The Cycling Podcast - S8 Ep83: What does Froome's departure mean for Team Ineos' Tour de France plans?

S8 Ep83: What does Froome's departure mean for Team Ineos' Tour de France plans?

07/17/20 • 60 min

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Following confirmation that Chris Froome is to leave Team Ineos for Israel Start-Up Nation, we discuss the implications for the upcoming Tour de France.
Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe speculate on who Team Ineos will select as the team looks for an eighth Tour de France title in nine years. Will Froome make the final eight or not?
We also hear from Freddy Ovett, son of former Olympic champion middle-distance runner Steve, about his recent results on Zwift, including a stage win in the virtual Tour de France, we respond to a listener's letter about Greg LeMond's legacy and his reputation for innovation following our recent Friends of the Podcast episode about the 1990 Tour, and we briefly discuss the Everesting phenomenon.
The Cycling Podcast is supported by iwoca and Science In Sport.
My first Tour de France
In the third episode of a four-part series for Friends of the Podcast, Daniel Friebe looks back at the end of Miguel Indurain's reign in 1996 (the first Tour he watched on television) and the 2001 race, which was the first he covered as a journalist. To sign up as a Friend of the Podcast go to our website.
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S8 Ep82: Explore | Everesting

Everesting is a simple concept but a difficult challenge.
To complete a successful Everesting challenge, a rider must climb and descend the same hill multiple times until they have reached the magic 8,848 metres of vertical gain – the equivalent height to Everest.
Although Everesting may seem to be the antithesis of exploration on two wheels, during the coronavirus lockdown it has come into its own. Cyclists the world over have been prevented from travelling far and so the idea of hill reps has resonated with cyclists of all abilities.
In this episode, we examine the phenomenon with two (recently deposed) record holders and the man who can lay a claim to turning a quirky idea into a mainstream one.
After we'd recorded this episode and while preparing it for release, both the women's and men's records were broken by Emma Pooley and Alberto Contador. That the records rest with riders who between them have world and Olympic medals, Grand Tour titles and Classics wins to their name takes Everesting to the next level.
But at its heart Everesting is an egalitarian concept. It's not really about the records-breaking. Anyone can have a go, even if it will mean many hours in the saddle for most riders. And (more or less) any hill will do.
In this episode of Explore, we hear from Andy Van Bergen, the man who can stake a claim to creating the Everesting challenge which has captured the imagination over the past couple of months (although he's actually too modest to).
We hear how the idea stems from the grandson of the legendary mountaineer George Mallory, who died while climbing Everest in 1924... and we hear from a Frenchman called François Siohan who completed the first known Everesting on two wheels in 1984.
Plus Hannah Rhodes and Lachlan Morton talk about their own record-breaking rides, perhaps not realising their times would be broken quite so soon. Morton, of course, had to make two attempts in quick succession because the first did not meet Van Bergen and his Hells500 group's exacting criteria.
Explore by The Cycling Podcast is supported by iwoca and Science in Sport.
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To find out more about Everesting, the criteria and the hall of fame, go to everesting.cc. You can also read the account of François Siohan's 'first known' Everesting.
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S8 Ep84: Countdown to restart

Racing is about to re-start. The Vuelta a Burgos gets underway next Tuesday and the first major stage race on the calendar in more than four months features a high quality field, including Nairo Quintana, Remco Evenepoel, Richard Carapaz and the Yates brothers, Simon and Adam.
Lionel Birnie, Daniel Friebe and Richard Moore look ahead to Burgos and pick out one thing each that fascinates them about the resumption of racing.
For Daniel, it's whether Quintana can maintain the form that he showed early in 2020, when he appeared re-born with his new team, Arkéa-Samsic. For Richard, it's the Ineos intrigue with Chris Froome and Egan Bernal potentially in the same Tour de France team. And for Lionel it's the fact that almost an entire season is crammed into a little more than three months – how will it all work and what patterns might emerge?
The Cycling Podcast is supported by iwoca and Science in Sport
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iwoca became The Cycling Podcast’s title sponsors in March 2020. iwoca specialises in supporting small businesses and can lend between £1,000 and £250,000. iwoca have been accredited by the British Business Bank to offer CBILS (Coronavirus Business Interruption Loans Scheme) – the scheme is now open, so businesses can apply for a loan rather than just register interest. To find out more, go to https://www.iwoca.co.uk
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Science in Sport are also supporting and helping to distribute the Diversity in Cycling report, written by Andy Edwards and mentioned in this week's podcast. You can read the report: https://www.scienceinsport.com/media/pdfs/Diversity%20In%20Cycling.pdf or see the Diversity in Cycling website: http://www.diversityincycling.com/
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Friends of the Podcast
Our mini-series for Friends of the Podcast, My First Tour de France, reached virtual Paris with Lionel reminiscing about the first Tour he covered in full in 2006 – in a camper van. Become a Friend of the Podcast: https://thecyclingpodcast.supportingcast.fm/join
Ride London
Richard was due to do Ride London in aid of their charity of the year, Pancreatic Cancer UK, having lost his mum to pancreatic cancer in 2005. With the event cancelled, this charity has lost a major source of funding. An alternative event, MyRideLondon (https://myridelondon.co.uk), aims to get as many people as possible riding on the same weekend, 15 and 16 August, and raising money for a charity of their choice. Richard will be trying to ride 100 miles in aid of Pancreatic Cancer UK. To support him, and PCUK: https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-display/showROFundraiserPage?userUrl=RichardMoore1&pageUrl=2