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Cyclist Magazine Podcast — 164 episodes
162. The simple (yet complicated) truth behind bike design, with Chris Dodman
161. Victoria Pendleton: Fear and change
160. Ned Boulting: The Tour de France Special
159. Lidl-Trek's Mattias Reck: Why are riders faster, and the resilience of Mads Pedersen
158. Magdeleine Vallieres, World Champion
157. Rob Britton: Slave to the road turned gravel supremo
156. Guy Martin: Getting kidnapped, land speed records and defying death on two wheels
155. George Hincapie: Paris-Roubaix, elbows out racing and his Modern Adventure
154. Harry Tanfield: Baptisms of fire, keeping the faith, and the Ribble Outliers
153. Aero mutinies and secret shorts with Castelli's Steve Smith
152. Zoe Bäckstedt: Why I love Sundays in Hell
151. UCI rules, design evolution, and why bikes are so expensive, with Pieter Potters
150. Brian Smith: National champ, racing with Lance, saying no to EPO, and snakes in showers
149. The legend of Eddy Merckx, with Lee Donaldson
148. Hunter Allen and the future of training and racing
147. David Millar: The Christmas special (sort of)
146. Dr Hutch: Tears, resilience, beauty and endurance
145. Alistair Brownlee: triathlon legend, gravel racing demon and sportsmanship superstar
144. Emma Pooley: Tour de France winner, Oat to Joy author and pro-athlete sage
143. Why are the pros so fast, and how can we go faster? with Dr Xavier Disley
142. Magnus Cort: the Uno-X pro on Grand Tours, Classics and dyeing his moustache blue
141. Joe Friel: Train slow to race fast, and why Pogačar's such a beast
140. Kasia Niewiadoma Phinney, Tour de France champ and Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto ace
139. Tom Simpson: World Champ and Cycling Legend, with Chris Sidwells
138. Ed Clancy: The truth behind breaking my shoulders for aero gains, and other stories
137. The Strange Tale of Charly Gaul, with Paul Maunder
136. Kim Le Court, Monument winner, stage hunter and history maker
135. Stephen Roche: the Triple Crown Champion
134. Ned Boulting and the (last) Tour de France
133. Levi Leipheimer: dark years, redemption and The Growler
132. Luke Rowe and his Life of Sky
131. Bradley Wiggins and Ian Botham in conversation, plus Beefy's Charity Foundation
130. Emma Finucane: gold medals, world records and the importance of crying
129. Ineos implosion and TNT TV turmoil with Rapha CEO Fran Millar
128. Legends of Flanders, Roubaix and Tom Simpson with Chris Sidwells
127. Risk, burnout and Olympic gold, with Connie Carpenter Phinney
126. The doping olympics: president of the Enhanced Games, Dr Aron D'Souza
125. Phil Burt, the king of bike fit
124. The ultra-cyclist missing half his organs, Juan Dual
123. Lael Wilcox: The fastest woman around the world by bike
122. Why do we do it? Endurance, with Dr Michael Crawley
121. Andy Schleck: Chaingate, Contador, Bruyneel, Froome, retiring demons and the brotherhood
120. 2024 pro season review + 2025 predictions with Felix Lowe
119. Tom Pidcock interview: 2025 focus, Olympic ups and downs, descending, and Link My Ride
118. Joanna Rowsell: Double Olympic gold track superstar
117. Fabian Cancellara: Classics king, Tudor Pro Cycling owner, patron of the peloton
116. Peter Sagan: Highs and lows of a triple World Champ
115. Ned Boulting: The 2011 Tour de France, and other stories
114. Tadej Pogačar interview: How he won the Tour, Vingegaard, losing, winning again, and his work with PlumeStrong
113. Nico Roche: Pogacar, La Vuelta, son of Stephen Roche
112. Chris Lawless: Team Sky Pro turned Saint Piran DS
111. Secret Squirrel Club's Dimitris Katsanis
110. Ribble Rebellion's Matt Bostock + Tour de France mega chat
109. Mikkel Honoré, pro cyclist at EF Education-Easypost
108. Carlton Kirby: Tour de France 2024 Special
107. Factor Bikes owner Rob Gitelis
106. Unbound Gravel 2024, racing with British champ Danni Shrosbree
105. RideLondon Special, with race director Kevin Nash
104. Channel 4 newsreader Krishnan Guru-Murthy
103. Ex-pro Scott Sunderland on 90s cycling, Classics, Cancellara, breaking stuff and RideLondon
102. DJ Spoony on cycling, music, Dave Brailsford and sportswashing
101. Maurice Burton, the original British track legend
100. Shane Williams, Welsh rugby legend turned cyclist and AGILIS founder
99. Daniel Troia cycled across America with no food or money
98. African cycling pioneer David Kinjah, the man who made Chris Froome
97. Cycling to the South Pole with Maria Leijerstam
96. The future of cycling, from economics to Lost Dot racing
95. Simon Mottram, founder of Rapha
94. Adam Hansen, 20 back-to-back Grand Tours and president of the CPA
93. Nigel Mitchell, Team Sky's sports nutritionist
92. Leigh Timmis is the fastest man across Europe
91. Alex Dowsett tells all about pro cycling
90. SD Worx's Anna Shackley is Britain's next cycling star
89. Ex-pro Christian Meier is an elite runner now
88. Winning gold with Neah Evans
87. Philosophy and cycling with James Hibbard
86. Yanto Barker, Le Col CEO and Richmond Park KoM
85. Instagram vs reality with Liam Yates
84. Greg LeMond, winner of the greatest ever Tour de France
83. Carlton Kirby, cycling's Terry Wogan
82. Ned Boulting, time-traveller
81. Lizzie Deignan returns to the pro peloton
80. Jenny Graham, the fastest person to cycle around the world
79. Trek-Segafredo psychologist Dr. Elisabetta Borgia on the cyclist's inner monologue
78. Fear, pain and motivation with sports psychologist Dr. Josie Perry
77. Orla Chennaoui, the face of pro cycling
76. Polka dot jersey winner Pippa York on finding happiness
75. Brompton CEO, Will Butler-Adams
74. The incredible story of Major Taylor, track champion of the 1890s
73. Mani Arthur, founder of Black Cyclists Network (aka BCN)
72. Chris D'Aluisio probably designed one of your bikes
71. Ultra cyclist Emily Chappell on burn out and body image
70. The Performance Chef, Alan Murchison
69. Beryl Burton, Soviet spies and Eddy Merckx
68. Lael Wilcox can ride further than you (and faster)
67. World's first BMX Freestyle gold medalist, Charlotte Worthington
66. The truth behind ketones
65. Mikel Delagrange and Salim Kipkemboi of the Amani Project
64. Ned Boulting loves the Tour de France
63. Jack UltraCyclist has climbed 760,656m since January
62. Nick Littlehales, Team Sky's sleep coach
61. Sam Bewley loves Giants, hates motorbikes (sometimes)
60. Svein Tuft, one of the toughest pro riders ever
59. Matt Stephens, who needs no introduction
58. Peter Stetina, from WorldTour pro to gravel privateer
57. Imogen Cotter back from the brink
56. Cory Williams is LEGION
55. Phil Cavell, the bicycle polymath
54. Cam Wurf runs, rides and swims for a living
53. The. Fred Wright Stuff
52. Tyler Hamilton has found peace
51. Richard Moore on the changing face of cycling journalism
50. Anthony Walsh, the Roadman Cyclist
49. Dame Sarah Storey is as inspiring as you'd imagine
48. Why Nathan Haas is racing gravel now
47. David O'Doherty is obsessed with cycling
46. Romain Bardet, the thinker
45. The Chris Juul-Jensen Yuletide special!
44. Fiona Kolbinger is a special bike rider
43. Pete Kennaugh has come full circle
42. A Ned Boulting from the blue!
41. The mad world of Jens Voigt
40. Magnus Backstedt on PARIS-ROUBAIX!!!
39. Cherie Pridham on making history, travelling the world and the state of the British pro scene
38. How cycling saved my life: Lee Stephenson
37. Adam Blythe on choosing family over cycling, the Aqua Blue saga and Oleg Tinkov
36. Is the bike industry going bust? Talking to Will Pearson
35. Jo Rowsell-Shand on being an Olympic champion
34. Tom Ritchey, the Godfather of Gravel Part 2
34. Tom Ritchey, the Godfather of Gravel Part 1
33. Phil Liggett, the voice of cycling
32. Channel 4's Krishnan Guru-Murthy on cycling, the media and fake news
31. Graham Watson - Stories from the great pro cycling photographer
30. Chris Boardman, the Politician
29. Mat Hayman on Paris-Roubaix, life as a sport director and Aussie one-hit wonders
28. Johan Museeuw on the pressures of being 'the next Merckx', meeting his heroes and the ultimate Flandrien
27. Paris-Roubaix Bonus Episode!!!
26. Craig Calfee, the man who brought carbon fibre bikes to the Tour de France
25. Magnus and Elynor Backstedt and their dream of father/daughter Roubaix glory
24. The Greg LeMond Special Part 2
23. The Greg LeMond Special Part 1
22. Rob Hayles on carbon jewellery, aerodynamics and bike industry guff
21. The King Sean Kelly on being one of the greatest of all time and why he should have won the Tour de France .
20. Fausto Pinarello on Ineos, Indurain, the future of the bike industry and winning with style
19 . Brian Holm on Cavendish, Jakobsen, retirement, his love of London and dealing with the pandemic
Bonus Episode - Angelos Epithemiou, cycling's newest commentator!!!
17. Marcus Leach and achieving the impossible
16. Alex Dowsett on how Covid stole his Hour Record attempt
15. Jai Hindley's incredible Giro d'Italia
14. Ben Tulett, the next big thing in British cycling
13. The one with England and Watford goalkeeper Ben Foster
12. The new Canyon Aeroad and why aero isn't dead
11. Peloton enemies, Champs-Élysées breakaways and Tour de France debuts with Connor Swift
10. The plight of Pinot and talking the Tour with Felix Lowe
9. The Tour de France is finally happening!
8. In conversation with Carlton Kirby
7. The new Specialized Tarmac SL7 and the death of the aero bike
6. A history of Pinarello bikes and a chat with the world's best domestique, Tim Declercq
5. How to go Everesting with Phil Gaimon
4. Tattoos of the pro peloton and the interesting history of the cycling team bus
3. Learning nothing new about Lance Armstrong and how to fix your bike with a cable tie
2. Bradley Wiggins' Big Yellow Storage
1. Italy's mystery mountain, Eddy Merckx bikes and ambassador secrets
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