The Detour Podcast

Katie Brown from the Amy Gillett Foundation joins the show to talk about Amy's legacy and the important work the foundation is continuing to do raising awareness for rider safety.  We also chat with duel Olympic Gold Medalist Graham Brown to talk Olympics as well as Leigh Howard who will be competing in Tokyo on the track.  Scott McGrory wraps the show with a preview of the Mens and Wome...

Scott McGrory and John Trevorrow review each teams performance from the 2021 Tour de France as Wout van Aert denies Mark Cavendish the all time stage win record, claiming his third stage win of the race.

The 2021 edition of the Tour de France at times has felt like a Hollywood script as Mark Cavendish looks to cement himself as the greatest Tour de France stage winner in history with victory on stage 21.  We also chat about the GC dominance of Tadej Pogacar who will secure his second Tour de France victory by over 5 minutes from his nearest challenger.

It was an eventful stage 19 at the Tour de France as the Manx Missile launched at his mechanic prior to the start of the stage.  We also discuss whether stage winner Matej Mohoric silenced the critics with his celebration, or fuelled the fire with links to Lance Armstrongs gesture during the 2004 Tour de France.

We count down the final three stages of the 2021 Tour de France and all stars are aligning to Mark Cavendish breaking Eddy Merckx's Tour de France stage win record.  We also recap stage 18 where the Pog wraps up the mountain stages with another emphatic victory to continue his dominance on this years race.

Tadej Pogacar continues to stay in control at the Tour de France after his impressive victory on stage 17 fending off the late bluff from Carapaz.  We preview the final mountain stage of the Tour de France and 2003 Green Jersey winner Baden Cooke joins the show live.

Michael Matthews clawed back crucial points in the battle for the green jersey as we recap all the action from stage 16.  Todays stage is a monster with riders finishing on the HC climb of 'Saint-Lary-Soulan.'  Will the Pog crack?  More chance of England winning a final on penalties.

We're into the final week of the 2021 Tour de France and take a look into our murky crystal ball to extract a couple of different scenarios for the final GC podium and polka-dot jersey. We also preview Stage 16 which looks primed for another breakaway.

We recap another bis stage at the Tour de France as Sepp Kuss celebrates the stage victory in style with a new version of a 'mic drop' throwing his sunglasses into the crowd metres before the finish.  We also catch up with Patricia Liggett to chat about the Kariega Foundation and her starring role in 'The Voice of Cycling' documentary.

Another mountain stage for the Tour de France as the riders tackle four climbs at altitude finishing in Andorra.  The burning question is will the GC contenders be able to pull any time on Tadej Pogacar or will the Slovenian continue his dominance of this race.

Mark Cavendish created history on stage 13 of the Tour de France as he equaled the all time stage win record at the Tour de France with Eddy Merckx on 34 victories.  It was a bad day at the office though for Team BikeExchange as Simon Yates and Lucas Hamilton crashed on a descent and were forced to abandon the race.  We check in again with Matt White and regular panel member Olympic Gold...

We look to bounce back on stage 13 with our race predictions after we went all chips in on Mark Cavendish to equal the Tour de France record for stage wins.  Stuart O'Grady joins the show to help polish the crystal ball.

It was built up to be a mega stage of the Tour de France and stage 11 delivered with Wout van Aert taking a surprising victory after finishing second on the sprint stage a day earlier.  Tadej Pogacar showed the first signs of fatigue in this years race and Aussie Ben O'Connor dropped to 5th on GC after struggling to stay in the front group. We also preview stage 12 and wonder if anyone can st...

Another epic showdown looms as the riders tackle the famous Mont Ventoux twice on stage 11.  Will Aussie Ben O'Connor light it up or Tadej Pogacar extend his grip on the yellow jersey?  We also talk about Mark Cavendish as he won his 3rd stage and closes in again on the TdF record with Sam Bewley joining us live from Europe.

Stage 10 is another one set for the sprinters as we ponder if Mark Cavendish can eclipse Eddy Merckx's record of 35 stage wins.  He needs only two more to tie and three to be a clear leader.  We're also joined by Lindy Sutherland from the Kariega Foundation to talk about their amazing work to save the Rhino's from poachers across Africa.

We knew Ben O'Connor had some serious talent and potential but he took all of that to another level on stage 9 at the Tour de France claiming victory in his maiden Tour de France.  He also elevates himself to 2nd position on the GC and is a serious threat to the podium in Paris.  We chat all things Western Australia with Henk Vogels and Matt Poyner about Ben's rise to the top of the worl...

Tadej Pogacar has absolutely demolished his rivals after stage 8 and it seems to be a race for second place.  In one of the most impressive rides we have seen at the Tour de France he claimed the yellow jersey and is already over 4 minutes ahead of his traditional rivals.  We recap all the action from stage 8 and look ahead to another big mountain stage on stage 9 with terrible weather a...

As we finally tackle the mountains we look ahead at a big weekend ahead for the GC contenders and also look at the battle behind against the time cut.  Will the green jersey holder Mark Cavendish survive?  Olympic Gold Medalist Scott McGrory joins the panel again to discuss.

Mark Cavendish claimed his 2nd win of the Tour de France and closes in on the all time record with 32 stage victories, but did he deviate in his sprint?  Who better to discuss the finale that the Lanterne Rougue Podcast host himself, live from Europe.  We also preview the Giro Donne and who are the riders to look out for.

Tadej Pogacar made a big statement on the GC standings at Tour de France after his dominant display in the individual time trial.  We recap the winners and losers from the day and chat with the first non-European to wear the yellow jersey, Phil Anderson.

We tipped a victory on the show but it was the 'Manx Missle' Mark Cavendish who delivered at the ripe old age of 36 winning stage 4.  We look at the the reaction from the peloton to the win and are joined by his former lead out man Mark Renshaw.   We also preview the stage 5 ITT with Team Bike Exchange's Matt White and try and predict some major GC changes.

After another day of carnage at the Tour de France we ask is enough being done in regards to rider safety?  We look at all the arguments post the stage 3 carnage and see what are the potential solutions moving forward.

Stage 3 of the Tour de France is one for the pure sprinters and we assess if Mark Cavendish can pull off a fairytale victory or will Caleb Ewan embark on a Tour de France demolition of the flat stages. We also chat about Mathieu van der Poel’s dominant display on stage 2 and the emotional scenes after the finish.

It was absolute carnage on the opening stage of the Tour de France with two major crashes marring the stage.  The first crash involving a spectator which has posed the question how does the race protect the riders moving forward?  With 21 riders suffering injuries as a result time has come for action.  And John Trevorrow has all the answers!

As the Tour de France finally gets underway we look at who will be the first to take the converted maillot jaune.  Join Phil Liggett, Matt White and Scott McGrory as we chat about all the latest news from Le Tour and give our tips for the stage.