The Cycling Podcast

The Tour de France is almost here. On Saturday the peloton will roll out of Florence kicking off the first grand départ on Italian soil in the Tour's history. Graham Willgoss, Richard Abraham and Mitch Docker will be following the race to Nice, producing nightly episodes of The Cycling Podcast on the way. Join our Tour de France trio for this XL Preview episode, in which they weigh up the likely r...

In this month’s episode of Féminin, Rose Manley, Denny Gray and Orla Chennaoui cast their eyes over recent racing at the Tour de Suisse and come dangerously close to speculation as they ponder what it might mean for the year’s biggest races and beyond.  Demi Vollering’s winning run shows no signs of letting up after taking three stages and the overall win at the Tour de Suisse. But how much could...

The Tour de Suisse and the Tour of Slovenia were the final preparation races for the Tour de France. Now there’s a weekend of national championship events before the grand départ in Florence a week on Saturday. So what did we learn? Join our Tour de France team of Graham Willgoss, Richard Abraham and Mitch Docker as they complete their final checks before next week’s XL Tour Preview episode. Follo...

Our Tour de France team of Graham Willgoss, Richard Abraham and Mitch Docker look back at the Critérium du Dauphiné and ask what we’ve learned ahead of the Tour de France. Follow us on social media: Twitter @cycling_podcast Instagram @thecyclingpodcast The 11.01 Cappuccino Our regular email newsletter is now on Substack. Subscribe here for frothy, full-fat updates to enjoy any time (as long as it’...

With the Giro d’Italia now in the rear-view mirror Tadej Pogačar can afford to put his feet up (relatively-speaking) and watch how his likely rivals for the Tour de France fare in their final warm-up races. Daniel Friebe is at the Critérium du Dauphiné having transformed into Television’s Daniel Friebe by entering the nearest telephone box before emerging with a slightly bigger microphone. He hand...

The Giro d’Italia that ended last weekend was the ninth The Cycling Podcast has covered on the ground, in full, with daily episodes from every stage.  Over that near decade, it’s fair to say that our love of the ‘Corsa Rosa’ and its host nation has deepened and broadened with every edition.  Daniel Friebe was initially nonplussed with the route unveiled last autumn - thinking it lacked sporting un...

Daniel Friebe & Brian Nygaard are following the Giro d’Italia from end to end, north to south, Turin to Rome, providing daily coverage - and today our dynamic duo review Stage 21 and the Giro as a whole. Our Girovagando podcasts feature race analysis, interviews and regular features such as Larranzando, our almost daily postcards from Italy with Décathlon-AG2r La Mondiale’s Larry Warbasse. Fol...

Daniel Friebe & Brian Nygaard are following the Giro d’Italia from end to end, north to south, Turin to Rome, providing daily coverage - and today our dynamic duo report from the Stage 20 finish in Bassano Del Grappa. Our Girovagando podcasts feature race analysis, interviews and regular features such as Larranzando, our almost daily postcards from Italy with Décathlon-AG2r La Mondiale’s Larry...

Daniel Friebe & Brian Nygaard are following the Giro d’Italia from end to end, north to south, Turin to Rome, providing daily coverage - and today our dynamic duo report from the Stage 19 finish in Sappada. Our Girovagando podcasts feature race analysis, interviews and regular features such as Larranzando, our almost daily postcards from Italy with Décathlon-AG2r La Mondiale’s Larry Warbasse....

In the May episode of The Cycling Podcast Féminin, Rose Manley, Denny Gray and Rebecca Charlton look back over the recent Spanish stage racing from the comfort of their own cabaña. Questions may have hung over Demi Vollering’s form after a consistent if lacklustre run in the Spring Classics, but the SD Worx rider answered in no uncertain manner with three dominant performances across the Vuelta Fe...

Daniel Friebe & Brian Nygaard are following the Giro d’Italia from end to end, north to south, Turin to Rome, providing daily coverage - and today our dynamic duo report from the Stage 18 finish in Padova. Our Girovagando podcasts feature race analysis, interviews and regular features such as Larranzando, our almost daily postcards from Italy with Décathlon-AG2r La Mondiale’s Larry Warbasse. F...

 Daniel Friebe & Brian Nygaard are following the Giro d’Italia from end to end, north to south, Turin to Rome, providing daily coverage - and today our dynamic duo report from Stage 15 and Livigno. Our Girovagando podcasts feature race analysis, interviews and regular features such as Larranzando, our almost daily postcards from Italy with Décathlon-AG2r La Mondiale’s Larry Warbasse. Follow us...

For the past 10 months, Lizzy Banks has been fighting to clear her name after an anti-doping test taken in May 2023 returned an adverse analytical finding for two substances. She was informed of the test result 79 days later. The two substances were formoterol, a medication she'd been using within the permitted level to treat asthma. The second, chlortalidone, was a diuretic she had never heard of...

Daniel Friebe & Brian Nygaard are following the Giro d’Italia from end to end, north to south, Turin to Rome, providing daily coverage - and today our dynamic duo report from Stage 16 and Val Gardena. Our Girovagando podcasts feature race analysis, interviews and regular features such as Larranzando, our almost daily postcards from Italy with Décathlon-AG2r La Mondiale’s Larry Warbasse. Follow...

Daniel Friebe & Brian Nygaard are following the Giro d’Italia from end to end, north to south, Turin to Rome, providing daily coverage - and today our dynamic duo report from Stage 15 and Livigno. Our Girovagando podcasts feature race analysis, interviews and regular features such as Larranzando, our almost daily postcards from Italy with Décathlon-AG2r La Mondiale’s Larry Warbasse. Follow us...

Daniel Friebe & Brian Nygaard are following the Giro d’Italia from end to end, north to south, Turin to Rome, providing daily coverage - and today our dynamic duo report from Stage 14 and Desanzano del Garda. Our Girovagando podcasts feature race analysis, interviews and regular features such as Larranzando, our almost daily postcards from Italy with Décathlon-AG2r La Mondiale’s Larry Warbasse...

Daniel Friebe & Brian Nygaard are following the Giro d’Italia from end to end, north to south, Turin to Rome, providing daily coverage - and today our dynamic duo report from Stage 13 and Cento. Our Girovagando podcasts feature race analysis, interviews and regular features such as Larranzando, our almost daily postcards from Italy with Décathlon-AG2r La Mondiale’s Larry Warbasse. Follow us on...

Daniel Friebe & Brian Nygaard are following the Giro d’Italia from end to end, north to south, Turin to Rome, providing daily coverage - and today our dynamic duo report from Stage 12 and Fano. Our Girovagando podcasts feature race analysis, interviews and regular features such as Larranzando, our almost daily postcards from Italy with Décathlon-AG2r La Mondiale’s Larry Warbasse. Follow us on...

Daniel Friebe & Brian Nygaard are following the Giro d’Italia from end to end, north to south, Turin to Rome, providing daily coverage - and today our dynamic duo report from stage 11 & Francavilla al Mare. Our Girovagando podcasts feature race analysis, interviews and regular features such as Larranzando, our almost daily postcards from Italy with Décathlon-AG2r La Mondiale’s Larry Warbas...

Daniel Friebe & Brian Nygaard are following the Giro d’Italia from end to end, north to south, Turin to Rome, providing daily coverage - and today our dynamic duo report from stage 10 & Cusano Mutri. Our Girovagando podcasts feature race analysis, interviews and regular features such as Larranzando, our almost daily postcards from Italy with Décathlon-AG2r La Mondiale’s Larry Warbasse. Fol...

Daniel Friebe & Brian Nygaard are following the Giro d’Italia from end to end, north to south, Turin to Rome, providing daily coverage - and today our dynamic duo report from stage 9 & Naples. Our Girovagando podcasts feature race analysis, interviews and regular features such as Larranzando, our almost daily postcards from Italy with Décathlon-AG2r La Mondiale’s Larry Warbasse. Follow us...

Daniel Friebe & Brian Nygaard are following the Giro d’Italia from end to end, north to south, Turin to Rome, providing daily coverage - and today our dynamic duo report from stage 1 & Turin. Our Girovagando podcasts feature race analysis, interviews and regular features such as Larranzando, our almost daily postcards from Italy with Décathlon-AG2r La Mondiale’s Larry Warbasse. Follow us o...

Daniel Friebe & Brian Nygaard are following the Giro d’Italia from end to end, north to south, Turin to Rome, providing daily coverage - and today our dynamic duo report from stage 1 & Turin. Our Girovagando podcasts feature race analysis, interviews and regular features such as Larranzando, our almost daily postcards from Italy with Décathlon-AG2r La Mondiale’s Larry Warbasse. Follow us o...

Daniel Friebe & Brian Nygaard are following the Giro d’Italia from end to end, north to south, Turin to Rome, providing daily coverage - and today our dynamic duo report from stage 1 & Turin. Our Girovagando podcasts feature race analysis, interviews and regular features such as Larranzando, our almost daily postcards from Italy with Décathlon-AG2r La Mondiale’s Larry Warbasse. Follow us o...

Daniel Friebe & Brian Nygaard are following the Giro d’Italia from end to end, north to south, Turin to Rome, providing daily coverage - and today our dynamic duo report from stage 5. Our Girovagando podcasts feature race analysis, interviews and regular features such as Larranzando, our almost daily postcards from Italy with Décathlon-AG2r La Mondiale’s Larry Warbasse. Follow us on social med...