The Piste Take

Send us Fan Mail On episode 25 we speak to New Zealand's last remaining male track sprinter, Olympian and Commonwealth medallists Sam Dakin. Fresh off his Nations Cup bronze we hear about his preparations for the Games and we look back at the very stages of how his career progressed through the infamous NZ men's sprint squad. Sam speaks about the realties of being a high performance athl...

Send us Fan Mail With Jonny fresh back from Hong Kong we take a quick dive into the Nations Cup and also the track world champs in Rio!

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of The Piste Take we welcome Tom Davidson of Cycling Weekly as we take you behind the curtain and properly introduce you to one of our hosts, Commonwealth Games Champion, Lewis Stewart. After over a year of posting podcasts we thought it was time you got to know us! So sit back and enjoy the first part with host Lewis Stewart.

Send us Fan Mail This week we get our fan favourite back on the podcast Matthew Richardson. We felt it was time to catch up and see if there were any more victims of the sneaky sausage. We chat about his latest performances this seasons and reflect on what happened to our dearest Richo's performances last year. Laughs as always and we hope you enjoy!

Send us Fan Mail On episode 22 of The Piste Take we speak to Rio Olympic medallist and newly crowned European Champion Katy Marchant. We talk about early success, a period of solitude while she was the only member of the women's sprint programme and the contrast of the current women's squad producing the comeback of Katy Marchant. We hope you enjoy!

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we take a deep dive into the hot new race series DerbyWheel. We speak to CEO James Pope about the series, the future of track cycling and how this event will change the sport. We also hear about his history in track cycling and even get some predictions!

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of the Piste Take we speak to one of the greatest Paralympians of all time and King of the kilo, Jody Cundy. Jody has won 20 world championships and 8 Paralympic golds. We talk about that London moment, what it's like being a para cyclist and the huge career that he's had. We hope you laugh along with us on this amazing episode.

Send us Fan Mail We are back! On this episode of The Piste Take we talk to one of the best track endurance athletes of all time, 7 time world champion and 1 time Olympic champion Elinor Barker. Her career has spanned over 10 years and she has been at the forefront of GB women's endurance team across many eras. We hear about what it was like in those different eras and to transition between th...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of The Piste Take we speak to a legend of the sport Justin Grace. Justin created the New Zealand sprint programme out of his garage and then went on to lead the French and the GB teams. The fact we recorded for 3 hours says it all, amazing stories and insights. We hope you enjoy this one as much as we did.

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of The Piste Take we speak to a legend of the sport Justin Grace. Justin created the New Zealand sprint programme out of his garage and then went on to lead the French and the GB teams. The fact we recorded for 3 hours says it all, amazing stories and insights. We hope you enjoy this one as much as we did.

Send us Fan Mail We're back after our trip to Majorca with UCI Track Champions League with our first guest double header. First up we interviewed Gilles Peruzzi, UCI Head of Track, Para & Indoor Cycling. We got his thoughts on the development of the sport, fairness of equipment and how UCI TCL integrates with the existing UCI Track programme. Next we had a great chat with Florian Pavia, S...

Send us Fan Mail In a mini bonus episode, hear our review on Round 1 of the UCI Track Champions League from Majorca, Spain. We were out in Palma as part of the TCL's press trip to cover Round 1 of the Series. We had some behind the scenes access to the organisation and unique insight from the people behind UCI TCL. Off the back of this in our hotel room, we give our thoughts on the racing we...

Send us Fan Mail On episode 16 of The Piste Take we speak to newly crowned World champion Emma Finucane. We reflect on what it was like to just miss out on the team sprint title and how she turned it around after disappointment in the keirin to one of the most dominant sprint displays the sport has seen. We then look forward to the the upcoming season of the UCI Track Champions League going in as...

Send us Fan Mail This week we catch up with Dutch Sprint Superstar Jeffrey Hoogland as we look ahead to his upcoming world record attempt. On 31st October 2023 the Biggest Man In Track Cycling will attempt to break the current 1km time trial world record of 56.303s held by Francois Pervis. In this extensive conversation we discuss Jeff's approach to training, the period of Dutch dominance we&...

Send us Fan Mail This week we interview a true legend of the sport, Scott McGrory. The boys discuss commentary and get Scott's review on who was the better commentator out of Jonny & Lewis alongside the perils of commentary. Scott himself was Olympic Madison Champion as a rider, top end coach and renowned commentator. We discuss competing at his first Olympic Games at 18 years old, non-se...

Send us Fan Mail In episode 13 we are joined by Pauline Grabosch fresh off her performances at the world champs. We discuss the pressure of being in one of the best performing squads in the world and the expectations that brings. This is the closest insight we've had to how it feels to be at the top. We loved having Pauline in the studio and we hope you enjoy!

Send us Fan Mail We have a treat for you on episode 12, we get Dan Bigham back on the podcast to debrief all the new tech we saw the Glasgow world champs! It's one for the tech geeks, sit back, get your text books out and enjoy!

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of The Piste Take we speak to Bryony and Micky fresh off the track at the world championships. After both coming away with 2 medals each we reflect on how it felt to lose the team pursuit, what makes this NZ Women's squad so strong and what the future holds for the team. This episode was a lot of fun and we hope you enjoy!

Send us Fan Mail The final days racing and we see the first GB women's sprint champion in a decade. Jenifer Valente and Aaron Gate racing the world champs on sandbox mode and an incredible men's keirin competition. Tune in to hear another daily round up from Jonny & Lewis (and Nicky today) for their insight and some stories from around the track centre.

Send us Fan Mail One of the best madison finishes we've ever seen, a tight team sprint and Lotte Kopecky looking the favourite ahead of tomorrow's omniums . Tune in to hear another daily round up from Jonny & Lewis for their insight and some stories from around the track centre.

Send us Fan Mail Emma Finucane with the greatest female 200 we have ever seen, yet another world title for Harrie Lavreysen, a strong performance for the GB pairing in the madison and an amazing C4 scratch among other highlights. Tune in to hear another daily round up from Jonny & Lewis for their insight and some stories from around the track centre.

Send us Fan Mail We caught up with Dan Bigham today after his epic Individual Pursuit final against Filippo Ganna. We'd initially planned to use this as a snippet in our nightly roundup, but felt that given Dan's raw emotion it was worthy of it's own short form episode. Enjoy this short interview, Dan will be back on tech podcast in an epiode to be released soon!

Send us Fan Mail Day 4 of the worlds brought potentially the most emotional individual pursuit competition in history, world records in the para categories, senko as always from Ellesse Andrews, tears from Jenny Holl, Archie Atkinson and everything in between. Tune in to hear another daily round up from Jonny & Lewis for their insight and some stories from around the track centre.

Send us Fan Mail The first GB Women's Team pursuit win since 2014. The redemption of Denmark and New Zealand two years on from that fateful day in Tokyo. We watched some of the closest and most intense sprinting in the men's elite and we kicked off the women's keirin. Two incredible scratch races in the C2 and C3 categories and a blistering kilo from Blaine Hunt. Tune in to hear ano...

Send us Fan Mail A Return to Rainbows for the Dutch Men’s Team Sprint team after an epic final with the Aussies, continued dominance from Emma Hinze to clinch the Women’s 500m and GB victories in the B Tandem events; Day 2 had it all! Tune in to hear another daily round up from Jonny & Lewis for their insight and some stories from around the track centre.