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- Geek Warning - how bikes work and how to make them better
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Check out our other podcasts on your preferred podcast platform:
- Geek Warning - how bikes work and how to make them better
- Wheel Talk - all things women's cycling
- How the Race was Won - racing and tactical analysis
- The Rest Day with Jack Haig - insights from within the pro peloton
- Overnight Success - The founders and innovators in the cycling industry
Escape Collective is entirely member-funded. If you like this podcast please consider supporting us by becoming a member: https://escapecollective.com/member/
Episodes
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Jul 20, 2024 • 41min
Stage 20: Very Niiice
Writer for the Wall Street Journal, Joshua Robinson, joins the hosts to discuss Romain Bardet's last road stage and Tadej Pogačar's win record in the final road stage of the Tour de France. They explore the dynamics of the race, emotional finishes, French riders' performances, and the history of Monaco.
Jul 19, 2024 • 38min
Stage 19: Embrun and done
The fight for the yellow jersey is over. Tadej Pogačar now has over five minutes, Jonas Vingegaard conceded it won't happen for him this year. Richard Carapaz has come close to locking the polka dots, and Biniam Girmay is close to making history. Caley, Jonny, Iain, and Joshua Robinson of the Wall Street Journal digest and discuss the Tour's high water mark atop Isola 2000, and then catch up in Nice to bring you inside the race.
Jul 18, 2024 • 47min
Stage 18: Mind the Gap
The crew discuss the cleansing power of Dad Watts, the fireworks that await, and dig into the listener mailbag.
Jul 17, 2024 • 41min
Stage 17: He can't help himself
The Tour Daily crew breaks down a stage 17 that finally saw a breakaway stage winner in the mountains – but that still featured attacks from Tadej Pogačar. Plus, the crew ponders whether someone on the Internet actually has special insight into what goes on behind the scenes at UAE.
Jul 16, 2024 • 37min
Stage 16: Why'd you have to be so Nîmes?
Jasper Philipse edged closer to the green jersey as Biniam Girmay suffered a nasty crash, and we're about to head back into the Alps for a tough end to this Tour de France. Caley, Jonny, and Iain discuss all that plus a very flat rat, some live-on-TV swearing, carbon monoxide, and Cav's last sprint stage. To get the bonus After Dark segments at the end of each show, sign up now at escapecollective.com/TDF for just $1.
Jul 15, 2024 • 11min
Rest day 2: Tarps arf in the river
Welcome to the second rest day of the Tour de France. The boys have taken a pilgrimage to a site of lore on the Tour Daily pods, the river through Carcassonne, where the tarps came arf and many listener questions were answered. For access to the whole Rest Day episode, sign up at escapecollective.com/TDF for just one dollar/euro/pound.
Jul 14, 2024 • 37min
Stage 15: Cracking on Plateau de Beille
Jonas Vingegaard tried. He used a hard stage in the best way he and his team knew how, but it wasn't enough. Caley, Iain, and Jonny talk through a battle on Plateau de Beille, plus break the chip story wide open, discuss Pogačar's press offensive with the French people, and wonder why anybody would run up a mountain in flip flops.
Jul 13, 2024 • 1h 1min
Stage 14: The Pla d'Adet stepping stone
Cracker of a stage, that was. The GC lit up on Pla d'Adet as Pogačar improvised and attacked his way into time gains. Caley, Iain, and Jonny talk through the stage and consider where the race stands near the end of its second week.
Jul 12, 2024 • 44min
Stage 13: It's all Pau to us
Caley Fretz, Jonny Long, and Iain Treloar are in Pau after stage 13 of the Tour de France to break down Jasper Philipsen's win and the Pyrenees ahead, and Ronan Mc Laughlin joins the podcast to discuss the use of carbon monoxide during altitude training.
Jul 11, 2024 • 50min
Stage 12: Bunking up with Ineos
Fresh to your ears from the finest finish line-adjacent Campanile, where Caley, Jonny, and Iain are pleased to find they'll be spending the night lulled to sleep by the low whir of Ineos' trucked-in air conditioning units. The trio discuss Bini Girmay's third win, Primoz Roglič's terrible luck, and the sad isolation of a caravan Haribo vehicle away from its flock.
