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Spin Cycle
by Escape Collective
All the cycling news, analysis, and banter you need. Become a member to get premium content, extra episodes, and ad-free listening at escapecollective.com. Check out our other podcasts on your preferred podcast platform: - Geek Warning - how bikes work and how to make them better - Wheel Talk - all things women's cycling - How the Race was Won - racing and tactical analysis - The Rest Day with Jack Haig - insights from within the pro peloton - Overnight Success - The founders and innovators in the cycling industry Escape Collective is entirely member-funded. If you like this podcast please consider supporting us by becoming a member: https://escapecollective.com/spincycle/
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13 million for Paul Seixas
Today on the show: we have a new raft of national champions, a megabucks bid has apparently come in for Paul Seixas, and in the members-only Golden Hour section, we’ll discuss how UCI President David Lappartient has said something that we don't think we hate, which is miraculous.Want to get Golden Hour and After Dark? Spin Cycle listeners get 25% off when you sign up for Escape Collective here.Already a member? Get the member feed here to listen to the whole Mailbag episode.
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Remco needs a doctor's note
Today on the show: David Gaudu may finally be running out of road and Remco Evenepoel needs a doctor’s note.After we head to Golden Hour, Oscar Onley is out of the tour and leaves Netcompany-Ineos with few options. Oh, And we have opinions on TNT’s new AI storytelling.Want to get Golden Hour and After Dark? Spin Cycle listeners get 25% off when you sign up for Escape Collective here.Already a member? Get the member feed here to listen to the whole Mailbag episode.
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Member special: The Paul Seixas Mailbag
Today we have a special episode for a special boy. Paul Seixas. The boy wonder, the one true king of France. The hope is immeasurable. The pressure is immense. The mailbag is bursting at the seams. So let's get to it. Spin Cycle listeners get 25% off when you sign up for Escape Collective here.Already a member? Get the member feed here to listen to the whole Mailbag episode.
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Pogačar is terrifying
Today on the show: Pogačar crushes the Tour de Suisse, the Vuelta has a new theme song, and Mathieu van der Poel gets the most egregious jury fine yet.
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Pogačar is the cake king of Switzerland
Today on the show: The Canadians are soft, Pogacar is already bored, and Chris Froome has a new job.
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Splashing with Seixas
Today on the show: Isaac del Toro is the new old boy wonder, Luke Tucks well into second place, and we need to talk about Liam Slock.Sign up for Escape Collective.Already a member? Get the member feed here.
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Spicy Kevin has TTT feelings
Today on the show: Fighting talk at the Dauphiné, Ayuso is all the way back, and Chris Froome has found something to do.Sign up for Escape Collective.Already a member? Get the member feed here.
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We're all invited to Thibaut Pinot's farm
Today on the show: Seixas hype hits the Dauphiné, Van Schip has been disqualified yet again, and everyone is invited to Thibaut Pinot’s farm.Sign up for Escape Collective.Already a member? Get the member feed here.
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You're a $%@ing motorbike, Lidl
Today on the show: The motorbike whisperer gives his reasons, Richard Plugge is sad, and Dave Brailsford is officially back. Plus, Paul Seixas races the Dauphine (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes). Sign up for Escape Collective.Already a member? Get the member feed here.
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Member Bonus: What the heck is going on at Lidl-Trek?
Management changes, ties to Leopard-Trek, return of the Schlecks, and a team getting shaken like Mads Pedersen's hands on the Arenberg. Caley and Jonny break it all down, including some breaking news coming through at the very last minute. Sign up for Escape Collective.Already a member? Get the member feed here.
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6.8 kilos of hullabaloo
Today on the show: Lorena Wiebes has been chucked out of the Giro, Jonas Vingegaard has won the Giro, and Giulio Ciccone was big mad, at the Giro.Sign up for Escape Collective.Already a member? Get the member feed here.
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A Dutchman's Florida burrito nightmare
Today on the show: Vingegaard is now a quotes machine, Thomas Dekker’s panhandle burrito nightmares come back to haunt him, and Demi Vollering’s chatbot will see you now.Sign up for Escape Collective. Already a member? Get the member feed here.
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Nobody can beat Jonas
Today on the show: Vingegaard finally takes pink, Tim Rex pulls a prehistoric face, and we had a breakaway win that made us feel all warm and fuzzy on the inside.Want After Dark? Sign up for Escape Collective.
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Reims do come true
Today on the show: There’s pee in the bottles, the UCI loses in court, and we have a pros in media vs bike teams brouhaha brewing.
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Paul, are you watching?
Today on the show: Jonas Vingegaard is looking infallible at the nearly halfway point of the Giro, UAE was thwarted in Hungary but the team is still picking up stage wins, and we have to talk about Enric Mas.
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The Giro loves a Slip 'N Slide
Today on the show: The Giro d’Italia has come alive, UAE are winning while singing off different hymn sheets, and do we need to talk about Lidl-Trek?
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UAE is cursed
Today on the show: Crashes in Bulgaria, a changing of the guard at La Vuelta, and if you’re a chugga-chuggum detractor, today may be a tough listen.
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The Giro d'Italia is here
Today on the show: The Giro d’Italia is here, things are going wrong in Belgium, and while we likely won’t get a Sunny May in Italy, everything’s coming up Sunny Maid over at Picnic-PostNL.Join the Spin Cycle fantasy league!
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Paul Seixas is going to the Tour de France
Today on the show: Paul Seixas is going to the Tour, Paul Seixas is going to the Tour, and Paul Seixas is going to the Tour!Plus, up the Picnic, Vuelta Feminina kicks off, and the mountain bike world up was muddy.
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Pepper up Romandie's backside
Today on the show: Pogi is washed, Dorian’s wearing grey now, and Iain gets in the weeds with zondacrypto.To listen to Zac's other podcast, check out Race Chasers.
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Paul Seixas shoots a Walloon arrow into our hearts
Today on the show: Paul Seixas shot a Walloon Arrow into all of our hearts, UAE may be buying Instagram followers, and Lenny Martinez has a moustache now.
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Are you team Remco?
Today on the show: Evenepoel won a sprint, Jorgenson won a trip to Herentals, and we have some sponsor-correct podium beers to analyse.
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When the French president calls, you answer
Today on the show: Emmanuel Macron may be about to save cycling, a criminal used a bike race as a getaway car in Poland, and the Volta ao Portugal could be all the way back.
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A Sunday in Heaven
What a Paris-Roubaix Sunday that was! Whilst lurking outside the Roubaix showers, Caley, Kit and Jonny give their thoughts on a cracking day of racing and share what they saw out on the cobbles and in the velodrome.
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Live from the Arenberg
Today on the show: Paris-Roubaix is in two days! We're on the ground in France and bring you the latest from recon days.
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Bonus: The pre-Roubaix Mailbag
Can Paul Seixas win Flanders? Is Roubaix too scary when it's wet? These and many other questions answered in this bonus Mailbag episode of Spin Cycle.
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Not so quiet on the Kwaremont
Today on the show: It's Flanders everyone, buckle up.
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Flanders is here and so is Remco
Today on the show: Remco at De Ronde, we’re at De Ronde, De Ronde is here!
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Wout's nosey fan
Today on the show: We have a Van der Poel vs van Aert co-attack nostalgia session, Visma’s team cars had a big weekend, and Red Bull-Bora Hansgrohe may have a working trident.
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We've all got Group 2 syndrome
Today on the show: Van der Poel goes threepeats at E3, Vingegaard crushes Catalunya, and Chris Froome is a party rocker in the house tonight.
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Pogačar and the Nearly Men of Saturday
Today on the show: Remco almost got stuck on a volcano, Quintana is retiring, Miguel Angel Lopez is back, and there was a little race called Milan San Remo over the weekend that was quite good.
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Can't wait for the Poggio
Today on the show: Pogačar's agent has been making quite the ruckus, Tom Pidcock has been admiring Primoz Roglič’s watches, and we’re getting very excited for Milan-San Remo
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Victor Campenaerts, Most Valuable Person
Today on the show: Jonas Vingegaard can now be mentioned alongside Eddy Merckx and Sean Kelly, Isaac del Toro grabbed Tirreno-Adriatico by the trident forks, and Javier Romo is angry with Matteo Jorgenson.
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Vingegaard's dad pants era
Today on the show: Jonas Vingegaard is now a dad fashion icon, all change at the Ineos Grenadiers, and we have a Paul Seixas transfer update.
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Rabbit Holes: A stolen bike's journey home
Iain buys a stolen bike on Facebook Marketplace, with a plan to return it to its owner. But his good act takes an ominous turn when he meets the seller, an erratic man with a troubled past and a head full of conspiracies and violence. To read the written piece and see pictures, visit EscapeCollective.com. This podcast is an Escape Collective production, and is only possible through the support of our members. To become one of those, sign up at EscapeCollective.com/RabbitHoles. And sign up to the Rabbit Holes feed for future episodes - we've got a great one in the works.
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Paul Seixas is The Chosen One
Today on the show: Paul Seixas is the real deal, a not too shabby performance from Elise, and Pogacar reigns supreme.
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Pogi's back in Tuscany and everyone is scared
Today on the show: Strade Bianche is here, Pogačar is back (and his agent is putting his foot in it), and Wout van Aert is at the centre of a conspiracy theory. Plus, the Tour is headed to Berlin!
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Van der Poel tempts Flanders fate
Today on the show: Matthew Brennan won a donkey, Van Der Poel might be cursed and the French have their confirmed next Tour de France champion. Let's get to it.
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Big bike races are back! (Omloop preview)
Today on the show: Wout is out (again), but Opening Weekend is in, and Geraint Thomas may be the politest man in the whole world, if that wasn’t obvious already.
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Remco's bin cycle
Today on the show: Isaac Del Toro accomplished quite the Jebel Hafeet, Juan Ayuso has arrived, and we have clarification on the 2028 World Championships, thank goodness for that.
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Leave Remco alone
Today on the show: Jan Christen is not the anti-Christ, a chumma chuggum update, and everyone needs to leave Remco alone.
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The streets won't forget UAE Stage 1 Top Ten
Today on the show: The Del Toro v Cheese Ball rivalry we didn’t know we needed, a crash for Jonathan Milan, and there’s weather on the continent.
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AI Wiggo will coach you now
Today on the show: Paris-Roubaix has a new name, Jonas Vingegaard has a new coach, and we all have new confirmation that Jim Ratcliffe is the worst.
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Oh no, an Armstrong movie
Today on the show: A Lance Armstrong movie, Evenepoel on a rampage, and Bernal earns his black shorts.
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Pro cycling is box office
Today on the show: A detente in the Hundred Smears War, a small problem for Andrea Piccolo, and some unfortunate news for the spring Classics.To get After Dark, click here.
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Will the real slim Tadej please stand up
Today on the show: No room for the Rockets, Tadej Slim Shady, and Remco can’t stop winning.
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Don't chase Jonas down the mountain
Today on the show: Jonas Vingegaard’s fan crash-gate, a bad week for UAE Team Emirates, and Remco Evenepoel is aiming high, but not that high.
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Roos and Rockets
Today on the show: Kangaroos cause chaos, road racing returns to Europe and India, and we have a contender for quote of the year.
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The Ineos Shorts Debacle
Today on the show: Short shrift from the Ineos Grenadiers, Tom Pidcock’s getting chilly in Chile, and Remco Evenepoel may be back to square one.
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A very British Tour de France
Today on the show: A great start for the 2027 Tour de France and for the Tour Down Under too.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
All the cycling news, analysis, and banter you need. Become a member to get premium content, extra episodes, and ad-free listening at escapecollective.com. Check out our other podcasts on your preferred podcast platform: - Geek Warning - how bikes work and how to make them better - Wheel Talk - all things women's cycling - How the Race was Won - racing and tactical analysis - The Rest Day with Jack Haig - insights from within the pro peloton - Overnight Success - The founders and innovators in the cycling industry Escape Collective is entirely member-funded. If you like this podcast please consider supporting us by becoming a member: https://escapecollective.com/spincycle/
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