The Domestiques

It’s another rest day on the Tour de France today and the question on everyone’s lips is who will make it through the PCR tests? On this episode hosts Mike, Matilda and Lee talk about their predictions for the climbs ahead and sit down with Bikestyle Tours’ Adam Gill who has been running cycling holidays following races like the Tour de France for over 25 years. Though of course not the last few d...

What better way to delve into Australian Simon Clarke’s (Israel Premier Tech) breakaway Stage 5 win than with his former coach and mentor Dave Sanders. Sanders has coached and mentored some of Australia’s finest road cyclists including Cadel Evans and Simon Gerrans and was the head coach at the Victorian Institute of Sport for more than 20 years. Sanders talks to our hosts Mike, Matilda and Lee (w...

Black Sheep Cycling presents The Domestiques. The first stage of the tour returns to the motherland and already it's all off to a flying start - or so it looked with the man in yellow flapping his wings over the finish line. The 171.5km coastal action between Dunkerque and Calais of Stage 4 sent a bolt of excitement through our hosts Mike, Lee and Matilda for what's to come on this tour. ‘Champagn...

It’s the Tour’s first rest day, but The Domestiques (not ‘Domestics’) aren’t resting. In today’s episode we wrap up the first few days of the tour, and then get stuck into all things Giro Donne. There was huge shakeup that happened in the Emilia Romagna region overnight. Let’s just say that the crew concludes that Annemiek van Vleuten is the greatest cyclist of all time. There - you have it. Spoil...

We’re well and truly rolling now at ‘The Domestiques’. After the Prologue in Copenhagen, Stage 2 of the Tour de France remained in Denmark from Roskilde to Nybord. A flat 200k for the sprinters. Mike, Lee and Matilda unpack the days racing, as Fabio Jakobsen took the honours, and the hearts, of our crew following his life-threatening crash two years ago. Second on the line was Wout van Aert, who t...

Mike, Lee and Matilda introduce the NEW The Domestiques Podcast presented by Black Sheep Cycling and serve up a taste of the tour coverage to come. Mike kicks off with an intro to your hosts and a quick look at this year’s start location of Copenhagen. The team discuss the main contenders for 2022 & those that were sidelined with hints at the potential dynasty of Pogačar, Caleb Ewan’s lack of...

Presented by Australia’s premier cycling apparel brand, Black Sheep Cycling, The Domestiques delivers up rolling commentary and behind-the-peloton coverage of the 2022 Tour de France. Hosted by the voice of Australian Cycling, Mike Tomalaris brings more than 30 years of TdF experience at SBS Sports alongside cycling personality Lee ‘Hollywood’ Turner and formidable pro Matilda Raynolds. Together t...