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Covering the world of professional cycling. The Cycling Podcast was founded by Richard Moore, Daniel Friebe and Lionel Birnie in 2013.
Le Tour
Joined April 2014
Everyone at The Cycling Podcast would like to express our thanks for the thousands of messages of condolence we have received in the last ten days. Next week, we will return with an episode paying tribute to our beloved co-founder and leader, Richard Moore.
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Yesterday Edvald Boasson Hagen was stranded with a broken bike and no team car. Team Sky gave him a bike to finish the stage, for which he and Servais Knaven were fined. This morning Boasson Hagen came and found Knaven with €150 to cover the fine.
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One year without The Buff. Today as ever, our thoughts & love go to Richard’s family & friends.
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Announcing the Pédaleuse de Charme of the 2022 #TDFF. 🇩🇰 @CUttrupLudwig 🇩🇰. For her winning post-win interview and her generally infectious enthusiasm for the sport. Chapeau, Cille! 🎩
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It all started 6 years ago today, under a tree in Hyde Park. Thanks to everyone who has listened along the way. 🎂.
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The week 3 #Giro Pédaleur de Charme, as voted by you (in very large numbers): Esteban Chaves
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We’ll always remember Gino Mäder’s joy in Santiago de Compostela - when he’d just won the Vuelta’s white jersey & confirmed to all who watched that race he possessed a talent equal to the charm & sense of decency that were obvious even to those, like us, who knew him just a bit.
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Dan Martin reckons he and Pello Bilbao have set a new and probably unbreakable record: 4 grand tours in less than a year.
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Geraint Thomas on being shown pic of Froome running: 'Well, he's from Kenya, you expect him to be good at that.' #TDF2016.
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Earlier this summer, while @chrisfroome was in hospital following his crash at the Critérium du Dauphiné he learned - almost 8 years after the race had finished - that he was the 2011 Vuelta champion. and Britain’s first Grand Tour champion. #LaVuelta19
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Where are we, Lionel?. Definitely not Watford.
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We'd like to say a big thank you to @FlandersClassic for remembering Richard Moore on the podium before the start of the Tour of Flanders on Sunday. Thank you also to the huge crowd for their warm applause recognising Richard's work and passion for cycling.
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Happy birthday to. 5 years ago today Richard, Lionel and Daniel recorded the first episode of The Cycling Podcast on an iPhone in Hyde Park. Thanks to everyone who has listened to any (or all?) of the 600+ episodes since 🎂🥂🎉.
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The first sector of pavé in the first #ParisRoubaixFemmes and Lizzie Deignan leads, big group behind.
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Today we hit 1,000,000 listens for our #Giro101 podcasts since the start of the race. 🍾🥂 . Thanks all for lending your ears 🙏 👏 👏 👏.
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A picture that's worth a thousand words. Mathieu van der Poel on the descent of the Poggio, by @simongillphoto . Coming later this evening to all good podcast players: Arrivée – Daniel and Lionel recap La Primavera.
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This week’s regular episode - featuring E3 & Gent-Wevelgem reviews & Flanders preview - will be released on Wednesday. Tomorrow is a sombre day, marking as it does one year since our great founder & leader Richard Moore’s passing, hence why this week’s episode will be delayed.
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Delighted to win our category at the Sports Podcast Awards with the Tour d'Écosse series. Thanks to @simongillphoto and @Tom_Whalley for his brilliant editing, sound design and production. And thanks to everyone who listened and voted, and those we met along the way.
The Best Wilderness Podcast goes to. 🥁 🌲 🚲. ‘The Tour d’Écosse by The Cycling Podcast’. @cycling_podcast | @lionelbirnie | @simongillphoto . Congrats!
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Thanks to @Mitch_Bowen for joining us for the first week of the #TDF2022 and his excellent work on the pod together with @sauveurmerlan and @lionelbirnie 👏🏼
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Lotto-Soudal race through the Roman arena in Nîmes. It's been here since AD70 - just before Adam Hansen rode his first Grand Tour. Possibly.
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Congratulations to @simongillphoto, whose photo of @lizziedeignan in the Roubaix velodrome recently took third place in an international cycling photography competition run by Roberto Bettini. Chapeau, Simon! 🎩. 📸: @simongillphoto .#ParisRoubaixFemmes #ParisRoubaix
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🎙️Tune in to our scene-setter from Copenhagen later when Lionel will be joined by Mitch Docker and François Thomazeau to look ahead to the 2022 Tour de France. It's the 10th Tour The Cycling Podcast has covered, and the first without our co-founder and dear friend Richard Moore.
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There's a beautiful piece about Richard Moore and the Tour de France by Richard's very dear friend @alan_pattullo in @TheScotsman today.
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In September 2018 @larrywarbasse and @conordunnealot discovered their team was folding. The future looked uncertain at best. Tomorrow, they'll both roll down the start ramp in Bologna at the @giroditalia. Best of luck to the both of them. #Giro #NoGoTour
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Our Pédaleur de Charme for week 3 of #TDF2018, as voted by you, dear listeners, is Julian Alaphilippe
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Our final week Pédaleur de Charme, as voted by you: Alberto Contador
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A magnificent view for tonight’s recording…&, behind Lionel, some fabulous scenery.
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A very happy birthday to François Thomazeau, our very own troubadour 🎸🥂 🎂
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While descending towards the Team Sky bus, Chris Froome was knocked down by a Gendarme- he was allegedly mistaken for a fan riding the course. #TDF2018. 📸: @albertsecall h/t @inrng
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By popular request we’ve made a special Pédaleur de Charme award to Michael Hepburn for coming to the rescue of the fallen Zak Dempster during #AG3daagse
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Pédaleur de Charme for week two of #Giro101 is @Sammmy_Be of @BORAhansgrohe. He was nominated for giving bottles to young fans and clinched the prize with a wheelie on the Zoncolan. #charming
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Julian Alaphilippe, after today’s cancelled stage
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Warren Barguil in polka dots on his way to victory on the Col d'Izoard. By @simongillphoto
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Delighted to confirm we'll be covering @lavuelta with daily podcasts to complete full set of Grand Tours for 2016 🇪🇸
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Footage of @chrisfroome's crash during Stage 12 by podcast listener Eric🎥 #LaVuelta2017 #LaVuelta #Vuelta #ciclismo #LesRP #froome #TeamSky
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Mark Cavendish alongside Mathieu van der Poel in Bruges this morning for the start of #AG3daagse
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🚨COMING FRIDAY: daily podcasts from La Vuelta a España. featuring some huge new signings. #espiritudelbufalo🦏
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The exam board has marked @friebos’s Tour of Flanders homework and his grade has been assigned.
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🎁🎉🥳Happy birthday to Mitch Docker, host of the Life in the Peloton podcast. It's the eve of the final race of his professional career as tomorrow he'll ride Paris-Roubaix for final time. His fan club has been busy at the entrance to the Forest of Arenberg section.
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Andrey Amador sharing his race food with a dog. What’s the story behind this wooden bike (and dog)? Tune in to tonight’s podcast.
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Last week we asked Gianni Savio to sing a song for our upcoming #OurGiro podcasts. Him: "Ach, no, I'm tone-deaf.". Then on Saturday, 🇮🇹Liberation Day, Gianni admitted there was one thing he would sing: Bella Ciao, the Liberation anthem. So he & his wife did. For us. And you.
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A special Pédaleur de Charme presentation to one of the riders in the break at #InnbruckTirol2018 and who starred in #NoGoTour —.Conor Dunne
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Friends of the Podcast '18 launches with At home with the Froomes. Become a Friend of the Podcast on to access a mix of documentary-style shows, discussion, analysis and interviews about #procycling. Over 50 specials have been made since 2015. #cycling
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No formation today. but an honorary Pédaleur de Charme jersey to Gianni Savio for his outstanding contribution across the Giro.
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OUR GIRO: OFFICIAL PRESENTATION . The Giro d’Italia isn’t taking place this May but The Cycling Podcast’s ‘Our Giro’ rolls out from Budapest on Saturday. Our Route. Our Rules. 23 Podcasts. 21 stages to ride. #OurGiro
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🎙️ STAY TUNED: In tonight's episode, we dissect today's opening @giroditalia time trial, see how @friebos' top 18 picks for the stage fared, and hear from @Eganbernal as well as our audio diarist @JamesKnoxx. #giro #giroditalia
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"Lionel, to be honest I think the background will be too blurred for people to even realise it's a Jamie Oliver. "
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Team Cycling Podcast has made it to Paris 🍷🙌🏻. A taster of what's to come in our Stage 21 episode. 👇🏻. #tdf2021
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Italian Liberation Day 🤝 Gianni Savio - an annual The Cycling Podcast tradition. 🇮🇹
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A message from Pod HQ to say thank you to everyone who listened to our Tour coverage. A huge thanks and well done to Mitch, Richard and Grizzle (aka Graham) for a brilliant three weeks on the mics. @Mitch_Bowen @rabrahamcycling @GrahamWillgoss . 🧵
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A very happy & prosperous New Year to all of our listeners - & heartfelt thanks for your support in 2023! 🥳❤️🙌🍾.
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Froome's bike has been found - seat stay broken. Then whisked away to be checked for a motor (seriously) #TDF2016
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They say never meet your heroes. But today @Mitch_Bowen did just that: he met @mcmansionhell. Mitch is joining us for the final week of #TDF2021
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A big thanks to @roseemanley and @theboz91 for joining us to cover the past week of the Tour de France 👏🏼 . #TDF2022
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Stage 21. The final pod of the Tour is live. To everyone who’s listened, thanks for joining Graham, Mitch and Rich this brilliant past three weeks. We hope you’ve enjoyed it as much as they have. Good night, bonne nuit, from Nice. #TDF2024 . 🎧
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As the pink fades back into blue we’d like to say a huge thanks for listening to our #Giro coverage and for all your feedback on #Girovagando. Special thanks to supersub @nygaardbn and to our fantastic sponsors, @supersapiensinc and @ScienceinSport 👍
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Official roster @cycling_podcast for @LeTour #TDF. @richardmoore73.@lionelbirnie .@sauveurmerlan . #TDF2019
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A treat awaited Stefan Denifl at the top of the Angliru - he's our week three #Pédaleur de Charme, as voted by you 👇
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A very happy birthday to our road captain @richardmoore73, the Buffalo of Auld Reekie, who leads from the front, (sometimes unaware his teammates have missed the split). Here he looks surprised we remembered his special day – a surprise in itself as he's always reminding us!
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As producer @Tom_Whalley puts the finishing touches to our final Tour de France Femmes episode (out soon), thanks to @roseemanley @ElizzyBanks & @amrook for a brilliant week's coverage for The Cycling Podcast – with a dash of François' French Flavour from @sauveurmerlan of course
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CORRECTIONS CORNER - In last night’s pod Daniel said that BikeExchange were on SCOTT bikes last year. Of course he was one year off the pace & they were riding Bianchi. Red card & no cabbage for him today.
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The sun had already set by the time Simon Yates rolled down the start ramp. @simongillphoto caught him in action on the gruelling climb to Madonna di San Luca. #Giro
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'I've never been speechless before,' @taylorphinney on receiving first Pédaleur de Charme award of #TDF17
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We awarded Svein Tuft the ‘jury’s choice’ Pédaleur de Charme. -.Congratulations Svein!.-.#giroditalia #giroditalia2018 #giro101 #rapha
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