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1 week ago | 
thecyclingpodcast.substack.com | Lionel Birnie |Daniel Friebe
Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. by Lionel BirnieWe’ve arrived in Albania, travelling from Mother Teresa airport in the capital Tirana to Durrës, on the coast. We’re staying in a very nice boutique hotel called the Art Gallery, which is right opposite the Roman amphitheatre which could once hold 20,000 people.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
thecyclingpodcast.substack.com | Lionel Birnie
This week’s episode, Lonely G.O.A.T, is online now and features Daniel Friebe, Richard Abraham and Fran Reyes on Tadej Pogačar’s win at Il Lombardia. by Lionel BirnieOn July 1, 1975, Eddy Merckx rode the fifth stage of the Tour de France wearing the rainbow jersey he’d won in Montreal, Canada, the previous summer. That was when he became the first rider to win the sport’s three most prestigious races – the Giro d’Italia, Tour and world championship road race – in the same season.
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Jul 5, 2024 | 
thecyclingpodcast.substack.com | Richard Abraham |Lionel Birnie
by Richard AbrahamChâteauroux, Toulouse, Narbonne, Nîmes, Brignoles, La Grande-Motte, Issoudun, Saint-Fargeau, Aubenas, Paris, Montargis, Gueugnon, Bourg-lès-Valence, Bordeaux, Paris (again), Cap Fréhel, Châteauroux (again), Lavaur, Montpellier, Paris (a third time), Tournai, Brive-la-Gaillarde, Paris (a fourth), Marseille, Saint-Amand-Montrond, Fougères, Utah Beach, Angers, Montauban, Villars-les-Dombes, Fougères (again), Châteauroux (again), Valence, Carcassonne.
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Jun 21, 2024 | 
thecyclingpodcast.substack.com | Lionel Birnie
In our final regular episode before next week’s XL Tour de France Preview, Graham, Richard and Mitch recapped the Tour de Suisse. The race was won by Adam Yates, ably supported by his faithful four-legged domestique, Zoe, pictured above during last year’s Tour de France in the Basque Country. Following Tadej Pogačar’s domination of the Giro d’Italia, a UAE Team Emirates one-two in Switzerland sent an ominous message to their rivals.
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Jun 7, 2024 | 
thecyclingpodcast.substack.com | Lionel Birnie
by Lionel BirnieIf you listened to this week’s episode, All Roads Lead To Florence, you’ll have heard Daniel hand over the mic as he headed to the Critérium du Dauphiné to start his summer-long loan spell at ITV. The 11.01 Cappuccino is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support The Cycling Podcast’s work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Our 2024 Tour de France team made their first appearance together to kick-off the final countdown to the Grand Départ in Italy.
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May 20, 2024 | 
thecyclingpodcast.substack.com | Lionel Birnie
The latest episode of KM0 is online now and will have automatically dropped into your feed if you are a Friends of the Podcast subscriber. (Please note that’s a different subscription to The 11.01 Cappuccino and you can sign up as a Friend below). Join Daniel and Brian on the road as they explore the concept and history of the ‘tappone’ or Queen Stage, such as Sunday’s epic to Livigno won by Tadej Pogačar. Listen to the trailer here:Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade.
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May 10, 2024 | 
thecyclingpodcast.substack.com | Richard Abraham |Lionel Birnie
by Richard Abraham‘It cost me my entire race trying to follow Pogačar. If you come too close to the sun, you get burned’ – Mattias Skjelmose to Danish TV after Liège-Bastogne-Liège, April 21, 2024. ‘When you sail too close to the sun, you get stung. I was brave.
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May 6, 2024 | 
thecyclingpodcast.substack.com | Lionel Birnie
The Giro’s opening stage finished in Turin, the city of Juventus (and Torino), the Fiat-owning Agnelli family, and – perhaps most iconically – il Principe, Gianni Savio. Unfortunately, Gianni missed the grande partenza in his home city because he’s housebound recovering after a fall while running a few weeks ago. The 11.01 Cappuccino is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support The Cycling Podcast’s work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.
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Feb 20, 2024 | 
thecyclingpodcast.substack.com | Lionel Birnie
by Lionel BirnieThis is the first edition of a new series spanning the spring. The Cycling Podcast’s Whimsical Guide to the Classics will take a not-entirely-logical, linear or always serious look at each of the major one-day races. I’ll delve into my memory bank, and The Cycling Podcast’s vault, in an attempt to capture the essence of the Classics as we head from the slick cobbles of late February to the pre-grand tour vibes of Liège-Bastogne-Liège.
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Oct 17, 2023 | 
lionelbirnie.substack.com | Lionel Birnie
by Lionel BirnieThis is Enjoy the Game, the story of Watford Football Club in the 1980s available to read and listen to for free. Subscribe, and read or listen to the chapters as they are published. Enjoy the Game was published in 2010 after I’d spent the best part of a year tracking down and interviewing the players and management who steered Watford from the wilderness of the Fourth Division to the top flight in just five years.
