Queen Stage Cycling Podcast

Tadej is 2/3 of the way to a hat trick at this year's tour, and Bailey's done picking anyone else for a stage win. Brenda and Bailey break down Stage 13 of the Tour de France, a unique mountain time trial that ends almost exactly as you'd predict it would. Brenda fact checks Bailey's Tour history, and they both agree: it's Tadej all the way until Paris.

Tadej Pogacar does a Tadej Pogacar and stamps on the competition. Though Brenda and Bailey do their fair share of victim blaming in this breakdown of Stage 12 of the 2025 Tour de France. The first major mountain stage of the Tour has to have some victims, after all.

Brenda and Bailey break down Stage 11 of the Tour de France, with a surprise (and inspiring) win from Jonas Abrahamsen! They are also delighted with Ben Healy's delight to be in the yellow jersey for another day, and puzzled by everything else that happened.

A new rider takes the yellow jersey from Tadej Pogacar's shoulders, but their pet Tamagotchi's pay a bitter price. Brenda and Bailey discuss Stages 9 and 10 of the Tour de France, debate "old cycling" vs. "new cycling," wonder WTF Visma is doing, and celebrate Simon Yates’ sneaky win. 

Brenda and Bailey break down Stage 8 of this year's Tour de France. A Loire-valley sprint stage and a snoozefest until the big finale when some surprising names get in the mix including Wout Van Aert who's been on "domestique duty" thus far.

Pogi wins, duh, but does Visma have a master plan? Brenda and Bailey break down stage 7 of the Tour de France as week 1 comes to a close. Simon Yates comes out of witness protection to do a few pulls, and Sepp Kuss remains in the back of the Peloton resting up for the mountains.

Ben Healy wins on a breakaway stage, but Brenda has some thoughts on his style on the bike. Stage 6 of the Tour de France also included some puzzling political tactics from UAE and Visma. We break down all that and more!

Brenda and Bailey break down Stage 5 of the Tour de France with an expected stage winner, but big drama on-and-off the bike for Jonas and Visma. They also make some very patriotic predictions for Stage 6, rooting for American riders Nielsen Powless and Quinn Simmons in a breakaway!

Stage 4 of of the Tour de France was a surprising hilly stage that delivered a historic win for cycling's GOAT: Tadej Pogacar. Fun hijinx from two Belgian domestiques brought intrigue to to the final climbs, and Brenda grew her lead in the predictions game!

Stage 3 of the Tour de France was boring and tense all at the same time. It was designed as a sprinter's stage, and it was in the end. Brenda and Bailey also break down their favorite "rouleurs" and debate what to expect on tomorrow's hilly stage before the first time trial.

Stage 2 of the 2025 Tour de France is over, and Brenda and Bailey break down the drama. Queen Stage favorite Julian Alaphilippe (nicknamed "Loulou") gets in the mix, and Pogacar sprints for bonus seconds. But Brenda's pick Mathieu van der Poel wins the sprint, putting her 1-0 to Bailey on predictions for this year's race.

Recapping Stage 1 of the Tour de France! A bunch sprint stage with lots of nerves, a couple crashes, and a few of the favorites losing what they called "silly seconds" in a split in the last kms.

Brenda and Bailey are mom-and-daughter avid "armchair" cycling fans. They're launching a podcast to share their hot takes and favorite moments with the world. Listen in!

Liegè-Bastion-Liegè 2025 was the Tadej Pogacar show, capping off what he called his "perfect classics campaign." Brenda and Bailey break down the race as he gets one win closer to Merckx' record.