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VN Podcast, ep. 310: Why Ineos Owns the Giro d'Italia, the emotional gravity of the Moriah Wilson tragedy
May 27, 2022 14:26 - 41 minutesThis week's episode is sponsored by Whoop. This year, Whoop is providing rider data from the race, including heart rate data during the stages and sleep data after them. Hugh Carthy (EF Education-EastPost), for instance, only got 5.5 hours of sleep on the big transfer day from Hungary to Sicily, according to Whoop. The Giro d'Italia is reaching its mountainous conclusion, and team Ineos looks primed to win the Maglia Rosa with Richard Carapaz. A victory would bring Ineos its fourth Giro win i...
VN Podcast, ep. 309: Ashton Lambie's return to gravel
May 20, 2022 14:39 - 33 minutesU.S. track cycling phenom Ashton Lambie has traded in the velodrome for dirt. Lambie, 31, is embarking on his first full campaign in gravel and mountain-bike racing in 2022, and he's racing the Life Time Grand Prix events and other off-road races. Lambie shares his opinions with Ben Delaney on what it's like to return to 100-mile gravel events after spending years spinning circles around a velodrome. How does the four-minute effort of the individual pursuit compare to a daylong race? What are...
VN Podcast, ep. 308: Lawson Craddock, travels, and travails at the Giro d'Italia
May 11, 2022 18:07 - 27 minutesThe Giro d'Italia kicked off this year with three stages in Hungary, followed by a big travel day down to Sicily for a stout mountain stage up Mount Etna. How does all this travel affect the racing? Riders often say different things, depending on who they are speaking to — or whether it's on the record. This year, fitness wearable company Whoop is providing rider data from the race, including heart rate data during the stages and sleep data after them. Hugh Carthy (EF Education-EastPost), fo...
VN Podcast, ep 307: Key takeaways from BWR and Whiskey Off-Road to the Tour de Romandie
May 04, 2022 18:04 - 32 minutesThe racing was high-intensity and high-drama around the world last week, from Belgian Waffle Ride to the Tour de Romandie. What did we learn from covering these races? Ben Delaney, Betsy Welch, and Daniel Benson talk through the hot spots. Watching Lauren De Crescenzo win a stage by five minutes and the overall at the Tour of Gila while Mo Wilson won BWR by 25 minutes has us looking forward to a showdown between these two powerhouses at Unbound Gravel early next month. Speaking of Unbound, ...
VN Podcast, ep. 306: SBT GRVL's Amy Charity on independence, the UCI, and the sweet spot of gravel racing
April 26, 2022 14:11 - 48 minutesAmy Charity is the driving force behind SBT GRVL, one of VeloNews' five Monuments of Gravel that exploded onto the scene in 2019 and now sells out its 3,000 spots within minutes. SBT GRVL was invited to join the UCI's new Gravel World Series, but Charity declined. On this episode of the VeloNews Podcast, Charity and host Ben Delaney discuss a variety of things, including the intersection of pro racing and recreational gravel riding, why she is happy to have SBT GRVL as an independent entity,...
VN Podcast, ep. 305: Paris-Roubaix takeaways for the men, the women, and the gear
April 20, 2022 18:50 - 36 minutesIt was a hell of a weekend in France with Paris-Roubaix Femmes and Paris-Roubaix, and Ben Delaney and Jim Cotton discuss the highlights and lowlights of both the men's and women's races and the gear that was used to varying degrees of success. What is your favorite type of Roubaix? A wet and muddy edition, or a dry and dusty version? Ben and Jim argue about that, too.
VN Podcast, ep. 304: Life Time Grand Prix competitors on the 3-gravel, 3-MTB format and their hopes and fears
April 13, 2022 16:07 - 47 minutesRace series are nothing new, but a series that combines cross-country mountain bike and gravel events absolutely is. How will this play out? Will mountain bikers or gravel racers have the advantage overall? The Life Time Grand Prix kicked off Saturday at the Sea Otter Classic with the 80K Fuego XC race, and the day before, Betsy Welch sat down with a number of the racers to talk about the six-race series format, their hopes for the events, and what they were nervous about. Betsy spoke with Ka...
VN Podcast, ep. 303: Tour of Flanders analysis: tactics, power numbers, and gear
April 06, 2022 13:51 - 47 minutesWhen was the last time you saw a Tour de France champion defining a race at a cobbled classic? Go on and think a while; we’ll wait. Tadej Pogačar raced the Tour de Flanders for the first time Sunday, and he wasn’t just perusing the event as a tourist - the two-time Tour champ rode to win. And while he didn’t pull off the victory, he absolutely did force every rider in the field to play on his terms until the final meters. In the women’s race, defending champ Annemiek van Vleuten rode similarl...
VN Podcast, ep. 301: Biniam Girmay, Flanders favorites, and pro mechanic tips for everyday riders
March 30, 2022 12:59 - 30 minutesIn winning Gent-Wevelgem, Biniam Girmay made history by becoming the first Black African to win a classic. While he and his team were delighted with the win, Girmay isn't necessarily comfortable with the limelight. "I don't like to be the famous guy," Girmay said after the race. Recording in Belgium between Gent-Wevelgem and the Tour of Flanders, Sadhbh O'Shea and Ben Delaney discuss what Girmay's win means for cycling, and what it means for the young rider from Eritrea. Sadhbh and Ben als...
VN Podcast, ep. 302: Biniam Girmay, Flanders favorites, and pro mechanic tips for everyday riders
March 30, 2022 12:59 - 30 minutesIn winning Gent-Wevelgem, Biniam Girmay made history by becoming the first Black African to win a classic. While he and his team were delighted with the win, Girmay isn't necessarily comfortable with the limelight. "I don't like to be the famous guy," Girmay said after the race. Recording in Belgium between Gent-Wevelgem and the Tour of Flanders, Sadhbh O'Shea and Ben Delaney discuss what Girmay's win means for cycling, and what it means for the young rider from Eritrea. Sadhbh and Ben also t...
VN Podcast, ep. 301: Matej Mohorič's MSR-winning power numbers, dropper post, and tactics
March 24, 2022 00:12 - 33 minutesMatej Mohorič was not the strongest climber or the fastest sprinter at Milan-San Remo. But he was strong enough to bridge the the front group over the decision final Poggio climb. And then, as his race will forever be remember, he dropped his dropper post and the best cyclists in the world on the technical descent and then held off his chasers on the flat 2.2km run-in to the finish. In this episode, Jim Cotton and Ben Delaney analyze Mohorič's power numbers at each critical section in compar...
VN Podcast, ep. 300: Why The Mid South matters as the first Monument of Gravel
March 16, 2022 14:28 - 31 minutesIn 2020, VeloNews created the Monuments of Gravel by polling elite gravel racers and race organizers for their top 5 picks of the most import gravel races. The Mid South, put on by Bobby Wintle in Stillwater, Oklahoma, was a near-unanimous selection, as was Unbound Gravel, SBT GRVL, and BWR California. The fifth Monument, Rebecca's Private Idaho, was decided in a reader vote. This year, some 2,500 people signed up for one of the many events at The Mid South. Betsy Welch and Ben Delaney were a...
VN Podcast, ep. 299: Tadej at Strade, Tour de France on Netflix
March 09, 2022 15:50 - 32 minutesVeloNews editor in chief Daniel Benson got a scoop on Netflix's planned docu-series on the 2022 Tour de France, including the eight teams that will be showcased. Daniel walks us through how the series could come together, and what it will mean for fans and the teams. But first, Jim Cotton and host Ben Delaney catch up on the highlights and hot takes from Strade Bianche, from Tadej Pogačar's dominant performance to the ongoing debate on gravel's place in professional road racing. Strade Bianch...
VN Podcast, ep. 298: Five lessons from Opening Weekend
March 02, 2022 17:35 - 31 minutesThe classics season officially kicked off with four races packed into two days: the men's and women's Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne, and Omloop van het Hageland. VeloNews' Sadhbh was in Gent, Belgium, for the weekend, covering the races and talking to the riders. Jumbo-Visma's Wout van Aert rode away with the big prize of the weekend, and Fabio Jakobsen saved face for Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl on Sunday. Has the balance of power at the classics shifted? O'Shea also recounts the mo...
VN Podcast, ep. 297: Five Ruta Revelations + Pat McCarty
February 23, 2022 17:42 - 29 minutesAndrew Hood is just back from Ruta del Sol, and he checks in with five key takeaways about some of the riders and trends for the 2022 season he picked up on while following the race around southern Spain. At Ruta, Andy also caught up with Pat McCarty, who is directing the American team Human Powered Health (formerly Rally Cycling). Hear Andy's take on his conversations with 19-year-old American Magnus Sheffield, who won a stage riding in his first year for Ineos Grenadiers. Andy's other Ruta...
VN Podcast, ep. 296: Rob Stanley's literal PhD in bike racing
February 16, 2022 14:25 - 49 minutesHaving twice coached at the Olympics, Rob Stanley is a performance scientist and men's endurance track cycling coach at USA Cycling. Previously he was performance scientist at the Japanese Cycling Federation. And he is currently wrapping up his PhD at Leeds Beckett University — in bike racing. Stanley joins host Ben Delaney to talk about the merging of his academic work and his coaching of athletes like Gavin Hoover, who just won the inaugural UCI Track Champions League. Stanley's PhD title i...
VN Podcast, ep. 295: New VN editor Daniel Benson on the 2022 road season
February 09, 2022 23:11 - 46 minutesVeteran cycling journalist Daniel Benson is the new editor in chief of VeloNews. Daniel comes to VeloNews after 14 years at Cyclingnews, where he was editor in chief for the past seven years. On this podcast, Daniel and host Ben Delaney talk about the 2022 road reason, rider salaries, the best races to watch, and why early season races matter. Daniel's sports journalism career of more than two decades includes experience reporting from a dozen Tours de France, several world championships, the...
VN Podcast, ep. 294: ’Cross worlds reactions: Pidcock, Vos, van der Haar, locals, and more
February 02, 2022 15:22 - 30 minutesWas Marianne Vos right to play cat and mouse with her compatriot Lucinda Brand in pursuit of her record eighth world title? What did Tom Pidcock think about the course and his competition? The cyclocross world championships came to the United States for only the second time in history, and fans and racers traveled from around the world to attend. Host Ben Delaney and VeloNews web editor Greg Kaplan covered the weekend's racing in Fayetteville, Arkansas. On this episode, Ben and Greg discus...
VN Podcast, ep. 293: Philippe Gilbert on his final year of racing
January 26, 2022 18:28 - 30 minutesPhilippe Gilbert has had one heck of a career. His wins include worlds, Paris-Roubaix, the Tour of Flanders, Amstel Gold, Il Lombardia, Liège-Bastogne-Liège, Strade Bianche, and on and on. He's won stages in all three grand tours. And now, in 2022, he will race for this one last season before retiring. Can he win the one monument — Milan-Sanremo — that has eluded him? He would love to, of course, but his job there this year will almost certainly be to help his teammate Caleb Ewan. Andrew Hood...
VN Podcast, ep. 292: National CX champs Clara Honsinger and Eric Brunner
January 19, 2022 18:34 - 41 minutesAmerica's national champions Clara Honsinger and Eric Brunner are both headed to the world cyclocross championships in Fayetteville at the end of January, but they have chosen very different routes to get there. After they won their respective national titles in mid December, Honsinger returned to Europe for more racing at the elite level in Superprestige and World Cup competitions. Brunner, despite being on a hot streak of winning four races in a row, opted to head home to Boulder, Colorado ...
VN Podcast, ep. 291: ‘Cross worlds preview with 6x US champ Tim Johnson
January 12, 2022 17:27 - 40 minutesThe world cyclocross championships are coming to Fayetteville, Arkansas Jan. 29-30. Who are the podium contenders and why? Why aren't Wout or Mathieu coming? How will the course determine the race? And where should fans go to watch, eat, and enjoy the scene? To answer all these questions and more, Ben Delaney is joined by six-time national cyclocross champion Tim Johnson, whose broadcasting career recently included calling the World Cup in Fayetteville on the course that will be used for worl...
VN Podcast, ep. 290: VeloNews magazine merges with Peloton magazine
January 05, 2022 20:18 - 59 minutesVeloNews and Peloton have been teammates under the Outside umbrella since January of 2021. Now, in January of 2022, VeloNews magazine is merging into Peloton magazine. Further, authors and photographers from our sister brand CyclingTips are also now contributing their talents to the new Peloton magazine. To talk about the history and future of VeloNews and Peloton, host Ben Delaney is joined by Peloton founder Brad Roe. Also joining the show are two journalists who worked for VeloNews for man...
VN Podcast, ep. 289: The biggest gear stories of 2021
December 22, 2021 17:25 - 47 minutesIn with the new, and out with the old! In 2021, that meant in with more electronic groups, and out with shifting cables. On the top end, new 12-speed semi-wireless Shimano Dura-Ace and Ultegra groups were big news, and the more affordable Rival eTap AXS group in SRAM's third-tier slot was also worthy of praise. What else made the list of the biggest gear stories of 2021? Tune in and check it out.
VN Podcast, ep. 288: The 21 biggest stories of 2021
December 15, 2021 18:48 - 54 minutesWhat a year it has been! From the first-ever Paris-Roubaix Femmes (finally!) to the ban of the supertuck (on April Fool's Day, no less) to Wout van Aert hitting a Tour de France triple (mountain stage, time trial, Champs Élysées final sprint), this season was a wild ride. Listen in as the full VeloNews European contingent of Andrew Hood, Sadhbh O'Shea, and Jim Cotton join Ben Delaney to count down the 21 biggest cycling stories of 2021.
VN Podcast, ep. 287: Pro holidays and UCI Champions League winner Gavin Hoover
December 08, 2021 17:09 - 45 minutesIf you could go anywhere in the world to ride right now, where would it be? For Olympic gold medalist Annemiek van Vleuten, that answer is sunny Colombia. And while Ineos Grenadiers are in Mallorca and Deceuninck-Quick-Step heads to Calpe, other riders head to some unusual retreats. Sadhbh O'Shea and Ben Delaney discuss who is going where, and why. American Tokyo Olympian Gavin Hoover just won the men's endurance competition at the inaugural UCI Track Champions League, which had him and the o...
VN Podcast, ep. 286: Pete Stetina on the highs and lows of racing gravel
December 01, 2021 19:17 - 52 minutesPete Stetina left the world of pro racing to go gravel in 2020, opting for the freedom of a solitary project over the support and constraints of a WorldTour team. Then Covid hit and Stetina, like people the world over, had to adjust. Thus, this season was his first full year of racing gravel. On this podcast, he reflects on the highlights and lowlights of traveling the United States by van, engaging with the cycling world on social media, and how having one mid-race beer proved more popular t...
VN Podcast, ep. 285: Individual pursuit world champion Ashton Lambie's techniques and lifestyle
November 24, 2021 15:53 - 55 minutesThis year, American Ashton Lambie set a world record by breaking the four-minute barrier in the individual pursuit in Mexico. Later, at the world championships in France, he toppled world time trial champion Filippo Ganna of Ineos Grenadiers, among others, to take the world title in the individual pursuit. And unlike Ganna, who trains with the full support of one of the world's richest WorldTour teams, Lambie trained on his own — often in a big shed in Montana. Listen in as he reflects on his...
VN Podcast, ep. 284: XCC world champion Christopher Blevins + 5 key 2021 road moments
November 17, 2021 15:10 - 55 minutesChristopher Blevins has been racing bikes since he was 5 years old. Getting his start in BMX, he won 8 national championships in that discipline before he was 16. At age 12, he started racing road and mountain bikes, and winning national titles in those disciplines, too. In the past couple years during, during all the racing and training in the run-up to the Tokyo Olympics, Blevins earned his degree from California Polytechnic State Institute in San Luis Obispo. And this year, in addition to ...
VN Podcast, ep. 283: Chris Froome on hyperbaric therapy, being in Israel, and his investment in cycling companies
November 10, 2021 17:25 - 28 minutesFour-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome joined his Israel Start-Up Nation teammates for a weeklong camp in Israel to bond, visit historical sites, and connect with Israeli cycling fans. VeloNews European Senior Editor Andrew Hood spent the week with the team, and on this podcast he talks with Froome about his experience with technology for performance, recovery, and personal investment. Isreali-Canadian billionaire and philanthropist Sylvain Adams is the team owner of Israel Start-Up Nat...
VN Podcast, ep. 282: Chris Froome on hyperbaric therapy, being in Israel, and his investment in cycling companies
November 10, 2021 17:25 - 28 minutesFour-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome joined his Israel Start-Up Nation teammates for a weeklong camp in Israel to bond, visit historical sites, and connect with Israeli cycling fans. VeloNews European Senior Editor Andrew Hood spent the week with the team, and on this podcast he talks with Froome about his experience with technology for performance, recovery, and personal investment. Isreali-Canadian billionaire and philanthropist Sylvain Adams is the team owner of Israel Start-Up Nat...
VN Podcast, ep. 282: Molly Cameron on racing as a transgender woman in men's and women's events
November 05, 2021 18:58 - 57 minutesMolly Cameron is a veteran bike racer who has also run a women's team, put on bike races, and owned and operated a bike shop. Cameron has been out as a transgender woman for two decades, and has raced at a high level in both the men's and women's fields. The UCI cyclocross pro recently won the Wafer edition of Belgian Waffle Ride Kansas — beating VeloNews Podcast host Ben Delaney and Scott Moninger — and enjoyed the 6.5-mile cyclocross course that was inserted into the end of that race. On th...
VN Podcast, ep. 281: Putting Arkansas on cycling’s map with Brendan Quirk
October 28, 2021 14:39 - 1 hourBrendan Quirk's rise — from Competitive Cyclist and Rapha to working with the Waltons and USA Cycling — tracks with the rise in importance of his home state for cycling. Arkansas has become a hotbed for American cycling for a few reasons, and Brendan Quirk is one of them. Newly elected as USA Cycling’s chairman of the board, Quirk talks on the VeloNews Podcast about his career’s trajectory, and exactly how and why his home state of Arkansas is booming for cycling. Quirk co-founded Competiti...
VN Podcast, ep. 280: Zwift racing tips and tricks from Insider Eric Schlange
October 20, 2021 20:53 - 47 minutesVirtual bike racing is a thing. A big thing. Consider this: Every Tuesday more than 10,000 racers on 1,800 teams race each other in leagues through a series called ZRL, which is now in its fourth season. And then of course Zwift has scores of races every day of the week that are open to anybody on the virtual cycling platform. To explain this phenomenon, and to offer advice on preparing for and competing in Zwift races, Ben Delaney talks with Eric Schlange, the founder of ZwiftInsider.com, a ...
VN Podcast, ep. 279: Cycling's celebrity chef Biju Thomas
October 14, 2021 00:01 - 48 minutesWell before he co-authored three Feed Zone cookbooks with Dr. Allen Lim, Biju Thomas was cooking for cyclists all around the world. He's been the chef for everyone from Lance Armstrong to Peter Sagan, and he's cooked in fancy hotels and in parking lots. Thomas is now the resident chef at Outside, the parent company for VeloNews and VeloPress, the publisher of the Feed Zone cookbooks. In this episode, Thomas talks with Ben Delaney about how he got his start in cycling and cooking, and he gives...
VN Podcast, ep. 278: Neilson Powless on worlds, Covid, and gravel
October 07, 2021 17:06 - 35 minutesAmerican Neilson Powless' spring didn't go like he expected; instead of racing the classics he got Covid. But a win at Clásica de San Sebastián followed by a fifth place at the road world championships hailed an excellent return to form. On this podcast, Powless checks in from his hotel in Italy, while Sadhbh O'Shea chats with world champion Elisa Balsamo at the Women's Tour in England.
VN Podcast, ep. 277: Hail, Belgium! With BWR founder Michael Marckx.
September 30, 2021 16:19 - 46 minutesOn this podcast we celebrate Belgium and Belgium-adjacent racing. Andrew Hood checks in as he travels between the raucous party that was the world championships and Paris-Roubaix. Fred Dreier speaks with Belgian Waffle Ride founder Michael Marckx on the dusty boom that is gravel racing. And Ben Delaney talks tech, with the results of VeloNews lab testing on 15 Paris-Roubaix tires and a new Trek Checkpoint just going live this week.
VN Podcast, ep. 276: In the midst of the world championships
September 23, 2021 23:31 - 49 minutesAndy Hood, Sadhbh O’Shea, and Ben Delaney are in Belgium for the road world championships, and on this week’s pod they weigh in with their takes on the time trials — including the relay format — and their prognostications for this coming weekend’s road races. Also, a UCI-sanctioned gravel world championships? It’s true. Hood broke the story, and the trio discuss what gravel racers, gravel race organizers, and the UCI are saying about the 2022 event. Tune in for this week’s VeloNews Podcast.
VN Podcast, ep. 275: Fred's farewell podcast!
September 16, 2021 02:23 - 1 hourIt's Fred Dreier's final episode of The VeloNews Podcast! Fred is joined by Sadhbh O'Shea, Andrew Hood, and departed editor Spencer Powlison to offer unvarnished opinions on some of the biggest cycling stories of the last five years. Why is Chris Froome so polarizing? Annemiek van Vleuten or Anna van der Breggen? What will we remember most about Peter Sagan? The list of questions is long, and the takes are weird. It's a fitting sendoff for the founder of The VeloNews Podcast. This week's epis...
VN Podcast, ep. 274: Movistar vs. Miguel Ángel López; Lauren Stephens interview
September 08, 2021 02:16 - 53 minutesThe Vuelta a España concluded this week, and the race also delivered one of the biggest controversies of the 2021 WorldTour season. Colombian star Miguel Ángel López quit the Vuelta on the penultimate stage after he was dropped from the front group, and afterwards reports circulated that López was unhappy with the tactics of his Movistar team. The story has developed into a war of words between the Spanish team and López's camp, and now, the rider and the team may have an irrevocably damage...
VN Podcast, ep. 273: Gravel beef; the Vuelta a España's explosive final week
September 01, 2021 18:48 - 49 minutesOn this week's episode of The VeloNews Podcast we discuss the latest controversy in U.S. gravel racing. Earlier this month a storyline emerged from SBT GRVL about the CINCH cycling team using team tactics to help its star rider, Lauren De Crescenzo, win the race, The news caused a stir in the U.S. gravel scene, with multiple riders taking to social media to contemn the team tactics, as well as CINCH owner Tom Danielson. The rules governing gravel races, however, do not forbid teammates from s...
VN Podcast, ep. 272: Primož Roglič's YOLO attack, Ineos explodes, Ian Boswell interview
August 25, 2021 15:50 - 47 minutesOn today's episode of The VeloNews Podcast we analyze Primož Roglič's zany attack on stage 10 of the Vuelta a España, and Ineos Grenadiers' continued setbacks at the Vuelta a España. Then, Andrew Hood explains how the winds, soaring temperatures, and surging pace is making this Vuelta the hardest grand tour of the year. Then, we hear from Ian Boswell, who has reinvented himself as the top male gravel racer in the USA. Big wins at BWR and Unbound Gravel have opened doors for Boswell to step ba...
VN Podcast, ep. 271: Are WorldTour riders vaccinated? Jennifer Valente interview
August 19, 2021 02:21 - 43 minutesThe Vuelta a España has kicked off, and on today's podcast we dive into the race's opening stages. The GC picture is already taking shape with the summit finish to Picón Blanco, and Ineos Grenadiers vs. Jumbo-Visma is again the battle of the race. Movistar has three riders in the top-10, and we cannot wait to see how the Spanish squad finds a way to grab defeat from the clutches of potential victory. Then, how many riders are vaccinated for COVID-19? Andrew Hood discusses his reporting around...
VN Podcast, ep. 270: The Vuelta's new Angliru; Jennifer Valente's gold; Lauren De Crescenzo's comeback
August 11, 2021 17:23 - 1 hourThe Vuelta a España kicks off this weekend, and on today's episode of The VeloNews Podcast, we preview the race, and discuss its hulking new climb, the Altu del Gamoniteiro. Organizers are comparing the new climb to the famed Alto de l'Angliru climb, which has become the most feared ascent in Spain. What goes into discovering a new climb? We analyze the process that race organizers go through in identifying new climbs like the Gamoniteiro and then slotting them into the race. Who are the favo...
VN Podcast, ep. 269: Olympians and pressure; Amber Neben and Haley Batten
August 04, 2021 14:36 - 1 hourThe topic of athlete mental health has become the biggest talking point of these Olympics. How do top athletes manage the pressures on them to perform, and do fans and media put too much weight on wins and losses? On today's podcast we examine this conversation. We also break down the U.S. women's Team Pursuit, which rode to the bronze medal this week. It's just the second medal for Team USA at these Olympics, and far fewer than the seven medals that USA Cycling said it was targeting this yea...
VN Podcast, ep. 268: Inside the women's Olympic road race with Coryn Rivera; breaking down the Tokyo road and MTB races
July 28, 2021 19:00 - 1 hourThe Olympics have started, and we've been glued to our televisions and computer screens following along with the action. On today's episode of The VeloNews Podcast we break down all of the action from the men's and women's road races, as well as the men's and women's cross-country MTB races. We break down the biggest storylines from the events, including the thrilling and bizarre final of the women's road race, which saw Anna Kiesenhofer of Austria win, and Annemiek van Vleuten and the Dutch ...
VN Podcast, ep. 267: Payson McElveen on the state of U.S. pro cycling
July 21, 2021 15:33 - 1 hourIt's a joint episode between The VeloNews Podcast and The Adventure Stache podcast, with Fred Dreier of VeloNews and Payson McElveen co-hosing this conversation. This week we discuss the state of U.S. professional cycling, and explore why an American professional cyclist in 2021 looks and acts very differently than an American pro cyclist from previous generations. Today, pro racers get to create media, race multiple disciplines, and act more like a marketing professional than just a pro athl...
VN Podcast, ep. 266: French police raid; Pogačar on Gianetti; Ineos in disarray; The U.S. pathway to the Tour de France
July 16, 2021 02:12 - 1 hourOur cup overflows with Tour de France stories to discuss today, and on this episode of The VeloNews Podcast we hit as many as we can. First up is the French police raid on the Bahrain-Victorious team hotel, and why this raid in Pau has a special tie to cycling history. Then, we break down all the action from the summit finish on stage 18, which saw Tadej Pogačar bang the nail into the coffin of his rivals. Plus, Ineos Grenadiers appears to be in a free fall during this disastrous tour. Fina...
VN Podcast, ep. 265: The Tour de France's battle on the Col du Portet
July 14, 2021 20:59 - 29 minutesThe Tour de France just had its major Pyrenean battle on the Col du Portet, and on today's episode of The VeloNews Podcast we analyze the big fight between Tadej Pogačar, Jonas Vingegaard, and Richard Carapaz. After several days of letting the Tour de France peloton attack freely, UAE-Team Emirates rode a controlling race on stage 17. Why did the squad decide to limit the attacks, and how did this tactic server Pogačar? Plus, was there anything that Vingegaard or Carapaz could have done diffe...
VN Podcast, ep. 263: Should Pogačar release his power data? Brent Bookwalter on the U.S. Tour win drought
July 14, 2021 04:56 - 48 minutesThe Tour de France is headed for a Pyrenean showdown, and on today's episode of The VeloNews Podcast, we dig into the biggest storylines for week three. Can anyone knock Mark Cavendish out of the green jersey? As it turns out, Michael Matthews and Sonny Colbrelli are nipping at Cavendish's heels, even if neither man has won a stage yet. But does either one have a realistic shot at earning green? We break it down. Then, should Tadej Pogačar release his power data from the 2021 Tour de France? ...
VN Podcast, ep. 262: Sepp Kuss wins, Durango rejoices; Cycling's favorite tax haven
July 13, 2021 03:22 - 43 minutesSepp Kuss became the latest American to win a stage of the Tour de France on Sunday, and on today's podcast we explore how the victory impacted people in Kuss' cycling-mad hometown of Durango, Colorado. John Livingston covered Sepp Kuss for the Durango Herald for the last five years, and on Sunday, Livingston wrote his final story for the newspaper — a feature story on Kuss's big win. Livingston explains why Kuss is such an important figure in Durango, and why the small town continues to prod...