Love bike racing? Tired of superficial broadcast coverage where castles come first and endless online stories quoting a pro talking about his “sensations”? Hors Delai is your podcast. Join hosts Whit Yost and Joe Lindsey for a different kind of dive into the world of bike racing. Yost and Lindsey, two longtime racing fans and journalists, live on different sides of the country and love to talk about the sport. Hors Delai is their weekly, unscripted get-together to trade observations on the r ...
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Episode 28 - Sagan's Hat Trick & Whatever Happened to Paris-Tours?
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Peter Sagan pulls off an unprecedented third straight World Road Championships, and Whit and Joe break it down: is Worlds somehow more suited to Sagan’s strength than any other style of racing? So, could he possibly make history as the winningest men’s rider of all time and win a fourth next year? Plus: will new leadership at the UCI portend any si…
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The Vuelta is over and it’s “on to World Championships” as a coach in the NFL might say. So Whit and Joe are moving on too, but not without a backward glance at the final Grand Tour of the year, to wrap up some surprises and disappointments and ask the question: is Chris Froome really a nice guy, or do his and Sky’s actions during the last two stag…
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Episode 26 - Is Team Sky Bad for Cycling?
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Question: is Chris Froome unbeatable? Whit and Joe ponder the issue in context of the last week of the Vuelta Espana, where Froome has so far repelled all challenges to his lead, but is starting to show the barest hints of the strain of defending the red jersey for two plus weeks. Froome’s dominance stems from that of his Sky team, and Whit and Joe…
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