The Cycling Podcast

The Cycling Podcast

The Cycling Podcast takes listeners to the heart of professional cycling with weekly episodes and daily coverage of the Grand Tours. Join journalists Daniel Friebe and Lionel Birnie – and a few special guests along the way – as they podcast about the latest cycling news and the world of professional cycling. Founded by Richard Moore, Daniel Friebe and Lionel Birnie in 2013, The Cycling Podcast is one of the longest-running independent sports podcasts. To support The Cycling Podcast, subscribe as a Friend of the Podcast to join our community, listen to special episodes released throughout the year and access our archive stretching back to 2015. Subscribe at thecyclingpodcast.com

Episodes

July 21, 2025 25 mins
This is part two of Lionel Birnie's conversation with Shelley Verses about her experiences working as a soigneur for the 7-Eleven team at the 1986 Tour de France. She was the first woman to work as a soigneur on the Tour and her presence on the race attracted a lot of attention from the media. If you've not listened to part one yet, you can find it here.

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Join Lionel Birnie and Graham Willgoss as they recap the 2025 Tour de France.

We’re back on the road for the 13th time with daily episodes recorded at the heart of the world’s biggest race. Our nightly episodes feature race analysis, interviews and plenty of French flavour.

To listen to the episodes as soon as they are released, follow The Cycling Podcast in your favourite podcast app.

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Join Lionel Birnie and Graham Willgoss as they recap the 2025 Tour de France.

We’re back on the road for the 13th time with daily episodes recorded at the heart of the world’s biggest race. Our nightly episodes feature race analysis, interviews and plenty of French flavour.

To listen to the episodes as soon as they are released, follow The Cycling Podcast in your favourite podcast app.

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Join Lionel Birnie and Graham Willgoss as they recap the 2025 Tour de France.

We’re back on the road for the 13th time with daily episodes recorded at the heart of the world’s biggest race. Our nightly episodes feature race analysis, interviews and plenty of French flavour.

To listen to the episodes as soon as they are released, follow The Cycling Podcast in your favourite podcast app.

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July 18, 2025 55 mins
Come and chow down on our Grand Tour sandwich episode! Deliciously filled with all the chat from a thrilling Giro d’Italia Women plus a look ahead to the imminent Tour de France Femmes in our mini feature about Breton cycling.

Rose Manley, Denny Gray and Rebecca Charlton cover all the talking points from a Giro which saw the maglia rosa change hands several times. It took a daring strategy on the Queen stage from Elis...
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Join Lionel Birnie and Graham Willgoss as they recap the 2025 Tour de France.

We’re back on the road for the 13th time with daily episodes recorded at the heart of the world’s biggest race. Our nightly episodes feature race analysis, interviews and plenty of French flavour.

To listen to the episodes as soon as they are released, follow The Cycling Podcast in your favourite podcast app.

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Join Lionel Birnie and Graham Willgoss as they recap the 2025 Tour de France.

We’re back on the road for the 13th time with daily episodes recorded at the heart of the world’s biggest race. Our nightly episodes feature race analysis, interviews and plenty of French flavour.

To listen to the episodes as soon as they are released, follow The Cycling Podcast in your favourite podcast app.

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On the evening of the first Tour de France rest day, Lionel Birnie and Graham Willgoss headed to the EF Education-Easy Post team hotel on the outskirts of town for dinner.

There, they met the team's chef, Owen Blandy, a  keen amateur racer who quit his job in finance to pursue a dream, combining his love of cycling with a passion for cooking. For Owen, preparing the meals for the riders is an ever-changing challenge. ...
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In 1986, Shelley Verses became the first woman to work as a soigneur at the Tour de France, when she was part of the American 7-Eleven team's support staff.

Shelley had been at the Giro d'Italia with 7-Eleven the previous year but the attitudes towards women being involved in professional cycling were such that she was confined to duties at the team hotel. That changed at the 1986 Tour when she was able to work in the...
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Join Lionel Birnie and Graham Willgoss as they recap the 2025 Tour de France.

We’re back on the road for the 13th time with daily episodes recorded at the heart of the world’s biggest race. Our nightly episodes feature race analysis, interviews and plenty of French flavour.

To listen to the episodes as soon as they are released, follow The Cycling Podcast in your favourite podcast app.

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Join Lionel Birnie and Graham Willgoss as they recap the 2025 Tour de France.

We’re back on the road for the 13th time with daily episodes recorded at the heart of the world’s biggest race. Our nightly episodes feature race analysis, interviews and plenty of French flavour.

To listen to the episodes as soon as they are released, follow The Cycling Podcast in your favourite podcast app.

VAN RYSEL, OUR...
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Join Lionel Birnie and Graham Willgoss as they recap the 2025 Tour de France.

We’re back on the road for the 13th time with daily episodes recorded at the heart of the world’s biggest race. Our nightly episodes feature race analysis, interviews and plenty of French flavour.

To listen to the episodes as soon as they are released, follow The Cycling Podcast in your favourite podcast app.

VAN RYSEL, OUR...
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Join Lionel Birnie and Graham Willgoss as they recap the 2025 Tour de France.

We’re back on the road for the 13th time with daily episodes recorded at the heart of the world’s biggest race. Our nightly episodes feature race analysis, interviews and plenty of French flavour.

To listen to the episodes as soon as they are released, follow The Cycling Podcast in your favourite podcast app.

VAN RYSEL, OUR...
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Join Lionel Birnie and Graham Willgoss as they recap the 2025 Tour de France.

We’re back on the road for the 13th time with daily episodes recorded at the heart of the world’s biggest race. Our nightly episodes feature race analysis, interviews and plenty of French flavour.

To listen to the episodes as soon as they are released, follow The Cycling Podcast in your favourite podcast app.

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The publicity caravan has been a Tour de France institution for almost a century. Introduced in 1930 by the race founder Henri Desgrange to generate much needed funds for the Tour, the cavalcade of promotional vehicles that precedes the race has grown to become a much-loved spectacle for millions of roadside fans every summer.

It's bright, colourful and noisy and during Tuesday's fifth stage The Cycling Podcast's Grah...
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Join Lionel Birnie and Graham Willgoss as they recap the 2025 Tour de France.

We’re back on the road for the 13th time with daily episodes recorded at the heart of the world’s biggest race. Our nightly episodes feature race analysis, interviews and plenty of French flavour.

To listen to the episodes as soon as they are released, follow The Cycling Podcast in your favourite podcast app.

VAN RYSEL, OUR...
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Join Lionel Birnie and Graham Willgoss as they recap the 2025 Tour de France.

We’re back on the road for the 13th time with daily episodes recorded at the heart of the world’s biggest race. Our nightly episodes feature race analysis, interviews and plenty of French flavour.

To listen to the episodes as soon as they are released, follow The Cycling Podcast in your favourite podcast app.

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Join Lionel Birnie, Graham Willgoss and François Thomazeau as they recap the 2025 Tour de France.

We’re back on the road for the 13th time with daily episodes recorded at the heart of the world’s biggest race. Our nightly episodes feature race analysis, interviews and plenty of French flavour.

To listen to the episodes as soon as they are released, follow The Cycling Podcast in your favourite podcast app.
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Join Lionel Birnie, Graham Willgoss and François Thomazeau as they recap the 2025 Tour de France.

We’re back on the road for the 13th time with daily episodes recorded at the heart of the world’s biggest race. Our nightly episodes feature race analysis, interviews and plenty of French flavour.

To listen to the episodes as soon as they are released, follow The Cycling Podcast in your favourite podcast app.
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Join Lionel Birnie, Graham Willgoss and François Thomazeau in Lille as they recap the first stage of the 2025 Tour de France.

We’re back on the road for the 13th time with daily episodes recorded at the heart of the world’s biggest race. Our nightly episodes feature race analysis, interviews and plenty of French flavour.

To listen to the episodes as soon as they are released, follow The Cycling Podcast in you...
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