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Spin Cycle
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Episodes
Spin CyclePretty Serious Bike Racing: How is the Tour still this close?!
Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano are joined by Abby Mickey to talk: Favorite moments from week two of the men's Tour de France Under-the-radar performances What to…
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Tour Daily stage 15: Another Alpine thriller
The podcast crew discusses Wout Poels's first Tour stage win, the incredibly close battle between Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard, and what's coming up…
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Tour Daily stage 14: The inseparable duel
The podcast crew takes a closer look at what was another fierce battle between Vingegaard and Pogačar, this time on the Col de Joux Plane. Also, José Been…
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Tour Daily stage 13: Grand Colombier
The podcast crew discusses the current status of the battle between Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogačar and what's to come as the two Tour favorites clash over…
Spin CycleGeek Warning: A climbing bike too light for the pros, but carbon inspection for everyone
Factor’s new O2 VAM sounds like quite the climbing bike: light, stiff, comfy, and newly aero. But is it too light for the pros? Maybe. There doesn’t seem to be…
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Tour Daily stage 12: Breaking away in Beaujolais
The crew discusses Cofidis's strong showing at the Tour, the frustration of Matteo Jorgensen, and a looming battle on the Grand Colombier. Also, José Been…
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Tour Daily stage 11: A fast finish in Moulins
The podcast crew talks about Jasper Philipsen's impressive display en route to his fourth stage win this Tour, a rare team radio highlight, Soudal-QuickStep's…
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Tour Daily stage 10: A stirring stage win on a hot day
The Tour Daily crew discusses Pello Bilbao's emotional victory, breakaway dynamics at this Tour, the heat, and more after stage 10. Also, José Been tells us…
Spin CycleWheel Talk Special: A very extensive Giro Donne recap
Strap in Wheel Talk listeners this one is ... long. Matt and Loren are back with Abby to chat all the biggest stories from the Giro Donne and they are joined…
Spin CyclePretty Serious Special: The Tour’s first rest day
Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano are joined by Ronan Mc Laughlin on the Tour's first rest day to talk about all the racing action so far at the Tour de France…
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The Geek Warning crew talks Tour tech
The Tour de France can’t be that big of a deal. After all, they couldn’t even sign up 200 participants! But despite the low turnout, there’s quite the…
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Tour Daily stage 9: Action aplenty on the Puy de Dôme
The podcast crew talks about all the action, both out front and in the GC group, on the final stage before the Tour's first rest day. Also, José Been tells us…
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Tour Daily stage 8: A history-changing crash and a sprint finish
The podcast crew discusses the departure of Mark Cavendish after he came so close to a stage win and an impressive win for Mads Pedersen. Also, José Been tells…
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Tour Daily stage 7: A Bordeaux bunch kick
The podcast crew talks Jasper Philipsen's third stage win of this year's Tour, his lead-out, Mark Cavendish's chances of getting number 35, and more. Also José…
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Tour Daily stage 6: Scenes from the Tourmalet
The podcast crew brings us the sounds of the Col du Tourmalet and then discusses another thrilling stage in the Pyrenees, where the yellow jersey changed hands…
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Tour Daily stage 5: A surprising GC shakeup
The podcast crew had plenty to talk about after a fascinating stage 5 of the Tour de France, where Jai Hindley rode into yellow and Jonas Vingegaard took a big…
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Tour Daily stage 4: From a sleepy start to a frantic finale
The podcast crew talks sprint showdowns on motor racing circuits after Jasper Philipsen's victory in a crash-marred stage 4, and Iain Treloar makes amends for…
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Tour Daily stage 3: Closing the door in a sprint, 13th century jobs
The sprinters had their day on stage 3 of the Tour de France. Did Jasper Philipsen close the door on Wout van Aert? Does it matter? The podcast crew talks that…
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Tour Daily stage 2: A surprising finale, a long-awaited celebration
How long does champagne last on a hot team bus? Two stages into the 2023 Tour de France, Cofidis has a stage win that was a long, long time coming. The podcast…
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Tour Daily stage 1: The race gets underway with a showdown in Bilbao
The 2023 Tour de France has begun! After one stage of racing, the podcast crew in Bilbao talks Adam Yates vs. Simon Yates, Tadej Pogačar's form, radios in the…
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Tour de France Daily: On the eve of Le Tour
A day before the Bilbao Grand Départ, the first episode of the Escape Collective Tour de France Daily podcast is here! Caley Fretz, Iain Treloar, Jonny Long…
Spin CycleUnchained Binge E8: Road to Paris
On the final episode of this season of the Unchained Binge Podcast, we get a bit of the back of the race – the fast finishers trying to make the time cut in…
Spin CycleUnchained Binge E7: Everything for the Podium
In episode 7, we see a lot of Marc Madiot. So much Marc Madiot. We also get a really close look at how old Geraint Thomas really is, as both Gaudu and Thomas…
Spin CycleGeek Warning: The Eurobike show!
James and Ronan attended the Eurobike trade show last week, and oh boy, did they come back with a lot to talk about. E-bikes were definitely a major theme at…
Spin CycleWheel Talk: A very chaotic Giro Donne preview
This week, Abby Mickey is joined again by Rebecca Charlton and, for the first time on the Wheel Talk Podcast, the one and only Amy Lauren Jones. The three chat…
Spin CyclePretty Serious Bike Racing: An in-depth look at the contenders for the 2023 Tour
With the Tour de France less than a week away, the Pretty Serious Bike Racing Podcast is here to take a closer look at all the big names set to contend this…
Spin CycleUnchained Binge E6: Plan B
On this episode of The Unchained Binge Podcast, we watch one of the world's best bike racers be inexplicably bad at bike racing, we learn that one of the…
Spin CycleUnchained Binge E5: Breakneck speed
On episode 5 of the Unchained Binge Podcast, we return the focus to EF and to the Ineos Grenadiers. We get a lesson in descending from Tom Pidcock, we warm up…
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A Tour de France route preview
On this week's Placeholders, the crew takes a closer look at the route of the 2023 Tour de France, a race that will have the climbers looking forward to their…
Spin CycleWheel Talk: Gotta love a good time trial
This week on Wheel Talk, Abby Mickey, Matt de Neef, and Gracie Elvin chat about the women’s Tour de Suisse and dive into some listener questions about rider…
Spin CycleGeek Warning: The next frontier of XC race tech
For this week’s Geek Warning, James and Ronan were en-route to Eurobike, and so Dave was left talking to himself. After he submitted a three-hour rambling…
Spin CycleUnchained Binge E4: Attack, Counter Attack
Episode 4 offers an inside look at one of the most thrilling Tour stages in recent memory. We see Jumbo-Visma crafting a plan to take on Tadej Pogačar on some…
Spin CyclePretty Serious Bike Racing: Gino Mäder and the Tour de Suisse
On this week's Pretty Serious Bike Racing Podcast, we remember Gino Mäder, who tragically lost his life at the Tour de Suisse. We also discuss the race, where…