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With 2024 just around the corner Abby chatted with EF Education-Cannondale’s new General Manager Esra Tromp about the process of building a team from scratch, the hurdles the team might come against in the new year, and more.

Abby, Loren, Matt, and Gracie wrap up the season by handing out some awards to the best team, best rider, best race finish, and more.

This week is a very special episode. Abby sat down with friend of the podcast Rebecca Charlton to chat about cycling through pregnancy, missing the first Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, and the backlash of covering men’s cycling as a woman.

This week Abby, Matt and Loren talk about some exciting up-and-coming riders, as well as the dilemma of Lidl-Trek’s five new 18-year-olds, the Tour of Chongming Island, and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode was supposed to be about team captains but got slightly derailed by two topics none of us thought we would have to talk about in 2023; no live coverage of Gravel Worlds and the working conditions at Jumbo-Visma's women's team. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With no WWT racing since the last podcast Gracie took charge of this episode. We spend most of the time discussing the best domestiques in the peloton, plus the different kinds of domestiques and who qualifies into which category. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Abby, Loren and Gracie break down the European Championship road race and chat about gardening (plus maybe a little about the Kardashians, sorry). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Abby, Loren and Gracie are back to chat about the Tour de Romandie, some transfers, and dolls. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Abby, Matt, Loren and Gracie talk about the Simac Ladies Tour and the career and legacy of Annemiek van Vleuten. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lots of bike racing for Abby, Matt, and Gracie to chat about this week! The one-day GP de Plouay on Saturday, where aggressive tactics led to a reduced bunch sprint with a surprising winner, the young guns got to show off at the first-ever Tour de l'Avenir Femmes, and we've got six stages of racing in the Netherlands and Belgium coming up this week, the final race for Annemiek van Vleuten. Hosted...

This week Loren, Abby and Matt get together to talk about the Tour of Scandinavia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Abby, Loren and Gracie answer some listener questions and go on some tangents in this latest episode of the Wheel Talk Podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The band is back together! This week Abby, Matt, Loren and Gracie chat about the ITT and road race at the Glasgow World Championships. Buckle up! It was a wild race! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Abby, Matt and Loren are joined once again by Matilda Raynolds to preview the women's elite and U23 road race at the Glasgow World Championships. For an in-depth preview of the route , Kit Nicholson has you covered here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

One final episode from the ground of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift with Abby and Matt (plus a cameo from a familiar voice or two). Plus, final audio diaries from Lucinda Brand (Lidl-Trek), Vittoria Guazzini (FDJ-Suez), Georgia Williams (EF Education-TIBCO-SVB), Audrey Cordon-Ragot (Human Powered Health), Ella Wyllie (Lifeplus Wahoo), Ashleigh Moolman Pasio (AG Insurance-Soudal Quick-Step),...

Abby and Matt report from atop the Col du Tourmalet, surrounded by fans, while watching the women make history. Hear audio diaries from Lucinda Brand (Lidl-Trek), Vittoria Guazzini (FDJ-Suez), Sara Poidevin (EF Education-TIBCO-SVB), and Jess Allen (Jayco-AlUla). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Abby, Matt and Kate report on the sixth stage of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. It was a particularly exciting finale with a worthy winner. And get ready for stage 7, the famous Col du Tourmalet. Hear audio diaries from Lucinda Brand (Lidl-Trek), Audrey Cordon-Ragot (Human Powered Health, Vittoria Guazzini (FDJ-Suez), Ashleigh Moolman Pasio (AG Insurance-Soudal Quick-Step), Ella Wyllie (Lif...

Abby and Matt again are able to rope in Iris Slappendel to chat about the fifth stage of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift! And what a stage it was, with a surprise winner, and some more interesting maneuvers from SD Worx. It's an episode you won't want to miss. Hear from Lucinda Brand (Lidl-Trek), Ashleigh Moolman Pasio (AG Insurance-Soudal Quick-Step), Veronica Ewers (EF Education-TIBCO-SVB,...

Abby and Matt are back from Rodez to chat about the fourth stage of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. It was quite the day with a lot of interesting attempts from the GC favourites and some dreams come true for the stage winner.  Hear from breakaway champions Lucinda Brand (Lidl-Trek) and Audrey Cordon-Ragot (Human Powered Health, plus from Vittoria Guazzini (FDJ-Suez), Ashleigh Moolman Pasio...

Abby, Matt and Kate check in from the ground of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift stage 3. Abby also chatted with Iris Slappendel on the finish line after her day on the moto. Plus hear from Lucinda Brand (Lidl-Trek), Vittoria Guazzini (FDJ-Suez), Ashleigh Moolman Pasio (AG Insurance-Soudal Quick-Step), Veronica Ewers (EF Education-TIBCO-SVB, Jess Allen (Jayco-AlUla), and Audrey Cordon-Ragot (H...

Abby and Matt are joined on the ground by Kate Wagner fresh off the men's Tour. They talk about a tough day for the women from Clermont-Ferrand to Mauriac, with a fun little climb to finish off the stage. Tune in for audio diaries from Lucinda Brand (Lidl-Trek), Ella Wyllie (Lifeplus Wahoo), Vittoria Guazzini (FDJ-Suez), Ashleigh Moolman Pasio (AG Insurance-Soudal Quick-Step), Veronica Ewers (EF E...

Abby and Matt are on the ground in Clermont-Ferrand for the start of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift and they are joined by Iris Slappendel to talk the first stage of the race. Including audio diaries from inside the peloton with Ashleigh Moolman Pasio, Veronica Ewers, Vittoria Guazzini, Audrey Cordon-Ragot, Ella Wyllie and Jess Allen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati...

Lidl-Trek's Amanda Spratt joins Abby and Matt to preview the eight stages of the upcoming Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. A written preview can be found here , plus keep an eye on EscapeCollective.com all week for daily previews of each stage. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Strap in Wheel Talk listeners this one is....long. Matt and Loren are back with Abby to chat all the biggest stories from the Giro Donne and they are joined by a special guest and friend of the pod Matilda (Tils) Raynolds. They talk about this being Annemiek's final Giro, what that means for the future, how the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift has changed the Giro and more. Hear from Niamh Fisher-...

The final episode of the Giro Donne ended with a bang. Abby and Hannah are here to chat about it, along with some audio diaries from Nina Kessler (Jayco-AlUla), Sarah Roy (Canyon//SRAM), Lauretta Hanson (Lidl-Trek) (sorry for the audio on this one!) and Veronica Ewers (EF Education-TIBCO-SVB). The regular Wheel Talk podcast will return soon with a bigger-picture discussion about the Giro and Annem...