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
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There’s both plenty of racing and plenty of Spanish omelettes for Rose Manley and Rebecca Charlton to get their teeth stuck into in this special Arrivée episode on the Vuelta Femenina.
With seven days of racing ranging from the pretty bumpy to the vertiginously mountainous, including a historic first summit finish on the Angliru, expect no shortage of drama from this first ‘Grand Tour’ of the year. With back-to-back champion D...
Daniel Friebe, Brian Nygaard and Michele Pelacci take you to the heart of the action, on the ground, at the Giro d‘Italia.
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Daniel Friebe, Brian Nygaard and Michele Pelacci take you to the heart of the action, on the ground, at the Giro d‘Italia.
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Daniel Friebe, Brian Nygaard and Michele Pelacci take you to the heart of the action, on the ground, at the Giro d‘Italia.
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On Friday, the first Grand Tour of the season rolls out from Bulgaria, not Italy – and, as always, we’ll be there, on the ground, to bring you all the action from the Giro d’Italia.
This year’s “Corsa Rosa” starts here, with our race preview and the troika who’ll take you on the journey to Rome over the next three weeks: Daniel Friebe, Brian Nygaard and Michele Pelacci. Before sinking our teeth into the Giro, though, we discu...
Every year, as the Giro d'Italia approaches, we ease into our coverage with an episode that has — ostensibly — nothing to do with racing bikes. Any listeners with a passing interest in wine, stay with us. Everyone else, there are plenty of other episodes in our build-up to the Grande Partenza that will be more up your strada.
The Cycling Podcast has been on the ground at every Giro since 2016, and the lesson we keep relearning...
The spring Classics campaign has come to an end and the Giro d'Italia is just around the corner. To bridge the gap between the two, and with Daniel Friebe absent as he prepares for the Giro, Lionel Birnie is joined by Tudor Pro Cycling's Larry Warbasse to wrap up the first part of the season, look ahead to the first Grand Tour of the year and react to some huge sponsorship news which may help Ineos Grenadiers challenge for th...
This episode of KM0 by The Cycling Podcast is available for everyone to listen to for a limited time before it moves across to our Friends of the Podcast feed shortly. If you enjoy it, and are not already a Friend, consider subscribing annually or monthly to support The Cycling Podcast. The support of our Friends of the Podcast subscribers enables us to deliver our weekly and daily Grand Tour coverage free for all. Sign up at...
Get the waffle-o-meter out for one last time as Rose Manley and Lizzy Banks react to the the final Spring Classic of 2026, Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes.
With the Ardennes Classics providing both surprise winners and familiar champions so far this season, which way will this tenth edition of Liège-Bastogne-Liège go? Could breakout star Paula Blasi go for victory once more this week? Might Demi Vollering make it a record-breaking...
Rose Manley is joined by Flèche Wallonne Femmes’ biggest fan Lizzy Banks as they react to the 2026 edition.
With five former champions lining up for the race this year, the spoils really could go anywhere. Plus with surprise Amstel Gold Race winner Paula Blasi returning for a second Ardennes Classic, might fans be in for another big surprise?
Also on the agenda: fickle fan club presidents, cat skinning and getting your knickers...
Daniel Friebe and Lionel Birnie recap the men’s edition of Flèche Wallonne, the Ardennes classic famous for its steep, uphill finish on the Mur de Huy which was celebrating its 90th birthday this year.
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Daniel Friebe and Lionel Birnie return for another spring Classic review, this time focusing on Remco Evenepoel’s surgical performance and victory in Amstel Gold Race at the weekend
We examine how Remco learned from his near-miss last time around and pick out some of the other notable displays from Sunday’s race. It’s then time to look forward to the true Ardennes Classics, which kick off with Flèche Wallonne on Wednesday.
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Daniel Friebe, Lionel Birnie and Tudor Pro Cycling’s Larry Warbasse are in the hotseats as we return to review the big talking points from another fascinating week in the world of pro cycling.
Our men’s Arrivée episode at the weekend covered the key moments in Wout Van Aert’s redemptive victory in Paris-Roubaix. A few days later, with a visit to Coorevits Corner and Larry’s reflections, we dig into what we and also you at hom...
Three very different Paris-Roubaix debutants share their stories in this month’s mini feature. We hear from long-time Classics stalwart Shirin Van Anrooij, youngest finisher Jente Koops and Alexis Magner who comes to the race after recovering from a life-threatening crash last season.
Before that, Rose Manley, Denny Gray and Lizzy Banks discuss their big take-aways from the cobbled classics and how the current rider injury lis...
As the roar of the velodrome subsides, Rose Manley and Denny Gray take you through this year’s edition of Paris-Roubaix Femmes.
But who will become this year’s Queen of the Cobbles? Will reigning champion Pauline Ferrand-Prevot reign again after her late call up? Could Lotte Kopecky and SD Worx make up for a lacklustre Classics season so far? Or might we all be in for a surprise in this most predictably unpredictable of races...
Join Daniel Friebe and Lionel Birnie as the dust settles on an incredible edition of Paris-Roubaix.
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The Cycling Podcast returns in perhaps the most eagerly anticipated week of the season, to look back in more detail at Sunday’s Tour of Flanders and ahead to Paris-Roubaix at the weekend.
Daniel Friebe and Lionel Birnie are joined by former team manager and press chief Brian Nygaard as we reflect on the story that dominated the build-up to Flanders: Remco Evenepoel’s shock announcement that he would start for Redbull-BORA-han...
Get those waffles out of your cupboard and dig in as Rose Manley and Lizzy Banks discuss the 2026 edition of the women’s Tour of Flanders.
An all star cast of riders lined up to face the 15 cobbled sections and climbs of the Ronde Van Vlaanderen. Amongst them, record holding three time winner Lotte Kopecky who has been on sporadic form this season and two time champion Elisa Longo Borghini who heads up a firing UAE Team ADQ. T...
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