Explore by EF Pro Cycling
Welcome to the Explore podcast from EF Pro Cycling. This year, we will take you to the heart of our men’s and women’s teams. From the world's biggest races, to our backyards and favorite places, we’re exploring what motivates and challenges us. We have all taken different paths to the WorldTour and we have unique stories to tell. We are racers, teammates, friends, and college grads. We are farmers. We are parents. We are adventurers. So join us on this ride as we explore the world of cycling together.
Episodes
August 19, 2024 • 8 mins
The Tour de France Femmes is over. After a historic day with a summit finish on the Alpe d'Huez, Alison Jackson, Lotta Henttala, and Noemi Rüegg sit down to talk about the Tour, how they are feeling, why Lotta cried not once, but twice yesterday and share what foods they are most excited to eat now that the race is over.
It's been a Tour with plenty of ups and downs for our squad, but we are proud of this team and they way they k...
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August 14, 2024 • 14 mins
Things can change fast at the Tour de France. Just two days ago, we were in Rotterdam enjoying a sunny, warm, beautiful (but hectic) Grand Départ. Since then we have started to make out way towards France and unfortunately lost one of our teammates along the way when Clara Emond was forced to go home due to illness. So today, we have a very special guest appearance from Noemi Rüegg! If you have been listening to our show this year,...
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August 12, 2024 • 14 mins
Things can change quickly at the Tour de France. Just two days ago, we were in Rotterdam, enjoying a sunny and warm (though hectic) Grand Départ. Since then, we've begun our journey towards France, but unfortunately, we had to say goodbye to one of our teammates, Clara Emond, who had to return home due to illness.
But, fear not, the podcast continues and today, we're thrilled to welcome a special guest, Noemi Rüegg! If you've been...
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July 15, 2024 • 26 mins
We can smell the Mediterranean Sea and Nice feels oh so close for Neilson and Sean. We catch up with them on the second and last rest day of the 2024 Tour de France to recap what has been a crazy week of racing.
Our American duo talk about what it was like to race in one of the hardest stages to date, why being in the gruppetto can actually be nice (at least for them), and why breaks are so hard to get in to at the Tour.
The squ...
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July 8, 2024 • 23 mins
We've (FINALLY) reached the first rest day of the 2024 Tour de France. It's been a crazy first week of the Tour and Florence already feels like ancient history. Our squad has ridden valiantly this week and have showed that they are here to race and race hard.
Today, we talk to Tour Rookie, Sean Quinn and teammate Neilson Powless about their favorite water brands, what it was like racing in the first ever "chemins blancs" stage of ...
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July 1, 2024 • 19 mins
The first three stages of the 2024 Tour de France have been brutally hard, intensely hot, and all around unforgettable for our squad. Sean and Neilson take you through the Grand Départ in Florence, what it felt like to finally pin those Tour numbers on for our Tour rookie, and how they have been coping with the heat. They also walk you through how our team responds to different scenarios in a race and how we got the yellow jersey. ...
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June 28, 2024 • 14 mins
Stage 0 | Florence, Italy
Join us for an exclusive series straight from the heart of the Tour de France with your hosts Neilson Powless and Sean Quinn,
At this point, Neilson is a Tour veteran, already competing in his fifth "grande boucle" so it's only natural that we ask him to share his wisdom with Tour de France rookie, Sean Quinn. In this episode, they talk about their first impressions of the Florence "grand départ", what i...
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May 31, 2024 • 44 mins
In this episode, you are joining us on the eve of the US national championship road race. Coming back from injury is always a bumpy road, full of unknowns, vague timelines, and challenges. Both Neilson Powless and Sean Quinn can confirm this. We talk about what it takes to bounce back after injury, our hopes and dreams for the US cycling scene, goals for the season, and more.
So join us on this ride as we explore the world of cyc...
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April 30, 2024 • 39 mins
Join us in the back of the team bus as we road trip to the Vuelta Feminina. If you don’t know who Kim is yet, we think you should. Kim is brand new to the sport of cycling. Three years ago, she was a teenager in New Zealand who had never even raced a bike and if you had told her that she would be competing for the win at one of cycling’s biggest races, she probably wouldn’t have believed you. But a few weeks ago, at Liège-Bastogne-...
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April 19, 2024 • 47 mins
This season you’ve seen our men’s and women’s squads wearing an unreleased helmet from our partners over at POC. Its look is definitely eye-catching and there’s no shortage of opinions about how it looks, but the numbers and results speak for themselves. Plus, to quote Alison Jackson, we think the squad looks great in them. POC’s all new Procen Air helmet has already earned wins at races like Milano-Torino and Omloop van het Hagela...
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April 4, 2024 • 42 mins
Alison Jackson is back in Roubaix to defend her title on the infamous french cobbles. In this episode, we catch up with Alison and dive into the real Alison. She’s a pro cyclist, beloved dancer, stellar aunt, zamboni driver, former knitter, and so much more. She talks about how she’s taking a different approach to racing this season, what has changed since she hoisted that cobblestone over her head last year, and looks ahead to the...
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March 12, 2024 • 52 mins
Noemi Rüegg and Magdeleine Vallieres are two of the rising stars on our brand new EF Education-Cannondale squad. We are just a few weeks into the racing season and already they have both earned wins, the first of their careers and the first in our squad’s young history. We chatted with the pair about their backgrounds, racing outside of your comfort zone, and why the number 215 is so important to them.
So join us on this ride as w...
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January 19, 2024 • 28 mins
EF Education-Cannondale GM Esra Tromp, and EF Pro Cycling CEO Jonathan Vaughters join us from our team camp in Girona to talk about the 2024 season, how we’re integrating our two squads and forming one team and what our goals are for the future.
So join us on this ride as we explore the world of cycling together.
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December 2, 2023 • 40 mins
Veronica Ewers and Owain Doull join us for this episode where we discuss mental health. Trigger warning, we briefly mention suicide. Owain and Veronica talk about the ups and downs they’ve experienced with mental health both as individuals and as professional athletes. We cover everything from the importance of being open about the times they’ve struggled, the ways in which they take care of themselves, how becoming a parent has ch...
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August 9, 2023 • 39 mins
The second edition of the Tour de France Femmes just wrapped up and we thought we would do something a little different for this one. Instead of doing a deep dive with one or two riders, we talked with each rider – Alison Jackson, Sara Poidevin, Kathrin Hammes, Georgia Williams, Magdeleine Vaillieres and Letizia Borghesi – and asked them about their race, a bit about the highs and lows of Grand Tour racing and what their plans are ...
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July 8, 2023 • 10 mins
James Shaw is over a week into his first Tour de France and it's been quite a week for the Tour rookie. From being the first to tend to Richard Carapaz after his crash on stage one, to having a breakthrough ride on stage 6 where he was in a group with some of the world’s best riders, James has risen to the occasion and shown his true colors.
So join us on this ride as we explore the world of cycling together.
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July 3, 2023 • 11 mins
We are at the 2023 Tour de France. It's only stage 3 but a lot has already happened during our time here in the Basque Country. For Tour de France rookie James Shaw, it definitely wasn’t an easy road to get here. After numerous setbacks throughout his career and doubts that he would ever race professionally again, James earned his spot on our Tour de France roster and has already shown why he can be trusted as a super teammate and ...
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May 10, 2023 • 47 mins
We are talking with Lachlan Morton and Keegan Swenson about the ups and downs of racing at Cape Epic – the “Tour de France of mountain biking.” Featuring 8 brutal stages and some gnarly weather conditions, this year’s edition of the South African race proved to be one of the toughest editions in recent memory. It was a challenging week of racing, but one Keegan and Lachlan won’t forget anytime soon.
So join us on this ride as we e...
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April 18, 2023 • 49 mins
This week, we are celebrating the biggest victory in EF Education-TIBCO-SVB’s history with a special episode with winner of the 2023 Paris-Roubaix Alison Jackson and team Sport Director Tim Harris. Dance. Cry. Cheer. Hug. Laugh. We went through every emotion possible on the finish line and we couldn't be more thrilled to see Alison take the biggest win of her career and in the team’s history.
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April 2, 2023 • 44 mins
This week, we have a very special episode in honor of Women’s History Month. While March has come and gone, we want to keep celebrating all the amazing work the women on our teams have done and are doing. EF Education-TIBCO-SVB rider Lizzy Banks and general manager Rachel Hedderman are trailblazers in women’s cycling and have advanced our sport both quietly behind the scenes and on the world stage.
Their passion for the sport is c...
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