Velo Podcast

STAGE 7 Santa Clarita to Pasadena: Bobby and Gus dive into the last day of the TOC then get into today’s theme; the race after the race aka "packing up the carnival." An interview with Team Sho-Air Twenty20’s General Manager, Nicola Cranmer. A brief but illuminating discussion of the infamous Rose Bowl Crit and two National Team Fan Club Highlights; Sam and Travis.

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In episode 74, we speak with one of the leading researchers on how women’s physiology influences optimal training and performance. There has been a long history of gender-neutralizing sports science. Money in sports science research is tight, and physiologists often assume they don’t have the resources to study male-female differences. We’ll address later in the show why that “added expense” assum...

Stage 5 Pismo Beach to Ventura. Find out why George Hincapie named his son Enzo, jump into a heated debate over sock lengths, listen to Coach Bobby J break down today’s race and deep-dive into the subject of Riding On The Front. Special bonus, an off-the-air-on-the-air honest discussion of the Van Garderen decision; what could have happened, what should have happened. “Slip one under the carpet.”...

Stage 4 Laguna Seca to Morro Bay. Coach Bobby Julich does a deep dive into all things aero and wind related including but not limited to whether or not riding with your forearms on the tops and your hands dangling off the front in a mock TT position is good idea, Superfans’ true identity is almost accidentally outed, Gus talks about playing Grand Theft Auto vs actually racing on the Speedway along...

Stage 3 Tour of California: Stockton to Morgan Hill. Coach Bobby Julich and Gus morton discuss what happened in the race and the art & science of descending from the supertuck to the #pantanidangle. Superfan weighs in with a question about style as it relates to the topic of going downhill fast. Producer MFS shares his thoughts about slog vs slouge. Interviews with Alex Howes and Peter Stetina. Fe...

Stage 2 of the Tour of California: Rancho Cordova to South Lake Tahoe. "It’s one of the few stages that I’m actually scared of in cycling. It’s not very often that you go from sea level to 2,500-2,800 metres without ever having a break in the pedals. It’s virtually uphill for 110km, and for those power geeks out there you’re average power is exactly the same with or without zero, because you are a...

VeloNews Voices is a NEW multimedia platform featuring a collection of cycling luminaries each with their own distinct POV and channel. Coaches, Athletes, Movers and Shakers, Visionaries, the old guard, the new guard, the Vanguard, VeloNews Voices is how and where the story of our sport is being told now and into the future. -- Olympic Medalist and Tour De France podium finisher Coach Bobby J invi...

On this week's episode of the VN podcast we have two very special gusts stop by: Kasia Niewiadoma and Sepp Kuss. Niewiadoma tells us all about her exciting victory at Amstel Gold Race, and explains why she was able to score a big victory at the hilly classic. Kuss talks to us about his upcoming Giro d'Italia start, and discusses his rapid rise through pro cycling's ranks.

In episode 73, we talk with Sebastian Weber about the important balance between our aerobic and glycolytic energy systems and why they may require a little give and take.

On this episode, we hear from world cross-country mountain bike champion Kate Courtney about how the tutelage of Thomas Frischknect is making her an Olympic contender. But first, we bid farewell to longtime podcast host Spencer Powlison and also look back on Liege-Bastogne-Liege, and the classics season as a whole. This episode of the VeloNews podcast is sponsored by Canyon Bicycles, which is prov...

Welcome to the Mathieu van der Poel era. The cyclocross world champion asserted himself with a major win at Amstel. What's next for this superstar in waiting? We discuss Kasia Niewiadoma's breakthrough victory in the women's race, a down-to-the-wire thriller. And, we hear from Annemiek van Vleuten, who was second to Niewiadoma Sunday, about why the hilly classics are so important to her. This epis...

There’s possibly nothing more ubiquitous in cycling than training zones. Trevor and I have lost count of the number of questions we’ve received from Fast Talk listeners that begin with something along the lines of “I was training in zone 4…” The truth of the matter is that we don’t know what that means when you tell us that. That’s not because we don’t know training science, but because “zone 4” c...

What a Paris-Roubaix it was! We look back on all the action from Wout van Aert's rough day on the cobbles ... could he have won? To Sagan's attempt to defend his title that fizzled on the final pave sectors. To Philippe Gilbert's amazing victory. What can't the Belgian star do at this point? All of that and much more, from the raucous velodrome at the finish of the "Hell of the North."

Who will win Paris-Roubaix? We look ahead to the rough, cobbled "Queen of the Classics" on this episode. And we also bring in an expert to discuss what to expect from this Sunday's race. We speak with Dirk Demol, who is now a sport director for Team Katusha-Alpecin. He won the 1988 edition of Paris-Roubaix.

While the world's top cyclists are battling in the spring classics, the next generation of American stars is also pounding the cobbles. Every year, junior riders flock to USA Cycling's development complex in Sittard, Netherlands to develop as riders, and maybe someday become top pros. We hear from the man behind the European program, Billy Innes, USAC's junior program manager. We also talk to Quin...

Few people picked Alberto Bettiol as a favorite before Tour of Flanders, yet he managed to stun the favorites and win. Peter Sagan is one of those stars who was left empty-handed on Sunday. We hear from him about how the race went down and why he hasn't found peak form yet. Later in the podcast, Ben Delaney talks to Dries Verclyte of Cycling in Flanders. He explains how the region embraces cycling...

The gran fondo-style event has exploded in popularity in the last decade. Somewhere between a race and a group ride, it has an appeal to a broad range of riders. Some show up to race all-out on a challenging 100-plus-mile course. Others come to ride with friends and enjoy the accomplishment of a demanding and scenic route. The nice thing is there is no “right” way to do it. This style of event acc...

Dwars door Vlaanderen was a thriller with Mathieu van der Poel stunning the WorldTour. We discuss the 'cross world champ who seems to have unlimited potential as a cyclist. We also talk about the crash in the women's race that led to a stoppage in the men's race. To better understand the dynamics at play, we hear from Ellen van Dijk, who won the women's race. She talks about why it's important to...

With gusting winds and aggressive racing, this was one of the hardest editions of Gent-Wevelgem. We are on the ground in Belgium to analyze the action. Then, we hear from American Quinn Simmons who stunned the Belgians by winning the junior edition of Gent-Wevelgem. And finally, Hugo Coorevits, senior editor at Het Nieuwsblad, explains why cycling is so important in Flanders and how it is an integ...

Deceuninck-Quick-Step dominated as Zdenek Stybar got revenge on Greg Van Avermaet. Wout van Aert wowed us with a second-place result. And Peter Sagan? What happened to him? We are on the cobblestones in Belgium, and racing is underway with the E3 BinckBank Classic. In the second half of the show, we hear from EF Education First sport director Andreas Klier an ex-pro who is a veteran of the spring...

Seven wins in 22 days ... That's a pretty impressive record for Julian Alaphilippe so far this year. Plus, he capped it off with his first monument classic win at Milano-Sanremo. We discuss the significance of his streak and how he managed to conquer some of the sport's top riders in Sanremo on Saturday. Then, we hear from American classics star Coryn Rivera. She discusses how she coped with the h...

Most modern training software is based on principles that Coach Connor fully admits he would use if he was developing software. Heavily influenced by coaches and physiologists, many training software developers knew what they were looking for and hunted for it in the data. One training package however, stands out from this. Xert was created by Armando Mastracci, who is an engineer first. While he...

And the rich get richer... Team Sky managed to outdo itself with new sponsor Ineos, which is owned by a billionaire who's one of the wealthiest people in the world. We analyze the deal and discuss how this could affect the races. We also recap Paris-Nice, where there's more Sky news — turns out Egan Bernal is even better than we thought he was. And we discuss Tirreno-Adriatico and Adam Yates's ver...

Mountain bike rear suspension technology has changed drastically in the last decade or two. Do you even understand how your bike works? Luckily, today we talk to Dave Weagle, father of the DW Link suspension design and a prolific engineer in the world of mountain bikes. He helps us understand concepts like anti-squat, anti-rise, and more. Things get a little nerdy, but don't worry, Weagle has a ve...