Roadside Cycling Podcast

Episode 8 of TPR features Australia's most exciting prospect on the track and on the road - Maeve Plouffe. Maeve runs us through her recent success at the Track Nationals (despite some challenges) where she won back the IP title, her World Tour ambitions on the road for 2023 and we discuss how she got into the sport before diving deep in to the art of sprinting and who inspires her as a female ath...

This week's episode of TPR features Natascha den Ouden, the team owner/founder of AG Insurance - NXTG. Natascha and I discuss the overall mission of the team, the challenges with developing talent in the Women's World Tour, their participation in the TDF Femmes and their new alignment with Quickstep-Alpha Vinyl for 2023 and beyond. If you enjoyed the episode please leave a review or a rating on yo...

This week's episode of TPR features Jai Hindley of Bora-Hansgrohe. In his own trademark laidback style, Jai chats about his move to Bora from Team DSM, dealing with expectation and pressure following his 2020 season and he also shares a hectic story from his first taste of Europe as a junior. If you enjoyed the episode please leave a review or a rating on your podcast player. - - - The Press Room...

This week's episode of The Press Room I sit down with Jens Haugland who is the CEO and founder of one of the most hyped teams in recent years, UNO-X. The team burst onto everyone's radars in 2021 with a strong classics campaign which saw them earn wildcard entries into all the big races of 2022 for their aggressive style of racing. Jens completely opens the doors into the ever popular Scandinavian...

In this week's bonus episode of The Press Room, I chat with one of the biggest workhorses in the peloton, Julien Vermote of Alpecin-Fenix. Julien spent 9 years with Mark Cavendish as his most trusted domestique. Julien shares some great stories from those years working with Cav detailing his memories from the leadouts, killing breakaways and ripping down mountain descents in the grupetto to make t...

In episode 4 of The Press Room I chat with one of the strongest classics domestiques in the peloton, Marco Haller of Bora-Hansgrohe. Marco and I chat about the demands and specific rider attributes required to be successful in the classics like Roubaix, Flanders etc. Marco also talks us through team training camps, changing teams and even shared some stories from his early days at Katusha where he...

In this special bonus episode of The Press Room podcast, Lotto-Soudal's Harry Sweeny takes us inside one of the most spectacular races on the World Tour Calendar and provides an exclusive audio diary account of the race.   The Press Room podcast is presented by Zwift. To try it out, take advantage of a free 7 day trial at www.zwift.com .   Follow the pod on Instagram for all the latest updates: @t...

In this episode of The Press Room, I catch up with Ineos Grenadier and Australian Road Race Champion - Luke Plapp. We had a lot to cover since our first episode back in season 1 and so we began with the recent UAE Tour where Plappy was a force in the leadouts and showed his climbing potential finishing in the front group on both mountain stages including 5th on Jabel Hafeet. We also get Plapp’s op...

In this episode of The Press Room, I chat with Jay & Bre Vine who are representing Australia in the 2022 UCI Esports Cycling World Championships held on Zwift. Learn more about Jay’s path to the World Tour with the Zwift Academy & Alpecin-Fenix and Bre’s own selection into the Aussie team. We talk about a host of topics from whereabouts protocols for the National teams, IRL racing vs. Zwift racing...

In this episode The Press Room chats with Freddy Ovett ahead of the 2022 UCI Esports Cycling World Championships held on Zwift. Freddy has endured a very interesting career trajectory within professional cycling. Freddy describes his journey navigating the top development teams trying to reach the World Tour to where he is now as a professional rider for Legion of LA and Australia on Zwift. We dis...

In this episode of the Summer Series I sit down with the new Australian Road Race Champion - Nicole Frain to discuss the Santos Festival of Cycling AKA Tour Down Under and also chat about her recent Nationals victory. Nicole shares some extremely insightful information and takes us into her mind on that last lap of Buninyong. We preview the Women's Santos Festival of Cycling stage race and talk ab...

In this episode of the Summer Series, I chat with Australian cycling's rising star, Ruby Roseman-Gannon of Team Bike-Exchange. Ruby fills us in on her journey to securing her first pro contract into the Womens World Tour. Ruby details how she worked hard to overcome of her self-doubt and performance anxiety that came with the pressure of turning pro and, offers some great advice to young female as...

In the first episode of the Summer Series we focus on the Bay Crits down in Geelong. Famous in Australia as the last 'tune up' race before Nationals. We learn a little about the history of the event and then hear from audio diarist Brenton Jones, Nick White, Jensen Plowright and Matilda Raynolds as they breakdown stages 1 and 2 of the race.  Thanks for listening to The Press Room podcast. Follow,...

In this episode I sit down with the winner of the 2021 Women's Zwift Academy, Maud Oudeman. Maud will be racing for Canyon-Sram next year after winning the Zwift Academy competition at just 18 years of age! Maud shares more about her short time in road cycling thus far, details her own experiences from the Zwift Academy competition and also outlines what she is looking forward to in her first seas...

In Episode 9 I catch up with Zwift Academy Finalists Cooper Sayers, Rachael Wales and the Men's Zwift Academy winner - Alex Bogna. The crew give us a first hand look at what the Zwift Academy was like behind the scenes and give some insight to each of the key moments on the GCN series over on Youtube.    Don't forget to leave a review on Spotify & Apple Podcasts   Zwift Academy Finals Series: http...

In this weeks episode we chat with New Zealand Criterium Champion and winner of Legion's 'Into the Lions Den' super crit, Olivia Ray.  Olivia races for the Human Powered Health (HPH) team (formerly known as Rally) who are stepping up to the Women's World Tour in 2022. Olivia and I discuss how her results in the U.S and her 'potential' led to HPH offering her a contract into the top tier of cycling...

Jess Allen of Team Bike Exchange gives an inside look into the development and growth of the women's peloton as she enters her 7th year with the Australian WWT team. We chat about the difficulties of moving to Europe as an Aussie, winning the biggest races on the calendar with Annemiek van Vleuten, racing the first women's Paris-Roubaix and Jess's pipe-dream to put together an all-star WT criteriu...

Cameron Mason is a professional CX, MTB & Road racer for Trinity Racing. Cameron and I chat about the structure of the pro CX scene and how it all works. We also find out more about what it is actually like racing the World Cup series where Cameron explains how he navigates through the field when he has to start from the back row. We discuss the skills and techniques he uses in training to improve...

I sit down with Australian Time Trial Champion and Olympic Bronze Medalist - Luke Plapp who has just recently signed with the Ineos Grenadiers. We talk about signing his new contract and just what the other pro teams were throwing at him for his signature. 'Plappy' also goes deep into the technical side of the Teams Pursuit and talks about the ' TT bars incident' at Tokyo. We hear about his plans...

In this weeks episode I chat with the popular cycling journalist and talented writer, Kate Wagner. Kate and I discuss what it was like getting to know Primoz Roglic, Matej Mohorič & Gino Mader on a deeper level during her profiling quests. We talk about her very Tour de France as a cycling journalist and what it was like featuring on the #1 cycling podcast as an audio diarist, The Cycling Podcast....

In this weeks episode I catch up with Australian ITT champion and our own Aussie super talent, Sarah Gigante. Sarah talks us through her first season as a full time pro in Europe, competing at the Tokyo Olympics, stepping up to the World Tour with Movistar and what her fastest time on the Alp Du Zwift is. 

In episode 2 I catch up with Brenton Jones, the 2019 Australian Criterium Champion and former Pro-Tour cyclist with Delko-KTM. Brenton shares his stories of his journey to a pro contract in Europe. We hear about the racing the UK domestic scene at its prime, competing with the best sprinters in the world, winning his National title and of course, what it's really like racing Paris Roubaix.  

The Press Room Podcast kicks off with Ride WA's own Brendon Morrison and Rebecca Cotton. Brendon and Rebecca two are the masterminds behind the biggest race in Western Australia. The Tour of Margaret River (TOMR). TOMR is a 4 stage race where teams of 6 compete for teams and individual classifications. Over the years, as the race has grown in popularity it has lured some of the best riders in the...