The Piste Take

Send us Fan Mail We are back! We might have missed a week in our release schedule but we certainly didn't miss any quality with our latest guest, former world champion in the once conquering Aussie Men's Team Sprint Team and now endurance hero - Thomas Cornish. We hear all about his 10 year plan from sprint to enduro, what it was like behind the scenes in Team Aus during the Paris Olympi...

Send us Fan Mail On this weeks episode we speak to our first ever coach from an asian nation, Boris Clark. Formerly, of the New Zealand Cycling Team, Boris is now the Head Endurance coach at China Cycling. He took up the role last year, and has quickly had some incredible results, including World Cup gold, and establishing China as a serious contender in endurance for the first time. Join us as we...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Piste Take, we pay tribute to one of the greatest track cyclists Britain has ever produced. Katie Archibald, two-time Olympic gold medallist, four-time world champion, has announced her retirement, and we think she deserves her flowers. After 13 years at the very top of the sport, she walks away with 51 major medals, seven world titles and a record 21 European cro...

Send us Fan Mail We return to the podcasting world with a blockbuster episode where we're joined by Aussie Track Sprint sensation Alessia McCaig. As the keirin winner at the recent Perth World Cup, we catch up with Alessia. We chat through her journey with the Australian Sprint Programme, her keirin racing identity & the recent impact of Women's Sprint Coach, Kaarle McCulloch. Alessi...

Send us Fan Mail Hot off the press, we welcome back to the podcast 2x Olympic Champion and top TNT Sport Commentator, Joanna Rowsell to debrief the last 3 rounds of Nations Cups.  We tackle the series as a whole, look at the progress the UCI has made in delivering a 3-round series & some of the pitfalls along the way. Tune in to hear the expert analysis of some of the racing trends too - from...

Send us Fan Mail We are back with breakout German Men's sprint star Luca Spiegel. We hear all about Team Deutschland's 4 week training camp in Perth before the recent World Cup, his experiences with riding with the best at Paris Olympics and the long road since.  This was one of our favourite episodes to record with one of TrackSprinting's good guys, we hope you enjoy it as much as...

Send us Fan Mail This week we welcome back to the podcast track cycling legend and newly anointed Belgian Cycling Sprint coach, Theo Bos. We hear all about his exploits as a World Tour road racer, the transition from track sprint. Theo tells us about his shock return to the track in 2016 and his unique road to the Rio Olympic Games. We also learn about his hobby project of BEAT cycling and his rou...

Send us Fan Mail We are back with our normal episodes with a BANG! This week we take our longest ever intro to discuss the recent doping ban of Colombian track star, Martha Bayona Pineda before welcoming on Team USA superstar and human Adonis, Mr Anders Johnson.  As a bronze medallist in last year's Individual Pursuit in Chile, Santiago, Anders is in a great place to tell us about the USA Men...

Send us Fan Mail We bring you our final British Track Nationals Special episode with a short interview too with triple British champ, Emma Finucane. We discuss her race performances, upcoming competitions and the excitement of being back repping the famous Welsh Green Dragon! As the audio corrupted on our initial roundup, we bring Lewis back in in the studio to chat through the other events of the...

Send us Fan Mail In our next wrap up, we're again joined by the calming presence of Tom Davidson to chat through Day 3 of the 2026 British Track Nationals.  We are joined by podcast stalwart Will Tidball to talk through THAT elimination race where he believes he was robbed of national title. In other events the ususal suspects like Emma Finucane, Matty Richardson, Sophie Unwin, and Finn Graha...

Send us Fan Mail In our next day 2 wrap up, we're again joined by the calming presence of Tom Davidson to chat through Day 2 of the 2026 British Track Nationals.  On the Women's Endurance side we chat through a world class final between Josie Knight and Anna Morris; before being joined by rising Scottish Superstar Erin Boothman. With Men's sprinters we talk through a dominant sprint...

Send us Fan Mail As Jonny is down coaching at nationals we thought we'd try and put out some short sharp episodes. With a quick roundup with Cycling Weekly's Tom Davidson, we did a short feature interview with Matt Richardson as he just recorded 9.19s in his Flying 200m - the fastest time ever at sea level outside of Olympics!

Send us Fan Mail We talk through our take on last week's 2026 UEC Elite European Track Championships in Konya, Turkey. We discuss new World Records, Harrie Lavreysen's dethroning by Matty Richardson and what it might mean for the months ahead, and give our take on the racing overall.  Let us know your thoughts in the comments or direct message us @thepistetake on instagram! 

Send us Fan Mail After some unexpected logistical hurdles, we are back with a bang! In this episode we bring on our former housemate, teammate & 4 time World Championship medallist Joe Truman. We hear about Joe's recent successes at the 2025 UCI Track World Championships in Chile where he came home with a silver and a bronze medal in the Team Sprint & 1km Time Trial respectively. List...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode, we speak to one of the the all time greats of track cycling. No one else has won the sprint world championships multiple times, a world champs madison medal, and won road stages on the World Tour. Truly one of the most versatile athletes that has ever graced the bicycle, we hope you enjoy!

Send us Fan Mail Listen as we breakdown this years Track World Championships with no less than the devil himself, Will Tidball. Dutch and GB on top, but were there any other stories from behind the scenes? We hope you enjoy!

Send us Fan Mail On this episode, we are back with a pre-race preview of tomorrow's World Championships. We run you through the disciplines, share a bit of gossip, and tell you who to watch out for in Santiago this year!

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of The Piste Take, we speak to a man who broke onto the scene last October after seemingly breaking the IP WR out of nowhere. We hear if that really was the case or if it was just a matter of time. We take a journey through the silent rise of one of the fastest and most promising pursuits of talents in the world. 

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we speak to Olympic silver medallist Cole Shields. This is one of the more incredible stories we've had on the podcast as we hear about how Cole battled through multiple major set backs and chronic fatigue to reach the podium in Paris. I don't think we've ever had more ridiculous stories and tangents.  If you want to support Cole's journey acros...

Send us Fan Mail On today's episode we bring on one of great relics of track sprint, Commonwealth and World Cup medallist, doctor and self declared professional rugby player, Lewis Oliva. Lewis was one of the main GB sprinters going into Rio and we hear the story of the early days of the academy programme, the progression to podium and everything in between. He is the people's champion,...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we get back on the man making track cycling great again, Justin Grace. In the previous two episodes with Justin we learnt all about his past, but today, we learn about his future. Since we last recorded Justin has taken up the role of head sprint coach at USA cycling and we peel back the curtain on why the sleeping giant has never really realised it's potentia...

Send us Fan Mail A lot of the time in cycling we have copy and paste origin stories, not this week. Anna has one of the most unique roots into the sport and from there, she went strength to strength. Olympic medallist, 3 time world champ and world record holder, hear the story of how she went from the university championships to the international stage!

Send us Fan Mail Part 2 with one of the most underrated legends of our sport - Shane Perkins. An Olympic medallist, world and commonwealth champion, Shane has had one of the longest careers in tracking cycling spanning nearly 20 years and 2 countries. We had a such a laugh recording this and we hope you enjoy!

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we speak to one of the most underrated legends of our sport - Shane Perkins. An Olympic medallist, world and commonwealth champion, Shane has had one of the longest careers in tracking cycling spanning nearly 20 years and 2 countries. We had a such a laugh recording this and we hope you enjoy!

Send us Fan Mail A new year and out first round up. Jonny is freshly back from racing in Zolder and we get his inside track from the champs!