The Detour Podcast

The conditions were brutal for stage 6 of the Vuelta as Aussie Jay Vine attacks the stars and claims his maiden victory.  Remco Evenepoel finishes second on the stage to snatches the red jersey.

Solar eclipses the field to take a solo win into Bilbao with Daryl Impey a strong second. Roglic lends out the red leaders jersey to Frenchman Rudy Molard but stage 6 should ignite the GC battle.

Primoz Roglic, the Slovenian champion quashed all doubts of his current form storming to a super impressive win and taking the red leaders jersey making it four days in a row for Jumbo Visma. Trek's Mads Pedersen finished a frustrating second for the third day in a row.

The Irishman was just too fast after another great lead out from Bora teammate Danny Van Poppel. Tragically Israel Premier Tech GC hope, Canadian Michael Woods, crashed out of the race. John catches up with the big names before the start for all the latest insights.

Irishman Sam Bennett exorcizes his demons and dominates the stage 2 sprint to win his first grand tour stage in 2 years.  We dissect the stage with post race reaction from Sam's BORA-Hansgrohe team mate Jai Hindley.

Aussies to the fore with Rohan Dennis powering at the front for Jumbo Visma and Luke Plapp proving the diesel in Ineos. While BikeExchange Jayco ride well for 4th in challenging conditions.

Ben O'Connor and Jai Hindley will lead the Aussie charge for GC while there are 6 Australians in the BikeExchange Jayco team supporting Simon Yates in his quest for a second Vuelta win.

We're joined live by Commonwealth Games triple gold medalist Georgia Baker and Luke Plapp to recap all the action from Birmingham.  Olympic Gold Medalist Scott McGrory joins John Trevorrow on the panel.

Annemiek van Vleuten cemented her dominance on the Tour de France Femmes with victory on the final stage as she claimed the converted yellow jersey. The Commonwealth Games endured more crashes as Scott McGrory brings us up to speed on all the action overnight.

Scotty McGrory joins us to wrap up day 2 of the Commonwealth Games and discuss Evenepoel's impressive victory at San Sebastián and Kooij is all class in day 1 in Poland. We also chat about the huge day at the Tour de France Femmes as Annemiek van Vleuten blew her rivals apart to win the stage by over three minutes and take a commanding overall lead with one stage to go.

Top Aussie journalist Sam Lane gives us an update live from France and Scott McGrory tells us all about the Aussie success at the Commonwealth Games.

A mass crash takes out half the field in stage 5 of the Tour de France Femmes as Longo Borghini takes wrong turn in final sprint.  Simon Yates shows sparkling form to take stage and overall at Vuelta a Castilla y Leon

We're joined by the 'Voice of Cycling' Phil Liggett to recap his 50th edition calling the Tour de France. We also chat about stage 3 of the Tour de France Femmes as we saw vintage racing through Champagne territory but crashes again subdue the celebration.

After more than 240 victories in the pro peloton, Marianne Vos (Jumbo Visma) claims her stage 2 victory at the Tour de France Femmes is her greatest yet, as she moves into the yellow jersey.  We unpack the day and preview stage 3.

It was the closure of the Tour de France for the men and the beginning of a new and exciting chapter for the women’s peloton in Paris. The Tour de France Femmes got underway in stunning style under the Eiffel Tower as Lorena Wiebes claimed the stage and the covered yellow jersey. In the mens it was in form sprinter Jasper Phillipson who claimed his second stage for the 2022 Tour de France. We catc...

Jumbo Visa again dominated the Tour de France as Wout van Aert won the stage 20 Time Trail with race leader Jonas Vingegaard finishing in second place on the stage. It’s all set for a final procession into Paris to celebrate an amazing edition of the Tour de France. We also preview the Tour de France Femmes as they get underway in Paris.

As if the yellow and green jersey’s weren’t enough success at the Tour de France Jumbo Visma claim an unlikely victory with Frenchman Christophe Laporte. We catch up with all the big names before the start and preview the stage 20 Time Trial.

It was the final mountain showdown at the Tour de France and it was the final display of dominance from Jonas Vingegaard as he took the stage, and extended his overall lead. We catch up with all the big names pre start and look ahead to what should be a bunch sprint on stage 19.

It was an incredible team performance by Team UAE on stage 17 after being left with only four riders for the rest of the Tour de France after the loss of Rafal Majka. Brandon McNulty and Mikkel Bjerg were super at setting the pace and dropping GC rivals, however the Pog only gained 4 seconds on Jonas Vingegaard after winning the stage. Can he make up more time on Stage 18 to set up an epic TT show...

It was an emotional day for Hugo Houle as he became the first Canadian to win a stage at the Tour de France since 1988 and claimed the second win for Israel Premier-Tech.  The Pog tried again to shake the GC but the next two days will surely see changes in the overall classification.

It was a stressful day for the Jumbo Visma team and their leader Jonas Vingegaard after losing Roglic before the start due to injury and Kruijswijk crashed out in the stage. Jonas also hit the deck landing on his left shoulder. Jasper Philpsen broke through for his maiden stage win at the Tour de France. Dan caught up with him before the start.

It was one of the best rides from an Australian at the Tour de France and the greatest victory to date for Team BikeExchanges Michael Matthews to claim honours on stage 14 at the Tour de France.  We have all the post race reaction to an historic day for the team and Michael.

It was another sweltering day at the Tour de France as Mads Pederson won from the breakaway after Caleb Ewan crashed with 70km falling on his knee.  BikeExchange-Jayco committed to pulling the break back but with only two guys taking up the chase failed in their attempt, leaving another stage out of the grasp of Michael Matthews.

Wild scenes from the French crowds as they turned out in force for a Bastille Day showdown up Alpe d'Huez.  Froomey tried to relive the old days with a stage win after getting in the break but it was fellow Englishman Tom Pidcock who broke through for his maiden victory at the tour. The Pog tried hard to get some time back but to no avail. Dan catches up with him before the start.

It was an incredible stage 11 as Tadej Pogacar cracked on the final climb with Jonas Vingegaard taking advantage and claiming the yellow jersey with an over 2 minute lead now on his rivals.  The Pog has vowed revenge but will he be able to fight back on stage 12?