podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podc...

Welcome to the first annual Lanterne Rouge Cycling Awards Show - Season 2020, a proud collaboration between Lanterne Rouge and Benji Naesen during the off-season. During this off-season podcast, we deliver you our picks for best rider in a plethora of award categories ranging from Best Rider to Best Domestique.   Be sure to send us your picks on any of our social media - which you can find be...

Benji and Lanterne deep dive into the Tour de France 2021 route, which was announced during the last week of the Vuelta a Espana. We love the increase in flat time trial kilometres, wish there was more of a queen stage, but overall think it is a better parcours than in 2020. We cannot wait to see how the teams choose their riders and leaders for what will surely be quite an open race. La Flamme Ro...

Primoz Roglic got the job done at the Vuelta after an all time great season, but our job is not yet done, recapping this pugnacious race and talking about who impressed (or did not), should Carapaz be Ineos leader at TDF 2021 and how good is Hugh Carthy really. LRCP Show Partner | https://lecol.cc/ You can always listen to our podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcast and Anchor. 📱 Benji...

People celebrate their jersey victories and then there is a 20km race at the end, this is the Vuelta a Espana Stage 18 recap as well as the more exciting Ceratizit Challenge Stage 3 recap, where the GC was truly on the line LRCP Show Partner | https://lecol.cc/ You can always listen to our podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcast and Anchor. 📱 Benji Naesen https://www.instagram.com/benj...

A final decisive mountain stage finishing on the Covatilla climb. It delivered 5 minutes of action - but still made the race for red relatively captivating. Was Roglič able to keep red, or did El Jaguar de Tulcàn come out on top? LRCP Show Partner | https://lecol.cc/ You can always listen to our podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcast and Anchor. 📱 Benji Naesen https://www.instagram.co...

More sprint deviation controversy in today's stage but we doubt it affected the outcome, a select group of riders (including all GC favourites) made it over the last two climbs but then a messy finale eventuated after some questionable tactics from half the GC teams. LRCP Show Partner | https://lecol.cc/ You can always listen to our podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcast and Anchor. 📱...

Big break went in big bad weather but bigger Bora were biden their time and waited until a mean headwind section in the last 20km to bring back the remnants of a tired Cattaneo in this 230 km stage. What resulted was an unexpectedly entertaining final 15km and a technical final sprint. LRCP Show Partner | https://lecol.cc/ You can always listen to our podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Pod...

Despite Total Direct Energie doing their best to reduce the gap to the breakaway from 5 minutes to 90 seconds on today's stage 14 of the Vuelta a Espana 2020, the rest of the teams in the peloton did not help them out of either apathy or self-interest with a rider up the road in the breakaway. The stage would be decided by a technical 1km 6% climb, with a very sharp corner in the last 25m and with...

Primoz Rogthicc dons his preferred green sprinters skinsuit and got to work on this difficult 33km Vuelta a Espana Stage 13 ITT course, looking to put time into rivals Richard Carapaz, Hugh Carthy and Dan Martin. LRCP Show Partner | https://lecol.cc/ You can always listen to our podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcast and Anchor. 📱 Benji Naesen https://www.instagram.com/benjinaesen&nbs...

A mythical mountain finish on the Alto de l'Angliru. Historically climbed by the great Contador, Heras, Nibali... Can Roglič hammer Carapaz into the ground in the run-in to the ITT or does El Jaguar de Tulcan have a secret weapon in Chris Froome? LRCP Show Partner | https://lecol.cc/ You can always listen to our podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcast and Anchor. 📱 Benji Naesen https:/...

The Giro d'Italia in 2020 was positioned at an odd time on the calendar, sandwiched between the Tour de France and the Vuelta a Espana, but still provided a lot of action. In this podcast we discuss, Rohan Dennis in 2021, Almeida's future at Quickstep, Tao vs Hindley and Sunweb's strategy as well as ranking Arnaud Demare amongst the other top sprinters in the world. We hope you enjoy this Giro d'I...

Two favourites of the LRCP got in the break, Marc Soler and David Gaudu and these young guns were left to fight for stage honours ahead of Martin, Storer and Donovan except would Jumbo Visma make the effort to chase them back ahead of the feared Angliru tomorrow? LRCP Show Partner | https://lecol.cc/ You can always listen to our podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcast and Anchor. 📱 Ben...

The ninja turtles are back fighting it out on a Vuelta a Espana sprint stage which means it is not really a sprint stage at all, given the 1.5km 6% finale. The question was whether the GC contenders would care enough about this stage ahead of the brutal stages 11 and 12 coming up.  LRCP Show Partner | https://lecol.cc/   You can always listen to our podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Go...

Another irregular sprint set-up, or should we be calling them regular sprints as they aren't very irregular these days? Additionally, a mighty sprint in Stage 9 of La Vuelta.  LRCP Show Partner | https://lecol.cc/ You can always listen to our podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcast and Anchor. 📱 Benji Naesen https://www.instagram.com/benjinaesen https://twitter.com/BenjiNaesen htt...

Rogla versus El Jaguar de Tulcàn, a duel of the titans on the slopes of the Alto de Moncalvillo. A fierce finish on Stage 8 of La Vuelta 2020. Who comes out on top? LRCP Show Partner | https://lecol.cc/ You can always listen to our podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcast and Anchor. 📱 Benji Naesen https://www.instagram.com/benjinaesen https://twitter.com/BenjiNaesen https://www.youtube...

A showdown between former ski jumper Mike Woods and the veteran green bullet Alejandro Valverde emerged in the finale of this entertaining stage 7 of the Vuelta a Espana. LRCP Show Partner | https://lecol.cc/ You can always listen to our podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcast and Anchor. 📱 Benji Naesen https://www.instagram.com/benjinaesen  https://twitter.com/BenjiNaesen  h...

Our now traditional Grand Tour rest day interview, today with Aleksandr Vlasov, the young climbing sensation riding for Astana. Not just a talent any more, but a man delivering results, Vlasov has won big races this year ahead of big names, such as the Mont Ventoux challenge and the Giro dell'Emilia. We check in with him regarding his ambitions for the Vuelta and his year so far. LRCP Show Partner...

We have a winner! The Giro d'Italia 2020 has been decided. We analyse the final outcome and the sixth stage of La Vuelta 2020. LRCP Show Partner | https://lecol.cc/ Code LRGIRO15 for 15% off at checkout You can always listen to our podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcast and Anchor. 📱 Benji Naesen https://www.instagram.com/benjinaesen https://twitter.com/BenjiNaesen https://www.youtube...

The final mounain stage of the Giro has arrived with 3 ascensions of the Sestrière climb. Can Hart overthrow Sunweb? We also jump into a crash discussion about stage 5 of La Vuelta. LRCP Show Partner | https://lecol.cc/ Code LRGIRO15 for 15% off at checkout You can always listen to our podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcast and Anchor. 📱 Benji Naesen https://www.instagram.com/benjinae...

There was an impromptu rider strike before (or during?) stage 19 of the Giro d'Italia 2020, leading to mass confusion, chaos and a shortening of the stage to 124 km. We recap the events, the eventual stage winner as well as the Vuelta a Espana Stage 4. LRCP Show Partner | https://lecol.cc/ Code LRGIRO15 for 15% off at checkout You can always listen to our podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google...

The day we have been waiting for and thought might not ever come, the Giro d'Italia stage 18 with the Stelvio climb. It promised GC action and it certainly delivered. Benji and Lanterne also wrap up the Vuelta a Espana Stage 3 where there was also a some smaller scale skirmishes between the GC guys. LRCP Show Partner | https://lecol.cc/ Use code LRGIRO15 for 15% off at checkout You can always list...

Important issues are discussed like is Maarten Wynants actually the father of Tom Dumoulin. LRCP Show Partner | https://lecol.cc/ Enter code LRGIRO15 for 15% off at checkout. You can always listen to our podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcast and Anchor. 📱 Benji Naesen https://www.instagram.com/benjinaesen  https://twitter.com/BenjiNaesen  https://www.youtube.com/c/BenjiNaes...

Another grand tour arrives at our door, La Vuelta 2020. Benji Naesen and Lanterne Rouge analyse both grand tours in-depthly, as well as the Women's Driedaagse Brugge-De Panne. Le Col - https://lecol.cc/ (Enter code LRGIRO15 at checkout for 15% off.) Le Col Strava Challenge - https://lecol.cc/pages/strava-challenge-t-cs You can always listen to our podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcast...

Lanterne and Benji preview the upcoming Vuelta a Espana 2020 in the most thorough yet laid-back fashion. We cover the race favourites, preview every stage and profile in minute detail and bring our bold predictions to life.  You can always listen to our podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcast and Anchor. 📱 Follow the profiles and the race at: https://www.procyclingstats.com/ https...