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The Tour Daily Podcast: Whippersnappers on Alpe d'Huez

Every July, the CyclingTips Podcast goes daily and comes straight to your ears from the ground in France (or Denmark, as it were.)

Welcome to your hub for the Tour Daily during the 2022 Tour de France. We’ll have a Tour Daily episode every stage through both the Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. You can play each episode from this page or subscribe on iTunes, Spotify,  Google, or wherever you get your podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

Stage 12: Whippersnappers on Alpe d’Huez

A mix of characters old and new defined the last big day in the Alps. Pippa York joins Jonny, Iain, and Caley (plus a special guest) to talk through it all.

Stage 11: The new king of France

One of the best and most impactful Tour de France stages in a decade. We break it down, plus bring you the scene from the top of the Galibier.

Stage 10: Tangents in Megève

Magnus Cort shrugged off a week of breakaways, Caleb Ewan looked quite sad, and the men remain in glaz.

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The Tour Daily Podcast: The new king of France

Every July, the CyclingTips Podcast goes daily and comes straight to your ears from the ground in France (or Denmark, as it were.)

Welcome to your hub for the Tour Daily during the 2022 Tour de France. We’ll have a Tour Daily episode every stage through both the Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. You can play each episode from this page or subscribe on iTunes, Spotify,  Google, or wherever you get your podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

Stage 11: The new king of France

One of the best and most impactful Tour de France stages in a decade. We break it down, plus bring you the scene from the top of the Galibier.

Stage 10: Tangents in Megève

Magnus Cort shrugged off a week of breakaways, Caleb Ewan looked quite sad, and the men remain in glaz.

Rest day: Turf de France

Stage 9: Welcome to the Jungels

Stage 8: Wright Said Fred

Strage 7: The Super Planche

Stage 6: Your man at the Tou

It was a day where Wout van Aert and Tadej Pogacar took turns dominating the entire Tour de France field. Ronan, Jonny, and Caley talk though the stage, plus Alberto Bettiol, La Planche, and your man with the near miss.

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The Tour Daily Podcast: Tangents in Megève

Every July, the CyclingTips Podcast goes daily and comes straight to your ears from the ground in France (or Denmark, as it were.)

Welcome to your hub for the Tour Daily during the 2022 Tour de France. We’ll have a Tour Daily episode every stage through both the Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. You can play each episode from this page or subscribe on iTunes, Spotify,  Google, or wherever you get your podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

Stage 10: Tangents in Megève

Magnus Cort shrugged off a week of breakaways, Caleb Ewan looked quite sad, and the men remain in glaz.

Rest day: Turf de France

Stage 9: Welcome to the Jungels

Stage 8: Wright Said Fred

Strage 7: The Super Planche

Stage 6: Your man at the Tou

It was a day where Wout van Aert and Tadej Pogacar took turns dominating the entire Tour de France field. Ronan, Jonny, and Caley talk though the stage, plus Alberto Bettiol, La Planche, and your man with the near miss.

Stage 5: Jumbo messed that one up

It was a wild day on the cobbles of northern France. Jonny, Ronan, and Caley break down Pogačar’s dominance, Jumbo-Visma’s strange response to a relatively normal issue, and delve into why Nairo Quintana is so good on cobblestones.

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Freewheeling: Giro Donne: Back loaded week wraps up GC battle

The Giro Donne is done and dusted and there are some key takeaways we discuss ahead of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. Annemiek van Vleuten will be hard to beat, but it is possible. FDJ Nouvelle Aquitaine Futuroscope has some decisions to make. And a backloaded parcourse led to an exciting Giro Donne.

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Nerd Alert podcast: Tech from the Tour paddock

We’re a little late with this week’s Nerd Alert episode and for good reason – the Wi-Fi at the Tour is terrible. That’s right, Caley Fretz and Ronan Mc Laughlin are in France and chat about all things Tour de France tech. From prep for the cobbles to bikes with hidden motors (just kidding!), Ronan and Caley catch up with a number of pro riders to hear what they’re riding and why.

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Freewheeling: Giro Donne: The race is far from over...

Stage 4 blew the general classification apart but after stage 6 it was obvious the Giro Donne is far from over.

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The Tour Daily Podcast: Jumbo messed that one up

Every July, the CyclingTips Podcast goes daily and comes straight to your ears from the ground in France (or Denmark, as it were.)

Welcome to your hub for the Tour Daily during the 2022 Tour de France. We’ll have a Tour Daily episode every stage through both the Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. You can play each episode from this page or subscribe on iTunes, Spotify,  Google, or wherever you get your podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

Stage 5: Jumbo messed that one up

It was a wild day on the cobbles of northern France. Jonny, Ronan, and Caley break down Pogačar’s dominance, Jumbo-Visma’s strange response to a relatively normal issue, and delve into why Nairo Quintana is so good on cobblestones.

Stage 4: Will Wout Wait?

Wout van Aert decided the best way to end his run of second places was to sprint against himself on Tuesday. Jonny and Ronan are joined by Caley, fresh off the plane, to talk through a thrilling finale and look ahead to Wednesday’s cobble stage.

Stage 3: Onward to France

Another sprint, another winner. The crew sit down after the final Danish stage to talk through a fast but impressively safe opener to the Tour de France. 

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Freewheeling: Giro Donne: Stage 1 or prologue?

The first three stages of the Giro Donne included the only “time trial” in a WorldTour race in 2022, but was it even a time trial? Plus, two exciting stages for the sprinters and lots more exciting racing to come.

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The Tour Daily Podcast: Tour de France Eve

Every July, the CyclingTips Podcast goes daily and comes straight to your ears from the ground in France (or Denmark, as it were.)

Welcome to your hub for the Tour Daily during the 2022 Tour de France. We’ll have a Tour Daily episode every stage through both the Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. You can play each episode from this page or subscribe on iTunes, Spotify,  Google, or wherever you get your podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

Tour de France eve

Shoddy, Jonny, and Ronan are joined by Philippa York on the eve of the first stage of the Tour de France to talk through overall contenders, Copenhagen atmosphere, the first time trial, and much more.

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Freewheeling: The 2022 Giro Donne is right around the corner

Amy, Abby and Loren preview the riders to watch and stages of the 2022 Giro Donne. The race kicks off Thursday, June 30th. For a full preview and more check out Amy’s stage-by-stage breakdown here.

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CyclingTips Podcast: Which stages will define this Tour de France?

Which stages will define this Tour? The CyclingTips team is on the ground in Copenhagen for the grand depart and has had a close look at the roadbook, picking out the biggest and best stages of the upcoming Tour. We break down where the moves might happen, which mountain stages will really matter, and discuss whether Cavendish should be on the start line.

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Nerd Alert podcast: Flat tires and sketchy brakes — it’s Field Test time again!

This week’s Nerd Alert episode comes to you live from Steamboat Springs, Colorado, where we’ve assembled four testers and a video team to evaluate ten different bikes. We’ve split them into six gravel and four road models this time around, with a focus on lower-priced options. The full reveal will come a bit later once we’re all done with testing, but let’s just say some of the bikes have already genuinely surprised us with how good they are, while others have made some unforgivable missteps.

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Freewheeling: Tour de Suisse was epic

Epic is a word that is potentially overused but no doubt applied to the battle that was the Tour de Suisse. A race that will be WorldTour in 2023, and definitely earned that right this year. The Freewheeling team gather to discuss the four-day stage race and the new additions to the WorldTour calendar next season.

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Nerd Alert podcast: Does the world really need another premium bike brand?

If you’ve got a decent chunk of change and are looking for a higher-end carbon drop-bar bike, there’s certainly no shortage of good options — and probably too many of them, in fact. So why on earth would someone think it’s a good idea to start yet another one given this hyper-competitive environment?

Well, that’s just what the folks at Bridge Bike Works are doing in Toronto, Canada. The company’s first bike sounds interesting enough, but the story behind the brand is arguably more compelling. And that’s exactly what this week’s Nerd Alert deep dive covers.

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CyclingTips Podcast: L'Anticipation

The Tour de Suisse is over, the Dauphiné is over, Slovenia is over. The Tour de France is coming. This week the crew breaks down where the contenders stand, argues over Thibaut Pinot’s future, and laments some argy-bargy in Belgium.

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Freewheeling: Bonus seconds and live coverage at the Women's Tour

This week we chat about all the action from the Women’s Tour, the live coverage, and more.

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CyclingTips Podcast: Who is the real Tour leader at Jumbo-Visma?

The Criterium du Dauphine has wrapped up and, as usual, it answers some questions and creates some others ahead of the Tour de France. Jumbo-Visma was hugely impressive, but will that mean anything when Tadej Pogacar shows up?

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CyclingTips Podcast: Powering Rupert Guinness across America

We have a special episode this week. Caley sits down with longtime friend of the podcast (and Tour de France podcast host) Rupert Guinness, who is less than a week from starting the Race Across America. He’ll race 4,900 km in 12 days, riding 18-20 hours per day. What will power him through?

You can follow Rupert’s efforts on Instagram and via the RAAM website.

A warning for listeners: this episode discusses mental health, sexual abuse, and disordered eating.

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Nerd Alert podcast: So. Many. New. Bikes.

June is turning out to be an exceptionally hot month in terms of new bike releases, and Ronan joins James and Dave as a special guest on the Nerd Alert podcast to help us talk through them all. Although we don’t have official information just yet, we know a new Trek Madone, Giant Propel, Canyon Ultimate, and Scott Foil are all likely to be announced within the next few weeks — and thanks to revamped UCI technical regulations, there’s once again some legitimately unique thinking going on in terms of design features.

We also dissect Pinarello’s new Grevil F gravel race bike, chat about Dave’s favourite bikes from the Handmade Bicycle Show Australia, and wrap up with another round of Ask a Mechanic.

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Freewheeling: Rebecca McConnell on her recent winning streak

Amy Jones caught up with current World Cup XCO leader Rebecca McConnell ahead of the next round of racing in Leogang, Austria.

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