The Detour Podcast

The 'voice of cycling' Phil Liggett joins the panel again to review superman Miguel Angel Lopez's victory on stage 18 of the Vuelta.  We chat about Jack Haig's chances of finishing on the podium and Vaughan McVilly announces our top three jersey selections for the apexcustomaus.com competition.

We chat with Jumbo Visma rider George Bennett to chat about Primoz Roglic after his impressive victory on stage 17 to take the leaders jersey at the Vuelta.  We preview a huge stage 18 with Bahrain Victorious DS Neil Stephens as riders finish up the unprecedented ascent of the Gamoniteiru.   We also ask the Sheriff about Mikel Landa's withdrawal from the race.  

We're joined by three time Tour de France green jersey winner Robbie McEwen and the voice of cycling to unpack the stage 16 sprint.  Stage 17 and 18 are going to be a huge battle among the GC contenders.  We try and predict who will come out on top over the following days.

We chat with Bahrain Victorious rider Jack Haig who currently sits 6th on GC heading into the final week of the Vuelta.  He's only 3.35 minutes behind so we check in to see how he's feeling and preview some big stages to come.  We also update our apexcustomaus.com jersey competition with some new designs fresh in overnight.

We chat with Australian rider Chloe Hosking about her long road to recovery after contracting COVID and breaking through for victory in Norway. SBS commentator Matt Keenan also joins us live to unpack the opening two weeks of the Vuelta.

We chat to Garry Clively who finished 7th in the Vuelta in 1977 and discuss his amazing story. Garry will then join us to dissect the brutal stage 14 and look into Jay Vines miraculous recovery, plus preview tonight's monster stage 15. We also look at the terrible crash 5 km from finish of stage 3 of the Simac Ladies Tour of Holland which we couldn't get to yesterday. Dan and John continue to look...

We check in with Bahrain Victorious DS Neil 'The Sheriff' Stephens to see what their plans are for a brutal stage 14.  We also chat with SBS commentator and former pro Dave McKenzie to find out what really happened after the finish of stage 13.  And finally we pass on some tips to survive lockdown.

After Magnus Cort's second victory we check in with his super lead out man Jens Keukeleire.  We also chat with Australian Survivor star and Tour de France green jersey winner Baden Cooke to find out what life was like in the desert.

We chat with Australian cycling legend Don Allan to chat about his career and when he won the first Vuelta stage by and Aussie back in 1975.  Team BikeExchange DS Matt White joins us to chat about Michael Matthews and their plans for the next couple of stages.

We check in with the Lanterne Rougue to try and explain the tactics of Primoz Roglic on stage 10 when he appeared to take massive risks on the descent for minimal gain.  We also celebrate another victory to Aussie Michael Storer.

We're joined by former Team Sky rider Chris Sutton to share some stories about his career and to try and get inside the mind of Team Ineos Grenadiers.  Iffy also manages to bring up some more memories from the days when Chris rode the Jayco Bay Cycling Classic.

We chat with stage 7 winner Michael Storer about his win at this years Vuelta a España and his fantastic run of form.  We are also joined by Team Bahrain Victorious DS Neil Stephens to check in on the race so far and recap Caruso's victory on stage 9.

We chat with Team BikeExchange rider Grace Brown live from Europe as she recaps her 2021 season and move across to FDJ next year.  We also check in with Julian Dean prior to stage 9 at the Vuelta a España.

It was another fantastic stage of the 2021 Vuelta a España as Australian rider Michael Storer wins from the breakaway adding to the list of exciting young talent to emerge in the past few seasons.  Olympic gold medalist Scott McGrory joins the show to recap the stage.

Stuart O'Grady joins the show to recap an eventful stage 6 at the Vuelta as Magnus Cort holds off Primoz Roglic to claim the stage victory.  Iffy claims it's one of the greatest stages his ever seen.  Big call.  We discuss why.

General Director of the Flanders classics Scott Sunderland joins the show along with Phil Liggett for some more general cycling banter.  Scott fills us in on what's ahead for the Flanders Classics Group and Cadel Evan Great Ocean Road Race as well as sharing some classic yarns from racing in the early 90s.

Former pro and DS Matt Wilson joins the show live to unpack the stage 4 sprint at the Vuelta which saw an emotional victory to Fabio Jakobsen who almost lost his life in last years Tour of Pologne.  We also ask Matt about the famous Paris-Roubaix victory to Matt Hayman in 2016 and how close it came to a very different result.  Team BikeExchange DS Julian Dean joins us live to recap the s...

We're joined by former professional cyclist Will Walker to chat about his Vuelta memories with Rabobank. We're also joined again by Phil Liggett to dissect stage 3 as Roglic seems content to lose the jersey for now.

It's set for a battle of the GC contenders on stage 3 at the Vuelta a España as riders finish up the category 1 Picón Blanco. Former pro Henk Vogals joins the show to recap the stage 2 victory to Jasper Philipsen with BEX rider Michael Matthews finishing in 3rd position.

Primoz Roglic flexed his power at this years Vuelta with an impressive performance in the opening TT.  As we look ahead at stage 2 we deep dive into the sprinting stocks as Iffy aims to predict a winner.  We also fire up the 'Detour Delorean' and flashback to the 2007 Tour de France.

We fight through bad wifi issues and check in with Team BikeExchange DS Julian Dean to preview the 2021 Vuelta a España. It's all set to be a big three weeks ahead as Primoz Roglic looks for redemption after disappointment at the Tour de France.

With only a couple of days to go before the start of the 2021 Vuelta A España, Phil Liggett joins us again to deep dive into who are the big GC contenders and stage winners.  We also talk with Scott McGrory about where Australian Cycling is at after a disappointing Olympic campaign.

We check in with Olympic Gold Medalist Scott McGrory and the 'voice of cycling' Phil Liggett to recap the second week of the Olympic games.  

We chat with Aussie star Ben O'Connor a week after finishing 4th at the Tour de France.  We chat with Ben about how hard the 2020 year was, his crash early in the Tour de France and how he fought back to win stage 9 and finish 4th overall on the general classification.

We chat with Olympic Gold Medalist and commentator Scott McGrory about the opening week at the Tokyo Olympics including all the action from the road races and time trials, along with the carnage on the BMX circuit.  We also look ahead to the track events and riders to watch going for gold.