Cyclist Magazine Podcast

Dame Sarah Storey is as inspiring as an athlete can be.17 Paralympic gold medals. 40 World titles. 77 world records including the para-cycling Hour Records. Manager and Captain of her own race team, Storey Racing. Leader of the Skoda DSI Cycling Academy. South Yorkshire Active Travel Commissioner.Hosts James Spender and Emma Cole certainly had lots to talk about. After they'd finished discussing Wordle.Interview starts at 12.35.If you liked this episode, please remember to leave us a review, comment and make sure to share with your cycling friends!To apply for the SKODA DSI Cycling Academy see here.For more on the Cyclist Magazine Podcast - https://www.cyclist.co.uk/cyclistmagazinepodcastSubscribe to Cyclist Magazine now - https://cyclistmag.co.uk/cyclistmagazinepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nathan Haas has retired as a professional cyclist to take up a new life as a....professional cyclist.Haas is the latest WorldTour rider to give up the hustle, bustle of the pro peloton for life on the open off-road, as he goes full-time gravel racer.James and Joe talk to the Australian about why gravel, why now, where he thinks the gravel scene is going, whether UCI involvement is a good thing, leaving the WorldTour after a decade, and saying goodbye to French pasta forever.Interview starts at 17.55.If you liked this episode, please remember to leave us a review, comment and make sure to share with your cycling friends!In association with Sportful.For more on the Cyclist Magazine Podcast - https://www.cyclist.co.uk/cyclistmagazinepodcastSubscribe to Cyclist Magazine now - https://cyclistmag.co.uk/cyclistmagazinepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ever since watching Stephen Roche and Sean Kelly dominate the pro peloton in the 1980s, comic David O'Doherty has been obsessed with cycling.Joe and James dial in to David's home to dive into his amazing bike collection, his love/hate relationship with pro cycling in the 1980s and his recent Channel 4 show 'Along for the Ride' where he takes the likes of Richard Ayoade and Mel Giedroyc cycling around parts of the UK.David O'Doherty's 'Along for the Ride' is on the All 4 player and can be found here. For more on David's stand up tour dates and more, see here.Interview starts at 15.23.The new Brompton Ti that Joe discusses can be found here.If you liked this episode, please remember to leave us a review, comment and make sure to share with your cycling friends!In association with Sportful.For more on the Cyclist Magazine Podcast - https://www.cyclist.co.uk/cyclistmagazinepodcastSubscribe to Cyclist Magazine now - https://cyclistmag.co.uk/cyclistmagazinepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Happy New Year!Welcome back to the Cyclist Magazine Podcast, haven't we got a treat for you. Starting the year as we mean to go on, we took one of the peloton's great animators, Romain Bardet, to the pub to talk about everything from the excitement of life beyond cycling, the pressure cooker of AG2R, his Tour de France dreams, new beginnings at Team DSM and his love of natural wine, Rugby Union and English beer.Interview starts at 15.04.James and Joe also share some New Year resolutions which takes them down a musical theatre rabbit hole.If you liked this episode, please remember to leave us a review, comment and make sure to share with your cycling friends!In association with Sportful.For more on the Cyclist Magazine Podcast - https://www.cyclist.co.uk/cyclistmagazinepodcastSubscribe to Cyclist Magazine now - https://cyclistmag.co.uk/cyclistmagazinepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What do pro cyclists do at Christmas? We rang Team BikeExchange joker Chris Juul-Jensen to find out.James and Joe chat to the man who's name literally means Christmas in Danish about whether you should train on Christmas day, staying ready to race in the off-season and enjoying duck and caramel potatoes. We also talk the pleasure of getting dropped, drumming in The BroomWagons and Ginger Spice.Interview begins at 14.50.Apologies for the sound issues in the intro, Joe will stop playing the wood block next episode.This is our last episode before Christmas. We will be back on January 6th 2022 with special guest Romain Bardet.If you liked this episode, please remember to leave us a review, comment and make sure to share with your cycling friends!In association with Sportful.For more on the Cyclist Magazine Podcast - https://www.cyclist.co.uk/cyclistmagazinepodcastSubscribe to Cyclist Magazine now - https://cyclistmag.co.uk/cyclistmagazinepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ultra-cyclist Fiona Kolbinger is a special bike rider.The 26-year-old became the first female winner of the Transcontinental Race in 2019 winning in a time of 10 days 2 hours and 48 minutes, 10 hours better than second place. All the while, she's also training to become an oncologist too.She's inspiring, honest and very funny. There are some top notch stories from knowing a human's limit to sleeping in supermarket loading bays. Interview starts at 9.08.If you liked this episode, please remember to leave us a review, comment and make sure to share with your cycling friends!In association with Sportful.For more on the Cyclist Magazine Podcast - https://www.cyclist.co.uk/cyclistmagazinepodcastSubscribe to Cyclist Magazine now - https://cyclistmag.co.uk/cyclistmagazinepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In 2019, Olympic gold medalist and two-time British National Champion Pete Kennaugh retired from the sport of cycling aged 29.Once tipped as the 'next big thing' in British cycling, Kennaugh found himself no longer driven to ride a bike and after years of inner conflict decided to close the pro racing chapter of his life.Three years on and Kennaugh is beginning to open up on why this happened and how he confronted his inner demons. Joe joins Pete at a central London hotel to talk about his career, retirement, honesty and his latest film with Wahoo, Frontiers.To watch the Frontiers video, see here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxLyL0L-Wm8If you liked this episode, please remember to leave us a review, comment and make sure to share with your cycling friends!In association with Sportful.For more on the Cyclist Magazine Podcast - https://www.cyclist.co.uk/cyclistmagazinepodcastSubscribe to Cyclist Magazine now - https://cyclistmag.co.uk/cyclistmagazinepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A Cyclist Magazine Podcast first as we are joined by not only by a relation of Kula Shaker's Crispin Mills but also Jordan Stephens, one half of Rizzle Kicks. It's Ned Boulting!Joe and James talk to Ned about commentating in China, buying Marianne Vos a dartboard, three-week Grand Tours without mountains, the correct pronunciation of Tadej Pogacar and much more. We also discuss the fourth edition of The Road Book.The Road Book, the most in-depth chronicle of the road racing season, is on pre-sale. Pre-order the Road Book 2021 before November 6th and receive a signed copy here - https://www.theroadbook.co.uk/If you liked this episode, please remember to leave us a review, comment and make sure to share with your cycling friends!In association with SportfulFor more on the Cyclist Magazine Podcast - https://www.cyclist.co.uk/cyclistmagazinepodcastSubscribe to Cyclist Magazine now - https://cyclistmag.co.uk/cyclistmagazinepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The fall of the Berlin Wall, being part of the German army, being airlifted to hospital at the Tour de France, how cycling stopped him from being like a villain from Grand Theft Auto and how to form the perfect breakaway. Just some of the amazing topics we cover with the legendary Jens Voigt.Inspiring, insightful, hilarious, this is one not to miss!For more on the Specialized Crux mentioned at the top of the show, check out our story here - https://www.cyclist.co.uk/news/10163/specialized-crux-2022If you liked this episode, please remember to leave us a review, comment and make sure to share with your cycling friends!In association with Sportful.For more on the Cyclist Magazine Podcast - https://www.cyclist.co.uk/cyclistmagazinepodcastSubscribe to Cyclist Magazine now - https://cyclistmag.co.uk/cyclistmagazinepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Paris-Roubaix is back! After 900 days, the best race in the cycling calendar is back, get in! So to celebrate the Hell of the North's return and the inaugural women's Roubaix (what took them so long?), we decided to chat to bonafide legend of the race, winner from 2004, Magnus Backstedt.This is a man that lived, breathed and even ate the stones of Roubaix and he has some incredible stories to tell about his favourite race ever. So sit back and enjoy!For more on Paris-Roubaix, see our hub page here - https://www.cyclist.co.uk/in-depth/1015/paris-roubaix-all-you-need-to-know If you liked this episode, please remember to leave us a review, comment and make sure to share with your cycling friends!For more on the Cyclist Magazine Podcast - https://www.cyclist.co.uk/cyclistmagazinepodcastSubscribe to Cyclist Magazine now - https://cyclistmag.co.uk/cyclistmagazinepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.