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With the Three Wise Men apparently busy, it’s down to Gary, Chris and David to wrap things up for 2023 and get giddy for the season ahead. Rider of the year, race of the season and best day’s racing awards are all up for grabs. Prepare to be shocked, but only at the predictability of it all. Recommendations Rich Roll Podcast – Mark Cavendish https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5Mk_s65uKU Prendas Ciclismo /Shutt VR crowdfunder – https://www.prendas.co.uk/blogs/news/why-were-crowdfunding and https://www.seedrs.com/cycling-brands?utm_campaign=cycling-brands&utm_medium=popup&utm_source=seedrs_widget Just Diggit - https://justdiggit.org/donate/ Other Links Vittoria Bussi – Breaking the Hour Record https://cyclinglegends.co.uk/index.php/fitness/breaking-the-hour-record Don't forget, you can now drop us a line at [email protected] The Cycling Legends Podcast is proud to be supported by Vive le Velo, performance cycles and accessories. Check out the range at www.vivelevelo.cc

In your Saturday Supplement this week: Will new chemistry make for a cleaner atmosphere at Team INEOS? Triumph in the Dolomites for Manon Bakker Has your bike fitter made you illegal? And Vuelta a Espana in ‘too easy’ shocker Get your entries in for the Festive Peloton competition at [email protected] Links: Prendas crowdfunder - www.prendas.co.uk Cycling Legends - books, posters, stuff! www.cyclinglegends.co.uk

Brightening up your bleak midweek, Chris, David and Gary delve into cycling's latest dramas and controversies., including: Supertalent-turned-Transfer Rebel, Cian Uijtdebroeks; Gary's advertising consultancy to Campagnolo; The dodgy link in Shimano's supply chain; Making the Grand Tours grander in Women's Cycling. PLUS WIN a copy of Chris Sidwells' Cycling Legends 02 - Ti Raleigh in our Festive Peloton competition! Recommendations: Cycling Weekly subscription - https://www.magazinesdirect.com/az-magazines/34206751/cycling-weekly-subscription.thtml?utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_source=Awin&utm_campaign=TechRadar&utm_content=103504&sv1=affiliate&sv_campaign_id=103504&awc=2961_1702464924_28a182e9a640e9c7bd5fa1a56d3ab12c&j=QYC Better than Bouillon - https://www.betterthanbouillon.com/ or https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=Better+Than+Bouillon Bobcat Goldthwait - You Don't Look the Same Either Pt 1 - https://youtu.be/XX2NzMnIsOg?si=ErCU_a7gpnmw0j_4 Pt 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0l5ZwimBpE Other stuff Maxim Van Gils slap - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/j0b3HqCyluY Get in touch with us at [email protected]

In this week's Supplement: The curse of the Saturday Supplement. Hurrah for the Blackshorts! Weird team sponsors. Plus WIN with our #festivepeloton competition! Head over to https://www.cyclinglegendspodcast.com where you can sign up for more features, history and interviews. All for less than a big coffee! The Cycling Legends Podcast is powered by Vive le Velo, performance cycles and accessories from the East Riding of Yorkshire. Check out the range at https://vivelevelo.cc Get in touch! You can now drop us a line at [email protected]. We'd love to hear from you. Really!

In the 1980s, men's pro cycling was a closed-door to women, unless you were a podium girl, of course. In 1985, a 25 year-old from Connecticut changed all that. Chris Sidwell catches up with pro cycling's first female soigneur, Shelley Verses. In this hour-long interview, Shelley, who worked with 7-Eleven, La Vie Claire, Toshiba, TVM and Saturn, talks about learning the ropes and becoming accepted in the macho world of the men's peloton and supporting some of the best riders in the world. The Cycling Legends Podcast is proud to be supported by Vive le Velo, performance cycles and accessories. Music by Epidemic Sound

David's back! Big money is also back (not for us, natch) but could nation state sponsors be putting a target on riders' backs? Is cyclocross too mental to be governed the way the UCI wants to? Plus domestic products return to our recommendations. All this and more in the new Feed Zone. Drop us a line at [email protected] Recommendations: Smol Products - https://www.smolproducts.com Ninja Foodi smart multi-cooker - https://ninjakitchen.co.uk/product/ninja-foodi-11-in-1-smartlid-multi-cooker-6l-ol550uk-zidOL550UK Paulo Coehlo 'The Alchemist' - https://amzn.eu/d/64X48Ts Shameless plugs: Bike Flex company bike leasing - https://bikeflex.co.uk/ The Graham Watson Collection (Exclusive to Cycling Legends) - https://cyclinglegends.co.uk/index.php/buy/art-prints The Cycling Legends Podcast is powered by Vive le Velo, performance cycles and accessories from North Ferriby in the beautiful East Riding of Yorkshire. Check out the range at https://vivelevelo.cc

Team Visma-Lease-a-Bike, er, bike team; Jonas Vingegaard's door bell and why is it that we don't talk about Alvaredo, no, no, no? All this and more in the latest Saturday Supplement. Head over to https://www.cyclinglegendspodcast.com where you can sign up for more features, history and interviews. All for less than a big coffee! The Cycling Legends Podcast is powered by Vive le Velo, performance cycles and accessories from the East Riding of Yorkshire. Check out the range at https://vivelevelo.cc Get in touch! You can now drop us a line at [email protected]. We'd love to hear from you. Really!

In March this year, Gary spoke to Israel-Premier Tech Roland rider, Claire Steels during a brief pause in a hectic racing schedule in her first Women's World Tour season. Fast forward 7 months and Claire joined us again to reflect upon a season that has contained 2 Grand Tours, a win at reVolta, second place in the GB National Championships and a place in the GB team that raced the World Championships in Glasgow. We also look ahead to 2024 when Claire starts a new 3-year contract with Movistar. Head over to https://www.cyclinglegendspodcast.com where you can sign up for more features, history and interviews. All for less than a big coffee! The Cycling Legends Podcast is powered by Vive le Velo, performance cycles and accessories from the East Riding of Yorkshire. Check out the range at https://vivelevelo.cc Get in touch! You can now drop us a line at [email protected]. We'd love to hear from you. Really!

David succumbs to the lurgy so it's a two-up time trial with Chris and Gary this time around. We ponder 'whither Team INEOS?' as the quiet man of British Cycling (apparently) steps down, chat about Grand Tours being more Pinot-friendly in future years (talk about timing) and generally fix professional cycling. Again. Drop us a line at [email protected] Shameless plug: Trofeo Baracchi (Cycling Legends website) - https://cyclinglegends.co.uk/index.php/races/the-baracchi-trophy Recommendations: Girodana cycling clothing - https://www.giordana.co.uk/ The Road Book cycling almanac - https://theroadbook.co.uk/ Listening on our public feed? You can join the Feed Zone every other Sunday plus access all the interviews, features and history shows on the Cycling Legends premium feed for a measly £3.50 a month. Pop over to www.cyclinglegendspodcast.com to learn more and sign up! The Cycling Legends Podcast is powered by Vive le Velo, performance cycles and accessories from North Ferriby in the beautiful East Riding of Yorkshire. Check out the range at https://vivelevelo.cc

Is the sky falling in at Team INEOS? GCN - WTF? And David Lappartient goes to war in the mud over cyclocross. Head over to https://www.cyclinglegendspodcast.com where you can sign up for more features, history and interviews. All for less than a big coffee! The Cycling Legends Podcast is powered by Vive le Velo, performance cycles and accessories from the East Riding of Yorkshire. Check out the range at https://vivelevelo.cc Get in touch! You can now drop us a line at [email protected]. We'd love to hear from you. Really!

Nigel Mitchell has worked in clinical nutrition and elite sport for over 25 years and isclosely associated with cycling and endurance sports. As well as working with Team Sky and EF Education, Nigel has supported triathlon legends Alistair and Jonny Brownlee, British Athletics, Olympic Sailing and the GB Cross Country Ski Team. In a new series for the Cycling Legends Podcast, Chris Sidwells sat down with Nigel to talk about fuelling for fitness, exercising in the winter and the joy of turbo trainers.

Are the Big Three bad for cyclocross? Soudal-QuickStep replace El Tractor with Il Trattore and Chris Froome says it's all about the bike. All this plus Tour of Britain woes and World Championship routes. Phew! The Cycling Legends Podcast is powered by Vive le Velo, performance cycles and accessories from the East Riding of Yorkshire. Check out the range at https://vivelevelo.cc Get in touch! You can now drop us a line at [email protected]. We'd love to hear from you. Really!

Rik Van Looy is still the only man to have won every single-day classic on the calendar. Jacques Anquetil was the Grand Tour master of the late 1950s and first half of the ‘60s, and Rik Van Looy was the classics king. He was a fierce competitor, high-handed in his dominance, with 492 victories in a professional career lasting nearly 20 years. They called him the Emperor of Herentals, after the east Belgian town where he lives, and where Chris Sidwells was granted an audience. Get in touch. You can now drop us a line at [email protected] The Cycling Legends Podcast is powered by Vive le Velo, performance cycles and accessories from North Ferriby in the beautiful East Riding of Yorkshire. Check out the range at https://vivelevelo.cc

How can you miss us if we won't go away? It's only been a week but the world of cycling keeps a-rolling. Who will we miss next season? Is Saudi money bad for cycling? Or just bad for everything? All this and more in the new Feed Zone. Drop us a line at [email protected] Recommendations: Nairo Quintana runs! https://twitter.com/i/status/1718226319035502951 Demi Marriner https://www.demimarriner.co.uk/ Skikes https://skike.com/ The Cycling Legends Podcast is powered by Vive le Velo, performance cycles and accessories from North Ferriby in the beautiful East Riding of Yorkshire. Check out the range at https://vivelevelo.cc

The road season may be over but we've still got track heroes, cross heroes, unsung heroes and the return of a fallen hero. Oh, and another wedding too. The Cycling Legends Podcast is powered by Vive le Velo, performance cycles and accessories from the East Riding of Yorkshire. Check out the range at https://vivelevelo.cc Get in touch! You can now drop us a line at [email protected]. We'd love to hear from you. Really!

The three spectres at the Feed Zone reunite to, among other things, discuss the success (say the UCI but not the Scotsman newspaper) of the Glasgow Super Worlds, offer advice to any gravel specialists who might be upset that their rainbow jerseys won't be seen much next season and celebrate the work of CPA president Adam Hansen. Drop us a line at [email protected] Recommendations: Pinarello Experience, Mallorca - https://www.pinarelloexperience.com/ Alex Dowsett, "Bloody Minded: My Life in Cycling" - https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/bloody-minded-9781399406390/ Jet Black Training Accessories - https://www.jetblackcycling.com/ The Cycling Legends Podcast is powered by Vive le Velo, performance cycles and accessories from North Ferriby in the beautiful East Riding of Yorkshire. Check out the range at https://vivelevelo.cc

It's back! Gary returns from his holiday to find all the cycling has gone, or at least most of it. Thankfully there's plenty to talk about after this week's announcements of the routes for the 2024 Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes plus some surely-iffy voting at the Velo d'Or. Head over to https://www.cyclinglegendspodcast.com where you can sign up for more features, history and interviews. All for less than a big coffee! The Cycling Legends Podcast is powered by Vive le Velo, performance cycles and accessories from the East Riding of Yorkshire. Check out the range at https://vivelevelo.cc Get in touch! You can now drop us a line at [email protected]. We'd love to hear from you. Really!

A pinch and a punch for the first of the month! The guys prepare for a well-earned (it says here) break, but before they go, discuss the latest developments in the Jumbo-Visma/Soudal QuickStep saga and bit farewell to Peter Sagan as he closes the road chapter of his cycling career. Links/Recommendations Womens U23 Cycling - www.womensU23cycling.com The Bumblebee - https://btt.boldtypetickets.com/events/141753595/the-bumblebee Mike Holton - Handmade Crafts (YouTube) https://youtube.com/@MikeHolton?si=v_Yyqn2brbTAire2 Website - https://www.mikeholton.net Olivier Gomis (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/@OlivierGomis/videos Threads - https://www.threads.net Switchback Collective - https://switchbackcollective.com/ The Cycling Legends Podcast is powered by Vive le Velo, performance cycles and accessories from the East Riding of Yorkshire. Check out the range at https://vivelevelo.cc Get in touch! You can now drop us a line at [email protected]. We'd love to hear from you. Really!

Will the merger of two of bike racing's Galacticos be a JumboStep for cycling kind? Join Gary for a look at the story of the week, plus European Championships round-up, where next for Primoz Roglic and exciting news for women's cycling in Britan. Links - Women's U23 Cycling - https://www.womensu23cycling.com Head over to https://www.cyclinglegendspodcast.com where you can sign up for more features, history and interviews. All for less than a big coffee! The Cycling Legends Podcast is powered by Vive le Velo, performance cycles and accessories from the East Riding of Yorkshire. Check out the range at https://vivelevelo.cc Get in touch! You can now drop us a line at [email protected]. We'd love to hear from you. Really!

Join Chris Sidwells at his year’s Tom Simpson Retro Ride and Cycling Festival, where he chats to British cycling legends Les West, Keith Lambert, Sid Barras, Denise Burton-Cole and Dean and Russell Downing. Get a brew on for nearly 2 hours of chat, live without a net from Haworth Town Hall.

Apocalypse seeks horseman. Apply within. Gary, Chris and David discuss in no particular order (nor indeed in any form or order) cycling's unwritten rules, when you probably shouldn't get back on the bike, snatching PR defeat from the jaws of victory (and vice-versa) at Jumbo Visma, plus we find a very happy ending to a difficult week for the Van Hooydonk family. Awwww! :-) Drop us a line at [email protected] Huberman Lab Podcast - https://www.hubermanlab.com/podcast Premium Motorhomes - https://www.premiummotorhomes.com/ Larabar - https://www.larabar.com/ 33Fuel Ultimate Daily Greens - https://www.33fuel.com/ Dial Up Your Cycle Tech Skills - https://www.facebook.com/groups/CSA2018/ Head over to https://www.cyclinglegendspodcast.com where you can sign up for more features, history and interviews. All for less than a big coffee! The Cycling Legends Podcast is powered by Vive le Velo, performance cycles and accessories from the East Riding of Yorkshire. Check out the range at https://vivelevelo.cc

The Saturday Supplement returns - amazingly - on a Saturday! Join Gary for a chat about what's been happening Not In Spain, including a look at this weekend's European Championships road races in Drenthe and a brief preview of the recently-announced men's and women's UCI World Tours for next season. Links - Dial Up Your Cycle Tech Skills https://www.facebook.com/groups/CSA2018/ Head over to https://www.cyclinglegendspodcast.com where you can sign up for more features, history and interviews. All for less than a big coffee! The Cycling Legends Podcast is powered by Vive le Velo, performance cycles and accessories from the East Riding of Yorkshire. Check out the range at https://vivelevelo.cc

It's been a whole week since we held our breath wondering whether Judas Vingegaard would betray Sepp Kuss (again) or if Jumbo-Visma would simply release Roglic. In the end, the Greatest Story Ever Told (for now) had a happy ending. Join Gary for his wrap up of the 78th Vuelta a Espana. Head over to https://www.cyclinglegendspodcast.com where you can sign up for more chat in the Feed Zone plus interviews, history and features. All for less than a big coffee! The Cycling Legends Podcast is powered by Vive le Velo, performance cycles and accessories from the East Riding of Yorkshire. Check out the range at https://vivelevelo.cc Get in touch! You can now drop us a line at [email protected]. We'd love to hear from you. Really!

Caught your breath yet? Join Gary on the second rest day to ponder just another crazy week at the Vuelta, one with a final week that only has the Angliru in it. So that’s fine. Head over to https://www.cyclinglegendspodcast.com where you can sign up for more chat in the Feed Zone plus interviews, history and features. All for less than a big coffee! The Cycling Legends Podcast is powered by Vive le Velo, performance cycles and accessories from the East Riding of Yorkshire. Check out the range at https://vivelevelo.cc Get in touch! You can now drop us a line at [email protected]. We'd love to hear from you. Really!

And then there were three. We bid a sad-but-fond farewell to Patrick, the wise man of Methlehem. It's okay, he's not dead or anything and is quite simply the busiest man in the world! We also dial up the crazy looking back at 13 stages of a particularly loco Vuelta, including a controversial (stupid?) take that sprinters have no place at Spain's premier race. The Tour of Britain falls under the spotlight and we also bid tot ziens and bedankt to Annemiek van Vleuten. Get in touch: [email protected] Recommendations: The Packfiller podcast and blog - https://www.packfiller.com The Cube - cuboid prizm pillow - https://www.pillowcube.com/collections/pillow-cube-collection "The Power of Now" - Eckhart Tolle - https://eckharttolle.com/power-of-now-excerpt/ Tempest Brewing Company - https://www.tempestbrewco.com Tom Simpson Retro Ride, Sunday 17 September 2023 (Entries close 11 September*) - https://www.tomsimpsonmemorialfund.co.uk/index.php/2-uncategorised/18-entry-page ***The Cycling Legends Podcast is powered by Vive le Velo, performance bicycles and accessories in England's beautiful East Riding of Yorkshire. Check out the range at https://vivelevelo.cc ***

Who will be the King Jumbo Visma Bee? Can Remco or UAE Emirates be the fly in the ointment? Join Gary to wrap up the first week and a bit of the 78th Vuelta a Espana and look ahead to what week 2 will bring for #GCKuss and the rest. ***The CyclingLegends Podcast is powered by Vive le Velo, performance bicycles and accessories in England's beautiful East Riding of Yorkshire. Check out the range at https://vivelevelo.cc ***

Darryl Webster is an Olympian and Commonwealth Games bronze medallist and has won no fewer than 23 British national titles on the track and in time trials. In the first of a new series, Darryl chats to Chris Sidwells about the bikes that shine brightest in his life and career. ***My Life in 5 Bikes is powered by Vive le Velo, performance bicycles and accessories in England's beautiful East Riding of Yorkshire. Check out the range at https://vivelevelo.cc ***

Can Remco make it 2 from 2? Will UAE spoil the party? Who will get custody of Sepp Kuss? Join Gary for a look ahead to the 78th Vuelta Ciclista a Espana which rolls down the start ramp in Barcelona later today. ***The Cycling Legends Podcast is powered by Vive le Velo, performance cycles and accessories. Check out the range at https://vivelevelo.cc***

Broken of foot (and ankle) but not of spirit, Gary wraps up the Women's World Championship Road Race, chats all things Tour of Scandinavia and bids a fond 'gracias' (but not yet 'adios') to AvV. ***The Cycling Legends Podcast is powered by Vive le Velo, performance cycles and accessories. Check out the range at https://vivelevelo.cc***

After an anarchic last episode, it's even more chaotic in the latest Feed Zone. Worlds! Drugs! Should WVA give up trying to beat MvdP in single-day races? Should he just give up? With Eddy in Mallorca (where else?) and Louis in Noo Joisey, the guys ask their own questions in a new segment, "Let the Road Decide". *Editor's note: No, you didn't hear wrongly - Gary did award the 1995 Tour to the recently-deceased Federico Bahamontes. Yes, he probably meant 1959. Idiot.* **RECOMMENDATIONS** 'A Lifetime with Phil' - Rouleur https://www.rouleur.cc/blogs/the-rouleur-journal/a-lifetime-with-phil-liggett Boquerones (white anchovies) - https://delicioso.co.uk/shop-online/boquerones-white-cantabrian-anchovies-50g/ 'The Last Rider' - https://www.amazon.com/Last-Rider-Greg-LeMond/dp/B0C8X9R5NV 'The Green Bullet - Matt Rendell - https://www.orionbooks.co.uk/titles/matt-rendell/the-green-bullet/9781474609746/ Tom Simpson Retro Ride and Cycling Festival, 15-17 Sept 2023 - https://www.tomsimpsonmemorialfund.co.uk/ 'Sweet Tooth' - Jeff Lemire - https://amzn.eu/d/43gck83 ***The Cycling Legends Podcast is powered by Vive le Velo, performance cycles and accessories. Check out the range at https://vivelevelo.cc***

It's the Glorious Twelfth and Gary looks back at the hares and the hounds vying for rainbows this past week and previews the Women's Elite Road Race which closes the inaugural combined UCI World Championships in Glasgow.

Mathieu van der Poel was barely off his bike and yet the Four Hoarse Men of the Cycling Apocalypse convened to discuss an anarchic men's World Championship Road Race. Join us for a look back at a most atypical men's Worlds, the occasional dig at the UCI and more wisdom from Il Capo himself, Eddy. Recommendations: Anti Monkey Butt Powder (yes, really!)- https://tinyurl.com/FZ6823-1 NordVPN- https://tinyurl.com/FZ6823-2 Aeropress- https://tinyurl.com/FZ6823-3 Tom Simpson Retro Ride 15-17 September 2023- https://tinyurl.com/FZ6823-4 At the Brink Podcast- https://tinyurl.com/FZ6823-5 "The Button" - Willam J Perry- https://tinyurl.com/FZ6823-6 The Cycling Legends Podcast is powered by Vive le Velo, performance cycles and accessories. Check out the range at https://vivelevelo.cc

On a Saturday? When did this start? Gary's back in his usual slot looking forward to the Road Worlds and catching up on what's been happening not in France over the last few weeks. The Cycling Legends Podcast is powered by Vive le Velo, performance cycles and accessories from the East Riding of Yorkshire. Check out the range at https://vivelevelo.cc

In our new series, exploring the physiological and psychological benefits of riding a bike, Chris speaks to 2 very special athletes who have had success at the US National Senior Games, the largest multi-sport event in the world for men and women over 50. The Cycling Legends Podcast is powered by Vive le Velo, premium cycles and accessories from the East Riding of Yorkshire. Check out the range at https://vivelevelo.cc

Missing it already? Join Gary for a look back at the second edition of Le Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift.

In this special mid-week Supplement, Gary catches up once again with John Carpenter from Help for Heroes. Join John as he talks about this year’s Big Battlefield Bike Ride, which took place in northern France in June and also previews next year’s event marking the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings. Cycling Legends Podcast listeners can sign up for this cracking event FREE by heading over to https://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/fundraising/big-battlefield-bike-ride/ and using the code JCBBBR2024 at checkout. This will save you £199 if you sign up before 31 July, so hurry! You’ll find John on LinkedIn at https://uk.linkedin.com/in/johnrcarpenter and you can find out more about and also donate to Help for Heroes at https://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/. And if you want to know more about this year's ride, check out the video at https://tinyurl.com/BBBR23

In the final Tour Supplement, Chris, John and Gary pick over the bones of the final week of the 110th Tour de France. What a difference a week makes! The Cycling Legends Podcast is powered by Vive le Velo, premium cycles and accessories from the East Riding of Yorkshire. Check out the range at https://vivelevelo.cc Joining us on the public feed? Why not sign up for our premium content at https:\\www.cyclinglegendspodcast.com

The Awesome Foursome return after 3 weeks watching one of the best Tours de France for ages. What did they learn? You certainly won’t find it in this latest Feed Zone. Anyway, join Chris, David, Patrick and Gary for a look back at this year’s Tour and get their hot takes on everything that’s wrong with classification jerseys (and competitions), everything that’s wrong with Jasper Philipsen and everything that’s wrong with triathletes (not you, Chrissie Wellington!). Plus Eddy weights in on people buying kit with the hallowed stripes and suggests a new innovation in cycling socks. Don’t say we didn’t warn you. Recommendations: Shokz Open Fit headphones - https://tinyurl.com/FZ2371 Yates Brothers 1-2 (Tour Stage 1) - https://tinyurl.com/FZ2372 Poetic phone cases - https://tinyurl.com/FZ2373 Yvon Chouinard “Some Stories: Lessons from the Edge of Business and Sport” - https://tinyurl.com/FZ2374 Help for Heroes Big Battlefield Bike Ride 2024 (free entry using code JCBBBR2024 before 31 July 2023!) - https://tinyurl.com/FZ2375 Donate to Help for Heroes - https://tinyurl.com/FZ2376 Grind Coffee - https://tinyurl.com/FX2377 The Cycling Legends Podcast is supported by Vive le Velo, quality bicycles and gear from the East Riding of Yorkshire. Check them out at https://vivelevelo.cc

Join Gary for a look ahead to the second Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, which starts in Clermont-Ferrand on Sunday.

Gary remembers Fabio Casartelli, the 1992 Olympic Champion, on the anniversary of his tragic death at the 1995 Tour de France.

Join Chris Sidwells, John Galloway and Gary Fairley for a roundup of the talking points from week 2 of Le Tour. Plus Chris catches up with Luke Edwards-Evans, writer, editor and - oh - UCI-accredited moto pilot. The Cycling Legends Podcast is powered by Vive le Velo, premium cycles and accessories from the East Riding of Yorkshire. Check out the range at https://vivelevelo.cc

Tired, emotional and about to do the laundry run, Gary, Chris and John look back on a scintillating first week of this year's Tour de France. The Tour de France Supplement is delivered to you on the Cycling Legends public feed. For more features, interviews and chat, why not sign up to our Premium content at https://www.cyclinglegendspodcast.com/ The Cycling Legends Podcast is powered by Vive le Velo, performance cycles and accessories in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Check out the range at https://www.vivelevelo.cc/

Le Tour is underway and both France's and the world of cycling's longest wait is over. That's right, a glitch-free Feed Zone! (Also, congratulations to Victor Lafay and Team Cofidis.) The team look back at a most atypical opening couple of stages of the 110th Tour de France while Eddy ajudicates on whether Jonas Vingegaard really has what it takes to be Le Patron. Recommendations: "You Can't Unhear This" - https://www.youtube.com/@YouCantUnhearThis Styrkr Bars - https://styrkr.com/ Food Dehydraters - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Food-Dehydrators/b?ie=UTF8&node=3538350031 "The Creative Act - A Way of Being" - Rick Rubin - https://amzn.eu/d/1g9UNwK Stycle.Design - https://www.instagram.com/stycle.design/?hl=en "The Impossible Route"/The Vegan Cyclist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDY6KkROyd2mGKE0b70OJLAJokFhOIGbG The Cycling Legends Podcast is powered by Vive le Velo, premium cycles and accessories from the East Riding of Yorkshire. Check out the range at https://vivelevelo.cc

Chris Sidwells and John Galloway join Gary to preview the opening week of the 110th Tour de France. Excited? We are! The Cycling Legends Podcast is powered by Vive le Velo, performance cycles and accessories in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Check out the range at https://www.vivelevelo.cc/

It's stripy jumper week! Gary casts his eye over the new national ITT champions, looks back at SD Worx's disastrous 24 hours in Switzerland and previews (of sorts) the Giro Donne. Plus no Froome, Renshaw returns (ish) and other pre-Tour shorts. Links Katy Madgwick's excellent Write Bike Ride Repeat - https://writebikerepeat.com/ David's Tour preview at Bike Race Info - http://bikeraceinfo.com/commentary/stanley-david/2023/2023-Tour-de%20France-Preview.html

The tragic passing of Gino Mader overshadows all this week. Gary remembers a racer and a human being in a shorter Saturday Supplement. Why not leave the world a better place, like Gino wanted to? Support Just Diggit at https://justdiggit.org/donate The Cycling Legends Podcast is supported by Vive le Velo, premium cycles and accessories from the East Riding of Yorkshire. Check out the range at https://www.vivelevelo.cc/

Harry Lodge represented Great Britain in the 1988 Seoul Olympics before turning pro in 1990. During a 12-year career, Harry rode almost every major race that there was to race with the only races missing from his palmares being the Tour de France, Paris-Nice, Het Volk, and Gent-Wevelgem. In this latest Interview Show, Chris caught up with Harry to talk about his cycling career and also get some of his thoughts on the modern peloton. The Cycling Legends Podcast is proud to partner with Vive le Velo, performance cycles and accessories. Check out the range at https://www.vivelevelo.cc/

Fourteen seconds may be the headline on Andy Schleck’s palmares* but it’s also an Acceptable Losing Margin According to G. Join Gary to poke around the embers of a Giro that didn’t quite catch alight but still managed to warm the cockles at the end. Plus: fixture logjam for elite women, British Cycling add U23 road racers to their growing banned list and just who will bring the coupons now that Jumbo confirm their exit from all sporting sponsorship. *possibly not Links: EF Education TIBCO SVB Paris-Roubaix Femmes https://tinyurl.com/SatSup1 Saint Piran Pro Cycling https://tinyurl.com/SatSup2 Gary’s Tour de Forth fundraiser https://tinyurl.com/TourdeForth23 The Cycling Legends Podcast is brought to you in association with Vive le Velo, premium cycling retailer in the glorious East Riding of Yorkshire. Check them out at https://www.vivelevelo.cc or - better still - pop in to see Ed and the team.

As a consequence of trying out a SRAM 1x set up, we had to overcome some technical glitches before battling the final brutal slopes to bring you the latest show. Mark Cavendish then has the audacity to interrupt our gushing over the Stage 20 Time Trial by winning his final Giro stage. The cheek of the man. David dishes the dirt on where Eddy and Louis are this week and we also have a special guest. LINKS Vive le Velo - https://www.vivelevelo.cc Saint Piran - https://saintpiranprocycling.com RECOMMENDATIONS 1. "An Eye for a Killing" - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001lkxp/episodes/player 2. "The Shining Mountain", Peter Boardman - https://amzn.eu/d/bgo1oQy 3. "Savage Arena", Joe Tasker - https://amzn.eu/d/bgo1oQy 4. Arc browser for Mac - https://arc.net/ 5. "The Happiness Equation", Neil Pasricha - https://amzn.eu/d/asrfSxH 6. The Rich Roll podcast - https://www.richroll.com/all-episodes/ 7. Huberman Lab - https://hubermanlab.com/ 8. Easy Bagger - https://amzn.eu/d/8NFYrxT 9. Hiver Beers - https://www.madeofengland.co.uk 10. "Abyss", Max Hastings - https://amzn.eu/d/duA9dYa

It's the final reckoning at the Giro d'Italia but not before Gary tackles British Cycling's Transgender and Non-Binary Participation Policy, looks back at Mark Cavendish's career (to date!), gets all gushy about SD Worx and pours soothing turpentine on the egregious Pinot/holy Vaughters Twitter spat. Links Millar on Cavendish - https://chpt3.com/blogs/journal/mark-cavendish-retires-david-millar Women's Cycling Weekly - https://mamilrepeller.substack.com/