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Feb 16, 2024 • 16min

Geraint Thomas on Just Ride, Red Bull's cycling podcast

G's been a busy boy lately. Not only are we deep in the midst of GTCC season four, but he also joined mountain bike legends Rob Warner and Eliot Jackson to kick-start season two of Red Bull's cycling podcast, Just Ride.Rob and Eliot were very excited to welcome their first Tour de France winner to Just Ride and set about quizzing G on his plans for 2024, what it's actually like in the peloton, how racing has changed and so much more.Just Ride is the cycling podcast you never knew you needed. Journeying through almost every cycling discipline you can imagine, Eliot and Rob chat to a huge cast of stars from the world of cycling. As well as G, Luke joined the guys in season one, and they have some incredible guests lined up for the rest of this series!So here's a little clip from G's appearance - and if you want to listen to the rest of the episode, then search for Just Ride wherever you get your pods or follow this link: https://pod.fo/e/21cb04 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Feb 13, 2024 • 57min

Carlos Rodriguez on Caerphilly Mountain, studying for a degree, and going back to the Tour

Carlos Rodriguez joined INEOS aged just 18. Nowadays, that's par for the course. But four years ago it was relatively unprecedented in elite level cycling. There was a sense of intrigue around this young Spaniard who, it emerged, was also studying for a degree in engineering. How would he fare?Well, it's safe to say, he's done really rather well. Now a Tour de France, Tour of Britain and Tour of the Basque Country stage winner, Carlos also won the Spanish national road race championships in 2022. He's gone from strength to strength and looks set for an incredible 2024.Starting his year up in Tenerife with G, the duo sat down, gave Tom a call, and had a fascinating chat about his career to date. G had a lot of questions about his win on Caerphilly Mountain too.Meanwhile G is starting his season this week in Portugal - and he'll be racing alongside Luke for the first time in a while! We can't wait to see our Welsh duo back in action.We've welcomed a new partner to the GTCC! Visit https://hvmn.com/GTCC for 30% off your first subscription order of Ketone-IQ (discount automatically applied at checkout).Music courtesy of BMG Music Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Feb 6, 2024 • 1h 1min

Emma Finucane on being world champ at 20, racing in G's velodrome, and her Olympic dreams

Aged just 20, Emma Finucane turned up to a home Worlds in Glasgow with a dream. She left it in a rainbow jersey, GB's first female track sprint world champion in a decade.Her rise has been meteoric and now she has her sights set on this summer's Olympics. A compatriot of Geraint's, she grew up in Carmarthen and, having discovered cycling, she spent her teenage years travelling to and from the velodrome in Newport - yes, that's right, the Geraint Thomas National Velodrome of Wales.We loved welcoming Emma to the GTCC and we're sure all our GTCC members will love hearing her story.We'll be back next week with another cracker.We've welcomed a new partner to the GTCC! Visit https://hvmn.com/GTCC for 30% off your first subscription order of Ketone-IQ (discount automatically applied at checkout).Music courtesy of BMG Music Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Jan 30, 2024 • 1h 10min

Ken Owens on G's rugby prospects, proving people wrong, and an infamous arm wrestle story

We've welcomed a new partner to the GTCC! Visit https://hvmn.com/GTCC for 30% off your first subscription order of Ketone-IQ (discount automatically applied at checkout).You know the drill: it's Six Nations week, so GTCC rules dictate that we must welcome a rugby player to the show. Well, G pulled out all the stops this year, ringing up his old mate Ken Owens to join him and Tom on the pod.A long-term captain of Wales with an incredible 91 caps to his name, it was our pleasure to hear from 'The Sheriff'. Ken and G swap notes on the similarities between what they both do - despite all the obvious differences - and share some great stories from years gone by.Elsewhere, G has been enjoying himself in Tenerife. But has he finally made it right to the top of Teide? Tom has been dying to find out...See you next week.Music courtesy of BMG Music Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Jan 26, 2024 • 52min

Part two! Matt Stephens on racing against a young Geraint, his work in the Police force, and making it in the media

We've welcomed a new partner to the GTCC! Visit https://hvmn.com/GTCC for 30% off your first subscription order of Ketone-IQ (discount automatically applied at checkout).Few people in cycling can talk like Matt Stephens - so we split his chat with G and Tom into two parts.Here's part two, a continuation of Tuesday's part one. In this section, Matt talks about his career in the Police force, branching out into the media, racing against G and being a two-time Junior Tour of Wales winner. Yes, that's two more times than Geraint.We really hope you've enjoyed our chat with Matt. He's one of the good guys!We'll be back next week.Music courtesy of BMG Music Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Jan 24, 2024 • 25min

Where's G racing in 2024?! We've got the scoop... | GTCC Bonus

It's been the question on everyone's lips... (OK, not quite. But indulge us for a moment.)Where's G racing in 2024?!Well, we have the news from the man himself and without spoiling it, it's pretty bloody exciting. All being well, we're in for another cracking year watching G do his thing - and, of course, there'll be plenty of pods along the way.In the meantime, we'll be back Friday with part two of our chat with Matt Stephens.And don't forget, we've welcomed a new partner to the GTCC! Visit https://hvmn.com/GTCC for 30% off your first subscription order of Ketone-IQ (discount automatically applied at checkout).Music courtesy of BMG Music Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Jan 23, 2024 • 58min

Matt Stephens on his remarkable cycling journey, racing for Linda McCartney and doing the night shift at Morrisons - part one

We've welcomed a new partner to the GTCC! Visit https://hvmn.com/GTCC for 30% off your first subscription order of Ketone-IQ (discount automatically applied at checkout).If you listen to the GTCC, then you'll know Matt Stephens. One of the most likeable men working in cycling, Matt needs no introduction.Yet his cycling journey started many moons ago, before the sport in the UK became the force it is today. He battled to make it pro in the 90s, eventually getting there with the infamous Linda McCartney Team. After one solid year, the team unexpectedly folded - leaving Matt with no job, and no way of paying the mortgage.His story is a fascinating one, and Tom and G were delighted to welcome him to the GTCC. Indeed, the chat was so interesting and went on far longer than usual - so we've cut it into two parts. Here's part one - and we will release part two on Friday!Enjoy.Music courtesy of BMG Music Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Jan 16, 2024 • 1h 2min

INEOS chef James Forsyth on cooking for G, truffle omelettes, and feeding Filippo Ganna pasta

We've welcomed a new partner to the GTCC this week! Visit https://hvmn.com/GTCC for 30% off your first subscription order of Ketone-IQ (discount automatically applied at checkout).We always love welcoming the people who work away behind-the-scenes at INEOS with G to the GTCC, and this week's guest is one of our most interesting ever: it's team chef, James Forsyth!What's it like cooking on a Grand Tour? How demanding are the riders? How specific are their nutritional needs? G, Tom and James got stuck into all of those topics, loads of listener questions, and much more besides in this week's show.James started out working in Michelin-starred restaurants before taking on the challenge of cooking for Dave Brailsford's men back in 2016. God only knows how much rice he's cooked in that time.Elsewhere, you lot came through with some incredible suggestions for a cycling phonetic alphabet and G is enjoying life back on the training regime.We'll be back next week with a very fun guest. More on that one soon!Music courtesy of BMG Music Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Jan 9, 2024 • 49min

Laurens de Plus on being our Ambassador, overcoming burnout, and playing football like Fellaini

Welcome (back) to the GTCC... Laurens de Plus!Our much loved Watts Occurring Ambassador De Pluski has become a regular on the pods this year - so we thought it was time to sit him down and let our GTCC members get to know him a little better.Tipped for huge success as a young rider coming out of Belgium, Laurens enjoyed an incredible start to his career: racing for Quick-Step, Jumbo, and then INEOS. But a viral illness and burnout wiped out almost his entire 2020 and 2021. The road back was a long and uncertain one.But he made it. And he's become G's right-hand man (after Luke, of course) along the way. A starring ride in support of G at the Giro this year showed the cycling world that LDP is back to his best and he's revving up for a big 2024.Meanwhile, Tom and G think it's about time we had a GTCC phonetic alphabet. Can you help? Hit us up on social or email GTCC@crowdnetwork.co.uk with your suggestions! It's also time for G to finally climb right to the top of Mount Teide. Let's see if he's true to his word this time round.We'll be back next week.Music courtesy of BMG Music Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Jan 2, 2024 • 49min

Egan Bernal on his life-changing crash, the road back to the top, and gaining a new perspective

Happy new year to all of our GTCC members! We're back with a bang to kick-start 2024 - by welcoming Egan Bernal to the GTCC.Latin America's first Tour de France winner joined G and Tom to chat about his road to recovery after his life-changing accident.In January 2022, Egan was riding at 60km/h when he hit the back of a parked truck. He broke 20 bones including his spine, femur and kneecap, and his lung collapsed. He was lucky to be alive. Doctors initially warned there was a chance of paralysis.Remarkably, Egan returned to racing eight months later, at the Tour of Denmark. In 2023 he raced both the Tour de France and La Vuelta.And now, he's eyeing up an improved 2024 as he continues his journey back to the racer who changed the sport when he burst onto the scene in 2018.We'll be back next week.Music courtesy of BMG Music Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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