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After a crazy stage 11 at the Giro d’Italia, the podcast team got together to chat about who won on the gravel and who lost.

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The podcast crew chats Giro d’Italia so far, Egan Bernal, Giulio Ciccone, and whether or not gravel should be included in Grand Tours. Caleb Ewan’s early departure from the Giro was met with criticism by many. Did he disrespect the race by leaving?

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The Dutch and French Olympic teams have been announced and a better picture of the Olympic road race is coming together.

Plus, with the news of the women’s Tour de France happening in 2022, Loren, Amy, and Abby have some thoughts. 

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Australia’s entire population may only be roughly equivalent to Shanghai, but it has an outsized custom bike industry with astonishing levels of ingenuity and innovation.

Tech editor Dave Rome recently visited the Handmade Bicycle Show Australia in Melbourne, where 3-D printing is playing a big part in setting a number of these builders apart from the rest of the world.

Also in this week’s show, we chat about upcoming developments in gravel bike suspension, whether CeramicSpeed’s Driven shaft-drive drivetrain really will see the light of day now that the company has an extra million bucks on hand and the likelihood that Ineos-Grenadiers riders might race at the Tour de France on clinchers.

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Stage 6 of the Giro d’Italia saw some significant movement in the general classification, redemption for Bahrain-Victorious, and a very bazaar situation with the Team BikeExchange car and Pieter Serry. 

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The Giro d’Italia kicked off over the weekend with an ITT dominated by three teams. Why did Jumbo-Visma, Ineos Grenadiers, and Deceuninck-Quick Step shine above all the rest? We’ve got some ideas. 

In this week’s Nerd Nugget the crew discusses teams using non-sponsor correct equipment, and why it matters. 

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Indoor training is not top of the list of things most of us look forward to in the summer, but should it be?

When the summer sun consistently comes out, the turbo trainers usually go into hibernation. We investigate if maintaining some level of indoor milage might improve your fitness and if World Tour pros are moving indoors for sessions regardless of the weather.

Ronan chats with David Bailey (head of performance at Bahrain Victorious), Stephen Barrett (coach and head of research and innovation at AG2R Citroen), and Jonathan Lee (TrainerRoad) about indoor training gains and losses.

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After a brief discussion of the Festival Elsy Jacobs and the upcoming Setmana Ciclista Valenciana Loren, Abby, and Amy continue their conversation about the lack of Women’s WorldTour racing from now until the Olympic Games in Tokyo. 

In the hunt for another point of view, Abby called Scott Sunderland, who works with Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race and Flanders Classics, to chat about what it takes to put on a race. 

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This week on the CyclingTips Podcast…

After a brief discussion of the Tour de Romandie and the Festival Elsy Jacobs, the podcast team discusses the upcoming Giro d’Italia. Dane breaks down which stages to tune into and which will decide the race (a more comprehensive list of stages can be found here thanks to Matt de Neef). Then the team discusses contenders. Who will show up ready to fight for the pink jersey, and who could surprise us. Plus, Peter Sagan is back, but can he out sprint Caleb Ewan?

On this week’s Nerd Nugget segment James talks sweat and a nifty little device that can benefit those who are easily dehydrated.

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Cycling apparel may look similar between various brands, but when you dig a little deeper, there are often seemingly small variations that can make a world of difference in terms of how well they work out on the road.

In other words, that tag may say “polyester” on it, but that only tells one tiny part of the story — and it’s time to learn a little more about the rest of it. 

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On this week’s episode of the Freewheeling Podcast…

Abby, Loren, and Amy chat about Liège-Bastogne-Liège and Tayler Wiles makes a final guest appearance (for now). 

Next, the three talk about what is coming next and one more thing we need to see more of in women’s cycling. 

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This week on the CyclingTips Podcast…

The Ardennes are over which means we are hurtling towards Grand Tour season. The crew discusses the final four one-day races for the men and women; La Flèche Wallonne and Liège-Bastogne-Liège. 

With the Giro d’Italia mere weeks away, Dane teases who will attend the first Grand Tour. 

Finally, ins this week’s Nerd Nugget segment, Ronan noticed some fascinating handlebars in a Danish race recently that, like marmite, have fueled a love it or hate it debate. 

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In the latest of our deep-dive episodes, where we chat with the people behind new products, we sit down with Kate Powlison, road brand manager at SRAM, and Paul Cantor, road director at SRAM, to learn about SRAM’s new Rival eTap AXS, the companies increasing focus on electronic shifting, and what it all means moving forward.

This episode is brought to you in partnership with SRAM. As always, we agreed prior to recording that we could ask anything we want. 

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The Nerds have an awful lot of tech news to talk about this week, such as SRAM’s recent decision to seemingly go all-in on electronic shifting, the ins and outs of two big high-end wheel introductions, the unmentioned pitfalls of fully internal cable routing for everyday enthusiasts, and some big changes for DT Swiss’s workhorse hubs.

There’s also been yet another push in the drivetrain friction front from Silca that uses… diamonds? Finally, we debate the ideal gravel bike in a What Bike Should I Buy segment for a new gravel rider on a “flexible budget.”

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Loren, Amy, and Abby break down the action at the Amstel Gold Race and La Flèche Wallonne. 

Plus, Tayler Wiles checks in with her post-race thoughts.

Finally, the three discuss the upcoming Run Up, a documentary series taking the viewers behind the scenes of the top teams in women’s cycling. Abby chats with Oliver Grenaa who directed and produced the project. 

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This week on the CyclingTips Podcast…

We discuss two exciting finales at the 2021 Amstel Gold Race and Mark Cavendish’s string of wins at the Tour of Turkey.

For the Nerd Nugget, James breaks down the new SRAM Rival AXS. 

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This week Caley and Ronan interrupt the regular schedule to bring you another deep dive episode. Deep diving into the science of Everesting, the Nerds discuss the training, wattages, equipment selection, marginal gains, and time left on the table from Ronan’s recent Everesting world record ride.

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Abby, Loren, and Amy discuss the upcoming Ardennes, specifically the Amstel Gold Race and La Fleche Wallonne. 

Abby also chats with Tayler Wiles about which Ardenne she likes the most, how the racing is changing, and…cookies. 

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The first episode of From the Gun, a podcast from L39ion of Los Angeles and CyclingTips that will focus on stories inside American cycling. Justin Williams and Mark Alfred host, joke, cry and have real conversations about our sport, the industry, the culture behind it, and much more.

In this introductory episode, Justin and Mark discuss what is to come in future episodes, the first L39ion of LA team camp, expanding the team to Miami and beyond, and their upcoming racing schedule.

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In this week’s episode of the CyclingTips Podcast…

We discuss the final stages of the Itzulia Basque Country, Mark Cavendish’s win at the Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, and Kasia Niewiadoma’s contract extension with Canyon-SRAM. 

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