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Welcome to the Explore podcast from EF Pro Cycling. This year, we will take you to the heart of our men’s and women’s teams. From the world's biggest races, to our backyards and favorite places, we’re exploring what motivates and challenges us. We have all taken different paths to the WorldTour and we have unique stories to tell. We are racers, teammates, friends, and college grads. We are farmers. We are parents. We are adventurers. So join us on this ride as we explore the world of cycling ...
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From the team behind Cyclist Magazine, this is a podcast for lovers of all things cycling, whether you’re a sucker for a sportive, a carbon fibre connoisseur or just Bernard Hinault’s biggest fan. Hosts James Spender and Emma Cole bring you in-depth conversations from within the world of cycling by the people that know it best, with new episodes every other Thursday. Guests have included the likes of Greg LeMond, Tyler Hamilton, Sean Kelly, Krishnan Guru-Murthy and more. Make sure to subscri ...
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#WeRideWhyRadio is a bi-weekly audio magazine hosted by Greg Roth & David ”The Rocket” Richter. #WeRideWhy? There are many answers to that question many ride for a myriad of reasons. Of course, cycling is a lifestyle as well. The aesthetic is as important as the functionality when it comes to bikes, kits, styles whatever. Music and art are part of our culture, because cycling is an art-form. Bikes are pieces of art. Like every human being, every bike no matter how old or what style is beauti ...
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We can smell the Mediterranean Sea and Nice feels oh so close for Neilson and Sean. We catch up with them on the second and last rest day of the 2024 Tour de France to recap what has been a crazy week of racing. Our American duo talk about what it was like to race in one of the hardest stages to date, why being in the gruppetto can actually be nice…
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This week Will and James are joined by Ribble Rebellion crit rider, Matt Bostock. Matt cut his teeth racing track and road, but now pedals his trade in the crit racing scene. A twice national crit champ and multiple Tour series winner, Matt now races all over the globe. In this episode Matt discusses growing up on the Isle of Man with Mark Cavendis…
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This week, Robyn and Will are joined by Mikkel Honoré, Danish pro at WorldTour team EF Education-Easypost. Mikkel talks us through the differences between a team like EF and one like his previous team, Quick-Step; how a small (and decidedly flat) nation like Denmark has produced so many great cyclists; and his thoughts on Pogacar, the Tour, the imp…
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We've (FINALLY) reached the first rest day of the 2024 Tour de France. It's been a crazy first week of the Tour and Florence already feels like ancient history. Our squad has ridden valiantly this week and have showed that they are here to race and race hard. Today, we talk to Tour Rookie, Sean Quinn and teammate Neilson Powless about their favorit…
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The first three stages of the 2024 Tour de France have been brutally hard, intensely hot, and all around unforgettable for our squad. Sean and Neilson take you through the Grand Départ in Florence, what it felt like to finally pin those Tour numbers on for our Tour rookie, and how they have been coping with the heat. They also walk you through how …
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Stage 0 | Florence, Italy Join us for an exclusive series straight from the heart of the Tour de France with your hosts Neilson Powless and Sean Quinn, At this point, Neilson is a Tour veteran, already competing in his fifth "grande boucle" so it's only natural that we ask him to share his wisdom with Tour de France rookie, Sean Quinn. In this epis…
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Nathan Haas is a household name in the sport of cycling having raced at the world tour level for many teams including one of the previous iterations of the EF Pro Cycling -Garmin-Sharp. He has also recently begun a successful career as a professional gravel racer as well as coming full circle and joining Team EF Coaching, this time as a coach. Zack…
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This week James and Will are joined by Carlton Kirby, Eurosport's voice of the Tour de France. In this episode, Carlton looks ahead to the Tour de France 2024, and talks us through the course, all the crucial stages, the likely turning points and the surprise heroes. We discuss the inside track on Cavendish's chances of beating the Merckx record; w…
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Head Sports Director for EF Education-EasyPost, Charly Wegelius, had a long career as a pro cyclist before becoming an important member of the team's staff. Zack sat down to learn more about the role of Sports Director, what being an ex-pro brings to the table and lots more. For more information on coaching, training plans and camps visit our websi…
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This week Will and James are joined by the founder and owner of Factor Bikes, Rob Gitelis. Rob is originally from Miami but moved to Taiwan more than twenty years ago to start building bikes. Originally he ran a factory which built bikes for brands such as Cervélo, Scott and Canyon, but in 2015 he decided to go it alone with the purchase of Factor …
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Head sports director for EF Education-Cannondale team and ex-pro racer Carmen Small talks to Zack about how the women's peloton has changed since she raced, what attracted her to joining EF Pro Cycling and how they've built their new team. For more information on coaching, training plans and camps visit our website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.teamefcoaching.co…
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In this episode, you are joining us on the eve of the US national championship road race. Coming back from injury is always a bumpy road, full of unknowns, vague timelines, and challenges. Both Neilson Powless and Sean Quinn can confirm this. We talk about what it takes to bounce back after injury, our hopes and dreams for the US cycling scene, goa…
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This week James and Will are joined by gravel pro, Danni Shrosbree. Danni became British gravel national champ in 2022, then in 2023 raced to a storming fourth place on her debut at Unbound Gravel, arguably the world’s hardest gravel race - 200 unsupported miles (320km) across the Kansas prairies. Danni tells us why this was one of the most chaotic…
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EF Pro Cycling Technical Operations Manager Andreas Klier talks to Zack about finding the next technological advances in cycling - including tubeless, aerodynamics and more, plus what he thinks about the next generation of riders. Andreas also tells us about changing his mind on his favorite race and his other profession as an artist. For more info…
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Will and James are joined by Ford RideLondon-Essex race director Kevin Nash ahead of this year's event, which takes place on May 26th 2024. Kevin discusses the challenges designing the route, from circumventing weddings to dealing with litter; explains how to deal with peloton physics and the human racing psyche; and divests the secrets of managing…
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Team EF Coaching director Zack Morris chats to EF Education-EasyPost new signing Archie Ryan at our Girona training camp. The Irish rider talks about his u23 years, how knee injuries impacted his racing, his love for the Basque country and who is the better rider, him or Ben Healy? For more information on coaching, training plans and camps visit ou…
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This week, Pete and James are joined by Channel 4 news presenter Krishnan Guru-Murthy for a rambling (but hopefully rewarding) episode that runs from bikes to elections. We talk about Krishnan's charity bike ride, the Duchenne Dash - London to Paris in 24hrs; his fair weather approach to cycling; his time on Strictly Come Dancing; the role of AI in…
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Join us in the back of the team bus as we road trip to the Vuelta Feminina. If you don’t know who Kim is yet, we think you should. Kim is brand new to the sport of cycling. Three years ago, she was a teenager in New Zealand who had never even raced a bike and if you had told her that she would be competing for the win at one of cycling’s biggest ra…
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Irish National Champion and breakaway specialist Ben Healy of EF Education-EasyPost talks finding form, learning lessons and going all-in, plus his thoughts on the new POC Procen Air helmet. For more information on coaching, training plans and camps visit our website: ⁠⁠http://www.teamefcoaching.com⁠…
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This season you’ve seen our men’s and women’s squads wearing an unreleased helmet from our partners over at POC. Its look is definitely eye-catching and there’s no shortage of opinions about how it looks, but the numbers and results speak for themselves. Plus, to quote Alison Jackson, we think the squad looks great in them. POC’s all new Procen Air…
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This week, Will and James talk to ex-pro, team ds and race director Scott Sunderland. Today, Sunderland is race director for the RideLondon Classique and Tour of Flanders among others, but during the 1990s and 2000s he rode professionally for TVM, Lotto and GAN before taking on sports director roles at Team CSC and Cervélo Test Team. Here, Sunderla…
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Alison Jackson is back in Roubaix to defend her title on the infamous french cobbles. In this episode, we catch up with Alison and dive into the real Alison. She’s a pro cyclist, beloved dancer, stellar aunt, zamboni driver, former knitter, and so much more. She talks about how she’s taking a different approach to racing this season, what has chang…
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This week James is joined by BBC Radio 2's DJ Spoony, current host of The Good Grove and owner of a dj'ing palmares as long as your arm, from pirate radio at London Underground to Kiss to the BBC to playing out in Ibiza and Ayia Napa. But somewhere along the way DJ Spoony also got really into cycling. And football. And golf. And Strictly Come Danci…
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Maurice Burton joins Will and James for this week's show. Burton became Britain's first black cycling champion in 1974, and by 1975 was on his way to a stellar career racing track and Six-Day events on the Continent. Here he tells Will and James about his early days living in a butchers shop with a man who never washed, trading bikes or cars, compe…
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The Queen of Roubaix - EF Education Cannondale rider Alison Jackson joins the Team EF Coaching Cycling Performance Podcast from our 2024 Team Camp in Girona, Spain to share some insights on her background in the sport, perspective around racing, and goals going forward. For more information on coaching, training plans and camps visit our website: ⁠…
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Noemi Rüegg and Magdeleine Vallieres are two of the rising stars on our brand new EF Education-Cannondale squad. We are just a few weeks into the racing season and already they have both earned wins, the first of their careers and the first in our squad’s young history. We chatted with the pair about their backgrounds, racing outside of your comfor…
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This week Will and James are joined by Shane Williams, Welsh rugby union legend, Ospreys star winger, RFB Player of the Year and MBE. After nearly 20 years at the top of his sport, Shane retired in 2015 and quickly (like within a week) took up Ironman. From there, Shane's love of cycling only grew, and today he not only rides bikes and competes in …
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This week James and Will talk to Daniel Troia, who cycled coast-to-coast across America (and back) with no food or money, then made a film about it: We Are All In This Together. With only basic camping gear and his trusty Surly tourer, Daniel begged and borrowed his way across the States in the hope of answering the question of the age: as a societ…
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Joining James and Will this week is David Kinjah, Kenyan former pro cyclist who was the first black African to ride for a European team, competed at World Championships and Commonweath Games, founded the Safari Simbaz Cycling Trust and mentored many young African cyclists including one Christopher Clive Froome. Kinjah talks us through his journey i…
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On the latest episode of the podcast, James and Emma are joined by Maria Leijerstam, a British adventurer and world record holder. In 2013 Maria became the first person to cycle to the South Pole from the edge of the continent. This epic, and rather dangerous, journey took her ten days 14 hours and 56 minutes. We caught up with Maria to hear all ab…
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EF Education-Cannondale GM Esra Tromp, and EF Pro Cycling CEO Jonathan Vaughters join us from our team camp in Girona to talk about the 2024 season, how we’re integrating our two squads and forming one team and what our goals are for the future. So join us on this ride as we explore the world of cycling together.…
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To start 2024 off with a bang, James and Emma are joined by not one but two guests. First up is Mark Sutton, editor of Cycling Electric and all-round cycling industry news specialist who explains the current state of the cycling industry, looking at the past few turbulent years and what the future might hold. Mark shares his views on the industry l…
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This week James and Emma are joined by Simon Mottram, the founder of cycling clothing company Rapha. You might have heard of it. Mottram is the former corporate branding specialist and lifelong cycling fan who set up Rapha in 2004 at a time when the sport had yet to experience the explosion of interest in Britain. You could say, he made cycling coo…
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This week Will and James are joined by Adam Hansen, ex-pro and president of the professional riders union. As a rider, Hansen completed a record 20 consecutive Grand Tours, riding as a super-domestique first for Mark Cavendish and then for the bulk of his career with André Griepel. Hansen is also an incredible polymath, making his own carbon shoes …
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Veronica Ewers and Owain Doull join us for this episode where we discuss mental health. Trigger warning, we briefly mention suicide. Owain and Veronica talk about the ups and downs they’ve experienced with mental health both as individuals and as professional athletes. We cover everything from the importance of being open about the times they’ve st…
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James is joined by ex-Team Sky sports nutritionist, Nigel Mitchell. Nigel has been a top clinical sports nutritionist for more than 25 years, with nearly a decade spent helping Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome win Grand Tours, followed by work with Team GB sailors, skiers and triathletes and more WorldTour cycling teams. In this episode, Nigel disc…
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This week Robyn and James are joined by ultra-cyclist Leigh Timmis, the fastest man across Europe, pedalling 6,330km from Cabo do Roca in Portugal to Ufa, Russia in just 16 days, 10 hours and 45 minutes. Leigh also held the record for the furthest distance cycled in seven days - 3,589km - and has also ridden around the world. Only that one took a b…
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This week Will and James are joined by Alex Dowsett, six-time British National TT champ, twice Giro d'Italia stage winner and one-time Hour record holder. And he did this all while competing with haemophilia. Now retired, Alex has just released his autobiography, Bloody Minded (Bloomsbury), a candid account that pulls no punches, either when assess…
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For this week’s episode, Emma and Will are joined by the formidable Anna Shackley who rides for SD Worx and, who at just 22 years old, has had a glittering summer. Often the domestique, Shackley has her own set of decent results. Highlights include a win in the under-23 race at the British National Championships (5th overall), third place in the un…
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Joining Will and Emma this week is former pro road racer Christian Meier. The 38-year-old, who rode for Garmin-Chipotle and GreenEdge, recently took up trail running and this year won one of the world's biggest races in France. In this episode Meier discusses falling out with cycling, finding a new sport his ambitions in running. Meier is also one …
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In Episode 18 of the Team EF Coaching Performance Podcast Zack Morris sits down with our nutritionist Spencer Miller, to discuss 5 common nutritional traps that cyclists can avoid, and the alternative solutions. Learn more about our 1 on 1 coaching services at TeamEFCoaching.com For more information on Spencer visit his coaching profile…
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This week Emma and Robyn are joined by World Champion track cyclist Neah Evans. Most recently Evans won the Madison at the World Championships in Glasgow alongside teammate Elinor Barker. She also boasts five Commonwealth Games medals, an Olympic silver medal, and has held national, European and world titles, over a number of track events. Coming t…
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In Episode 17 of the Team EF Coaching Cycling Performance Podcast Zack Morris sits down with former multiple time pro and elite criterium national champion Daniel Holloway to discuss criterium racing strategy, tactics, and application of fitness. More info on Daniel Holloway More information on 1 on 1 coaching…
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This week we’re joined by ex-professional cyclist turned philosopher-author, James Hibbard, to chat about his book, The Art of Cycling: Philosophy, meaning, and a life on two wheels. It’s a sort of memoir-cum-meditation – a bit like Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance – taking the form of a cycling road trip interspliced with tales of James’s…
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In episode 16 of the Team EF Coaching Performance Podcast, Zack Morris sits down with Dr. Jason Boynton to discuss the performance effects of temperature on cyclist. Dr Boynton is a PHD in exercise and sports science and has a masters in exercise physiology, and completed his thesis on the effects of environmental temperature on high performance at…
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On episode 15 of the Team EF Coaching Performance Podcast Nicki Sorensen sits down with Zack Morris to discuss perspective on racing and coaching after a 16 year long career in the professional peloton. More information on Nicki Sorensen https://www.teamefcoaching.com/coaches/nicki-sorensen/ Visit us online https://www.teamefcoaching.com…
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Robyn and Will are joined this week by Yanto Barker, former pro cyclist and founder and CEO of cycling clothing brand Le Col. Barker talks to Cyclist about his racing career, retiring twice, starting Le Col and how he got London's coveted Richmond Park Strava KoM. He also discusses ending the sponsorship of the Le Col-Wahoo team and the current sta…
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On this Episode Greg and "Rocket" catch up and talk about the National Cycling League and Founts participation in the NCL Cup. Also, Greg and Rocket discuss Fred Hutch Olbiteride, Greg's 8th and the important work that Fred Hutch does in the community and beyond. Also, Greg gives an update on the forthcoming documentary "We Ride Why". They recently…
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Emma and Will are joined by cycling influencer and ultra cyclist Liam Yates. Social media has taken over the world, and Liam is all too aware of this, with his sizeable and growing 20k + Instagram following. He talks about how social media has impacted his life, why he posts what he does, and how he finds a balance among it all. He also chats about…
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The second edition of the Tour de France Femmes just wrapped up and we thought we would do something a little different for this one. Instead of doing a deep dive with one or two riders, we talked with each rider – Alison Jackson, Sara Poidevin, Kathrin Hammes, Georgia Williams, Magdeleine Vaillieres and Letizia Borghesi – and asked them about thei…
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