The Echelon Cycling Podcast

The week after the Tour de France had a lot of racing including the conclusion of the Tour de France Femmes, start of the Tour de Pologne and a number of one day races in Spain including San Sebastián won by Remco Evenepoel who won his third title after a sprint against Pello Bilbao. Meanwhile off the bike Miguel Angel Lopez was suspended for a test from the 2022 season delaying a return to La Vue...

Jonas Vingegaard Sealed an impressive second Tour de France title in the final week ahead of a crumbling Tadej Pogacar, however now the Dane might have his sights on La Vuelta as well this year? The Tour de France Femmes 2023 began as well and could Mark Cavendish return for the Tour de France 2024? Collaboration between @thecyclingdane and @OwDoCycling

Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard are one of the most exciting rivalries in the history of the Tour de France and at the end of the second week, there were only 10 seconds between them in the standings. Remco Evenepoel is again rumoured to be Leaving Soudal Quickstep with Ineos Grenadiers, Lidl Trek as well as Israel Premier Tech named as potential destinations for the World Champion. Sylan Adams...

In the first week of the Tour de France there have been plenty of narratives with Jasper Philipsen dominating the sprints, Jai Hindley was in Yellow and the legendary rivalry of Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard is back for another edition of the Tour. Collaboration between @thecyclingdane and @OwDoCycling

The grand depart of the Tour de France 2023 is completed with electric stages that saw both Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard already lock horns lightly and Victor Lafay ending the draught of 15 years for Cofidis. Fabio Jakobsen rumoured to DSM but is it a good idea?

There are numerous teams in the Tour de France with varied experiences and targets for the Tour de France in 2023 so we rank the teams based on their previous performance and aspirations of this years edition but will it be Jumbo Visma or UAE Team Emirates who are the legendary team this year?

This week's episode dives into the national championships in both time trial and on the road with plenty of high profile winners such as Remco Evenepoel and Tadej Pogačar. And unfortunately Peter Sagan crashed and only finished second in Slovakia but Fred Wright won his first elite British title. And in Colombia Miguel Angel Lopez won 9 out of 10 stages at the Vuelta a Colombia. Chris Froome w...

In a week filled with sadness after the death of Gino Mader, there were however numerous races including the Tour de Suisse. Mathieu van der Poel won the Belgium Tour in dominant fashion and Mattias Skjelmose became the first Danish winner of the Tour de Suisse and there was a controversy in the Giro d'Italia Next Gen Race as well. Collaboration between @thecyclingdane and @OwDoCycling

Jonas Vingegaard dominated the Criterium du Dauphine winning it along with two stage wins behind him Adam Yates was the best of the rest but what will happen at the Tour de France 2023? Ineos Grenadiers look delusional as they didn't feature in the pointy end. The Netflix Tour de France Unchained series is also discussed.

In a week with limited racing, there was announcement of transfers and sponsor changes. Fabio Jakobsen is rumoured to Bora, whereas Remco Evenepoel has yet again been linked with Ineos Grenadiers. Tadej Pogacar confirmed no participation at the Tour of Slovenia for the first time since 2020.

The Giro d’Italia 2023 finished with an incredible chapter to its history with Primoz Roglic becoming the first Slovenian to win the race. But who were the break out stars of the race? And what is happening with Remco Evenepoel and the Tour of Norway concluded as well.

In the second week of the Giro d'Italia, not the most exciting GC battle but Geraint Thomas lost his maglia rosa on purpose but will he get it back? Mark Cavendish announced he will be retiring at the end of the season and Romain Gregoire managed to win the 4 days of Dunkirk while Per Strand Hagenes at only 19 years old took a stage win.

Remco Evenepoel sadly left the Giro d'Italia 2023 after winning stage 9 but could the current world champion potentially be parachuted into the Soudal Quickstep Tour de France team? Spotify podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/7GvIrEUO86kch7R1wV6dEH Apple podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-echelon-cycling-podcast/id1670205530 Google Podcast: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/a...

In an eventful week of the first week of the Giro d’Italia it seemed REMCO EVENEPOEL would take the Maglia Rosa into week two however COVID had other ideas. Some interesting transfers talks have emerged as well with Olav Kooij and Julian Alaphilippe potential riders swapping team kits at the end of the season.

The Giro d'Italia 2023 has begun with a bang as Remco Evenepoel demonstrated his power on the first-time trial stage. Tro Bro Leon was almost another victory for Arnaud De Lie and in the 2023 La Vuelta Femenina there was some confusion on Stage 6.

Adam Yates was able to clinch another one week stage race for UAE Team Emirates at the Tour de Romandie. While both Ethan Vernon, Juan Ayuso and Ethan Hayter all clinched stages as well. The Giro d’Italia is almost starting as well but at the Tour de Bretagne there was a huge crash that halted the race completely on a muddy road.

A week with lots of racing from the Rutland Classic in the UK to the Tour of the Alps and even Liege Bastogne Liege it was a busy week with many of the biggest names in action. Collaboration with @thecyclingdane @OwDoCycling

Tadej Pogacar dominated the Amstel Gold Race being able to dispatch Tom Pidcock and in Sicily Astana’s star Alexey Lutsenko took the overall victory while the Cycling Transfer rumours have begun with Carlos Rodriguez once again rumoured to Movistar

In a week with Paris-Roubaix Alpecin Elegant dominated the race with some tactical brilliance coupled with bad luck for their arch rivals Jumbo Visma who sadly were unable to make use of their strong riders in the crucial parts of the race. However Jumbo Visma had more success at the Tour of the Basque Country where Jonas Vingegaard won the general classification along with 3 stage wins in a very...

Tadej Pogacar made history at the Tour of Flanders by winning in front of Mathieu van der Poel and Mads Pedersen, adding another Eddy Merckx achievement to his record. Filip Maciejuk also garnered some unwanted attention after a crash plus birthday boy Biniam Girmay crashed out.

A frantic week with a duel between Roglic and Remco Evenepoel at the Volta a Catalunya and in the Belgian classics Wout van Aert defended his E3 Saxobank title and helped his teammate Christophe Laporte with winning Gent-Wevelgem.

Mathieu Van der Poel added another monument to his incredible pal mares 61 years after his grandfather did the same. Ganna managed to podium Milan San Remo and Wout Van Aert completed the podium. Supersapiens is also discussed as it recently cost a rider’s position in the Women’s Strade Bianche. And will Egan Bernal ever be back on top form?

The week with both Paris-Nice and Tirreno proved to be a copy paste almost with both racers being won by Tadej Pogacar and Primoz Roglic but in the reverse order this time

Strade Bianche headlined a racing filled week with Tom Pidcock supremely taking the top honours and Paris-Nice starting another chapter with the two superstars of Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar but Caleb Ewan was also involved in a controversial finish line photo in Belgium

In a busy week for the pro cycling calender, Jonas Vingegaard demonstrated some incredible form winning all the stages in the O Gran Camino stage race and his team-mates displayed a similar domination in the opening one day races in Belgium plus the world champion Remco Evenepoel managed to seal the overall in the UAE TOUR