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- Geek Warning - how bikes work and how to make them better
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- The Rest Day with Jack Haig - insights from within the pro peloton
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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 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 • 36min
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 • 60min
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 • 43min
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.
Jul 10, 2024 • 1h 4min
Stage 11: Who's wasting energy now
Jonas Vingegaard is here to play. Dropped but not gone, he fought his way back to Tadej Pogačar and set up tight GC battle ahead of the Pyrenees. Caley, Iain, and Jonny chat through the narratives around Pogačar and Vingegaard, plus what they heard at the busses after the stage about Remco, Roglic, and the French football team.
Jul 9, 2024 • 55min
Stage 10: Philipsen and a decoder ring
Finally, Jasper Philipsen gets his stage win. Caley, Iain, and Jonny discuss the sprint, what it means for the green jersey, and then add a bit of Adrie van der Poel parking woes, an alpaca update, and a cheat sheet for the random things we like to talk about.
Jul 8, 2024 • 15min
Rest day mailbag: Oversharing in Orléans
It's a beautiful rest day in Orléans and Caley, Jonny, and Iain bring you a week one vibe check plus a big ol' bag of mail. For the full episode, sign up at escapecollective.com/TDF or, if you're already a member, click here.
Jul 7, 2024 • 45min
Stage 9: Unlikely animal friends
The third different gravel world championships took place in Troyes, or TRWA!, on Sunday. Caley, Iain and Jonny sat down over a 4/10 pizza to discuss the race for the win and the fight behind between the GC guys.
Jul 6, 2024 • 53min
Stage 8: Where are all the doomed Frenchman?
Biniam Girmay made it two and the fight for the green jersey looks like it will go all the way to Nice. Caley, Iain, and Jonny break down the day and then peruse their notebooks for other stories of the day.
