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How the Race was Won

by Escape Collective

How the Race was Won is back for 2025. This year, we have evolved from being solely a podcast to being a post-race video show that you can watch live over on YouTube, although of course you can still just listen to the show in podcast form if you'd prefer. In any case, we will once again be bringing you the same analysis you love, taking a closer look into the key moments of key races and the how and the why behind tactics and results. Escape Collective is member-funded. If you like this podcast please consider supporting us by becoming a member: https://escapecollective.com/member/

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Episodes

  1. Pogačar wasn't at Il Lombardia but ...

    Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano break down the action from Il Lombardia.

  2. Textbook trident tactics at Montreal Worlds

    Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano break down all the action from the elite men's road race at Montreal Worlds.

  3. A Vuelta queen stage worthy of the name

    Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano break down the action after stage 20 of the Vuelta a España. To get access to the member's only section of this and future shows, head on over to https://escapecollective.com/htrww and sign up!

  4. A classic Vuelta mountain stage?

    Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano break down the action after stage 14 of the Vuelta a España. To get access to the member's only section of this and future shows, head on over to https://escapecollective.com/htrww and sign up!

  5. The GC picture comes into focus at the Vuelta a España

    Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano break down the action from stage 9 of the Vuelta a España. Sign up at escapecollective.com/htrww for access to the full show.

  6. A crash and a surprise stage winner at the Tour de France

    Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano break down all the action from stage 15 of the Tour de France.

  7. A stunning showing in the Pyrenees

    Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano break down the action after stage 6 of the 2026 Tour de France.

  8. Side quests at the Giro d'Italia

    Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano break down the action from stage 19 of the Giro d'Italia.

  9. The well-oiled machine at the Giro d'Italia

    Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano break down the action after stage 14 of the Giro d'Italia.

  10. Classics tactics on a Giro summit finish?

    Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano break down the action after stage 7 of the Giro d'Italia.

  11. Liège-Bastogne-Liège, now with 30% more entertainment!

    Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano break down all the action from the men's race at Liège-Bastogne-Liège.

  12. Keep calm and carry on to win the Amstel Gold Race

    Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano break down the 2026 Amstel Gold Race. To get access to the full show and all the other Escape Collective member's only perks, sign up here!

  13. The tactics we've been waiting for at Paris-Roubaix

    Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano break down the action from the 2026 edition of Paris-Roubaix. Members get the full show ... head on over to escapecollective.com/htrww to sign up!

  14. Did anyone read the previews for the Tour of Flanders?

    Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano break down the action from the 2026 Tour of Flanders. To get the full show, sign up to become a member here.

  15. A throwback result at the newly named In Flanders Fields

    Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano break down the action from the artist formerly named Gent-Wevelgem.

  16. Milan-San Remo lives up to the hype, again

    Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano break down the action from Milan-San Remo, which just keeps proving year after year to offer the best [insert number here] minutes in bike racing.

  17. Did Pogačar actually attack at Strade Bianche?

    Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano are back for 2026 to break down all the action from Strade Bianche. To get access to the full member's only show, sign up over at escapecollective.com/htrww!

  18. Keep calm and make history at Il Lombardia

    Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano break down the final Monument of the season, Il Lombardia.

  19. Could UAE have done anything differently at the Vuelta?

    Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano break down the final mountain stage and discuss the bigger storylines of the third week of the Vuelta a España.

  20. We have a race on our hands at the Vuelta

    Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano break down stage 13 of the Vuelta a España and the rest of the second week so far.

  21. There may be a Lidl problem with your team's Vuelta strategy

    Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano break down stage 9 of the Vuelta a España and take a broader look at all the action from the first week of the race.

  22. The battle for yellow is over

    Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano break down the last mountain stage of the 2025 Tour de France and take a broader view of the GC battle in the final week.

  23. Cooked in the Pyrenees

    Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano break down the second week of the 2025 Tour de France, where three back-to-back days in the Pyrenees cooked everyone.

  24. The kitchen sink and the first 'week' of the Tour de France

    Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano break down the first 10 stages of the Tour de France, which culminated in a mountain stage where Visma-Lease a Bike tried pretty much everything to pressure Tadej Pogačar.

  25. A remarkable end to a remarkable Giro

    Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano break down the final mountain stage of the Giro d'Italia, where Simon Yates turned the race on its head.

  26. This is what it takes for UAE to make the Giro interesting

    Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano break down the GC battle two weeks into the Giro d'Italia, after a stage 15 that saw some changes in the standings ... and the narrative, too.

  27. Mischief, mayhem, gravel at the Giro d'Italia

    Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano break down the dramatic ninth stage and the rest of the key points from the first "week" of the 2025 Giro d'Italia.

  28. Could this Liège meeting have been an email?

    Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano take a closer look at Liège-Bastogne-Liège, where there was more to break down than you might expect for a race won so convincingly.

  29. It ain't over till it's over at the Amstel Gold Race

    Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano break down all the action from the men's Amstel Gold Race.

  30. Racing Roubaix is different from chasing Strava KOMs

    Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano break down all the action from the men's race at Paris-Roubaix.

  31. It wasn't for lack of trying at the Tour of Flanders

    Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano break down the action from the men's Tour of Flanders, where rivals threw everything at the pre-race favorite.

  32. Is this just what racing is now?

    Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano break down the men's Gent-Wevelgem and draw some conclusions from the other races after a very busy weekend.

  33. That was a lot of work to finish third at San Remo

    Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano break down Milan-San Remo, where Tadej Pogačar tried his darnedest to drop Mathieu van der Poel – to no avail.

  34. Visma masters the art of war

    It's a double dose of bike racing analysis this week as Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano break down the action at Paris-Nice *and* Tirreno-Adriatico.

  35. Achievement unlocked at Strade Bianche

    Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano break down Strade Bianche, which featured some dramatic moments and a more intriguing battle than we might have expected ...

  36. Maybe they should call it Group 1 Syndrome

    How the Race was Won returns with a breakdown of the Omloop (Het) Nieuwsblad. Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano talk tactics, surprises, blunders, and more in the first podcast of the season ... which is a lot more than a podcast this year. You can still listen to the show here on the podcast feed if...

  37. Guangxi and a season wrap

    Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano talk Tour of Guangxi and then look back at the season that was, pondering who the unheralded riders of the year were and more.

  38. A dominant showing amid the falling leaves

    Il Lombardia gave Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano yet another dominant performance to discuss, and this time, they doubt whether anyone else could have done anything at all to stop the world's best rider from claiming his fourth straight win in the race.

  39. Rainbows defended, rainbows earned

    In this episode of How the Race Was Won, Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano break down the thrilling action from the 2024 UCI Road World Championships in Zurich, Switzerland. The men's elite race was dominated by an (un?)expected 100km solo breakaway from Tadej Pogačar, who secured his third major win…

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  40. TTs and what ifs

    Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano discuss the men's time trial at Zurich Worlds, answer some listener questions, and look ahead to what's coming.

  41. O Canada

    Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano break down all the action from the Grands Prix Cyclistes de Québec et de Montréal.

  42. Just like Red Bull drew it up

    Cosmo Catalano and Dane Cash break down the final week of the Vuelta a España, which gave us some entertaining stage battles and, thanks to largely to Ben O'Connor's persistence, an intriguing fight for red.

  43. Mountains, mountains, and more mountains at the Vuelta

    Cosmo Catalano and Dane Cash break down the GC fight at the Vuelta a España and also discuss the brilliant breakaway battles of the second week before talking Renewi Tour and looking ahead to the Vuelta finale.

  44. Vibe shifts at the Vuelta

    Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano break down the first nine days of the Vuelta a España, where the vibes have been constantly shifting and where the GC looks wide open after some intriguing days in Andalusia.

  45. Grand Tours galore and Poland too

    Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano have plenty to discuss on this week's How the Race was Won. Could SDWorx have done more for Demi Vollering at the Tour de France Femmes? Does Kasia Niewiadoma deserve more credit for what she did right? Is Kaden Groves faster than we thought? And will Jonas Vingegaard...

  46. A long-awaited win at San Sebastián and a look ahead to the TDFF

    Cosmo Catalano and Dane Cash break down the Donostia San Sebastián Klasikoa, where a rider took his first WorldTour win in four years, and then Abby Mickey delivers a dispatch from the Grand Départ of the Tour de France Femmes.

  47. The Olympic Road Races were what we love about cycling

    Cosmo Catalano and Dane Cash break down the men's and women's road races at the Paris Olympics, which were so much more than exercise contests.

  48. ITTs and Q&As

    Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano break down the action from the time trial events at the Paris Olympics, answer some listener questions, and look ahead to the upcoming Olympic road race.

  49. The winners and losers of the Tour de France

    Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano break down the action from the final week of the 2024 Tour and draw some wider conclusions about who delivered and who came up short in the race.

  50. Nothing is inevitable

    Cosmo Catalano and Dane Cash break down the second week of the 2024 Tour de France, where the stage battles kept us constantly entertained and the vibes were constantly shifting.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

How the Race was Won is back for 2025. This year, we have evolved from being solely a podcast to being a post-race video show that you can watch live over on YouTube, although of course you can still just listen to the show in podcast form if you'd prefer. In any case, we will once again be bringing you the same analysis you love, taking a closer look into the key moments of key races and the how and the why behind tactics and results. Escape Collective is member-funded. If you like this podcast please consider supporting us by becoming a member: https://escapecollective.com/member/

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Produced by Caley Fretz

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