The Rouleur Podcast

Cobbles, dust, mud, history and blood. For many fans, Paris-Roubaix is the greatest of all the Classics - and for the latest Rouleur Podcast, we're all about the Hell of the North. Fabian Cancellara and Hennie Kuiper relive their victories while Magnus Backstedt and Roger Hammond relive their famous duel in the Roubaix Velodrome. Will Fotheringham discusses his new book, about one of the grea...

We talk to Jacob Tipper and Ellie Green of Derby-based Team KGF, who've been taking on - and beating - some of the best track riders in the world. Presenters Ian Parkinson and Hannah Troop visit Derby velodrome to meet Cervelo-Bigla's Lotta Lepisto and Claire Rose, and hear why time-trial legend Matt Bottrill is making a racing comeback. Plus, Ian gets to try Endura's ultra-slippy new skinsuit on...

The Rouleur team try their legs at the London Club Roller Racing Championships (spoiler - they don't win), and talk Tour of Iran, Svein Tuft and his backwoods lifestyle and the complexities of commissairing. And Stuart Clapp wraps himself up in Brian Holm's winter kit. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"It's not about the numbers, it's always about the aesthetics." Musician and actor Gary Kemp - of Spandau Ballet fame - traces the links between music and the mountains, and why so many musicians seem to take to two wheels. Gary, who became a keen cyclist after a dinner conversation with the broadcaster Robert Elms, explains his love for the hills, why he won't be riding the Etape again any time s...

Ian Parkinson looks forward to the 2018 procycling season with the help of three guests: Rouleur Editor Andy McGrath, Executive Editor Ian Cleverly and Peredur Ap Gwynedd - rock star and TdF commentator. Perry is the guitarist in the band Pendulum, but also reports on the Tour and other big races for Welsh TV channel S4C. They moan about their cycling hates in new feature "Get Down, Stay Down"; an...

For the first podcast of 2018, Ian Parkinson is joined by three very different ex-pros. Fans' favourite Juan Antonio Flecha reflects on life out of the peloton and in front of the camera. And eighties stars Paul Watson and Tim Harris remember the last "golden age" of UK cycling - when city centre crits drew crowds of thousands and ANC-Halfords took on the might of the continent. Hosted on Acast. S...

The remarkable Pippa York is Ian Parkinson's guest for the final Rouleur Podcast of 2017. Fame, transformation and cycling's myths and rules - all from her unique and entertaining perspective. And why British Cycling need to change their ways for a new generation. Helen Wyman explains why she's riding cyclocross in Catalonia and her hunt for a new sponsor. Plus what Nico Roche and Cadel Evans will...

Team Sky protege Tao Geoghegan Hart joins the podcast from a chilly Girona and Rouleur guest editor Brian Holm explains how to motivate Mark Cavendish. (Clue: it involves doughnuts). David Millar tells Ian Parkinson how his new film captures the gritty reality of the peloton, and there's the chance to win a Rouleur T-Shirt in the podcast quiz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform...

Olympic and World Champion Jo Rowsell-Shand talks about life after racing; Tiffany Cromwell, Beth Duryea and Iris Slappendel join Ian Parkinson on the Podcast Sofa to discuss the state of womens' pro cycling and new photographer on the block Karen Edwards talks about her love of the Classics. And a chance to win a Rouleur T-Shirt in the Podcast Quiz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

Ian Parkinson is joined by Jonathan Vaughters, who shares the pain of keeping a top level pro team afloat; Patrick Lefevere, who explains why Quick Step are much more than a "classics" squad and Stefan Denifl, who relives last year's Vuelta stage win and contemplates life with only one chainring. Plus the Podcast Quiz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rouleur Editor Andy McGrath joins Ian Parkinson to pick through the route of the 2018 Tour De France. On paper, it looks like a course made for a fifth Froome victory. But the innovative route holds a few possible traps and challenges. And what about the important issues? The cathedral in Chartres, the regional sausages and the Pyrenean pig festival? Plus we talk to the UK Managing Director of the...

It's October, when cyclists' thoughts - at least in the UK - turn to hillclimbs. And who better to talk hills than Simon Warren, author of 100 Greatest Climbs - our guest on this podcast. Along with Arabella Ashfield, "performance lifestyle advisor" for the new recruits to the BC Academy, and Guiseppe Bigolin, inventor of cycling's most famous saddles. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo...

The Rouleur Podcast celebrates the start of cyclocross season with Paul Maunder, author of the acclaimed “Rainbows In the Mud”, who also talks about his latest interview subject - young British multi-world champion Tom Pidcock. Also joining presenter Ian Parkinson is Rouleur’s Ian Cleverly, who talks racing in Canada and beards in the peloton with Sunweb’s Simon Geschke. And Giro organiser Mauro V...

Richie Porte's hopes of Grand Tour victory this year were dashed by a disastrous fall at the TdF. He talks us through his view of that crash, his recovery and his return to racing. Plus the two Ians - Cleverly and Parkinson - are joined by a real comedian - Michael Smiley. Michael is also an acclaimed actor (Spaced, Luther, Jawbone), a former cycle courier and a cycling fanatic. They talk films, b...

As the Vuelta 2017 gets underway, Ian Parkinson hears from the man who won the race in 1988 - the legendary Sean Kelly. He thinks a Tour-Vuelta double is still possible, could this be the year he's proved right? Plus David Millar on why the Spanish race was his favourite Grand Tour, and Vuelta director Javier Guillen on what he looks for when planning the route. And the Rouleur competition. Hosted...

What can pro cycling learn from the "new breed" of races like the Red Hook Crits and the Hammer Series? Quite a bit according to riders Alec Briggs and Sophie Edmondson, fresh from the London Red Hook, who explain the appeal of racing fixed-gear track bikes around a tight inner-city course. In the rain. Presenter Ian Parkinson is also joined by Rouleur Editor Ian Cleverly, who went to Holland to r...

Should the 2017 Tour De France have visited Mont Ventoux to honour Tom Simpson? Was this year's route specifically designed to frustrate a fourth win for Froome? The only man who can answer these questions is Tour director Christian Prudhomme and he's on the Rouleur Podcast. Ian Parkinson is also joined by Jeremy Whittle and Andy McGrath, who've written new books about Mr Tom and the Giant of Prov...

Ned Boulting answers all your Tour De France questions - well, most of them. Which are the key stages? Who's going to win? Is Chris Froome on form? Why do so few German riders have German names? He joins presenter Ian Parkinson and Rouleur Editor Ian Cleverly in the newly reopened pavilion at Herne Hill Velodrome. Plus, the Rouleur Quiz and the truth about David Millar's espresso habits. Hosted on...

For the 100th Giro d'Italia, Ian Parkinson gets the views of pros and ex-pros on chasing the Maglia Rosa and dealing with the tifosi. David Millar "When you do the Giro it feels like you're part of a circus and you're one of the animals..." Jens Voigt "They cheer you if you're winning the stage, and if you're dead last they still shout at you, I love that..." Plus Alex Dowsett and Megan Guarnier....

In this one-off special, Ian Parkinson is allowed out of the studio and on to the roads of Mallorca with the women of Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling. Emma Johansson talks about her new role as "mentor" to the younger riders and looks forward to the Tour of Flanders, which she'll be watching from the sidelines this year. Team owner Rochelle Gilmore gives her take on the state of women's cycling and the g...

Guests this week are tailor to the stars Timothy Everest and National Road Race Champion Hannah Barnes. Hannah's Canyon-Sram team may have one of the coolest kits in the peloton, but does she have a bespoke Savile Row cycling suit? Ian Parkinson and Ian Cleverly talk bike style and nutrition myths. Plus a chance to win a (stylish) grey Rouleur sweatshirt in the quiz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...

When Rouleur Editor Ian Cleverly found a photograph of disgraced Tour De France winner Floyd Landis surrounded by marijuana plants he knew there was only one person - or maybe two - for the job. That's how Morten Okbo and photographer Jakob Kristian Sorenson found themselves in Las Vegas with Floyd, Dave Zabriskie and the mysterious Wolfman, looking for a weed convention. Having driven there in a...

This month, Ian Parkinson is talking pictures with Cycling Photographer of the Year Marshall Kappel and Rouleur Editor Ian Cleverly. In a world of instant photos and Instagram, how do photographers break through? And we meet Laura Massey and Alice Barnes of Drops Cycling, along with team manager Bob Varney. All that plus the Rouleur Competition and Peter Sagan's man bun. Hosted on Acast. See acast...

In this edition, we look forward to this year's Rouleur Classic event and revisit some of the highlights from last year - including Eddy Merckx, Fabian Cancellara and, of course, Kenny Van Vlaminck. Plus the results of the competition from Podcast 65 and your chance to win your own Maglia Rosa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chris Juul-Jensen of Orica-Bike Exchange joins Ian Parkinson to talk literature, the frustrations of social media and the strange life of the pro-bike racer. Plus the results of the Podcast 63 competition and your chance to win a Tour De France roadbook, the "bible" of the world's greatest bike race. (THIS PODCAST INCLUDES SOME STRONG LANGUAGE) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more infor...