Queen Stage Cycling Podcast

Criterium du Dauphine gets a fresh new vibe as the Tour Auvergne Rhone Alpes! Brenda and Bailey break down the weeklong stage race that featured a lot of fun breakaway winners (and some underwhelming GC performances.) But, the race did turn Bailey around on Team Time Trials! Jury is still out on whether Paul Seixas is worth the hype, though he did give us fodder for the next great sports movie! As del Toro warned, the countdown to the Tour is on!

Brenda and Bailey break down the first (sleepy) week of the 2026 Giro D'Italia including some dramatic crashes, the debut Grand Tour for the wacky Unibet Rose Rockets, and Visma hanging out at the back of the Peloton just chillaxing. Here's hoping the 2nd week is a little spicier!

"Ancient" Tadej Pogacar gently reminds the young phenom Paul Seixas that he's the GOAT for a reason. The end of the Spring cycling season was a snoozefest, until is wasn't! Brenda and Bailey break down Amstel Gold, Fleche Wallone, and Liege-Bastogne-Liege including their appreciation for winners who chug a beer on the podium and domestiques who work so hard they can't even finish the race! Onward to the Grand Tours!

Brenda and Bailey break down the 2026 Paris-Roubaix "Hell of the North" race where even Tadej Pogacar admitted taking the victory was "mission impossible." While they may have lost track of the number of flat tires... Brenda and Bailey were thrilled to see Wout Van Aert back in full form on the cobbles! Bailey is hoping the Shimano executives aren't too upset about Tadej's assessment of their neutral service bicycles, and Brenda is hoping the mechanics all get a quiet week after all of those wheel and bike changes.

Brenda and Bailey break down the 2026 Tour of Flanders race (Ronde van Vlaanderen) including a stacked start list of five of the sport's best riders: Pogacar, Van der Poel, Van Aert, Pedersen, and Evenepoel. And they delivered! Pogacar won (of course) but the rest gave him a run for their money. Brenda has questions about how the rest of the "Fab 5" should feel about their seasons after today's race, and Bailey's just miffed that Evenepoel made the podium.

Brenda and Bailey break down the 2026 Milan-San Remo monument classic, including Brenda's uncharacteristically hot take that Pogacar crashing is actually his secret weapon... Despite the win by the GOAT cycling, Pogacar, this race was one for the underdogs like Wout Van Aert, Tom Pidcock, and Mads Pedersen who returned just a month after breaking his wrist and collarbone. The most exciting race of the year yet!

Hosts (and mother-daughter) Brenda and Bailey break down key races and news from the start of the 2026 men's road cycling season. Including, some very unconventional fashion choices that could only be the brainchild of one Victor Campenaerts... Poor Jonas and his "pre-cut" overalls. Brenda also explains why Omloop matters and defends Team Time Trials. Then they break down a very predictable Strade Bianche (surprise! Pogacar wins!), the bloodshed that occurred at Paris-Nice, and whether Del Toro is too nice to be a champion at Tirreno-Adriatico.

Bailey and Brenda preview the 2026 men's road cycling season, running through all the big and expensive off-season transfers to see how the World Tour teams are shaping up. Then, a bottle of bubbly is on the line as mom and daughter bet on the winners of the biggest races of the year!

Queen Stage favorite proposed to his girlfriend on the Champs Elysee! And there was also some actual racing. Pogi got in the mix on Montmontre, but Wout Van Aert won the stage and got Visma a consolation prize. Brenda and Bailey break down the last stage of this year's Tour de France, and reflect on how this year stacks up against previous year's races.

Rider's moods seemed to mirror the weather: gloomy. Brenda and Bailey break down the penultimate stage of this year's Tour de France, with a surprising breakaway win for sprinter Kaden Groves! Everyone else is ready to head home, including our rather crabby yellow jersey victor Tadej Pogacar. We'll see you tomorrow, with mimosas in hand, for the last dash into Paris!

Thymen Arensman gets the best of Jonas and Tadej—who he calls "aliens"—in a surprise win of Stage 19 of this year's Tour de France. Brenda and Bailey yelled at the TV all morning, and then speculated wildly about how Tadej possibly let this stage go. Some rejiggering in the Top 10 also added drama to an otherwise stalemate of a stage. Only two more days to go!

Brenda and Bailey break down Stage 18, the Queen Stage, of this year's Tour de France. Bailey has to eat crow and celebrate today's winner, Ben O'Connor (not a favorite...) Visma's tactics continue to mystify, and today, UAE's tactics did as well. And the podium is still not quite finalized!

All hope appeared lost for the sprint today, then US National Champ Quinn Simmons (AKA "Captain America") pulled Lidl-Trek back together with his bare hands. Jonathan Milan goes on to win the sprint thanks to Cap'n and his handlebar mustache after most his rivals crashed right before the finish. Brenda and Bailey break down Stage 17 of the Tour de France and predict tomorrow's Stage 18 QUEEN STAGE!

Colds are running rampant in the peloton, and rumors are running even faster. Tadej keeps yellow but zigs when we all expected him to zag and does NOT fight for the stage win on Mont Ventoux. Leaving some room for a fun and exciting breakaway to take the W. Brenda and Bailey break down Stage 16 of this year's Tour de France and gear up for an exciting final week!

Teams are tired and desperate this late in to the Tour—and today, they were hangry as well. Brenda and Bailey break down Stage 15 of the Tour de France. Brenda's favorite Alaphilippe inexplicably thinks he won the stage, but comes in 3rd! And Tadej has to calm down the Peloton after a big crash. Lots of drama heading into the 2nd and final rest day tomorrow.

Brenda and Bailey break down Stage 14 of the Tour de France. A crazy intense mountain stage, featuring the omnipresent Tourmalet. Visma's full breakdown continues, and their tactics continue to mystify. But good news for those of us who like watching cycling, someone other than Tadej Pogacar won this stage--and Ineos waited a long time for this return to form.

Tadej is 2/3 of the way to a hat trick at this year's tour, and Bailey's done picking anyone else for a stage win. Brenda and Bailey break down Stage 13 of the Tour de France, a unique mountain time trial that ends almost exactly as you'd predict it would. Brenda fact checks Bailey's Tour history, and they both agree: it's Tadej all the way until Paris.

Tadej Pogacar does a Tadej Pogacar and stamps on the competition. Though Brenda and Bailey do their fair share of victim blaming in this breakdown of Stage 12 of the 2025 Tour de France. The first major mountain stage of the Tour has to have some victims, after all.

Brenda and Bailey break down Stage 11 of the Tour de France, with a surprise (and inspiring) win from Jonas Abrahamsen! They are also delighted with Ben Healy's delight to be in the yellow jersey for another day, and puzzled by everything else that happened.

A new rider takes the yellow jersey from Tadej Pogacar's shoulders, but their pet Tamagotchi's pay a bitter price. Brenda and Bailey discuss Stages 9 and 10 of the Tour de France, debate "old cycling" vs. "new cycling," wonder WTF Visma is doing, and celebrate Simon Yates’ sneaky win. 

Brenda and Bailey break down Stage 8 of this year's Tour de France. A Loire-valley sprint stage and a snoozefest until the big finale when some surprising names get in the mix including Wout Van Aert who's been on "domestique duty" thus far.

Pogi wins, duh, but does Visma have a master plan? Brenda and Bailey break down stage 7 of the Tour de France as week 1 comes to a close. Simon Yates comes out of witness protection to do a few pulls, and Sepp Kuss remains in the back of the Peloton resting up for the mountains.

Ben Healy wins on a breakaway stage, but Brenda has some thoughts on his style on the bike. Stage 6 of the Tour de France also included some puzzling political tactics from UAE and Visma. We break down all that and more!

Brenda and Bailey break down Stage 5 of the Tour de France with an expected stage winner, but big drama on-and-off the bike for Jonas and Visma. They also make some very patriotic predictions for Stage 6, rooting for American riders Nielsen Powless and Quinn Simmons in a breakaway!

Stage 4 of of the Tour de France was a surprising hilly stage that delivered a historic win for cycling's GOAT: Tadej Pogacar. Fun hijinx from two Belgian domestiques brought intrigue to to the final climbs, and Brenda grew her lead in the predictions game!

Stage 3 of the Tour de France was boring and tense all at the same time. It was designed as a sprinter's stage, and it was in the end. Brenda and Bailey also break down their favorite "rouleurs" and debate what to expect on tomorrow's hilly stage before the first time trial.

Stage 2 of the 2025 Tour de France is over, and Brenda and Bailey break down the drama. Queen Stage favorite Julian Alaphilippe (nicknamed "Loulou") gets in the mix, and Pogacar sprints for bonus seconds. But Brenda's pick Mathieu van der Poel wins the sprint, putting her 1-0 to Bailey on predictions for this year's race.

Recapping Stage 1 of the Tour de France! A bunch sprint stage with lots of nerves, a couple crashes, and a few of the favorites losing what they called "silly seconds" in a split in the last kms.

Brenda and Bailey are mom-and-daughter avid "armchair" cycling fans. They're launching a podcast to share their hot takes and favorite moments with the world. Listen in!

Liegè-Bastion-Liegè 2025 was the Tadej Pogacar show, capping off what he called his "perfect classics campaign." Brenda and Bailey break down the race as he gets one win closer to Merckx' record.